66 m. ago ‘Charisma in abundance’: why Just Act Normal is the best showcase for new talent since Adolescence

Incredible newcomers! Chickens! Jamelia! The casting director of Stephen Graham’s Netflix smash hit has done it again with this hilariously bleak, utterly unique series. The cast open upOver the last few years, we have found ourselves inundated with sadcoms. Again and again, we’ve been deluged by ostensible comedies that are so concerned with grief and trauma that the laughs end up feeling like a distant afterthought. Striking the right balance between comedy and drama takes absurd levels of effort and craft at the best of times. Doing it with a premise as bleak as BBC Three’s new series Just Act Normal is almost impossible.My hands are tied with embargos, so I have to be vague about certain plot details, but Just Act Normal is a show about three young siblings who decide to struggle on as normal after their mother – a perennially unreliable woman with substance abuse issues – disappears. Their lives are suddenly spent trying to navigate the complex systems of the adult world while ...

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68 m. ago Intimate sex letters of evil Nazi leader and Hitler’s right hand man Hermann Goering up for sale

The handwritten notes show Goering’s chilling obsession with Carin von Kantzow - a wealthy, married Swedish aristocrat

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70 m. ago Every Salford area hit by dispersal order after gun pointed at crowd in night of terror

Officers will be patrolling a Salford community after seven people were arrested

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1 hour ago Coronation Street spoilers as Sarah's accused, Daisy plans exit, Dylan hits back and Eileen has doubts

While Debbie Wesbter in concerned, David Platt is left fuming in the ITV soap next week

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2 h. ago Horror as child, 11, waiting in queue for ice cream hit by truck in Howard City crash

Emergency services descended on Dairy Bear, an ice cream parlour in Howard City, Michigan, following reports of a crash involving several vehicles on Monday night

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3 h. ago ‘The last thread connecting people to services’: why vets are risking all to care for Gaza’s donkeys

Amid the ruins and with fuel scarce, the animals provide vital transport for the injured as well as goods and belongingsIt felt like an “earthquake from the sky” when an Israeli airstrike hit the clinic Dr Saif Alden had left just minutes earlier. Alden had been treating animals hurt and abandoned amid Gaza’s destruction. They survived but the equipment and medication the mobile clinic needed to function was destroyed.Still, the team saw it as a setback, not a defeat. Alden has spent the month since the airstrike traversing Gaza to scavenge the tools needed to resume operations. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Girl, 13, dragged unconscious through Scots park after horrific gang attack as mum hits out

Hope Lyden, 13, was brutally beaten by a gang of girls after she agreed to meet a friend at Boden Boo in Erskine at the weekend.

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4 h. ago Funeral home owner 'left woman's body in back of hearse for more than a year'

Miles Harford was arrested after the body of a woman was found in the back of a hearse along with the cremated remains of up to 30 other people stashed throughout his rental property

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5 h. ago Harry Potter fans say actor choice for one of the top roles in new HBO TV series is 'spot on' as they weigh in show's cast reveal

HBO 's upcoming Harry Potter TV series has finally revealed the first members of its spellbinding new cast - and fans are absolutely buzzing.

Culture

5 h. ago Residents of 'Britain's Beverly Hills' traveller ordeal: How group 'rampaging' through town caused chaos for locals

Stephanie Reed, 40, lives in Guilford, Surrey, with her husband and two sons, and has warned that the influx of 'scary and aggressive' travellers could see locals flee the area in fear.

Economics

5 h. ago China’s Xi Jinping is in Vietnam to figure out how to ‘screw’ the US, says Trump

US president issues scathing view of Chinese counterpart’s motivations amid escalating trade war with Beijing Xi Jinping’s tour of South-east Asia this week is likely intended to “screw” the United States, President Donald Trump has suggested, as the Chinese leader embarks on five-day tour of some nations hardest hit by Trump’s tariffs.China’s president arrived in Hanoi on Monday, where he met Vietnam’s top leader, To Lam, called for stronger trade ties, and signed dozens of cooperation agreements, including on enhancing supply chains. Continue reading...

Politics

5 h. ago Astonishing way Tennessee family protected their home from biblical floods

A large home in Ridgely, Tennessee was left untouched by flood water after a family took matters into their own hands to protect it against disastrous storms that hit the Midwest last week.

Events

7 h. ago From Huawei to Heathrow, how the reach of China's tentacles spreads across UK infrastructure

As ministers scramble to regain control of British Steel amid suspicion its Chinese owner was ready to abandon its furnaces, scrutiny is mounting over Beijing's reach into the multiple areas of the UK.

Politics

7 h. ago Funeral home owner 'left corpse in the back of a hearse for more than a year'

Funeral director Miles Harford admitted one count of corpse abuse and one count of theft following a plea deal after police discovered human remains in a hearse

Politics

9 h. ago Grey's Anatomy star Eric Dane makes rare LA outing after being hit by devastating diagnosis

Grey's Anatomy star Eric Dane's heartbreaking revelation that he's battling ALS was apparent in exclusive DailyMail.com photos as he looked skinnier on a LA outing.

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9 h. ago Harry Potter fans says actor choice for one of the top roles in new HBO TV series is 'spot on' as they weigh in show's cast reveal

HBO 's upcoming Harry Potter TV series has finally revealed the first members of its spellbinding new cast - and fans are absolutely buzzing.

Culture

9 h. ago Lauren Sánchez and Gayle King slam critics of Blue Origin space flight: ‘I get really fired up’

The Blue Origin rocket was in space for four minutes before floating back down to Earth

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9 h. ago The Last of Us season two review – Bella Ramsey is absolutely wonderful

The actor’s take on a damaged young soul fighting for autonomy is a punchy, watchable delight. The second season is slower and narrower in scope, but it is just as gutsy and thoughtfulSeason one of The Last of Us was a lot. It must have surprised some viewers to find that an adaptation of a video game was among the best dramas of 2023 – although it wasn’t too unexpected for anyone who noticed that it was co-created by Craig Mazin, writer of the magnificent Chernobyl. More to the point, The Last of Us was relentless, constantly shifting and weaving to deliver devastation and heartbreak in brutal new ways. On its return for a second season, it has earned the right to take a breath and slow down.A quick recap. A fungus-based pandemic has splintered civilisation as we know it, turning the millions of “infected” into groaning, lurching sub-humans who are not undead but are still monsters whose only impulse is to bite the healthy. Joel (Pedro Pascal), a man whose 14-year-old daughter died...

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10 h. ago Melanie Lynskey reveals reason she asked for ‘less money’ on Two and a Half Men

Kiwi actor played Rose on the hit 12-season sitcom, which originally starred Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer before the former was fired from the show and replaced by Ashton Kutcher in 2011

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11 h. ago Luka Modric sends clear message as Swansea confirm Real Madrid legend has joined club

Luka Modric has made a significant investment in Swansea City and will also take on a role as co-owner of the Championship club in a major coup for the Welsh outfit

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