14 h. ago Cameron Mackintosh, one of the last great theater impresarios, has plans for stages everywhere

The great composer Stephen Sondheim loved puzzles, and when he died in 2021, he left one for his good friend, British super-producer Cameron Mackintosh

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39 h. ago My daughter was my best friend, but she drowned because of paddleboard instructor's arrogance... it will haunt me for the rest of my life

After 'despicable' Nerys Lloyd was jailed for ten-and-a-half years for four counts of gross negligence manslaughter, relatives laid bare their anguish and said they could 'never forgive her'.

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40 h. ago Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut and Lynne Ramsay’s latest among significant Cannes additions

Ramsay’s Die, My Love, starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson, helps take number of female directors in competition to a record-breaking sevenLynne Ramsay’s long-awaited new film, Die, My Love, has been announced as a late addition to this year’s Cannes competition lineup. The film, which is Ramsay’s first for eight years, stars Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson and concerns a woman in rural America who experiences psychosis after the birth of her baby.The inclusion of Ramsay’s movie takes the number of female director’s in the official selection to seven – a record for the festival. It also means that a British director is now in the running for this year’s Palme d’Or. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago Personal trainer, 29, drowned while paddleboarding with his girlfriend as she desperately begged bystanders to help, inquest told

A 29-year-old personal trainer drowned after getting into difficulty while paddleboarding after an abrupt change in weather conditions, an inquest in Rochdale has heard.

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53 h. ago Superbowl winner Steve 'Mongo' McMichael dies age 67 following tragic ALS battle

Former WCW United State Champion and American football hero Steve "Mongo" McMichael has died age 67 "surrounded by loved ones", after a four year long battle against ALS

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61 h. ago Chilling video shows abandoned paddleboards of tragic daytrippers minutes after they drowned

Former policewoman Nerys Lloyd, 39, organised the weekend paddleboard outing on the Cleddau River in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, which ended in tragedy in October 2021.

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62 h. ago Paddleboarder who drowned at Dovestone Reservoir died "doing what he loved"

Simon Daniels got into difficulty while paddle boarding with his girlfriend

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65 h. ago Paddleboard firm owner Nerys Lloyd jailed for manslaughter after four drown in 'avoidable tragedy'

Former police officer Nerys Bethan Lloyd led a paddleboarding tour on the River Cleddau in Haverfordwest that resulted in the deaths of an instructor and three women

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3 d. ago Girl, 13, second child to die in woman's poisoned Easter egg plot to extract revenge on ex

A 13-year-old girl has died just five days after her younger brother, 7, died from a poisoned Easter egg - delivered 'with love' by a woman allegedly seeking revenge on her ex-husband's new lover.

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3 d. ago Paddleboarders had no safety briefing before they drowned in flooded weir as leader who had only 'basic entry

Nerys Lloyd, 39, organised the weekend expedition for eight paddleboarders on the Cleddau River in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, despite 'severe weather warnings'.

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4 d. ago Family of Pope Francis tells world to 'love more' in tribute after he died of heart failure

Pope Francis's grandniece has paid tribute to the late Pontiff and his 'profoundly human perspective' as the Vatican released his official cause of death at the age of 88

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4 d. ago Ross Kemp's Barbara Windsor discovery that made him immediately call her husband

Ross Kemp starred in EastEnders alongside Dame Barbara Windsor as loveable thug, Grant Mitchell, before the actress sadly died aged 83 from Alzheimer's

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7 d. ago I almost died after falling into quicksand... but found the love of my life

A couple has shared the strange - yet adorable moment - they confessed their love for each other, after being best friends for years.

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8 d. ago Man , 21, dies after tree falls on home while he slept as loved ones hope he is now at 'everlasting peace'

Noah Hall sadly died when a huge tree crashed through the roof above his bedroom where he was sleeping - his loved have now paid tribute saying he 'didn’t have a single evil bone in his body'

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8 d. ago Nature lover nicknamed 'the Bear Grylls of Wales' died after freezing to death on a walk when he took off his clothes, inquest hears

Aaron Luke Davies, 31, was discovered by a farmer in a remote field four days after he was last seen alive in Llandrindod Wells, Powys.

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9 d. ago I will love my oldest friends until the day I die but now I dread seeing them

That's the thing with old friends. You feel such intense conflicted feelings about them. Love - yes, I really will love them both until I die. But I also feel the weird push and pull of judgment.

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1 week ago Ted Kotcheff, director of First Blood, Weekend at Bernie’s and Wake in Fright, dies aged 94

Prolific Canadian director also made one of the country’s first internationally successful films, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, starring Richard DreyfussTed Kotcheff, the prolific Canadian director of films including First Blood, Weekend at Bernie’s, Wake in Fright and The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, has died aged 94. His daughter Kate Kotcheff told the Canadian Press that he had died of heart failure on Thursday in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico, where he lived. His son Thomas said: “He died of old age, peacefully, and surrounded by loved ones.”In an amazingly varied career, Kotcheff’s work ranged from hardhitting TV plays and low-budget features in the UK, to hit Hollywood comedies and prestige-laden award-winners and cult films. Kate Kotcheff said: “He was an amazing storyteller. He was an incredible, larger than life character [and] he was a director who could turn his hand to anything.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago It was supposed to be routine police dog training exercise, but it ended in tragedy

"It is of some comfort to know that he died doing something he loved"

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2 w. ago It was supposed to be routine dog training exercise, but it ended in tragedy

"It is of some comfort to know that he died doing something he loved"

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2 w. ago I'm a hospice nurse and I know people see heaven and their dead loved ones before they die

Julie McFadden, 42, is a registered nurse based in Los Angeles who specializes in hospice care and has she built a social media following of millions.

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