3 h. ago Murdered Brit hairdresser Victoria Hart’s three children let off balloons in memory of mum during minute’s silence

MURDERED British hairdresser Victoria Hart’s three young children were comforted by relatives as they let off white balloons in memory of their mum. It came after a minute’s silence outside her local Spanish town hall. The 33-year-old’s grief-stricken mother Sue and sister Jemma also attended the poignant ceremony two days after she was stabbed to...

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9 h. ago Police confirm Gay Village shooting happened inside Airbnb rental

A man in his 20s remains in hospital

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26 h. ago New Zealand landslide: six missing named as police confirm victims are unlikely to be found alive

Victims of landslide at Mount Maunganui campsite include teenage students, a literacy coordinator and a Swedish nationalThe families and friends of six people buried in a landslide at a New Zealand holiday park last week have paid tribute to their loved ones, after they were named by officials, and police confirmed they were unlikely to be found alive.The victims include 15-year-old Pakūranga College students Sharon Maccanico and Max Furse-Kee, literacy coordinator Lisa Maclennan, 50, longtime friends Jacqualine Wheeler and Susan Knowles, both 71, and Swedish national Måns Loke Bernhardsson, 20. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Wicker review – Olivia Colman is smelly fisherwoman falling for wicker man in uneven fable

Sundance film festival: an inventively made fantasy boasts eye-catching premise and typically rewarding performance from Oscar-winner but something’s missingIn terms of attention-demanding loglines, this year’s Sundance has a few. There’s body horror Saccharine, about a diet craze that involves eating human ashes, midnight movie Buddy, about a Barney-esque kids TV star who starts murdering children and then there’s Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant which, well, you can probably imagine.But the annual “wait, what?” prize easily goes to offbeat fable Wicker, the story of a smelly spinster fisherwoman who commissions herself a husband made of, that’s right, wicker. While the film does have its expected amount of audience-provoking moments – wicker-fucking bringing the most noise both on and off the screen – to its credit, there’s an attempt to give us more than just easy shock value, something that can’t always be said for films in this often tedious category. Writer-directors Alex Huston Fische...

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39 h. ago All you need to know Brit mum, 33, 'stabbed to death in front of her kids in Spain'

A British mum-of-three young children was reportedly found in a pool of blood on her kitchen floor before her kids rushed out crying for help

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53 h. ago Moment two men ‘minutes from drowning’ are spotted in desperate rescue attempt after being swept out to sea

THIS is the moment two men, minutes away from being "completely submerged", are rescued after being swept out to sea. Specialist Marine Unit officers were scrambled to the Thames Estuary in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, on Wednesday morning after two men got into difficulty in the water. Cops rescued both men, one in his 20s and the...

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66 h. ago How a rescue attempt of a whale in the Thames brought millions together

How a rescue attempt of a whale in the Thames brought millions together  BBC

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3 d. ago Even my MUM knew that my partner was having an affair – the three very obvious warning signs I chose to ignore

A WOMAN whose partner cheated on her has admitted there were three warning signs she ignored - but her mum didn't. Jessica, 36, had been busy raising the two children she shares with her then-boyfriend of 10 years, so was completely oblivious to any red flags. But, looking back, she said there were indications of...

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3 d. ago Lake Cargelligo shooting: Gunman remains at large after three shot dead as police confirm links to pregnant victim

Police are looking for the alleged gunman after confirming a pregnant woman who was killed has links to the suspect

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3 d. ago Manhunt for alleged gunman after three shot dead as police confirm links to pregnant woman killed

Police are frantically searching for Julian Ingram as local residents are told not to leave houses following a shooting that killed three people in a small town

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6 d. ago Guildford murder major update as police confirm teen stabbed to death was schoolboy

Police launched a murder investigation after officers were called to a stabbing in Guildford, Surrey, yesterday evening after a boy was found dead

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7 d. ago Young woman, 19, found dead on beach after 'dingo attack' as they circled body

A 19-year-old Canadian woman was found dead on K'gari beach in Queensland with dingoes present at the scene, though police cannot confirm the cause of death

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7 d. ago 'I wouldn't swap plane seats with mum so she could sit with kids

A woman sparked debate online after she refused to swap seats with a mum so that she could sit next to her children during a flight

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9 d. ago Girl's desperate text to her mum after friend's dad spiked her at sleepover

A sick father drugged his 12-year-old and her friends while they were all having a sleepover at his house - and admitted to lacing their smoothies with a prescription sedative

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1 week ago I've cut my mum off because I was scared for my children's safety... but now I'm consumed with guilt. Oh no, says CAROLINE WEST

Our relationships counsellor answers your problems

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1 week ago LIVE updates as police confirm person dead on railway with West Coast Mainline shut

The emergency services are responding to an incident between Macclesfield and Stoke-on-Trent

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1 week ago My son Jools, 14, died in my arms after deadly viral challenge – now I’m suing TikTok in US court for answers

AS British politicians squabble about how to keep children safe online, one bereaved mum is taking the fight to the United States. Today, Ellen Roome - who suspects her 14-year-old son died in a ‘blackout' challenge - will face down media giant TikTok in an American courtroom. Along with three other sets of parents, the...

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1 week ago Wrexham star channels Brooklyn Beckham as teary dad makes desperate public plea

Dean Windass has issued a fresh heartbreaking public appeal to his estranged son Josh, who plays for Wrexham

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1 week ago Horrifying signal before mum was bitten in half by shark in front of children

Shirley Ann Durdin was just 33 when she was killed by a 20-foot great white shark whilst snorkelling in South Australia

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2 w. ago Mum and two children's cause of death confirmed after Boxing Day house fire

The family were asleep when the fire tore through the cottage

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