41 m. ago Doctor who ignored own symptoms dies from rare cancer three weeks later

Thelma Ainsworth, from London, was left devastated when her husband Jonathan - who was a doctor - complained of pain for months before receiving a tragic diagnosis

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52 m. ago Urgent warning to anyone receiving supermarket flowers on Mother's Day

Flower experts have warned mums across the nation to avoid these common bloom mistakes this Mother's Day, or watch their beautiful floral display quickly wilt and die

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79 m. ago Police in Italy arrest ‘Breaking Bad’ fan in huge meth lab bust

A 22-year-old from the northern city of Novara was charged with the illegal production of drugs

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90 m. ago Person assaulted and robbed as cops release CCTV in relation

Police launched an investigation following an attack in Kilmarnock on Sunday, December 22 at around 2am.

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1 hour ago China’s Xi urges global CEOs to protect trade supply chains; WH Smith sells high street stores – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsShares in WH Smith have dropped by 2.4% in early stock market trading in London, as traders digest the sale of its high street stores for £76m.Less encouragingly, the UK’s trade deficit has widened.finished manufactured goods (£1.8bn)semi-manufactured goods (£1.2bn)oil (£0.6bn)other fuels (£0.3bn)“The UK’s current account deficit with the rest of the world widened slightly in the latest quarter, driven by falling exports of goods.Our balance of payments statistics for recent years have been updated to incorporate improved measurement of foreign direct investment and corrected trade data.” Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Gavin and Stacey creator Ruth Jones receives special honour at St David Awards

Ruth Jones was given a special award for putting Wales on the map

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2 h. ago Weather tracker: Heavy rain alerts in Queensland as floods cut off towns

Wettest March day for 15 years in some parts of northern Australian state, while storms and hail hit MediterraneanMore heavy rain has hit Queensland, Australia, just weeks after the devastation of Cyclone Alfred. Much of north and central Queensland was put under severe weather alert for heavy rainfall earlier this week, as six-hourly rainfall totals of 30-60mm were anticipated, with risk of seeing a total of up to 120mm locally in this time frame.In the north-west of the state, this rain allowed waters in the Haughton River to rise rapidly, with levels reaching 2.68 metres on Wednesday night, exceeding the 2.5-metre major flood level. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago WH Smith to disappear from High Street as chain sold to investors

The historic brand will only be found in train stations and airports

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2 h. ago The frail earl who won global admiration for his brave determination to walk Diana down the aisle

He held many important roles throughout his life, including as an equerry to George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Yet to millions around the world, Edward John Spencer was known simply as 'Di's dad'.

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3 h. ago Dying for Sex to The Bondsman: the seven best shows to stream this week

Michelle Williams stars in a beautiful and hilarious story about a woman with cancer embarking on a voyage of sexual discovery. Plus: Kevin Bacon plays a bounty hunter for the devil in his truly daft new showWho knows how they would react to receiving a life-threatening health diagnosis? The response of Molly Kochan was striking: when she was told her cancer was incurable, she left her husband for a voyage of sexual discovery. After all, the couple had stopped having sex anyway because of her chemotherapy (“You said my bald head made you think about my dad”). Based on a podcast about the final stages of Molly’s life, this comedy drama starring Michelle Williams is beautifully realised – a story about sex, love, friendship and grasping life’s intensity. It’s full of human warmth and complexity and, crucially, is very funny which is probably the only way such a story could be told. Disney+, from Friday 4 April Continue reading...

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4 h. ago A remote Australian town seeks a doctor, offering a $400,000 salary and free rent

A remote Australian town that will soon lose its only doctor is offering a salary package of up to $680,000 Australian dollars, plus free rent and a car, to attract a new candidate

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5 h. ago BBC Beyond Paradise first look as Humphrey Goodman tackles 'impossible' murder case

Beyond Paradise is back for a brand new series - with DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall) and his team ready to investigate some of the biggest crimes to hit Devon

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5 h. ago Mum given weeks to live after receiving same cancer diagnosis she watched pal die from

Jane Loftus, originally from Skye, watched her friend died before she had an opportunity to receive treatment.

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5 h. ago Martin Lewis warning to anyone receiving urgent demand to pay old energy bills

Money-saving guru Martin Lewis has set the record straight after thousands of Brits have complained about energy firms 'back-billing' them for electricity and gas used over 12 months ago

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7 h. ago Chris Hemsworth seen helping police in desperate search for missing cop who vanished four days ago

Chris Hemsworth was spotted helping police on Wednesday as the desperate search for missing Queensland officer Jay Notaro enters its fourth day. 

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8 h. ago Scandal of deportation scheme where only EIGHT Albanian criminals have been sent home

Ibrahim Bezati subjected his victim - in the words of the judge who jailed him for 17 years - to 'every woman's worst nightmare'.

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8 h. ago Stanford and 3 U of California campuses face probes as part of Trump's anti

The Trump administration says it has opened investigations into the admissions policies at Stanford University and three campuses within the University of California system, including UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC Irvine

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9 h. ago A pig’s head and decapitated rats: a new era of intimidation dawns for journalists in Indonesia

Grisly gifts a worrying turn for press freedom in world’s third-largest democracyWarning: some readers may find an image in this story distressingWhen a large box arrived at the office with her name on it, Indonesian investigative journalist Francisca Christy Rosana assumed a friend had sent her a package.Instead, it contained a stinking, mutilated pigs head. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago RUSSELL MYERS: 'Charles has followed Queen Elizabeth II's stoic mantra despite cancer journey'

King Charles cancelled an away day to Birmingham on Friday as she "required a short period of observation in hospital" after experiencing side effects from his cancer treatment

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10 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS from Westminster: At last, she speaks! So that's what gnomic Whitehall operative Sue Gray sounds like

QUENTIN LETTS: Lady Gray of Tottenham (Lab) is better known as Sue Gray, the gnomic Whitehall operative who torpedoed Boris Johnson with her report on his lockdown birthday cake.

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