5 h. ago Singing cicadas brought back to UK from France after disappearing in 1990s

The first-of-its-kind project aims to re-establish populations of the insect in the New Forest.

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5 h. ago Ananda Lewis, former MTV and BET host who publicly shared breast cancer journey, dies

Ananda Lewis, the former MTV and BET host who became a beloved television personality in the 1990s with her warmth and authenticity, has died

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6 h. ago M67 closed and emergency services on scene following 'police incident' close to Denton Rock

Motorists are advised to avoid the area

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7 h. ago First picture of teen girl killed in horror Scots crash as police watchdog called in

Ellie Douglas was pronounced dead at the scene after the crash in Bathgate.

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7 h. ago French swoop spells end of the road for electric vehicle charger firm Pod Point's London listing

EDF will pay 6.5p per share. That values Pod Point at £10.6m and sets the scene for Pod Point to join the exodus from the London stock market.

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8 h. ago Rally champion, 21, killed in 'very violent' crash as tributes paid to tragic star

Matteo Doretto was just 21 years old when he lost control of his rally car during a test in Poland on Wednesday and hit a tree. He was pronounced dead at the scene

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9 h. ago Emmerdale fans 'know what's wrong with Robert' in sad health twist after scene with John

Emmerdale viewers think a recent scene involving Robert Sugden ahead of actor Ryan Hawley's full-time return to the ITV soap could allude to a sad health storyline

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9 h. ago Teen girl dies in crash on Scots road as police watchdog called in

The teen was pronounced dead at the scene and two others were rushed to hospital.

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10 h. ago Ruben Amorim set to make first signing of the summer as Man Utd land new striker

Manchester United are on the verge of completing the signing of highly-rated French striker Enzo Kana-Biyik, with the club waiting on red tape to be cleared

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10 h. ago Armed police called and area taped off following reports of 'man with a gun'

Pictures and videos showed a number of police vehicles quickly arriving at the scene

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12 h. ago Air India crash's lone survivor 'stood up and ran' from flaming wreckage as brother 'died on scene'

Briton Vishwash Kumar Ramesh looks to be the sole survivor of doomed Air India flight 171, which crashed shortly after taking off for London's Gatwick Airport today

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13 h. ago Car bursts into flames on M8 as firefighters battle to control blaze

Images from the scene show ferocious flames engulfing the car and huge plumes of thick black smoke towering into the air.

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14 h. ago The Lost Tapes, Beethoven sonatas 18,27, 28 & 31 album review – Richter always found something fresh to say

Sviatoslav Richter(Deutsche Grammophon)Sviatoslav Richter’s already huge catalogue is enriched by these rediscovered recordings of recitals of Beethoven’s piano sonatas from 1965Though he claimed to dislike performing in a studio, Sviatoslav Richter became perhaps the most intensively recorded pianist of the 20th century. But while his studio work was extensive, it was the huge volume of recordings made officially and unofficially at his recitals across more than 40 years that really bulked out his discography, with multiple versions available of many of the core works in his repertory. For those reasons the rediscovery of “Lost Tapes” might not initially seem so remarkable. The performances, of four Beethoven piano sonatas, Opp 31 no 3, 90, 101 and 110, are taken from recitals that Richter gave in 1965. Op 110 comes from a performance at the piano festival he had founded the previous year at La Grange de Meslay near Tours, the others are taken from a concert in Lucerne three months...

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14 h. ago Experts float 'most likely' theory on cause of Boeing 787 crash that killed 242 people

Authorities confirmed that no one is believed to have survived the crash, while rescuers told reporters at the scene that they had recovered dozens of bodies of civilians from inside stricken buildings

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14 h. ago Tragedy as man found dead near Greater Manchester playing field

A cordon was in place with a forensic tent at the scene

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15 h. ago Pavel Kolesnikov & Samson Tsoy: 'Music is like a workout for the soul'

Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy are transforming the classical scene with their transcendent piano performances

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15 h. ago Man remains in hospital after Cardiff Central station incident

Emergency services attended the scene which saw services cancelled and the station shut for a time

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15 h. ago Air India Flight 171: No survivors expected as police give heartbreaking update

Officials are expected to shortly confirm that nobody from Air India flight 171 survived the crash, as the first 100 bodies have been recovered from the scene

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15 h. ago Kate Beckinsale sues producers of thriller Canary Black over ‘unsafe conditions’

The actor claims she was made to work 15-hour days without proper support and suffered a severe knee injury as a result of a scene where she was thrown into a wallKate Beckinsale is suing the producers of Canary Black, the 2024 action thriller in which she starred, over claims she suffered “severe and debilitating injuries” as a result of “unsafe conditions”.In news first reported by Puck, Beckinsale’s legal complaint was filed anonymously in June 2024, but has now been refiled under her full name Kathrin Beckinsale. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Manchester park taped off after 'two unknown men' carry out horror sex attack on woman

A cordon is in place in Platt Fields Park

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