9 h. ago 'Reality of Blue Monday hit me after friend died by suicide in his 30s'

Ahead of ‘Blue Monday’, known as the most depressing day of the year, a dozen Labour MPs will take part in a walking challenge, ‘4.5k your way’ to promote men’s mental health

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43 h. ago Lord of the Rings star dies 'suddenly' as Miriam Margolyes confirms tragic news

A well-known British actress has died as friend and fellow performer Miriam Margolyes paid tribute to her pal, branding her as 'endlessly generous' following her sudden death

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48 h. ago House oversight chair says panel will move to hold Hillary Clinton in contempt

James Comer says action follows refusal by the former first lady and Bill Clinton to testify about Jeffrey EpsteinUS politics live – latest updatesThe House oversight committee will move to hold Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress, its Republican chair James Comer said Wednesday, after the former first lady refused to comply with a subpoena for testimony regarding the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.The announcement came a day after both Hillary Clinton and her husband, the former president Bill Clinton, said they would not honor subpoenas from the investigative panel to discuss Epstein, a one-time friend who died in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Brookside and Lord of the Rings star dies suddenly as tributes paid to 'dear friend'

Miriam Margolyes paid tribute to her 'dear friend' in a touching tribute

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51 h. ago Brookside and Lord of the Rings star dies suddenly as famous friend pays tribute to an 'angel'

Celebrated actress Marian Diamond has died unexpectedly at the age of 89, with actress Miriam Margolyes admitting she's 'bereft' at the news of the actress' death

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54 h. ago Queen's Brian May says 'life won't be the same again' in heartbreaking death statement

Queen guitarist, Brian May, has been flooded with support after announcing the death of his close friend and colleague, who sadly died on Monday

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3 d. ago Apple picks Google for Siri overhaul sparking fury from Elon Musk

Alphabet hit a $4 trillion market valuation Monday, surpassing Apple in market capitalization for the first time since 2019

Technology

4 d. ago Google parent Alphabet hits $4tn valuation after AI deal with Apple

After Apple chose Gemini to power Siri, Alphabet surpassed Apple to become second-most valuable company in worldGoogle’s parent company hit a major financial milestone on Monday, reaching a $4tn valuation for the first time and surpassing Apple to become the second-most valuable company in the world.Alphabet is the fourth company to hit the $4tn milestone after Nvidia, which later hit $5tn, Microsoft and Apple. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Stephen Graham makes emotional admission to wife as he wins first Golden Globe

The Brit took home his first ever Golden Globe in Los Angeles on Monday night for his masterclass of a performance in the smash hit, which he wrote and also starred in

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5 d. ago My favourite family photo: ‘This is a happy picture – and also saturated in grief’

The snapshot was taken just months after I lost my mum, and not everyone in it is still with us. But it is an image of survival, capturing the aftermath of grief and the beforemath of future lossesI remember the moment this photo was taken: five years ago, on my partner Claire’s birthday, in a National Trust for Scotland garden six miles east of Edinburgh. We were standing on a wooden deck, an ideal spot for pond-dipping with the kids and a lesser-known viewing platform for trainspotters. This is where my autistic son, then six, loved (and still loves) to jump in tandem with the ScotRail trains toggling back and forth in the middle distance. We had just eaten a small, hasty birthday picnic of pastries and Nosecco. We wandered down through the walled garden to the wild meadow encircling a pond. We ended up where we always end up. On our deck.Somehow I knew it was a moment worth freezing in time. I gave our dear friend Dawn – whose husband had recently died and who was slowly, informa...

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7 d. ago Gogglebox star heartbroken as she announces devastating death 'Will never forget you'

A former Gogglebox star has shared an emotional tribute after her best friend died

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8 d. ago Sky Sports and Blue Peter’s Simon Thomas shares heartbreak as friend dies of cancer saying ‘it’s the cruellest of blows’

SIMON Thomas has shared an heartbreaking message following the death of a close friend who lose her life to cancer. The Soccer Saturday presenter, 52, lost his own wife, Gemma, to cancer back in 2017 and described the new loss as "the cruellest of blows". Taking to Instagram to pay tribute to his late friend...

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8 d. ago Ozzy Osbourne 'visiting his family from beyond the grave' to 'say he's finally at peace'

Jack Osbourne and Ozzy's friend Billy Morrison both claimed the late Black Sabbath legend, who died last year aged 76, has been visiting them in their dreams

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9 d. ago Devastated dad's 'worst nightmare' as son dies while 'building a treehouse with a friend'

The 14-year-old has been described as 'loving and clever'

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9 d. ago Missing hiker's 6 words as he's found alive days after vanishing with no phone or food

Roberto Farias Tomaz, 19, said he 'hallucinated' and thought he 'might have already died' after he disappeared during a hike with a friend - he was found alive five days later

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1 week ago Woman 'who killed two girls in Colombia with poisoned raspberries' is arrested and faces extradition hearing after being held in psychiatric unit since jumping into Thames

Zulma Guzman Castro is alleged to have killed Ines de Bedout, 14, and her close friend, Emilia Forero, 13, who both died in hospital in Bogota days after eating the fruit

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1 week ago Hero teenage boxer, 18, who died trying to save his friend in the Swiss bar inferno was the son of a British expat

Benjamin Johnson, 18, was among the 40 victims of the New Year's Eve inferno that tore through the popular Constellation bar in Crans-Montana.

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1 week ago Nancy sacked by Celtic after eight matches as O’Neill returns for season

Shortest managerial career in club’s historyO’Neill and Maloney come in for rest of campaignWilfried Nancy’s woeful reign as Celtic’s manager has ended after 33 days – the shortest managerial career in the Scottish club’s history. Martin O’Neill has been reinstalled as interim manager until the end of the season.The 48-year-old French coach was hired from the Major League Soccer side Columbus Crew on a two-and-a-half year contract on 4 December. He was in charge for only eight matches, six of which ended in defeat, before being sacked by the crisis-hit Scottish champions on Monday. A 3-1 home defeat by Rangers on Saturday proved the final straw. Celtic led 1-0 at half-time before a second-half collapse prompted more protests towards the club’s deeply unpopular board and their most recent managerial appointment. Continue reading...

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1 week ago The 40 young revellers killed in Swiss bar inferno: Boxer who died trying to save friend, and the boy caught by a twist of fate... amid claims fire extinguishers were 'kept in a locked room'

The fire, at Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, claimed the lives of forty victims; 26 were aged between 14 and 18.

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1 week ago Pictured: Boxer, 18, who died trying to save his friend in Swiss bar fire

Benjamin Johnson, 18, a member of the Lausanne Boxing Club, died alongside at least 39 others on New Year's Eve as an inferno ravaged the popular Constellation bar in Crans-Montana.

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