26 m. ago 'The DWP tried to take us to court. If we were wrong we would pay'

The couple said they had faced years of worry after the government failed to process a benefits claim properly

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35 m. ago The King of Kings review – Charles Dickens retelling of the Jesus story does a serviceable job

The famous author tells his son and their cat the story of Jesus in this mixed-bag family animation, voiced by an impressive cast This syrupy cartoon account of the life of Jesus (voiced by Oscar Isaac) is narrated, with consummate weirdness, by Charles Dickens (Kenneth Branagh). It’s in fact based on a story Dickens wrote for his children (and wasn’t published until 1934, decades after his death). The idea is that Dickens is telling the story of the New Testament to his young son Walter (Roman Griffin Davis) and Walter’s impish cat, explaining to the King Arthur-obsessed Walter how Jesus was the real King of Kings and all that. And so we see Walter and Charles, in their mid-19th-century garb, wandering through scenes of JC’s life nearly two thousand years earlier, from the nativity to the crucifixion – much like Scrooge and his spectral buddies in A Christmas Carol as they wander through past, present and future Christmases. It rather drags out what is already a pretty long running...

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35 m. ago Love and Fury: The Extraordinary Life, Death and Legacy of Joe Meek by Darryl W Bullock – review

This richly detailed and exhaustive biography of the maverick 60s British music producer reveals a sonic visionary whose brilliance concealed a tragically violent temperJoe Meek first tasted success as a record producer when he created the eerie backdrop for John Leyton’s gothic teen melodrama, Johnny Remember Me, which reached No 1 in the British pop charts in the summer of 1961. A mere six years later, on 3 February 1967, Meek’s name entered the mainstream consciousness in the most darkly dramatic way imaginable, when the news broke that he had killed his landlady, the elderly Violet Shenton, before turning the shotgun on himself.In the time between, as Darryl Bullock notes with characteristic understatement in his richly detailed biography Love and Fury, the producer’s chaotic, but hugely creative, life was “directed by his passions and obsessions”. Continue reading...

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96 m. ago Five ITV Emmerdale spoilers as Steph doubts Anthony's death and Dawn faces marriage doubts

Emmerdale is set to air more dramatic scenes this week as one character contemplates ending her marriage while another is caught behaving suspiciously after Anthony Fox's 'death'.

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2 h. ago Outlander's season 7 'plot hole' after Claire's unexpected decision

Claire Fraser married Lord John Grey after Jamie's supposed death

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2 h. ago ‘Everyone is breathing this’: how just trying to stay warm is killing thousands a year in the world’s coldest city

In Mongolia’s capital, Ulaanbaatar, coal fires heat almost every home. But as extreme weather drives families off the steppes into the city the air is becoming more deadlySteppes and the city: how smog has become part of Mongolians’ way of life – in picturesThe eldest child was away training for the army when his family died in their sleep. All six of them, two adults and four children, were poisoned by carbon monoxide gas seeping out from their coal-fired stove into their home in Ulaanbaatar in January, the coldest month in the world’s coldest capital city.Mongolians were touched by the tragedy but there was anger a month later when, during a two-day parliamentary hearing forced by a public petition against pollution levels, the government released figures showing there had been 779 deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning in the country in the past seven years. By 19 February, when a couple in their 40s were found lifeless in their bed, that number had risen to 811. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago ITV Emmerdale's Will Ash warns Caleb's feud with Joe could turn deadly in huge spoiler

After surviving an apparent stabbing, Emmerdale's Caleb is set to become suspicious of kidney thief Joe Tate - and the feud has the potential to leave one of them at death's door.

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3 h. ago Millions of people on New State Pension set to pay tax due to frozen Personal Allowance

The Personal Allowance will be frozen at £12,570 until the 2028/29 financial year.

Economics

3 h. ago Major Scots charity forced to axe support group after Labour national insurance hike

Epilepsy Scotland chief executive Lesslie Young called on the NI to be scrapped

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3 h. ago ‘It was a field execution’: Family mourns after Israel fatally shoots 14

Israeli forces said the boy was killed when they shot three ‘terrorists’ who were throwing rocks at a highway

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4 h. ago I knew some of the paramedics killed in Gaza. As humanitarian workers, we are drowning in grief | Amy Neilson

I write to bear witness to the incredible nature of these men – to their kindness, their gentleness and their goodnessWhen the initial news of the executions of eight paramedics from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and the disappearance of one more broke on Eid al-Fitr, I stared for a long time at the pictures of the men the Israel Defense Forces had killed. I have stared more every day since.I knew some of these men. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Red Arrows to get Charles and Camilla’s Italy state visit off to a flying start

The King and Queen will watch a flypast over Rome by the Italian air force’s aerobatic team, Frecce Tricolori, and the RAF’s Red Arrows.

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5 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy speaks of military presence in Russia’s Belgorod region for first time

Ukraine president makes first explicit mention of ‘active operations’ on ground in Russian border region close to Kursk. What we know on day 1,140See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageVolodymyr Zelenskyy said for the first time Monday that Ukrainian forces were operating in Russia’s Belgorod region, where Moscow reported attacks in March. Belgorod is regularly the target of Ukrainian air attacks and is close to Russia’s Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces have been desperately trying to hang on to territory since launching a surprise incursion last year. Zelenskyy said in his daily address that General Oleksandr Syrsky had reported on “our presence in Kursk region and our presence in Belgorod region”. He added: “We continue to conduct active operations in the border areas on the enemy’s territory, and this is absolutely right – the war must return to where it came from.” It is the first time since the full-scale invasion began that Zelenskyy has explicitly mentioned a Ukrainian pr...

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5 h. ago Podiatrist: What your feet tell me about your health the second I see them

We rely on them every day so it's no surprise that our feet can provide clues about the state of our health. Here, a renowned podiatrist has advised why you need to pay closer attention to your feet.

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5 h. ago Woman, 81, who died walking through village named as dangerous driver arrested

A pedestrian who died after being struck by a car on Sunday evening has been named by police, following the arrest of a 23-year-old man on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving

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5 h. ago Alan Carr leads horrified reactions as host AJ Odudu is forced to tell Mickey Rourke 'stop looking at me!' while entering Celebrity Big Brother house

The Hollywood actor was the final star to enter the house on Monday - but he was quickly slammed for being 'creepy'.

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5 h. ago Scandal of NHS prostate cancer postcode lottery: Thousands of men at greater risk of death as 96 trusts fail to meet target to start treatment, forcing hundreds to wait months for care

To maximise survival chances, the NHS should diagnose the disease and start patients' treatment within 62 days of them being referred by a doctor.

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5 h. ago 2024 saw the highest number of executions in nine years with China the capital punishment 'world leader', report reveals

More than 1,500 people were put to death by governments across 15 countries in 2024, a damning new report by Amnesty International has revealed.

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6 h. ago Did a school Bunsen burner mat give Mark cancer? After his 'cruel' death, wife Hayley now warns of the shocking ways you can inhale deadly asbestos

Mark Smith, then aged 36, was still coming to terms with his diagnosis of mesothelioma when he spoke to Good Health about it in December. He had no idea then that he had just weeks to live.

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6 h. ago THOUSANDS of men with prostate cancer are at increased risk of early death due to scandalous postcode lottery

To maximise survival chances, the NHS should diagnose the disease (pictured, file photo) and start treatment within 62 days of a patient being referred by a doctor.

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