42 h. ago Rise of 'adult playgrounds' as nightclubs vanish across UK and high streets 'adapt'

EXCLUSIVE: Brits are ditching big boozy nights out on the sesh for ball games. Gone are the days of the club as 'immersive entertainment' venues are the new 'in-thing'. We take a look into it

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53 h. ago Coronation Street star lands role on rival BBC soap after leaving cobbles

Martin Hancock has joined the cast of Casualty, two years after leaving Coronation Street, where he played eco-warrior Spider Nugent on-and-off for 26 years

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55 h. ago Cristiano Ronaldo playable character in Street Fighter rival as fans fume 'game ruined'

Cristiano Ronaldo divides the opinions of football fans – and now both lovers and haters will be happy to hear he is about to be added to fighting arcade game Fatal Fury

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58 h. ago Coronation Street's Simon Gregson reignites split rumours as he's seen without wedding ring

Coronation Street star, Simon Gregson, who plays Steve McDonald in the ITV soap, has been spotted without his wedding ring fuelling rumours he's split from his wife Emma

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61 h. ago Russian strikes show Moscow does not want ‘real peace’, says Zelenskyy

Ukraine’s president said drone attacks just hours after ceasefire talks were ‘a clear signal to the whole world’See all our Ukraine war coverageUkraine’s president has accused Russia of being insincere about moving towards peace as he reported an attack by 117 drones, just a day after both countries had agreed to a maritime ceasefire subject to Moscow obtaining agricultural sanctions relief.Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that launching nationwide strikes after the peace negotiations was proof of Russia’s true intentions, though the Kremlin insisted the US-brokered talks were proceeding constructively. Continue reading...

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63 h. ago Inside Coronation Street star Tina O' Brien's love life amid marriage breakdown fears

Tina O'Brien, who plays Sarah Platt in Coronation Street, and her husband, Adam Crofts, have reportedly called time on their relationship after seven years of marriage

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66 h. ago Martin Kemp left 'struggling to breathe' after street attack over EastEnders role

Spandau Ballet star Martin Kempsays he was attacked in the street and left "struggling to breathe" while he was playing EastEnders villain Steve Owen

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3 d. ago Coronation Street's Tina O'Brien 'secretly split' from husband months before concerns

Coronation Street star Tina O'Brien, who is known for playing Sarah Platt on the cobbles, has reportedly split from her husband Adam Crofts after growing apart

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3 d. ago ITV Coronation Street star breaks silence on 'exciting' new role after soap exit

Charlie Condou, who played in Coronation Street's Marcus Dent, has joined the cast of Doctor Who as the show's 15th Doctor Ncuti Gatwa's companion for an "exciting" new escapade

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4 d. ago Putin blitzes Ukrainian civilians with missiles as his envoys discuss 'peace' with Trump's representatives in Saudi Arabia

It was Russia 's turn to meet with U.S. representatives in Saudi Arabia today as missiles continued to pound northeastern Ukraine, injuring children

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5 d. ago Ukrainian girl, five, and her father killed in Putin night of terror as Russian bombards Kyiv with drone attacks while peace deal begins to look further away then ever

Vladimir Putin inflicted a night of drone terror on Ukrainian capital Kyiv killing a girl aged five and her father.

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6 d. ago Ryan Thomas' heartbreaking five words that ended relationship with Tina O'Brien

The ITV 99 To Beat host met Tina while starring in Coronation Street, where they played on-screen loves too

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6 d. ago Russian drone pilots hunting down Ukrainian civilians on the streets: ‘Like playing a computer game’

Ukrainians living in bombed-out Kherson tell World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley how they are targeted by Russian drones as they go about their daily lives - and how their brutal injuries are cared for in a hospital forced underground

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7 d. ago Coronation Street star's huge new job away from UK after quitting soap

Coronation Street star Charlotte Jordan, who playesDaisy Midgley on the long-running ITV soap, has landed a big-money role abroad ahead of her soap exit

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8 d. ago Russia and Ukraine exchange aerial attacks amid ceasefire confusion

Moscow launches airstrikes and drone attacks and Kyiv hits Russian airbase as terms of proposed ceasefire remain unclear Europe live – latest updatesRussia and Ukraine exchanged aerial assaults overnight amid uncertainty over the timing and terms of a limited US-brokered ceasefire agreed this week.Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said Russia had launched nearly 200 Iranian Shahed drones overnight, wounding at least 10 people, including four children, and damaging “residential buildings, a church, and infrastructure”. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Putin’s demands on west’s support for Ukraine ‘unacceptable’, says Germany as Russia launches overnight strikes – live

German defence minister says Putin’s desire to render Ukraine defenceless is ‘very transparent’Andriy Yermak, head of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office, just posted a social media update calling out Russian attacks overnight:In Sumy, a Russian Shahed drone struck a hospital. Russia is attacking civilian infrastructure and people right now. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Coronation Street's Charlotte Jordan wows fans with hair transformation ahead of ITV soap exit

Coronation Street actress Charlotte Jordan, who plays Daisy Midgeley on the ITV soap, has wowed fans with a hair transformation ahead of her exit from the cobbles

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1 week ago Coronation Street legend, 93, 'rarely seen in public' as son gives update

Eileen Derbyshire is best known for her role in the ITV soap, Coronation Street, where she played Emily Bishop for more than 50 years before retiring from acting in 2016

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1 week ago Road of death: The Kursk highway where Russian drones hunt down Ukrainian soldiers

The R200 highway in Kursk is a crucial route in Ukraine for the transportation of supplies and troop rotation - but it has been subject to attacks from Russian drones. In one clip, a drone can be seen following a Ukrainian vehicle before the feed cuts.

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1 week ago Moment tiny Russian drone hurtles toward Ukrainian military vehicles on 'road of death'

In what appears to be a deadly game of cat-and-mouse, Russian drones hunted down Ukrainian soldiers on the war-torn country's infamous R200 highway in a relentless barrage of attacks.

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