2 h. ago Troubled star Hayden Panettiere sends fans in frenzy as she debuts 'wild' transformation

Hayden Panettiere sent fans into a frenzy as she unveiled her 'wild' transformation in new photos shared to Instagram on Friday.

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3 h. ago Girl, 4, killed in 'dog attack' at house where police euthanised seven dogs

Police officers determined there were six pitbulls and one poodle mix dog inside the address when the incident occurred - the dogs were euthanised at the scene

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6 h. ago Main road shut after fire breaks out with smoke warning issued

Firefighters are working at the scene

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6 h. ago The Bootyguard! Kim Kardashian is hot favourite to take Whitney's role in Bodyguard remake

The Mail on Sunday has learned the script has been 'specifically tailored' to Ms Kardashian, who is anxious to make her big-screen debut as a leading lady.

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7 h. ago Man dies after being "deliberately" struck by car in suspected "murder"

A 41-year-old man was arrested at the scene of the incident.

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8 h. ago Gogglebox star Mary leaves people in hysterics with 'odd' bedroom confession

Fans of the Channel 4 show were left in hysterics over a comment made by Mary Killen while watching a scene from Coronation Street with her husband Giles when she made the raunchy comment

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10 h. ago Popular Welsh restaurant hit by 'devastating' fire as smoke seen billowing from building

Emergency services were called to the scene on Good Friday

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10 h. ago 'Intimacy toys' spark blaze as bloke in robe tells cops 'I started the fire'

Harry Torres told firefighters, 'I started the fire' and 'I lit the two toys on fire' after they rushed to the scene to battle the blaze that caused an 87-year-old woman to flee her home

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12 h. ago Hugh Jackman shares ‘one little gripe’ about working with Deadpool and Wolverine co

‘That’s fine, I don’t need to be in every scene in the movie’ said the actor, comparing himself to his co-star

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12 h. ago Virgin River fans 'hated' books over series, for one key reason

Netflix's Virgin River has divided book fans over the series on the small screen, with many left hitting out at the 'sexist' narrative from the books penned by American author Robyn Carr.

Culture

13 h. ago Gogglebox star's raunchy bedroom remark leaves Channel 4 fans in hysterics

Gogglebox fans were left in hysterics on Friday evening as they flocked to social media to comment on Mary Killen's reaction to a raunchy soap scene.

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14 h. ago Murder investigation after elderly couple, 91 and 88, killed in house fire in idyllic town

Stan Rickman, 91, and Roma Rickman, 88, were pronounced dead at the scene in  their home on Heron Close in Alton in the early hours of Monday, April 14.

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15 h. ago ALL of Ozempic's disturbing side effects, exactly how slimming jabs work inside your body and the definitive list of celebs taking them

Miracle weight-loss drugs like Ozempic have burst onto the scene in recent years, hailed as a potential fix for the West's spiraling obesity crisis.

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18 h. ago Hugh Jackman reveals his one gripe with Ryan Reynolds as he takes cheeky swipe

Hugh Jackman took aim at his longtime frenemy Ryan Reynolds while on stage at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Friday. He mocked the opening scene of their Marvel movie

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20 h. ago Dating app fatigue is 'real threat' as Gen Z are struggling to settle down

The dating scene is getting tougher with young people struggling to settle down and the hook up culture getting normalised - This has now sparked the so-called term 'dating app fatigue'

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29 h. ago Maryland dad Abrego Garcia moved out of brutal El Salvador jail but remains behind bars, says senator who met with him

Maryland senator blasts Bukele for staging fake ‘margarita’ scene as he rallies for mistakenly deported man’s return

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36 h. ago Opening date for the Renfrew Bridge confirmed as Renfrewshire Council prepares for historic unveiling

The 184-metre twin-leaf bridge has been given an opening date of Friday, May 9.

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37 h. ago German police crack down on illegal street car tuning as season begins

Enthusiasts gathering on Good Friday – renamed Carfreitag – face curbs on unauthorised tuning, illegal races and pollutionPolice in Germany have announced a crackdown on illegal racing and the unauthorised modification of cars as members of the so-called tuning scene meet across the country for the start of their annual season.The Good Friday holiday marking Christ’s death on the cross, called Karfreitag in German – from the Old High German word kara, meaning sorrow – is otherwise known by the extreme car enthusiasts as Carfreitag (car Friday) for its unofficial gathering of the “tuners” and “car posers”. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Fire Max 11 dubbed 'best Amazon Fire tablet ever' cut by £70 for 'limited time'

The Fire Max 11 is a great budget-friendly option that is said to deliver a powerful peformance with a brilliant screen.

Economics

39 h. ago Top chef Tom Shepherd who cooked Christmas dinner for the Vardys unveils new role at Wembley

Tom Shepherd - an award winning chef and entrepreneur who picked up a Michelin-star within weeks of opening restaurant Upstairs - has teamed up with Wembley Stadium for a curated VIP dining experience at the iconic venue

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40 h. ago From weird elephant videos to revolutionising TV: 20 years of Youtube

Big broadcasters are launching hit series on the video-sharing platform, while its stars are winning Emmys. Insiders discuss how YouTube became the TV of tomorrowWhat’s the difference between YouTube and TV? Two decades ago, that would have been a very easy question to answer. TV was the stuff that was on – you guessed it – television, with its budgets, scripts, multiple camera angles and lights. The first video ever uploaded to YouTube, meanwhile, could never have been mistaken for it. “All right, so here we are in front of the, uh, elephants,” a pixelated young man told the camera. “The cool thing about these guys is that is that they have really, really, really long, um, trunks.” The video was uploaded on 23 April 2005 and marked the true launch of the video-sharing site.This February, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan declared: “YouTube is the new television.” He was referring to the fact that more and more people watch YouTube videos on the big screen: apparently, user...

Culture

44 h. ago Emma Corrin and Olivia Colman to star in Netflix's new Pride and Prejudice series

The Crown stars Emma Corrin and Olivia Colman will finally be reunited on-screen as they have just been cast in Netflix’s new Pride and Prejudice series written by Dolly Alderton

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44 h. ago Serious crash shuts main road 'for some time' in both directions

Emergency services are at the scene

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48 h. ago I fear I’m doing friendship wrong: why do we lose the art of just hanging out? | Carolin Würfel

Pre-planned lunch is fine but is rarely about true connection. Surely unstructured time with friends is betterThere’s a black and white image of the photographer and war correspondent Lee Miller and her friend Tanja Ramm. The two are having breakfast in bed at Miller’s studio in Paris, casually reading newspapers. Their faces are framed by untamed hair and they’re dressed in cotton shirts, with coffee cups in front of them. The image, captured in 1931, is quiet and intimate. They share a blanket, their arms touch. There’s no rush, no urgency. It’s a scene about love but, above all, it’s about friendship.When was the last time I lay in bed with a friend like that? For most of us, it was probably during school or university, when staying over or crashing at someone’s house was a regular occurrence – sometimes a necessity, but mostly just part of our routines. It kept us close. Staying in a friend’s room or apartment felt like being on an island – safe, cosy and fun. It was about whisp...

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51 h. ago FSU shooting latest: Gunman, 20, who killed two and injured 6 ‘is a cop’s son who used mom’s former service weapon’

Phoenix Ikner, the 20-year-old shooting suspect, also had a shotgun on him but police say it’s not immediately clear whether he fired it at the scene

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53 h. ago FSU shooting latest: Gunman, 20, who killed two and injured 5 ‘is a cop’s son who used mom’s former service weapon’

Phoenix Ikner, the 20-year-old shooting suspect, also had a shotgun on him but police say it’s not immediately clear whether he fired it at the scene

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54 h. ago Maguire heads winner as Manchester United pull off chaotic comeback against Lyon

Manchester United unveiled a first ever tifo that declared, “Never Gonna Stop”, then did precisely this by knocking out 10-man Lyon in an electrifying close to extra-time.In the first period Rayan Cherki and Alexandre Lacazette had put the French two ahead. But, now, drama: Casemiro went down and Sandro Schärer, ordered to the monitor, awarded a penalty Bruno Fernandes scored. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago Florida University shooting leaves two dead and five injured

Emergency vehicles from multiple agencies raced to the scene near the student union after an active shooter alert was issued.

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55 h. ago Two killed and six injured in Florida university shooting, officials say

Police took in suspect Phoenix Ikner, 20, a Florida State University student and son of a sheriff’s deputyTwo people were killed in a mass shooting at Florida State University (FSU) campus on Thursday, and six others were injured, police said.The 20-year-old suspect is a student and the son of a sheriff’s deputy who had access to one of her weapons, a handgun, which was found at the scene, Sheriff Walt McNeil said at a news conference. Continue reading...

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57 h. ago Emmerdale scene gives away John Sugden's identity and real name in Aidan twist

A scene on Emmerdale on Thursday night appeared to rubbish the theory that John Sugden was hiding who he really was, as someone who knew him said his real name in an Aidan Moore twist

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57 h. ago Child molester questioned after missing gran found 'encased in concrete'

Marcia Norman went missing on April 1 with detectives baffled at the scene left in her house, immediately launching a manhunt after deeming her disappearance 'suspicious'

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57 h. ago EastEnders fans emotional over Dot Cotton's 'cameo' three years after death

As Sonia Fowler actress Natalie Cassidy bowed out of EastEnders on Thursday night, the BBC soap aired a special monologue scene with the voice of the late Dot Cotton, played by June Brown

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58 h. ago White Lotus star Jason Isaacs snipes at Rebel Wilson as she makes joke about his full

The Harry Potter star, 61, took on the role of Timothy Ratcliff in the smash hit drama and one scene saw him accidentally expose his genitals while sitting in a bathrobe.

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58 h. ago NASA’s Curiosity Rover discovers 'evidence of life' on Mars in bombshell find

Could Mars have really been home to alien lifeforms? NASA's most recent discovery, made by its Curiosity Rover on the Red Planet, has unveiled data which brings scientists one step closer to knowing

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58 h. ago Teenage boy is killed and man seriously injured in farmyard machinery incident

Paramedics discovered the boy in a critical condition but said nothing could be done to save him and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

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60 h. ago Parents' fears as kids spend 45 hours a week indoors with over a third glued to screens

A national poll of 2,000 parents with children aged 6 to 14 revealed that youngsters are clocking up nearly two-and-a-half hours a day on screen time by using smartphones, tablets, or watching the telly.

Politics

60 h. ago Coronation Street fans 'back in early 2000s' as they call out Sarah Platt 'blunder'

It came as fans of the ITV soap spoke out on the return of a former on-screen relationship

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60 h. ago ‘He will not leave the stage. Ever’: Marina Abramović and Igor Levit on their marathon 16

Why is the great performance artist making pianist Levit play a Satie piece 840 times? And does he really have a screen to go behind should nature call? We enter another level of time and consciousnessAmid the experiments and cross-genre collaborations in this year’s Multitudes festival is one event that will challenge its performer as much as its audience – and the only one where specially appointed brow-moppers will be on hand. At 10am on 24 April in London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, pianist Igor Levit will begin a performance of a single piece, Erik Satie’s Vexations, in a concert that will last at least 16 hours.A few tickets (for the full duration or one-hour slots) are still available for this extreme pianist endurance event. What should the audience expect to get out of it? “I’d never tell an audience what they should experience,” says Levit. “But I would encourage people to just literally let it go. There is no agenda in this piece. There is no meaning to it. It’s just empty sp...

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61 h. ago Tour of Britain Women route unveiled with Glasgow circuit to host final stage

Lotte Kopecky may be in action to defend her title ahead of a tilt at the Tour de France Femmes

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61 h. ago Morrisons issues response after customers worry about £12 Dubai Style Easter Egg

Morrisons has unveiled a new version of the beloved seasonal treat, but shoppers have been left baffled by one feature of the chocolate egg, which costs £12

Economics

62 h. ago ‘All of his guns will do nothing for him’: lefty preppers are taking a different approach to doomsday

Liberals in the US make up about 15% of the prepping scene and their numbers are growing. Their fears differ from their better-known rightwing counterparts – as do their methodsOne afternoon in February, hoping to survive the apocalypse or at least avoid finding myself among its earliest victims, I logged on to an online course entitled Ruggedize Your Life: The Basics.Some of my classmates had activated their cameras. I scrolled through the little windows, noting the alarmed faces, downcast in cold laptop light. There were dozens of us on the call, including a geophysicist, an actor, a retired financial adviser and a civil engineer. We all looked worried, and rightly so. The issue formerly known as climate change was now a polycrisis called climate collapse. H1N1 was busily jumping from birds to cows to people. And with each passing day, as Donald Trump went about gleefully dismantling state capacity, the promise of a competent government response to the next hurricane, wildfire, fl...

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62 h. ago Mum believes in 'unlimited' screen time and no bed time – but she has one rule

Single mum-of-four, Jeri-Leah, has caused as stir online after having had her video go viral where she explained that she does everything for her children and that they only have one rule to follow

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62 h. ago Marks & Spencer unveils £90 million investment in London food halls

The investment pipeline is set to create 450 new jobs and will add more than 70,000 sq ft of store space.

Economics

63 h. ago A look at Lily Allen’s fashion evolution as the singer prepares to turn 40

Lily Allen burst onto the music scene in 2006 - but it wasn’t just her music that drew attention

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64 h. ago ‘The goal of a protest song is to make people feel strong and alive’: Ani DiFranco on Broadway, Fugazi and 30 years of activism

The singer-songwriter answers your questions about 90s gigs with Tori Amos, her ‘humbling’ run in Hadestown and keeping hope alive in the Trump eraPlease talk about growing up in Buffalo, New York – the music scene there, and becoming an emancipated adult at 15. AugustoMAs a child, I befriended Michael Meldrum, a local troubadour. He brought me around to his gigs and coffee houses. That was a cool, unique way to grow up, beside this alcoholic artist who hopped from girlfriend to girlfriend’s house. He he was smart and so well informed when it came to music.I was his shadow between the ages of nine and 13 or 14 or so. Beyond that, we parted ways. So when I was an emancipated minor at 15 and going into the adult world, it was with no protector by my side. I was out there in bars, on my own, running the open mic, playing gigs. I had an after-school job – I was trying to finish high school. I never managed to grow a thick skin; I’m still very open and porous. Somehow I survived all thos...

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64 h. ago First look at Disneyland's new World of Frozen and Lion King attraction as theme park unveils unprecedented 'magical' transformation

Disneyland Paris has finally given fans a sneak peek at what's coming to the resort, as one of its two theme parks undergoes a huge transformation.

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65 h. ago Crawley Leisure Park crash: Woman killed is pictured as girl, 12, fights for life

Dominyka Jonikaite, 25, died at the scene in West Sussex, while her sister, and teen cousin were taken to hospital with serious injuries. The driver was arrested

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65 h. ago Kids delight as family favourite Bluey returns to the big screen at Vue Hamilton

Bluey at the Cinema: Let’s Play Chef Collection is made up of eight existing episodes from the beloved TV show’s three series, all based around the fun of food.

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65 h. ago Johnny Sexton makes surprise move to join Andy Farrell’s Lions coaching staff

Raises further intrigue over fly-half selection debateSexton endorsed Owen Farrell in press interviewJohnny Sexton has been added to the British & Irish Lions coaching staff for the summer tour of Australia in a surprise move that raises further intrigue over the fly-half selection debate following his previous criticism of Finn Russell and endorsement of Owen Farrell.Sexton was not named by Andy Farrell when the head coach unveiled his assistants for the tour last month but will now join Simon Easterby, John Dalziel, Andrew Goodman, Richard Wigglesworth and John Fogarty on the coaching ticket. The 39-year-old will also join Farrell’s coaching staff at Ireland upon the conclusion of the Lions tour. Continue reading...

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65 h. ago Freddie Flintoff Top Gear crash seen for first time in new Disney documentary trailer

Freddie Flintoff’s terrifying Top Gear crash has been seen on screen.

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65 h. ago The inside story of why Virgil van Dijk signed his new Liverpool contract: Premier League rivals who wanted to sign him this summer NAMED and the moments that sealed a 'not easy' deal

LEWIS STEELE: There was a scene last Sunday which highlighted just why Virgil van Dijk is the ultimate captain, role-model and ambassador of Liverpool Football Club.

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66 h. ago Housebuilder unveils host of community support initiatives in West Lothian village

'We’re currently preparing for our much-anticipated Easter event'

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66 h. ago Barry Ferguson and his 6 Rangers boosts as Bilbao date with destiny sees major squad calls

The Light Blues are bidding to reach the Europa League semi-final as they bid to produce another historic night on European scene

Politics

68 h. ago Helicopter crashes just minutes after takeoff at Melbourne Airport

Photos from the scene reveal the aircraft's wreckage with the crash occuring beside a runway.

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68 h. ago Sainsbury's joins Tesco in bracing for supermarket price cutting war with Asda

Grocer also unveiled its biggest store opening programme in more than a decade

Economics

69 h. ago Helicopter crashes just minutes after take off at Melbourne Airport as person rushed to hospital

The helicopter crashed just minutes after take-off at Moorabbin Airport in Melbourne, with photographs from the scene showing fire crews rushing towards the crumpled aircraft

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2 d. ago Manchester taxis are 'broken', and this is Andy Burnham's plan to fix them

Andy Burnham unveiled plans to fix the 'broken system'

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3 d. ago ‘My heart broke’: director Ryan Coogler on mourning Chadwick Boseman, rebooting Black Panther and his new movie Sinners

The highest grossing Black film-maker of all time is known for his superhero movies and reinventing the Rocky franchise. Now he’s made his most personal film yet – and it’s a vampire thrillerWe’re supposed to be talking about movies, but Ryan Coogler has family on his mind when we have our video call – parents, siblings, twins, ancestors and, most of all, his two daughters. “It’s all good, kids not up yet,” the director says in his Oakland drawl. He’s speaking from a New York hotel room, the morning after the premiere of his new movie, Sinners. But, sure enough, 10 minutes into our conversation, his daughters, three and five, come into the room and bundle on to his lap. “Aw, here’s my little ones, bro.” A toy boomerang flies into and out of shot. “Daddy’s gotta work,” he patiently explains. Noises off-screen and doors closing.Anyway, where were we? Continue reading...

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3 d. ago How Johnny Depp escaped being cancelled: Inside the actor's big screen return as he unveils a striking  new look

It is three years since Johnny Depp and Amber Heard delivered one of Hollywood's most bitter court showdowns - but it seems the actor has been plotting his Hollywood comeback.

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3 d. ago Coronation Street's Jack P Shepherd surprises as he makes movie role confession

The actor shared with the Big Brother housemates that he almost ended up on the big screen, twice

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3 d. ago What happened between Trisha Goddard and Tiffany Pollard after tense clash

Celebrity Big Brother host Will Best was forced to step in after Tiffany Pollard raged at Trisha Goodard for being 'rude' to her off-screen in a shocking accusation

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3 d. ago Gossip Girl star Michelle Trachtenberg's cause of death confirmed as hidden health issue unveiled

Michelle Trachtenberg's cause of death has been confirmed two months after the Gossip Girl star was found dead at her New York City apartment.

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3 d. ago The £30m super yacht that spent the weekend loitering off the Welsh coast

The 59.4 metre long vessel made a four-day stop off the North Wales coast, and was a scene of great curiosity

Economics

3 d. ago Edinburgh pensioner dies near busy Scots train station as cops race to the scene

Emergency services raced to Waverley Station at 3pm after they received reports that a 78-year-old man had taken ill, sadly, he was pronounced dead at the scene.

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3 d. ago In Sweden, I got paid time off to settle my child at school. Here’s why I want US families to have the same right

Parents can do inskolning as part of their 480 days of paid leave per child – as an American abroad, this was a foreign concept. But here’s what the US could learnAbout a month ago, I sat on a tiny wooden chair, hand-embroidering a thick cotton pillowcase in dim candlelight. Eight Swedish children softly sang a good morning song over tiny cups of peach-colored herbal tea.This is not a tale of a tradwife textile artist living off the grid in the Swedish countryside or the opening of some eerie Midsommar-style folk horror scene. It was the first day of my three-year-old’s inskolning, the introductory period to her new daycare/preschool. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Huge city centre police scene as air ambulance scrambled and woman rushed to hospital

An air ambulance landed in Piccadilly Gardens following the incident

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3 d. ago Katie Price is set to make major career move in acting debut

The former glamour model is set to be on the screen later this year

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3 d. ago Pictured: Biomedical science graduate, 25, who was killed when suspected drug driver ploughed into her family

Science graduate Dominyka Jonikaite, 25, was pinned under a BMW where paramedics battled to save her life - but she died at the scene.

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3 d. ago Stolen Girl star Denise Gough's life off screen from 'traumatic' childhood to drugs battle

Denise Gough is currently starring in Disney+ drama The Stolen Girl but has also seen success on stage, with fans curious to know more about the actress.

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3 d. ago The Original Star Wars Cut George Lucas Didn't Want You To See Will Screen In London

The Original Star Wars Cut George Lucas Didn't Want You To See Will Screen In London  IGN

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3 d. ago ‘Apparently, he had a fist fight with King Charles’: the jawdropping life of Luca Prodan, Argentina’s punk god

He was a gin-swilling Scottish-Italian heroin addict who set Argentina’s music scene ablaze – baffling the junta, who would arrest his audiences. As a biopic looms, we look at the fast life and early death of the frontman still worshipped todayIn 1980, a tall, thin man landed in Buenos Aires airport, at the height of Argentina’s military dictatorship. His name was Luca Prodan, a Scottish-Italian rocker, and he had just finished the last of his methadone on the flight over. His arrival would soon send shockwaves through Argentina when he started a band called Sumo, acquainted the country with post-punk, and became a national legend who lives on, his music still earning hundreds of millions of streams. “When I saw Sumo in 1982,” says Prodan’s younger brother Andrea, “I thought, ‘This is more than just a band. This is like the Velvet Underground.’”But, despite Prodan’s strong ties to Europe and his high esteem in Argentina, he is barely known outside of the country. That looks set to c...

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3 d. ago LIVE Air ambulance lands in Piccadilly Gardens amid incident in city centre

There is also a large police scene in the Northern Quarter

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3 d. ago Sculpture at Port of Dover celebrates VE Day and the pioneering history of radar

The sculpture, named Echoes, was unveiled in Dover today and has been designed by artist Martin Barraud to commemorate the anniversaries of Victory in Europe Day

Culture

3 d. ago Easter brainteaser challenges readers to spot 9 hidden eggs in motorway scene

Getting egg-cited for Easter? Put your observation skills to the test with this fun and tricky brainteaser challenge

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3 d. ago Star Wars (1977) Is Coming Back to the Big Screen in London—Here’s When and Where to Catch This Epic Revival

Star Wars (1977) Is Coming Back to the Big Screen in London—Here’s When and Where to Catch This Epic Revival  Pedirayudas

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3 d. ago Patsy Palmer 'nearly quit' Celebrity Big Brother house after behind

Patsy Palmer was reportedly ready to quit the Celebrity Big Brother house after an off-screen conversation was revealed by her fellow housemate Trisha Goddard.

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3 d. ago Game of Thrones star 'apologised after every scene' for reason making fans melt

Charles Dance appeared in HBO's Game of Thrones for several seasons – with Dance playing the role of the sadistic Tywin Lannister and often apologising for his dialogue

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3 d. ago The Legend of Ochi review – visually dazzling throwback kids movie

There’s an 80s vibe to this ET-adjacent family adventure with Willem Dafoe and Emily Watson, relying on impressive practical effectsThe Legend of Ochi creates such a complete visual experience that studio heads who have led countless multimillion-dollar trips to the green-screen warehouse should hang their heads in shame when they see it.It’s not that writer-director Isaiah Saxon and his collaborators have abstained, monk-like, from modern technology in assembling this children’s fantasy film; though it consciously throws back to puppetry, matte paintings and other practical effects that were more common in live-action family films of the 1980s, The Legend of Ochi clearly makes use of digital tricks, too. (When its trailer first dropped, online hordes were even convinced – wholly incorrectly – that its relatively low-budget world-building must be the product of generative AI tech.) But all of these non-AI techniques, as well as vivid location shooting in Romania, have been pulled to...

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3 d. ago ‘It’s allowed me to see through his eyes’: Super Mario, my dad and me

When his mum found their old family NES covered in dust and rust, Thomas Hobbs cleaned it up, got it working and reconnected with his childhood and late fatherOne of my earliest memories is watching my mum and dad play the opening level of Super Mario Bros in cooperative mode on the Nintendo Entertainment System. This was the early 1990s, and they were joined at the hip on the sofa, laughing at the idea of two portly plumbers becoming gigantic after consuming copious amounts of magic mushrooms.In this moment I sensed their natural chemistry, while the intoxicating mix of 8-bit visuals and perky, synth-heavy music blew my toddler mind. Although it was irritating seeing them constantly fail to jump high enough to hit the top of the flagpole at the end of the level, I remember being transfixed by the TV screen, and I’m pretty sure this was the first time I connected properly with a video game. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Revealed: The first words cycling star Rohan Dennis said to his dying wife after she was struck by the car he was driving... and why he did NOT perform CPR

Dennis has re-created the shattering scene outside his home on December 30, 2023 in graphic detail in an interview with South Australian police that took place just after his wife's death.

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3 d. ago Kym Marsh: ‘No more marriages for me. Three strikes and I’m out!’

The singer and actor parlayed her Noughties fame on ‘Popstars’ into an unpredictable career across stage, screen – and the cobbles. As her new play ‘Abigail’s Party’ rakes in rave reviews in Manchester, she sits down with Alim Kheraj to talk relationships, tabloid attention, and why she still speaks with disgraced ‘Strictly’ pro Graziano Di Prima

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4 d. ago Meet the Brits who have made the Forbes' 30 Under 30 Europe list: From making it big on screen to the pitch

Forbes has once again released its coveted 30 Under 30 Europe list - and it comes as little surprise that a host of famous Brits have made the cut.

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4 d. ago Tuvalu marks ‘momentous occasion’ with unveiling of its first ATMs

All banking in the Pacific nation used to be done in cash but that is about to change on the main island of FunafutiTuvalu, one of the world’s most remote nations, has unveiled its first ever ATMs, at the headquarters of the National Bank of Tuvalu in the village of Vaiaku on Funafuti, the country’s main island.Tuesday’s ceremony marked a historic shift for the island nation of 12,000 people, which has never before had access to electronic banking. Attended by prime minister Feleti Teo, the governor general, traditional leaders, members of parliament and representatives from the diplomatic and business sectors, the event celebrated a long-anticipated move toward financial modernisation. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Artist Kehinde Wiley puts power in a new frame with paintings of African leaders

American artist Kehinde Wiley has unveiled an exhibition in Morocco of portraits of African leaders as part of a yearslong series exploring politics and image-making

Politics

4 d. ago Zuckerberg feared monopoly scrutiny and mulled Instagram split, files show

Testimony that Instagram was ‘better’ seems to bolster allegations Meta used ‘buy or bury’ tactic to snap up rivalsMeta’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg considered spinning off Instagram in 2018 in anticipation of a potential antitrust suit, documents unveiled at a trial in Washington showed on Tuesday. “While most companies resist break-ups, the corporate history is that most companies actually perform better after they’ve been split up,” he wrote in an email at the time. He said there was a “there is a non-trivial chance” his company would be forced to spin Instagram and WhatsApp out anyway. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago NASA unveils chilling timeline for Earth's final days under a dying Sun

A group of NASA scientists has come up with a timeline for the complete end of life on Earth using mathematical models powered by supercomputers, and the results are not good

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4 d. ago JoJo Siwa flooded with support as Celeb Big Brother admission leaves fans divided

JoJo Siwa told Celebrity Big Brother that she was not 'ready necessarily to be open' about her gender identity, and while many fans are proud of the star, others think ITV's choice to air the scene is 'cruel'

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4 d. ago Disturbing state of Gene Hackman's home before deaths unveiled in chilling update

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman, 95, was found dead in his Santa Fe mansion alongside his wife Betsy Arakawa, 65, with their deaths initially being ruled "suspicious"

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4 d. ago 80s Hollywood child star unrecognizable in rare sighting in his new career... can you guess who?

He also appeared on the big screen in the iconic 1979 thriller The Amityville Horror and counts Punkie Brewster star Soleil Moon Frye as a relative.

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4 d. ago Audi in horror crash after smashing into railings as wheel sent flying into bus stop

A huge scene was put in place following the dramatic collision which saw car parts hit nearby homes

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4 d. ago Johnny Depp unrecognisable with long grey hair and new eyes for Hollywood return

Actor Johnny Depp looks very different after he recently landed a role in an upcoming film that marks the star's comeback to the silver screen after years of very public personal and legal issues

Politics

4 d. ago Pensioner dies in horror crash as another fighting for life in hospital

The road was closed until around 6.25pm to allow for an investigation at the scene and has since fully reopened.

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4 d. ago LIVE: Major road closed outside retail park with huge emergency response at scene

Police, paramedics and fire crews are in attendance beside the Snipe Retail Park

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4 d. ago Peter Andre fans all ask the same question as Aussie singer plays Jamaican gangster in odd new film trailer

The low-budget comedy marks the Mysterious Girl hit-maker’s first lead role on the big screen

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4 d. ago Roads around Paisley's Royal Alexandra Hospital closed after car crash

The incident, which happened at the junction to the hospital car park, saw several emergency services race to the scene.

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4 d. ago ‘I sent AI to art school!’ The postmodern master who taught a machine to beef up his old work

Warhol for colour, Hopper for volume American art world star David Salle is using AI on old paintings of his that had a mixed reception – with wild, sprawling results. Why isn’t he afraid of being replaced?By the time you read this article, there’s a good chance it will have already been scanned by an artificially intelligent machine. If asked about the artist David Salle, large language models such as ChatGPT or Gemini may repurpose some of the words below to come up with their answer. The bigger the data set, the more convincing the response – and Salle has been written about exhaustively since he first rose to art world stardom in the 1980s. The question is whether AI can ever say anything new about the artist and his work, or if it’s for ever condemned to generate more of the same.A similar question lingers beneath the surface of the paintings that Salle has been making since 2023, a new series of which he has just unveiled at Thaddaeus Ropac in London. His New Pastorals were ma...

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4 d. ago Harry Potter TV cast: Meet the stars playing Dumbledore, Hagrid, and McGonagall in new JK Rowling series

The new Harry Potter cast has been unveiled, featuring John Lithgow as Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as McGonagall, and Nick Frost as Hagrid

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4 d. ago Emmerdale star Tony Audenshaw 'honoured' to unveil display for cancer awareness

A display of 797 pairs of trainers have been unveiled near Tower Bridge, London, to symbolise the number of people who die from pancreatic cancer every month in the UK

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4 d. ago Emmerdale star Tony Audenshaw unveils tribute to those who have died from pancreatic cancer

In total, 797 pairs of trainers have been unveiled near the 13.1-mile mark of the London Marathon route, in a powerful installation by Pancreatic Cancer UK

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4 d. ago Inbetweeners star Joe Thomas captures British rail frustrations in hilarious new video

A new study has unveiled the 15 biggest bugbears of train travel, including loud music or videos, unclear tannoy announcements and the dreaded rail replacement bus

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