46 h. ago Grand National LIVE: Final runners and riders released on day one of Aintree Festival

Follow all the action as Aintree gets underway and the complete field for this weekend’s action is revealed

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3 d. ago Title and release date revealed for fourth Tom Holland Spider

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is set for a July 31 2026 release date, Marvel Studios said.

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6 d. ago Hamas reportedly agrees to release five living Israeli hostages for ceasefire

Militants release video of Israeli captive Elkana Bohbot pleading for freedom as they seek a 50-day halt to conflictHamas has allegedly agreed to free five living Israeli hostages in exchange for a 50-day ceasefire, as the militant group released a video of a hostage making an appeal for his freedom.Hamas’s chief, Khalil al-Hayya, reportedly said on Saturday that the militant group expressed willingness to release the five hostages over the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr, which begins on Sunday, after a proposal it received two days ago from Egypt and Qatar, Reuters has reported. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Man, 26, killed father with a chisel on the day he walked out of prison under the Government's early release scheme 

Liam Matthews, who had been released from HMP Holme House the same morning, slashed at Bell with a chisel after spotting two other men fighting with him in the street, reports said

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8 d. ago Serial thug Liam Matthews killed victim on day he was released from prison

The 26-year-old was let out as part of a drive to reduce overcrowding in prisons.

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8 d. ago Man guilty of knife attack on day he was let out of jail on early release scheme

The Ministry of Justice has vowed to investigate the case fully.

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8 d. ago Meghan Markle's makeup artist Daniel Martin reveals products behind her royal wedding day look, as duchess continues to tease As Ever releases

The New York-based makeup artist, who is one of Meghan's closest friends, divulged the product breakdown on a Breaking Beauty Podcast episode with hosts Jill Dunn and Carlene Higgins.

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1 week ago Most Britons do not know scale of UK’s involvement in slavery, survey finds

Vast majority unaware how many people were enslaved and for how long, although poll finds support for reparations is risingBritons are widely ignorant of the scale and legacy of Britain’s involvement in slavery and colonialism, a survey has found, with the vast majority unaware how many people were enslaved, how long the trade went on for, or for how long UK taxpayers were paying off a government loan to “compensate” enslavers after abolition.The poll, released to coincide with Tuesday’s UN International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, was commissioned by the Repair Campaign, which is working with Caricom to secure reparatory justice for member states through health, education and infrastructure projects. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Hallelujah! A day to celebrate the Pope's release from the hospital — and his beloved gelato

“Hallelujah!”

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1 week ago Utah nurse accused of murder after convincing victim she was dying of cancer and ‘killing her for life insurance payout’

Over a five-year period, Meggan Randall Sundwall convinced Kacee Lyn Terry she was suffering from cancer even though she was healthy, according to court documents

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2 w. ago GAME employee shares 'devastating' scenes in shop on major release day

An employee of a GAME store recorded footage of his store's shopfloor where, despite Assassin's Creed Shadows' eagerly anticipated release, there were no customers to be seen

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2 w. ago Man found guilty of murdering his friend and cutting his body into pieces

Marcin Majerkiewicz, 42, killed Stuart Everett, 67, at their home and scattered his victim’s body parts in Salford parksA man has been found guilty at Manchester crown court of murdering his friend and cutting his body into dozens of pieces that were discovered in parks and nature reserves across Salford.Marcin Majerkiewicz, 42, killed Stuart Everett, 67, known as Benny, in a “brutal attack” at the house they shared in Eccles on 27 or 28 March last year, the court heard. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Taekwondo world champion, 18, was one of three teens killed in car crash as second victim is pictured for the first time

Taekwondo world champion Simon Evans, 18, Jacob Holeman, 17, and Jenson Bridges, 17, were killed on Friday when an Audi A1 crashed along a country lane in Tong near Shifnal, Shropshire.

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2 w. ago Some serious arcade deep cuts are coming to Xbox Game Pass in the Blizzard Arcade Collection

Xbox Game Pass has delivered on a new update that is set to deliver day one releases and some arcade classics that you completely forgot about.

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2 w. ago ‘The prison system is insanely broken’: a climate activist on his experience in jail

George Simonson says you learn about society by seeing how it treats its prisoners – and jail has strengthened his belief that change is crucialGeorge Simonson, 24, from London, had recently graduated in mechanical engineering from the University of Edinburgh when he was given a 24-month custodial sentence for climbing a gantry over the M25 in 2022. He was also found guilty of criminal damage and sentenced to a further six-week custodial sentence for spraying paint on a wall of Exeter University in 2023. He sent this letter from prison before he was released in January.I remember the day I was sentenced like it was yesterday. I was filled with anxiety the entire time. It’s a strange situation to be in, not knowing whether or not you’d have your liberty at the end of the day, or for how long it might be taken away. My mind was racing and I had no idea how to operate. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago When the East End stopped for Ronnie Kray's final goodbye: Gangster's funeral featured minders in dark suits, a cortege that blocked traffic and brother Reggie on day release

Chief among the mourners was Ronnie's brother Reggie, who was on day release from the murder sentence that was handed down alongside his brother's in 1969.

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2 w. ago How the loss of belief in Hell has had a profoundly destructive effect on civil order: DOMINIC LAWSON

Whatever sentence you are about to receive remember that after your days on earth are done, on your dying day, there will be no release for you.

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2 w. ago Meghan Markle's favourite music tracks revealed as we uncover her 'positive vibes' picks from her blog The Tig

King Charles released a playlist in collaboration with Apple Music to mark Commonwealth Day this week - but the monarch is not the first royal to give fans an insight into their music taste.

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3 w. ago This is why every parent needs to watch Stephen Graham's Netflix drama Adolescence

With Adolescence released on the day her son turned 13, our TV columnist Sara Wallis explains why the intense drama filled her with dread

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3 w. ago Exact launch time for Assassin's Creed Shadows and when you can pre

Those excited for Assassin's Creed Shadows can jump right it at midnight on release day, depending on what they're playing it on

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