34 h. ago Driver said ‘I’ve killed my best friend’ after crashing a day after passing test

Corey Cooper, 19, has been jailed for five years after he crashed his car in Sheffield, leaving one teenager dead and another seriously injured.

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34 h. ago Teenager sentenced to five years after killing ‘best friend’ in highspeed crash just one day after passing driving test

A TEEN motorist who killed his pal just a day after passing his driving test has been sentenced to five years in juvenile prison. Passenger Josh Atkins died in November 2023 when Corey Owen Cooper, then 17, lost control of the car after doing doughnuts in a car park. Cooper had been speeding between 47mph and 53mph...

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34 h. ago Six cops to face misconduct probe over fatal Cardiff crash where two survivors lay among dead friends for two days

SIX police officers are facing misconduct proceedings connected to their handling of a crash that claimed the lives of three people. Eve Smith and Darcy Ross, both 21, and Rafel Jeanne, 24, were found dead at the scene of the incident on the A48 in the St Mellons area of Cardiff, South Wales, on March...

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5 d. ago Drink driver, 24, avoids jail over death of her friend's six

Stevie Steel, 24, had bought three bottles of wine during a day out at the beach with a friend when she collided with another vehicle.

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5 d. ago Drink driver, 24, avoids jail over death of her friend's six

Stevie Steel, 24, had downed three bottles of wine during a day out at the beach with a friend when she collided with another vehicle.

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2 w. ago Wayne Rooney threw punch at boxing legend on my wedding day – I was so nervous

Wayne Rooney has been reminiscing about some of his fondest memories as he celebrates his 40th birthday, including the time he challenged a boxing legend to a fight on the day of a friend's wedding

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2 w. ago The day my friend Freddie Forsyth revealed to me who was the real

Freddie - as he was known to all his friends and, quickly, even new acquaintances - said he met the man while covering the Biafran War in the late 1960s.

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2 w. ago Carol Vorderman, 64, looks chic in a cobalt blue suit as she enjoys a day at the races with friends after revealing her 'hellish' health woes

Carol Vorderman slipped her gym-honed physique into a cobalt blue suit as she enjoyed a day at the races following her recent health woes.

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3 w. ago Reclusive Friends icon Matt LeBlanc seen on rare public outing days before Matthew Perry's death anniversary

The reclusive actor, 58, who in recent years has pivoted from Hollywood in favor of running a car dealership, cut a low-key figure as he strolled with his daughter Marina, 21.

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3 w. ago The Iris Affair review – it takes real guts to write TV this thrillingly preposterous. Strap in!

Tom Hollander and Niamh Algar star in this fun, propulsive tale of a genius code-cracker, an oddball entrepreneur and an evil supercomputer known as Charlie Big Potatoes trapped in a secret lair. Brace yourself for a wild rideThere’s in media res and then there’s the opening of The Iris Affair. The new caper-drama opens with a man being beaten half to death while a woman (Niamh Algar) looks on unmoved and refusing to hand over a MacGuffin to the man ordering the beating (Tom Hollander, channelling Michael Caine). They are watched by a rather more concerned teenager, Joy (Meréana Tomlinson), who becomes infinitely more concerned when Hollander-Caine’s character realises that jamming a gun into her neck might be a better way to elicit a response from MacGuffin lady. Then he realises he can’t quite bring himself to shoot the child. But he can order his heavy to do so. The hired gun swings around and we cut to Sardinia, Italy, the day before. And that, my friends, is how a prologue shou...

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3 w. ago Humiliating moment Starmer thought Trump was inviting him to speak at Gaza peace summit 

In a speech which lasted around half an hour, Trump read out a list of countries who were present for the summit and praised many of them for their work towards peace in international conflicts.

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3 w. ago The moment they have been praying for: Emotional images show Israeli hostages reunited with their parents, families and friends after 738 days held captive in Gaza

All 20 living hostages have been released following the Donald Trump-brokered deal between Israel and Hamas, that aims to bring an end to the devastating two-year war in Gaza.

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3 w. ago Meghan Markle visits friend and feminist icon Gloria Steinem in New York just days after she and Harry were awarded 'Humanitarians of the Year'

The Duchess of Sussex , 43, looked immaculate in a stone trench-style coat and dark sunglasses after visiting Gloria Steinem.

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3 w. ago 'I'm charging family £250 each for Christmas dinner – including my teen kids'

Carla Bellucci, 44, is charging her family and friends £250 each to dine at hers on Christmas Day, with her working teenage children having to fork out for the festive fee too

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3 w. ago From a hilltop village and across Israel: Tears of joy as the living hostages are returned

Across Israel, it's a day of joy and tears with families, loved ones and friends waiting anxiously as Hamas began releasing the last living hostages held captive for over two years in the Gaza Strip

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4 w. ago Roman shoppers snap up ‘slimming’ £28 pencil skirt to 'wear throughout winter’

The skirt could be styled with a pair of thick tights and chunky boots for an office day or out for lunch with friends

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4 w. ago California man accused of threatening to kill conservative influencer Benny Johnson by strangling him with a US flag

The threats allegedly made against podcaster Benny Johnson were made days after his close friend, TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk, was shot and killed

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4 w. ago Widow who brought Prince William to tears talking about suicide of her husband days after their baby died says friends and neighbours shunned her and avoided her in the street 'for years'

In a film to mark World Mental Health Day, Rhian Mannings spoke to the Prince of Wales about the death of her husband Paul, just five days after their son George passed away in hospital.

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