12 h. ago Bereaved mum 'defeated' as campaign for baby loss wards in Scotland 'snubbed'

Louise Caldwell has campaigned for all hospitals in Scotland to have a separate ward to allow women to deliver stillborn babies after she lost a baby in 2019.

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21 h. ago Greg Larsen: Geggy review – a very funny standup on why he’s quitting comedy

Melbourne international comedy festival, then SydneyAssured performer leads a chaotic journey through his career’s highs and lows – and the decisions that led him to a McDonald’s drive thru Greg Larsen is broke. Having his card declined at a McDonald’s drive thru just weeks before this year’s Melbourne international comedy festival was a watershed moment for him. He is 41. He’s been performing comedy for more than a decade. This, he says, is his last festival show. He’s done.Geggy is his swan song, a chaotic journey through his career’s highs and lows and the decisions that led him to that drive thru. For those who have followed Larsen’s career, this show is a treat, offering a hilarious insight into the chaos behind the scenes of the various projects he’s been involved in. It includes a cast of others who rose through the circuit with him, many of whom are doing pretty well for themselves, including Larsen’s early collaborator Sam Campbell.Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown...

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37 h. ago Prince Andrew makes shock appearance at royal Easter service after 'spy' scandal

The King and Queen have led the Royal Family at the traditional Easter Sunday church service at St George's Chapel in Windsor with members of the family including Prince Andrew - but the Prince and Princess of Wales did not join them

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57 h. ago Strictly's Wynne Evans 'jets off to Dubai with girlfriend Liz Brookes' amid shock sex toy scandal and submitting dossier of evidence to clear him of vile sexual slur and 'gropegate'

The opera singer, 53, has also reportedly submitted a dossier of evidence to clear him over a vile sexual slur he made about about host Janette Manrara.

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3 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: China arming Russia and building weapons on its soil, says Zelenskyy

Just as much Russian bombing under energy ceasefire, says Ukrainian president. What we know on day 1,150China is supplying weapons to Russia, including gunpowder and artillery, and Chinese representatives are involved in weapons production on Russian territory, Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said on Thursday, citing reporting by Ukrainian security and intelligence agencies. “We are ready to speak in detail about this,” Zelenskyy said, adding that Ukraine expects to share documentation to support the claims next week.Zelenskyy said: “We have finally received information that China is supplying weapons to the Russian Federation. We believe that Chinese representatives are engaged in the production of some weapons on Russian territory We see the cooperation between these two countries in this area, and we must acknowledge it is happening.” The Associated Press could not confirm Zelenskyy’s statement. At the time of writing there was no response from China to the latest claim...

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5 d. ago Arsenal fans left furious after Antonio Rudiger STAMP on Myles Lewis

Arsenal progressed to the Champions League semi-finals with a stunning victory against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu but the clash was packed with incidents including an unsavoury clash involving Antonio Rudiger

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5 d. ago California rocked by earthquake swarm just days after 5.2 magnitude hit

California was hit by multiple earthquakes on Wednesday, just days after a major 5.2 magnitude quake rocked the state.

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5 d. ago Snow storm bringing 15 INCHES to hit 17 counties in UK this month

Snow is set to make a dramatic return this month as Britain is plunged back into a cold spell, as a new forecast shows 17 counties across multiple parts of the UK being hit

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7 d. ago Strictly's Jamie Borthwick 'DUMPED by girlfriend as she furiously brands him a "boy in a man's body" amid shocking sex toy video scandal'

The EastEnders actor, 30, has seemingly found himself the latest victim of the BBC show's infamous curse after splitting from Chloe after secretly dating for a year.

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8 d. ago Jamie Borthwick looks downcast amid shocking sex toy video scandal with Strictly's Wynne Evans

Jamie Borthwick was pictured on Sunday heading for a catchup with an EastEnders friend, hours after the emergence of a shocking sex toy video. 

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8 d. ago How Jamie Borthwick broke ranks to speak out in a passionate defence of Wynne Evans and Strictly's scandals but has now become embroiled in a shocking sex toy video

Jamie Borthwick has defended Strictly Come Dancing after the series has faced a number of scandals including his and Wynne Evans' shocking sex toy video drama.

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9 d. ago Simon Cowell on why fans are seeing more of him on Britain's Got Talent

The show boss is loving getting involved in stunts, including one with magician The Hacker on tonight's show

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1 week ago ‘Players want a different path’: why John Amaechi backs change in British basketball

Former NBA star says existing league is a ‘cartel’ that fails young players but others have fears over the new franchiseHaving played professional basketball in five countries, including spells at three NBA franchises, John Amaechi would appear better qualified than most to comment on the current state of the sport in this country. So when he describes the nine Super League Basketball clubs as a “cartel” who churn out “sewage”, any interested parties are likely to listen – including the sports minister, Stephanie Peacock, who last week received a letter which included similar sentiments from Amaechi.Peacock has become involved, as what is essentially a battle for control of British basketball has escalated to civil war. All nine SLB clubs have begun legal proceedings against the sport’s governing body, the British Basketball Federation, which last week signed a 15-year agreement with an American consortium called GBBL to operate a new men’s professional league from next year. Contin...

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2 w. ago Qatargate: Israel shocked as Benjamin Netanyahu rocked by latest scandal

Netanyahu has slammed the probe as a political witch hunt

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2 w. ago Trump to consider final proposal on TikTok as US ban deadline looms

Owner ByteDance required to find non-Chinese buyer for video app’s American operations by SaturdayDonald Trump will consider a “final proposal” over the sale of TikTok’s US operations on Wednesday, according to reports, as a Saturday deadline looms for the Chinese-controlled app to find a buyer.The White House is finalising plans for a deal involving US investors, possibly including the tech firm Oracle and the private equity firm Blackstone, CBS News reported. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Former armed robber died after he 'lost control' of bike on way home from day out

Pave 'Paul' Corkovic, 60, died of multiple injuries after his powerful green Kawasaki Z900 hit a kerb and crashed into a central reservation

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2 w. ago Former notorious armed robber died after he 'lost control' of his powerful Kawasaki motorbike

Pave 'Paul' Corkovic, 60, died of multiple injuries after his powerful green Kawasaki Z900 hit a kerb and crashed into the central reservation

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3 w. ago Lesley's stillborn daughter was whisked away by nurses and buried before she could cuddle her. After a 40 year search she finally found her grave

Lesley Elkins, 70, from the Wirral, UK, was devastated when her first child, Rachael, was stillborn in 1982. She was not allowed to see her baby and was never told where she was buried.

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3 w. ago All the times celebs have been caught out cheating: From Seann Walsh's Strictly snog scandal and Phillip Schofield's shock affair to Danny Jones and Maura Higgins 'drunken kiss'

Over the years there's been plenty of celebrity relationships that have ended due to cheating allegations.

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3 w. ago Amanda Holden reaches out to parents who have lost children as she shares a touching tribute to her stillborn son Theo on Mother's Day

The radio host, 53, took to Instagram and honoured her baby boy in a heart breaking  post, who was tragically stillborn at seven months in 2011.

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