29 h. ago Kindness of mum who died in house fire 'touched everyone who knew her'

"Your children will grow up knowing exactly who you were — your love, your strength, and the joy you brought into every room," said her family in a tribute

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37 h. ago Superman comic found in attic becomes most valuable ever after selling for £7m

The pristine copy of the first Superman comic was discovered by three brothers in their late mum's home in California, US. The auction house called it a 'milestone in pop culture history'

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40 h. ago Police's chilling question after gran found murdered with head, legs and arms 'missing'

An experienced forensics specialist said that the gruesome discovery of a murdered woman's dismembered body was 'not something you can ever prepare yourself for'

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52 h. ago Professor Green's son Slimane, 4, is rushed to hospital after horror accident abroad left him needing stitches

Professor Green revealed that his son, Slimane, was rushed to the hospital on Wednesday after a nasty accident abroad left him needing stitches.

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62 h. ago Mum killed in mystery house fire explosion had to be identified using DNA technology

One police officer said he had never seen 'a residential property so extensively destroyed'

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64 h. ago Mystery remains after mum and dog found dead in house fire tragedy

An inquest into the death of 57-year-old Amanda Cox has concluded

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4 d. ago Mum and three kids killed in house fire 'by sister's jealous booze

Sharaz Ali, 40 and Calum Sunderland, 26, are accused of murdering Bryonie Gawith, 29, Denisty Birtle, nine, Oscar Birtle, five, and 22-month-old Aubree Birtle and attempting to murder Antonia Gawith

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8 d. ago Mum runs into burning house to save son, cats and bearded dragons

Carl Dawe torched a caravan outside the property in the early hours in a drunken rage with the fire then spreading to three homes and a car nearby, before the mum ran straight into the flames

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8 d. ago The Carpenter’s Son review – Nicolas Cage is predictably miscast in dull biblical horror

A grim, grave-faced look at Jesus realising he is in fact the son of God is a bafflingly acted and messily made boreIt’s hard to know how seriously one should take a film that casts Nicolas Cage as Joseph, the carpenter who acted as the adoptive father of Jesus. One might expect, with the actor still relying on his trademark California intonation and histrionic outbursts, that this would be another one of his late-stage career larks, like playing Dracula or himself. But in The Carpenter’s Son, a bafflingly serious stew of horror, drama and fantasy, it slowly starts to dawn on us that this is in fact, not a joke. What it is I couldn’t tell you but entertaining it most definitely isn’t.The film, from Egypt-born, London-raised writer and director Lotfy Nathan, is inspired by the Infancy Gospel of Thomas, a text seen as heretical by some, which offers highly debated “insight” into the early years of Jesus. Nathan begins by clueing us into the fact that this isn’t your vicar’s Sunday sch...

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9 d. ago Nicolas Cage's 'The Carpenter's Son' turns an apocryphal text about Jesus' youth into a horror film

Filmmaker Lotfy Nathan has turned the apocryphal Infancy Gospel of Thomas into a supernatural thriller called “The Carpenter’s Son,” starring Nicolas Cage

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9 d. ago Autistic boy, 5, mauled by 'aggressive' dog in park screamed 'I'm going to die'

DISTRESSING CONTENT: A mum shared her horror after her son, 5, was dragged to the ground by an 'aggressive dog' while she walked with her young children in the park - police have arrested a man following the shocking incident

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1 week ago Nicolas Cage biblical horror film The Carpenter's Son blasted as 'dreary' and 'misguided' in first reviews

The reviews are in, and critics are saying Nicolas Cage has another stinker on his hands with his latest film, The Carpenter's Son.

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1 week ago Taylor Swift was ‘the most phenomenal house guest’ says Marcus Mumford

Pop icon had a ‘killer candle game’ says the Mumford and Sons star

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1 week ago Marcus Mumford says Taylor Swift was ‘the most phenomenal house guest’

The 38-year-old singer described Swift’s ‘candle game’ as ‘excellent’ when she came to his home studio to record her 2020 album Evermore.

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1 week ago 'I'm a single mum and I made my council property look beautiful within months'

A single mum has shared how she transformed her council house bathroom in just five days, and people have been left stunned by the results. She's been working on the property for three months

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1 week ago Single mum transforms council house bathroom in 5 days and stuns people with result

A single mum opened up about how she managed to transform her council house bathroom in just five days. People are totally stunned by how brilliant the results are

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2 w. ago EastEnders' Natalie Cassidy suffered horror injury filming live birth scene

EastEnders star Natalie Cassidy has revealed she suffered a horror injury while filming the live birth scene of her character Sonia Fowler in the BBC soap

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2 w. ago ‘I look deranged, but my baby looks happy!’ Nine writers on their favourite photo booth picture

This year marks a century since the birth of the photo booth, and friends and families are still squeezing into them for fun and unflattering snaps - capturing the highs, lows and loves of their livesI didn’t find early motherhood easy. It wasn’t my daughter’s fault – she was, mercifully, a wonderful and cheerful baby – but I underestimated what a huge shift it would be at an already stressful time. When I was pregnant, we moved to a new town, to a wreck of a house we planned to do up. My mum, who was ill, moved in with us, and then I was the carer of a newborn and a dying parent – at the two extremes of life, but sharing many of the same needs, and often at the same time. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Horror as body of pensioner found with manhood cut off by garden pruner

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONENT: The gruesome discovery of a man's body inside a well was made over the weekend in northern Spain as cops say 'extreme violence' had been used

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2 w. ago India rejoice in first Women’s World Cup triumph as South Africa chase falls short

Final: India, 298-7, beat South Africa, 246, by 52 runsShafali and Deepti shine as Navi Mumbai rejoicesAt last, 50 years on from their debut on the world stage, India’s dream came true: a maiden World Cup win, in front of a deafening full house in Navi Mumbai, as they defeated South Africa by 52 runs.Laura Wolvaardt struck a magnificent century, going back-to-back after her winning effort in the semi-final, but while she finished the tournament with a run-tally of 571 – the most by any woman in a World Cup – the ultimate prize belonged to India. Continue reading...

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