50 h. ago Wall Street heir, 31, 'MURDERED' stranger, 69, who was celebrating wedding anniversary in Oregon beach city

Bradley Cole, 69, died in May of last outside of an Ashley Inn & Suites in Lincoln City after he was assaulted by Roland Evans-Freke, 31, police said.

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3 d. ago Strangers on the street: please stop asking me if my wife is my twin sister | Arwa Mahdawi

My spouse and I do, indeed, look vaguely similar, but being asked repeatedly whether we are twins isn’t a load of fun – especially during PrideIt is Pride month, and you know what that means. Anyone identifying as heterosexual must immediately present to the Office of Homosexual Affairs (OHA) to receive a list of instructions on how to comport themselves during this most hallowed of holidays.OK, fine, I may be misrepresenting things somewhat. But I’m in manifesting mode: putting my hopes and dreams out there. And, in the absence of OHA, this gay has one humble request. Strangers on the street: please stop asking me if my wife is my twin sister! Continue reading...

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6 d. ago If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a youth hostel to give their parents a break | Nell Frizzell

Forget luxury escapes: it’s more fun to share time and space with people of all ages and from all walks of lifeI’ve never been in a band. But I have been to a youth hostel with four babies, which is sort of the same thing. Everywhere we turned there was singing, selfies, strangers coming up to us in the street and women getting their boobs out – it was the Small Faces, but with actual small faces.My God, how I love youth hostels. In all their strange, intergenerational, shared washing-up sponges and boot-room glory, they are the best of us. You can keep your sponsored hotel stays and luxury apartments as far as I’m concerned. Give me a fluorescent-lit kitchen with five electric hobs and a roll of stickers to label your milk any day.Nell Frizzell is a journalist and author Continue reading...

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1 week ago Helen Flanagan's daughter 'mortified' after finding racy snaps of Corrie star mum

EXCLUSIVE: Former Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan is no stranger to a sexy snap but much to her daughter's dismay as she asks her famous mum to cover up for the camera

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2 w. ago Drunk wedding guest attacks 3 others, tearing out hair and knocking out teeth

Amy Parker, who lives in Weston-super-Mare, appeared in court after she randomly attacked three strangers on the street after getting drunk at her pal's wedding

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2 w. ago Boden's sale dress is so unique, 'strangers come up to compliment me on the street'

"Complete strangers came up to me on the street and complimented me"

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3 w. ago ‘I had the audacity not to peg it!’ Timothy Spall on cancer, cosy crime and being heckled on the red carpet

From Auf Wiedersehen, Pet to Hollywood star – and nearly dying en route – his career has been a wild ride. He talks about how he’s ended up sparkling as the BBC’s new Sunday night crime-solver – and why he just wants to be brilliantSome like it hot, and Timothy Spall is among them. “Can I have an extra-large skinny cappuccino, absolutely boiling?” he asks the server from his seat at a pavement cafe. “The largest and hottest you’ve got. Illegally hot.”Once we are alone again, Spall returns to what he was in the middle of discussing: 18th-century coffee-houses. “What they served didn’t taste like coffee. It was repulsive. I looked it up.” His curiosity is innate and all-consuming. When he was 16 and starring in a school production of My Fair Lady, he took it upon himself to visit the tenements on Tottenham Court Road in London where his character would have lived. At an even younger age, he secretly imitated the stooped walk of a stranger he spotted in the street. Not to be cruel...

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