8 d. ago Inside tragic 'flat from hell' where toys lay 'covered in human faeces': Neighbours tell of horror stench MONTHS after woman arrested over child and animal neglect

Shocking scenes from inside the filthy property near Faversham, Kent show soiled mattresses, walls smeared with faeces and heaps of rotting rubbish, sparking health fears among neighbours.

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8 d. ago The One Show's Alex Jones issues health update after feeling 'paranoid'

Alex Jones visited a specialist clinic to help put her mind at ease

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9 d. ago Woman born in the US gets email from DHS telling her it’s time to leave the country

Connecticut doctor Lisa Anderson receives disturbing message from Department of Homeland Security ordering her to self-deport, despite being an American citizen born in Pennsylvania

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9 d. ago Fyre festival 2 ‘postponed’ just weeks before it was scheduled to start

Event was meant to kick off 30 May to follow failed 2017 festival that resulted in Billy McFarland’s wire fraud convictionFyre festival 2 has been “postponed”, according to messages sent to ticket holders, just weeks before it was scheduled to start.The event, advertised as a luxury music festival, was supposed to take place in Mexico from 30 May to 2 June. It was intended as an improved followup to the failed Fyre festival in 2017, which experienced problems with security, food, accommodation, medical services and artist relations, resulting in the festival being indefinitely postponed and eventually cancelled. Continue reading...

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1 week ago LA county facing financial turmoil after wildfires and $4bn abuse settlement

County to cut budget by almost $90m as it tackles nearly $2bn in fire-related costs and cuts to federal fundingLos Angeles county is experiencing unprecedented financial challenges amid growing costs from the historic wildfires that ravaged the region earlier this year and a $4bn sex abuse case settlement, the county CEO said this week.The region faces roughly $2bn in expenses related to January’s fires, which killed 30 people and destroyed nearly 17,000 structures. Earlier this month the county announced it had a $4bn agreement to settle thousands of claims of sexual abuse in juvenile facilities dating back 1959 – the largest such settlement in US history. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘His delivery cut through class barriers’: Moby, Mala and other musicians on working with Benjamin Zephaniah

On what would have been the late dub poet’s 67th birthday, his musical collaborators remember his warmth, invigorating words and reflections on the state of the worldTuesday marks the 67th birthday of the late Benjamin Zephaniah – revolutionary poet, playwright, musician and fearless voice for social justice – following the inaugural Benjamin Zephaniah Day held over the weekend at Brunel University. But while he is widely celebrated for his work in literature and activism, Zephaniah’s influence on music remains relatively overlooked.Emerging from the dub poetry scene, Zephaniah channelled personal experiences of systemic racism and state violence into intelligent spoken word. Albums such as Rasta combined politically charged poetry with dub rhythms and studio effects, laying the cultural groundwork for UK genres such as trip-hop, jungle and dubstep. We revisit his unique collaborations in electronic music, hearing from the artists who had the honour of working with him. Continue rea...

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2 w. ago AA tells drivers will pay £150 more in car tax as new DVLA rules come into effect

The Automobile Association (AA) has revealed that small and family car owners could face a £150 car tax increase if they upgrade their vehicle, with the new rules having come into force on April 1, 2022

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2 w. ago Andrew Tate accused of pointing gun in woman’s face and telling her ‘to do as I say’, court documents claim

The controversial influencer is accused of controlling the women’s routines and beating one with a belt

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2 w. ago Woman tells gaslighting ex who bombarded her with 'chilling' 250 WhatsApp messages in 24 hours: 'I've lost nothing but a f*****g psycho in my life'

'You bombarded her with insulting and abusive messages and persistent phone calls'

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3 w. ago No forgetting my encounter with two giants of the stage | Tim Lewis

Old pals Ewan McGregor and Michael Grandage prepare for their new play, My Master Builder, by chuckling about everything that could go wrong and hasFor today’s Observer New Review I had the not-exactly-onerous assignment of spending an hour with the actor Ewan McGregor and director Michael Grandage, as they prepared to put on a new play, My Master Builder, in London’s West End. The two men go way back, and mostly they were cracking each other up with knockabout old stories – much of which there wasn’t room for in my article. McGregor recalled one of his first roles on stage, as Orlando in As You Like It, and how when Simon Callow – multiple Olivier and Bafta award winner – played the part in 1979, he walked out on stage at the National Theatre only to promptly forget the first line of the play.“If you’re a woman and you’re about to have a baby, everybody tells you nightmare stories about childbirth,” said McGregor. “And when you’re an actor about to do a play, everybody tells you te...

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3 w. ago Woman 'taken by aliens' in 'abduction of century' says how to tell if you have been too

Alien abduction stories have been circulating for decades, with some people claiming they were taken by extraterrestrials and subjected to strange experiments on board their spaceship

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3 w. ago Heartbroken mother tells woman who killed her son, 14, when she jumped red light 'You've not once said sorry

A heartbroken mother faced the woman who killed her son when she jumped a red light in court yesterday, telling her, 'You've not said sorry you never even called 999'.

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3 w. ago Frankie Bridge shares heartbreaking mental health revelation 'I couldn't breathe'

Loose Women panelist Frankie Bridge spoke to Olivia Attwood about some of her experiences related to her mental health on the latest episode of the So Wrong It's Right podcast

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3 w. ago Woman afraid Noel Clarke would ‘turn up on her doorstep’, journalist tells court

Clarke is suing the newspaper’s publisher Guardian News and Media (GNM) over seven articles and a podcast.

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3 w. ago 'I couldn't find her': Woman tells of desperate effort to save girl, 11, who fell into Thames as search is scaled back

Emergency services scaled back their search for the girl on Monday night after a ‘large scale response’ was launched to locate her

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3 w. ago ‘I was telling my baby, don’t come out yet’: Woman gives birth to daughter during Myanmar earthquake (cloned)

Kanthong Saenmuangshin had gone to hospital for a routine check-up but ended up going into labour amid the chaos of Friday's powerful 7.7 magnitude quake

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3 w. ago ‘I was telling my baby, don’t come out yet’: Woman gives birth to daughter during Myanmar earthquake

Kanthong Saenmuangshin had gone to hospital for a routine check-up but ended up going into labour amid the chaos of Friday's powerful 7.7 magnitude quake

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4 w. ago British mother, 51, who ended her life at Swiss suicide clinic that did not tell her family had sunk into depression after sudden unexpected death of her only son, 26

The Pegasos clinic helped Anne Canning, 51, to die without informing her family, despite reportedly promising it had changed its practices after a similar case in 2023.

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4 w. ago Swiss suicide clinic that helped healthy British woman, 51, die without telling her family sent automated reply to frantic relatives saying they were experiencing 'higher than usual demand'

The Pegasos clinic helped Anne Canning, 51, to die without informing her family, despite reportedly promising it had changed its practices after a similar case in 2023.

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4 w. ago King Charles III experiences side effects after receiving medical treatment and is in hospital

Buckingham Palace says King Charles III was hospitalized for observation on Thursday after experiencing “temporary side effects,’’ related to a scheduled cancer treatment

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