5 h. ago Scientists give their final verdict on the 'alien object' heading for Earth in weeks

An unexplained alien object heading towards Earth has confused plenty of astronomers for months – but now NASA are convinced they have reached the final verdict on where it's going

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12 h. ago Ozzy Osbourne's 'biggest fear' before death and honest reaction to Black Sabbath gig after spinal surgery

He returned to the stage for the final time, months after undergoing spinal surgery, before his sad death, aged 76

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22 h. ago Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home review – an extremely moving look into the rock icon’s final months

This fly-on-the-wall documentary was meant to follow the couple as they left LA for Buckinghamshire. It turned into a compellingly intimate memorialAs sad as it was, there was something undeniably poetic about Ozzy Osbourne’s death in July, 17 days after his final performance with Black Sabbath in their native Birmingham, and only four months after he moved back to the UK. Consider Sharon & Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home the explanatory notes accompanying that eerie, strangely elegant verse; a documentary following the rock icon’s final months as he reflects on his life, roots, work, ill-health and impending death. As for that last one, the 76-year-old didn’t believe in heaven or hell. And he was incandescent at the prospect of dying in his adopted home of America and lying for eternity in a “McDonald’s version of a cemetery”.Ozzy had been suffering from a slow-progressing form of Parkinson’s disease for the past two decades, which in conjunction with a 2019 spinal injury significan...

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25 h. ago Ozzy Osbourne gave views on afterlife weeks before death as he said 'it won't be long now'

Ozzy Osbourne's final thoughts about the afterlife have been revealed three months after his death in a new posthumous memoir as he poignantly said 'it won't be long now'

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29 h. ago Coronation Street exit for fan favourite as actress 'quits' amid ITV cast cull

A firm favourite on Coronation Street has 'quit' the ITV soap after three years with the actress set to film her final scenes later this month

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37 h. ago Teacher's horror death after touching single drop of toxic liquid

A single miniscule drop of a toxic chemical led to the death of a female scientist a whole 10 months after she first made contact with it

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37 h. ago Single drop of toxic liquid led to teacher's agonising death 10 months later

While working as a research chemist at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, US Karen Wetterhahn was studying the impact heavy metals have, but it was a simple accident that led to her untimely death

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37 h. ago Teacher's horrifying final months as she was slowly killed by single drop of liquid

Karen Wetterhahn was a research chemist who was studying the effects of heavy metals on living organisms, but she tragically died after a freak accident involving a single drop of one chemical

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49 h. ago Ozzy Osbourne's last love notes to Sharon revealed in new BBC documentary

A new documentary will give fans a glimpse into Ozzy Osbourne's final months, before he died this summer.

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50 h. ago Rocker Ozzy Osbourne's final love notes to wife Sharon revealed

A new BBC One documentary will give fans an insight into Ozzy Osbourne's final months, including the love notes he left around the house for his wife.

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3 d. ago HMRC issues alert over letters that entitle people to £473 on average

HMRC is urging Brits to keep an eye out as the final letters will be hitting doormats in the next two months and could reveal they are due a tax refund

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4 d. ago Ricky Hatton’s moving final interview where he spoke about mental health battle

Ricky Hatton's tragic death stunned the sporting world this month, with the legendary boxer's final interview now being released where he opens up about his mental health

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4 d. ago Giorgio Armani’s final show: a catwalk memorial choreographed by himself

Designer’s 50th anniversary celebration was sadder but also grander and more spectacular than he intendedIn a fitting twist of fate the legendarily strong-willed Giorgio Armani, who towered over Milanese fashion for half a century and controlled every stitch of his empire right up until his death, got to choreograph his catwalk memorial himself.Armani spent his final months planning a celebration of 50 years of his brand with a show in the romantic cloistered courtyard of the Pinacoteca di Brera gallery in central Milan, where an exhibition dedicated to Armani has just opened. “Save the Date” notices for the night of 28 September had gone out before his death earlier this month. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Trump jokingly asked Rolex executives if tariffs would’ve affected US Open invite, CEO says

Rolex CEO stressed US president’s remarks were made ‘in jest’ in letter to Elizabeth Warren, who had raised concerns Donald Trump asked Rolex executives if he would have been invited to watch this month’s US Open final from the luxury watchmaker’s VIP box had he imposed steep tariffs on Swiss exports weeks earlier.The US president’s remarks were made “in jest”, stressed Jean-Frederic Dufour, the Rolex CEO, in a letter to Elizabeth Warren, the US senator who had raised questions about the decision to invite Trump – including whether the conglomerate was seeking to “curry favor” with the administration. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Trump jokingly asked Rolex executives if tariffs prompted US Open invite, CEO says

Rolex CEO stressed US president’s remarks were made ‘in jest’ in letter to Elizabeth Warren, who had raised concerns Donald Trump asked Rolex executives if he would have been invited to watch this month’s US Open final from the luxury watchmaker’s VIP box had he imposed steep tariffs on Swiss exports weeks earlier.The US president’s remarks were made “in jest”, stressed Jean-Frederic Dufour, the Rolex CEO, in a letter to Elizabeth Warren, the US senator who had raised questions about the decision to invite Trump – including whether the conglomerate was seeking to “curry favor” with the administration. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Rolex faces questions over Trump US Open invitation amid tariffs pain

Elizabeth Warren sends letter to Swiss watchmaker asking if it was trying to ‘curry favor’ with the presidentRolex is facing scrutiny over its “concerning” decision to host Donald Trump in the Swiss watchmaker’s corporate box at the US Open final earlier this month – weeks after the White House imposed steep tariffs on Switzerland.The US senator Elizabeth Warren, Democrat for Massachusetts, asked if the luxury conglomerate was seeking to “curry favor” by inviting the US president to the event, which it sponsors. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Bruce Pearl, winningest men's basketball coach in Auburn history, announces retirement

Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl has announced his retirement months after taking the Tigers to another NCAA Final Four

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1 week ago Jay Slater autopsy revealed sinister detail that shuts down cruel rumours

A new Channel 4 documentary airing next weekend will detail the final days of teenager Jay Slater's life, 15 months after his death which sent wild conspiracy theories flying

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2 w. ago David Bowie Spent His Final Months Writing a Musical Inspired by Satire and Crime in 18th

David Bowie Spent His Final Months Writing a Musical Inspired by Satire and Crime in 18th-Century London  Smithsonian Magazine

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2 w. ago Inside Ricky Hatton's final months from singing in Ibiza and boxing comeback to no shows

Boxing legend Ricky Hatton, 46, was preparing for one final comeback in the sport when he was found dead at his home in Greater Manchester on Sunday morning

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