30 h. ago Cops fight back in gang war as 8 arrested amid attempted murder bid

A total of 20 arrests have now been made by police as they try and tackle the growing gangland turf war which started in Edinburgh and spread to Glasgow.

Events

49 h. ago M6 Easter Sunday crash victim named as heartbroken family pay tribute to 'precious boy'

On Easter Sunday, emergency services were called to the scene of a horror crash on the M6 near Lancaster. They found a teenage boy dead and the driver of the van - his father- seriously inured

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53 h. ago Dead victim's evidence helps put Scots rapist behind bars for nearly eight years

Ricki Anderson attacked the woman on a car journey between East Lothian and Dumfries.

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4 d. ago Experts talk realism of Conclave movie: ‘Gets a lot of the details right’

After the death of Pope Francis, experts weigh in on how much the real-life papal election will mirror the hit Oscar-winning movieI confess: my first thought this morning, when I heard the news that Pope Francis died at the age of 88, was of Conclave. As in both the lowercase, technical meaning – the sequestration of cardinals to elect a new pope with a two-thirds majority – and the capital-C film of the same name from last year, which allowed viewers to vicariously participate in a process long shrouded in secrecy and reverence. (And premiering during the US vote, to experience election thrills without grim disappointment.)The film, directed by Edward Berger, luxuriated in process both sacred and profane – the orderly processions and cafeteria run-ins, the ceremonial burning of paper votes and security screenings, the white smoke and the complimentary toiletries bags. The hallowed halls of the Vatican and the gossip that flits among them, especially as different factions compete to...

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5 d. ago BBC Beyond Paradise star has famous daughter and fans have only just realised

Felicity Montagu has taken on the role of Margo Martins in the hit BBC series Beyond Paradise and while her character's personal life is a closely guarded secret, her own family background is quite fascinating.

Politics

6 d. ago Exposing ‘the illegals’: how KGB’s fake westerners infiltrated the Prague Spring

Kremlin’s most prized spies were sent in to Czechoslovakia to whip up the 1960s reform protests in a move then replicated across the eastern blocDuring the spring of 1968, as revolutionary sentiment began to grow in communist Czechoslovakia, a group of friendly foreigners began arriving in Prague, on flights from Helsinki and East Berlin, or by car from West Germany.Among them were 11 western European men, a Swiss woman named Maria Weber and a Lebanese carpet dealer called Oganes Sarajian. They were all supporters of what would become known as the Prague Spring, an ultimately doomed attempt to build a more liberal and free ­version of socialism and escape from Moscow’s suffocating embrace. Many of the visitors sought to get close to the movement’s leading lights, offering support in the battle to reform communist rule. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago F1 driver prevented from driving at Saudi GP as team investigates problem

Gabriel Bortoleto's difficult start to life in F1 has hit another bump in the road after the Sauber team were forced to change the chassis on his car after a fuel leak

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7 d. ago I remember my hometown full of life and activity. But it has been hit so hard

Neath has so much wasted potential. We should do something about it

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8 d. ago Cops fight back in gang war as gun seized and three people arrested

Two men and a teenage girl have been arrested as police try and tackle the growing gangland turf war which started in Edinburgh and spread to Glasgow.

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8 d. ago Alicia Silverstone to reprise Clueless role in sequel TV series

The actor will return for a follow-up series on Peacock rejoining the life of Cher Horowitz from the hit 1995 comedyAlicia Silverstone will play Cher Horowitz once again in a new TV series follow-up to the hit 1995 comedy Clueless.The 48-year-old actor has been set as star and executive producer of an episodic sequel at Peacock. The show will be written and produced by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, best known for Gossip Girl. Continue reading...

Culture

1 week ago Pictured: Man, 21, fatally stabbed in Walworth street fight as six arrested over his ‘murder’ released

Giovanny Rendon Bedoya, 21, was attacked on Hillingdon Street after reports of group carrying knives

Events

1 week ago Teenage tractor passenger dies in horror crash as driver rushed to hospital

A young farmer - said to be in his late teens - has died while riding as a passenger in a tractor that was involved in a crash in County Leitrim, Ireland at around 3.10pm on Tuesday afternoon

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1 week ago The real reason Stacey Solomon's mum is nowhere to be seen in her new family reality show with Joe Swash

Stacey & Joe, which follows the lives of the Loose Women star's life at Pickle Cottage, hit our screens earlier this month on BBC One.

Politics

1 week ago A&E doctor given devastating diagnosis turning her from doctor to patient in hours

A young 28-year-old medic was hit with the bombshell diagnosis which would lead to her life being tipped upside after a blood test for revealed something far more sinister than initially expected

Science

1 week ago Seven weapons, 25 arrests, £50,000 of drugs: The Greater Manchester town fighting a crime 'nightmare'

Residents in Derker are hopeful about Operation Vulcan - but there's still a long way to go.

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2 w. ago Woman fighting for her life after being hit by van on golf course in police chase

Officers began chasing the van after reports of suspicious activity - but moments later, it came off the road and went up an embankment into a golf club, where it slammed into a woman

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2 w. ago Woman is left fighting for her life after van being chased by police careers onto golf course and hits her

Paramedics were called at 10.26am to reports a pedestrian had been critically injured after being run down near Aston Wood Golf Club, north of Birmingham.

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2 w. ago Woman is left fighting for her life after van 'being chased by police' careers onto golf course

Paramedics were called at 10.26am to reports a pedestrian had been critically injured after being run down near Aston Wood Golf Club, north of Birmingham.

Sport

2 w. ago Gavin & Stacey's Larry Lamb on how show made him 'more bearable to be around'

Larry said the hit show was the "most extraordinary experience" of his life

Politics

2 w. ago Larry Lamb says Gavin & Stacey changed his personality and it's a 'relief' it's over

Larry said the hit show was the "most extraordinary experience" of his life

Politics