64 m. ago Paul Scholes' daughter drops touching message to Man Utd hero over her autistic brother

Manchester United legend Paul Scholes spoke publicly about caring for his 20-year-old autistic son this week, and the Old Trafford icon's daughter Alicia has described just what an amazing dad he is

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68 m. ago ‘I try to make them feel as ignorant as possible’: German museum’s ‘grumpy guide’ is surprise hit

Performance artist’s aggressive art historian shouts at visitors and insults curators – and his tours are sold outOn a recent autumn evening in Düsseldorf’s Kunstpalast museum, the guide Joseph Langelinck paused next to a Renaissance sculpture of a man with a wooden club and challenged his flock of 18 visitors to name the mythical hero depicted.“Hercules?” a woman in the front row proposed in a soft voice. “If you know the answer, why can’t you tell us in a way that those at the back can hear you, too?” Langelinck admonished the visitor, before challenging her to name the 12 labours in chronological order. A non-answer elicited an eye roll and a tut. “Oh god, I feel like I’m back at school,” sighed the woman, 62-year-old Corinna Schröder. Continue reading...

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68 m. ago ‘We don’t feel safe’: after week of bombings, people in Gaza are losing faith in ceasefire

After initial enthusiasm, people fear ceasefire does not mean end to war but just less frequent, more unpredictable violenceAmeen al-Zein, like many in Gaza, was overjoyed by the news of the ceasefire. It was a rare moment of relief after years of fear and loss. On Tuesday night he gave an interview to a local NGO urging people to return to their homes in northern Gaza now that fighting had stopped. Just half an hour later, Zein was dead, killed in an Israeli bombing on the school where he had been sheltering in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza.He died without being able to fulfil his vow to his wife that they would return to Beit Lahia and pitch a tent over the rubble, eager to be home even if their house was no longer there. Continue reading...

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85 m. ago Cruise cancelled after gran 'left behind' and found dead alone on remote island

The woman was found dead on the remote island Lizard in Australia - but it's not clear how she came to be left behind by the luxury cruise ship Coral Adventurer.

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85 m. ago A South Park Halloween: latest episode destroys Trump over White House demolition

A special haunted episode conjures supernatural forces, including the ghost of Melania, for another attack on the president and his croniesThe second episode of South Park’s abrupt 28th season was meant to air this past Wednesday (the immediately preceding season 27 was just five episodes) but ended up being pushed back to Friday. This worked in the show’s favor, since tonight’s installment, titled The Woman in the Hat, is very much a Halloween special.After shuttering Tegridy Farms, the Marsh family find themselves rudderless, living out of motels while patriarch Randy looks for work (thanks to the federal government shutdown, he can’t go back to his former job as a government geologist). Out of desperation, Randy moves his family into the old folk’s home where he’s stashed his elderly father. Continue reading...

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92 m. ago Geri Halliwell and husband Christian Horner could be forced to tear down their pergola and gazebo after being built without permission and ruining an 'unspoilt' view of a historic church

The pop star and her husband - former Red Bull F1 boss Christian Horner - lost their latest planning battle for an oak-framed pergola and gazebo in the garden of their posh countryside home.

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1 hour ago When life imitates art: A night out in Manchester to the woman in GAIL's...the ordinary people mimicking masterpieces

Oscar Wilde once said that life imitates art more than art imitates life. That maxim was proved on New Year's Eve in 2016, when a photo of drunken carnage in Manchester went viral.

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1 hour ago Daylight saving time ends tonight Here’s a simple way to reset your body clock faster

A new study found that switching back-and-forth is the worst option for our health

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2 h. ago Syrian asylum seeker followed woman out of nightclub and strangled and sexually assaulted her in 'horrible attack'

The victim was walking home from a night out in the early hours of the morning on May 12 last year when she was attacked by Fawaz Alsamaou.

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2 h. ago Teen murders family to start 'new life' with girlfriend who dumped him

A mum sent two adorable videos to her husband, before she and her two young sons were all massacred in their own home just 20 minutes later by her brother.

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2 h. ago Big Brother's Cameron Cole left with black eye and cuts on face after homophobic attack

A Big Brother star has revealed he was out celebrating his birthday when he was 'targeted with homophobia and slurs' before he was violently attacked when he was along

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2 h. ago Kate Garraway feared Celebrity Traitors moment was 'a bit weird' after husband's death

Kate Garraway, who was banished in episode eight of Celebrity Traitors, shared details about a "strange" unaired segment of the show that she found a "bit weird" after her husband's death

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3 h. ago Moment Question Time filming halted and audience burst into applause as Andrew news breaks

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor being stripped of his royal titles brought BBC’s Question Time to a halt on Thursday (30 October), as host Fiona Bruce stopped the show mid-recording in order to announce the news.

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3 h. ago 'My neighbours stomp around at 4am then complain about my afternoon habit'

A woman explained her neighbours make excessive noise by stomping around at 4 in the morning, but then they complain about something she does during the day while doing chores

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3 h. ago How Queen Elizabeth left Charles 'an unexploded bomb' in Andrew: Rogue royal was always late monarch's weak spot 'and king is now paying the price', insiders say

The King this week stripped his brother Andrew of his title of prince and forced him out of his Windsor home as he seeks to distance the royals from his links to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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3 h. ago How Andrew's 'rude' comment about Kate sparked bitter feud between ex

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, 65, was stripped of his Princedom and effectively evicted from his 30-room home on Thursday in a shock move by his older brother King Charles III, 76.

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3 h. ago Big Brother winner Cameron Cole left with a black eye and cut face after horrific homophobic attack

The vlogger, 26, who was crowned the winner of the reality show in 2018, was out celebrating his birthday when he was 'targeted with homophobia and slurs.'

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3 h. ago Woman who explores abandoned buildings reveals the spooky photo she took of a 'nun' in a derelict convent

Rebecca exclusively tells the Daily Mail about her visit to a derelict convent in Derry.

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3 h. ago Inside the toxic bullying claims which led to Ellen DeGeneres' downfall

A year before Ellen DeGeneres's spectacular fall from grace, prompted by bullying accusations, the TV personality bragged about her visit with Prince Harry and Meghan.

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4 h. ago JK Rowling criticises Glamour UK for naming trans women among its ‘Women of the Year’

The magazine said it had chosen to honour nine of the trans community’s ‘most ground-breaking voices’ at a time when ‘trans rights face increasing threat in the UK’

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