7 h. ago The dashing RAF officer who believed it was his 'destiny' to marry Princess Margaret, but instead their love story ended in heartbreak

Their romance had all the trappings of a classic tale of forbidden love. He was the tall, handsome and fearless RAF war hero. She was the young, glamorous princess adored all over the world.

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18 h. ago Jury reaches verdict in Karen Read murder trial over death of Boston police boyfriend

Jurors in the murder trial of Karen Read say they’ve reached a verdict in a divisive case about the death of a Boston police officer that lawyers have presented as either a tragic love story or a sinister cover-up

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26 h. ago London may see 45C summers with heatwaves lasting a month or longer, Met Office warns

The Met Office believes there is a 50:50 chance that Britain may see temperatures above 40C in the next 12 years

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31 h. ago Justine Lupe opens up on Nobody Wants This season 2: ‘Kind of like another love story’

Hit Netflix series returns in October 2025

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53 h. ago Ordinary Love by Marie Rutkoski review – some of the best sex scenes I’ve read this year

In this page-turning romance, teenage sweethearts reunite as thirtysomething womenSex is notoriously difficult to write. Some authors avoid it entirely; even those who have been called great can come a cropper. Which is why I want to start this review by saying that the sex scenes in Ordinary Love are some of the best I have read this year, and that Marie Rutkoski has a facility for writing physical intimacy that can elude even some of our most gifted authors. Her voice has been compared to that of Sally Rooney. I don’t see much of that in this novel beyond a Rooneyesque ability to write sex well, but that is a talent worth noting.Ordinary Love is a queer romance that tells the story of Emily and Gen, teenage sweethearts who break up in college and reunite in their 30s, their paths having diverged dramatically. Emily marries Jack, who is wealthy and emotionally abusive. When she sees Gen again, she is in the process of leaving him for the second time (the novel opens with ...

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54 h. ago Teen lag hurls boiling water at guard in suspected terror attack ‘inspired by Axel Rudakubana’

The teenage prisoner boiled water in his in-cell kettle and mixed it with sugar before throwing it at the officer - in an attack believed to be inspired by Axel Rudakubana

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57 h. ago ‘It was love at first sight, again’: Prague exhibition celebrates work of pair at heart of Europe’s avant garde

Anne-Eva Bergman and Hans Hartung battled with the Nazis and created some of the most riveting abstract art of the last centuryThey created some of the most riveting abstract art of the 20th century, fought Nazis with the gun and the pen, married, divorced and married again. Now the continent-spanning and nigh-forgotten love story of the Burton-Tayloresque couple at the heart of the European avant garde is finally being given its due at a major art institution.And We’ll Never Be Parted, exhibiting at Prague’s Kunsthalle gallery, is the first show to reunite the Norwegian painter Anna-Eva Bergman and German-born Hans Hartung. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Story behind Love Island star Megan Clarke's 'Harry Potter' scar and lies she tells on dates

The Love Island star admitted it happened not long before appearing on the show

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4 d. ago Outlander fans divided over 'lukewarm' love story as they slate key character

Richard Rankin's portrayal of Roger Wakefield has caused a stir of controversy among book fans of Diana Gabaldon's hit franchise as they all said the same thing.

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5 d. ago History's most scandalous royal romps – from threesomes to secret marriages

Princess Margaret apparently had the hots for John Travolta, as the Daily Star revealed recently. The Grease star gasped “she hit on me!” after meeting the late royal, according to top Hollywood exec Barry Diller.

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5 d. ago Women’s prize winner Yael van der Wouden: ‘It’s heartbreaking to see so much hatred towards queer people’

The winner of this year’s fiction prize on growing up as an outsider, why we’re all guilty of complicity, and using her acceptance speech to reveal that she is intersexIt has been a dramatic couple of years for 37-year-old Dutch author Yael van der Wouden: her first novel, The Safekeep, a love story that deals with the legacy of the Holocaust in the Netherlands, was the focus of a frenzied bidding war and shortlisted for the 2024 Booker prize. Last night it won the Women’s prize for fiction.“I wrote this book from a place of hopelessness,” she says when we meet. “I was looking for a ray of sunshine.” This morning in London the sun is blazing. She could never have expected that her novel would see off shortlisted authors including Miranda July (of whose work she is a big fan) and Elizabeth Strout. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Sam Heughan drops major hint Outlander could return after season 8 finale

Outlander season eight might not be the last we see of Claire and Jamie Fraser's love story, if Sam Heughan's hints are to be believed...

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6 d. ago Is this the worst episode of And Just Like That ever? Bitter fans slam Carrie's 'awful' love story and cringeworthy scenes

After two buzzworthy episodes of Season 3 of Max's And Just Like That ... fans have turned on the show already after the lackluster third episode.

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6 d. ago BBC EastEnders couple to rekindle romance after 11 year split

EastEnders aired a bombshell break-up on Thursday but viewers are convinced a fresh love story is on the way

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6 d. ago Trump’s tax bill would be a boon for richest Americans, says watchdog

Congressional Budget Office believes legislation will leave poorest worse off

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7 d. ago Ed Sheeran's bitter family rift as star faces backlash for 'identifying culturally' as Irish

Ed Sheeran's confession that he identifies culturally as Irish caused backlash online, but his heritage comes after his grandparents' love story which was portrayed in his hit tune, Nancy Mulligan

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7 d. ago Puppies, ghosts and euphoric snogging: the 25 best queer films of the century so far

From coming-out fables and dancefloor make-outs to unsimulated sex and a madcap maternal quest, here is a feast of movies about LBGTQ+ livesOne detractor called it “a Shawshank Redemption for progressive millennials”. But the force of Céline Sciamma’s lesbian love story about an artist and her unwitting sitter on a remote island in 18th-century Brittany is undeniable. As is the integrity of its central dynamic, stripped of power imbalances, hierarchies – and men. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago ‘We couldn’t have scripted this better’: The White House is thrilled with how events are unfolding in LA

Trump officials reportedly believe it has shown how Democrats are out of touch with country on law enforcement and immigration issues

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7 d. ago American Gangster film based on true story that's a 'must watch' if you love the Godfather

The gangster film, which is now streaming on Amazon Prime, has been hailed as very "underrated" and the "best true crime drama out there".

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8 d. ago CCTV issued after 'thief uses woman's iPhone to spend £342 on Apple Pay'

Officers believe the man pictured could have vital information

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