19 h. ago Zoe Atkin crowns stellar season with world freeski halfpipe gold

British skier surpasses silver won in 2023 competitionAtkin: ‘I’m going to eat all the Swiss chocolate I have’Great Britain’s Zoe Atkin reached the crowning moment of her stellar season with a maiden world title on the final day of the freeski halfpipe championships in Engadin, Switzerland, on Sunday. It was third time lucky for the 22-year-old, who won bronze at the event in 2021 and silver in 2023.“I feel amazing, I’m world champion,” Atkin said. “I’m going to go celebrate, I’m going to eat all the Swiss chocolate I have in my bedroom. I’m going to have a drink out on the patio. I’m just so excited.” Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Primoz Roglic wins Volta a Catalunya title as late charge denies Juan Ayuso

Roglic wins final stage in Barcelona for second titleLocal favourite Ayuso has to settle for runners-up slotPrimoz Roglic made a late charge to take the lead from local favourite Juan Ayuso and win the Volta a Catalunya for a second time on Sunday. A four-time Vuelta a España champion, Roglic (Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe) prevailed in the final 20 kilometers to win the decisive 88km (54-mile) seventh stage in Barcelona and clinch the overall title, denying Ayuso victory in the city of his birth.UAE Team Emirates’ Ayuso had entered the final day in the lead following a sixth stage that was shortened because of extreme wind. He ended 28 seconds behind Roglic in second place, and 53 seconds in front of another Spaniard, Enric Mas of Movistar, who finished third. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Jade Goody's heartbreaking way she told sons Freddy and Bobby that she was dying

Jade Goody heartbreakingly passed away from cervical cancer 16 years ago today on Mother's Day 2009 and spent her final days providing for her beloved boys.

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51 h. ago Storied Scottish football club puts 135 years of history on the line

Queen’s Park are back in a cup final but ambitious club has slumped since that day at Rangers

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65 h. ago Boyfriend who murdered partner, 21, by repeatedly slamming her head on floor on first anniversary then told police 'it's just been a bad night' is jailed for life

Kain Tailby, 31, brutally assaulted 21-year-old Christine Everett-Hickson at the couple's flat in Derby on February 17 last year.

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3 d. ago Beloved BBC host quits after a whopping 30 years on screens with emotional goodbye to fans

The presenter, who joined the broadcaster in 1992, will celebrate her final day on air on Friday and said that it is the 'right time to go'.

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3 d. ago BBC weather presenter quits after 30 years in emotional statement

Julie Reinger joined the BBC in 1992 and will celebrate her final day on air on Friday, as she says she will "miss" her colleagues and everyone watching and listening

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3 d. ago Weather presenter Julie Reinger leaves BBC after over three decades

Reinger, who joined the BBC in 1992, will celebrate her final day on air on Friday March 28, saying that it is the ‘right time to go’.

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3 d. ago Final moments of woman strangled to death by her partner released

Alcwyn Thomas was found guilty of murdering Victoria Thomas this week.

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3 d. ago The final day of woman who was strangled and murdered by her partner

Alcwyn Thomas, 44, has been found guilty of murdering Victoria Thomas, 45, who was found dead on her son's bedroom floor after the couple had been seen arguing at a bingo hall.

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4 d. ago Novak Djokovic match cancelled as Andy Murray's Miami Open preparations blighted by schedule blunder

The Serbian great was made to wait all day and evening before his quarter-final with Sebastian Korda was canned

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4 d. ago 'Female Hannibal Lecter' who tried to serve up her lover to his kids

Katherine Knight, 45, was the first Australian woman to be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after she murdered her partner John Price in 2000

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4 d. ago Man murdered partner and blamed it on 'sex game gone wrong' after watching Fifty Shades of Grey

Alcywn Thomas, 44, has been found guilty of murder at Cardiff Crown Court after he chocked Victoria Thomas, 45, to death, after the couple had watched Fifty Shades of Grey

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4 d. ago Man who killed partner in what he claimed was 'sex game gone wrong' convicted of murder

Alcwyn Thomas has been convicted of murdering his partner Vicki Thomas

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5 d. ago Gavin & Stacey's James Corden and Ruth Jones to team up for new project after finale

Gavin & Stacey bosses Ruth Jones and James Corden will once again join forces just months after the BBC aired the final ever episode of the sitcom on Christmas Day

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5 d. ago Woman strangled during overnight visit with her husband at a California prison

Officials look into death of Stephanie Brinson, who’s second person in a year to die during family visit at Ione facilityPrison officials are investigating the death of a woman who was strangled during an overnight visit with her husband at a California prison last year.Stephanie Diane Dowells, 62, also known as Stephanie Brinson, was killed in November, becoming the second person in a year to die during a family visit at Mule Creek state prison in Ione, the Los Angeles Times reported. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Cameron Myers: from promising schoolboy to contender in greatest middle distance era | Jack Snape

Expectation around the 18-year-old is sky high after the Australian athlete twice broke the under-20 mile recordAt the end of his final day of high school in December, Cameron Myers cut his hair. It was done without forethought or fanfare at his friend’s house in Canberra, as one of the world’s most highly-touted teenage athletes marked the end of one chapter, and the start of another.Cropped short, the new style has stuck, part of a personal overhaul in the past 12 months that has elevated him from schoolboy of promise to contender in the greatest era of men’s middle distance running. “Having short hair is a nice change, and almost just feels like you’re a different person,” he says. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Live updates as man denies he murdered partner after losing his temper

Alcwyn Thomas, 44, admits the manslaughter of Victoria 'Vicki' Thomas, 45, at a house in Caerphilly Road, Heath but denies murder

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7 d. ago Man accused murdering partner he says he killed in sex game gone wrong gives evidence

Alcwyn Thomas, 44, admits the manslaughter of Victoria "Vicki" Thomas, 45, at a house in Caerphilly Road, Heath but denies murder.

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7 d. ago Woman dies visiting her quadruple murderer husband in prison after being 'strangled'

A woman was strangled to death while visiting her husband in prison – who had previously been convicted for four murders in the 90s and handed a life sentence in prison

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