36 h. ago ‘A celebration of the carefree’: why Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers celebrating their favourite comfort watches is an ode to John Hughes’s 1980s classicIt’s hard to ignore a film’s message when the main character is addressing you directly down the barrel of the camera. Granted, the first time I watched the 1986 teen comedy Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, I was the impressionable age of 11 and “Look people in the eyes when they’re talking to you” was on constant rotation in my household. So my green eyes met Ferris’s brown ones and I took it all in.Centred around Matthew Broderick’s playful turn as Ferris Bueller, a high school senior faking illness to skip school, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is certainly a celebration of the carefree, though the story is by no means languid. Made frantic by doing the thing you’re not supposed to do with the aid of a red Ferrari, the day speeds by in comparison to the fictional days of other American teen films, such as American Graffiti and Dazed & Confused – which, to be fair, featur...

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68 h. ago Teen soldier took his own life days after escorting Queen's coffin, say friends

Trooper Jack Burnell-Williams, was 18 when he was pronounced dead at Hyde Park Barracks in London less than a fortnight after he walked in Her Majesty's funeral procession in 2022.

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3 d. ago Mum, 38, found dead on the floor by her horrified teen son on Christmas Day

Reece Barrett's mum Louise McKenzie, 38, died suddenly on Christmas Day morning from a suspected brain haemorrhage after visiting doctors the previous day where she was diagnosed with an inflamed pancreas

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6 d. ago Two teen girls missing from Manchester for several days as police launch urgent search

Fifteen-year-old Caitlyn has been missing for four days while fourteen-year-old Olivia was last seen on Monday evening - Greater Manchester Police said cops "want to make sure they are safe and well"

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1 week ago Police launch hunt for teen who vanished in London hotspot days before Christmas

Met Police are growing concerned about the welfare of a 17-year-old who was visiting London before Christmas and have issued a plea after she went missing

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1 week ago Teen falls 10,000 feet in plane crash and survives 11 days with maggots feasting on wounds

Her plane crashed over the Amazon rainforest on Christmas Eve as she plummeted two miles through the air, and spent 11 days fighting for survival

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2 w. ago New footage may show missing Texas teen on day of disappearance as cops refuse to rule out kidnapping

Camila Mendoza Olmos was last seen leaving her house just before 7 a.m. on December 24

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2 w. ago Deranged teen 'shoots parents and kills mum' in Boxing Day attack as manhunt ends

Jarrod Noll, 18, was arrested in West Virginia following a massive manhunt launched by Pennsylvania authorities after he was accused of shooting both of his parents on Boxing Day

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2 w. ago Boxing Day tragedy as body found of teen, 19, who went missing on Christmas Eve

The search for a 19-year-old male, only identified as Adam by police, has come to a tragic end after a body has now been found following his disappearance on Christmas Eve

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3 w. ago Jamie Carragher gives Liverpool final VAR red card verdict after 'horrific' Spurs flashpoint

Jamie Carragher has given his verdict after Xavi Simons' tackle on Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk, which saw the Tottenham player sent-off during their Premier League showdown.

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3 w. ago Strictly Come Dancing star slips during live final as favourite at risk

One Strictly Come Dancing star slipped during the live final in a shocking moment, leaving fans horrified for the contestant

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4 w. ago Rob Reiner's final hours revealed as eldest daughter breaks silence on horrific double murder

Tracy Reiner has broken her silence following the brutal deaths of her father, legendary filmmaker Rob Reiner, and his wife Michele Singer Reiner.

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4 w. ago Rob Reiner's final hours revealed as daughter breaks silence on horrific double murder

Tracy Reiner has broken her silence following the brutal deaths of her father, legendary filmmaker Rob Reiner, and his wife Michele Singer Reiner.

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last month The horrifying final days of teen found stuck in a chimney seven years after vanishing

Joshua Maddux, 18, disappeared after going out for a walk, with his family and emergency services desperately searching for the boy only to find his remains seven years later

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last month Frantic search for missing boy, 15, with cops concerned for teen’s welfare

COPS have launched an urgent hunt to find a missing teen who vanished from a popular seaside town two days ago. Concerns are growing for Layton Beattie, 15, who disappeared from West Kirby, Merseyside, on Friday afternoon. Young Layton, from the Wirral, was last spotted in the area just after 2pm. The teenager has been...

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