16 m. ago Body found in 'secret' lake after specialist search teams spent hours looking

The Secret Lake, between Reddish and Levenshulme, in Greater Manchester was cordoned off while a rescue operation took place with underwater search officers in attendance

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24 m. ago Full list of UK areas affected by Met Office red 'very high' warning this week

During the spring and summer months the Met Office issues a five-day pollen forecast to warn prepare hay fever sufferers

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49 m. ago Met Office issues red 'very high' warning in six UK areas this week

It comes as the UK is set for a week of glorious sunshine

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58 m. ago Children referred to gender clinics 'to be tested for autism and ADHD' under leaked NHS plans

Reports say that health officials will screen children for neurodevelopmental conditions

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75 m. ago Tragedy as body found after police close off Greater Manchester lake

Officers spent hours at the scene

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84 m. ago April temperature records could fall this week with up to 29C expected in UK

Widespread sunshine is expected across the country, with highs of up to 29C

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87 m. ago Gene Hackman autopsy results reveal actor’s official cause of death

New details about Oscar winner’s medical history have come to light in final report

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94 m. ago ‘A mix of vaudeville and David Lynch’: the hit play about a giant rabbit on a psychoanalyst’s couch

Booker-nominated writer Deborah Levy is thrilling audiences with her play about a psychoanalyst dealing with a very unusual patient, seized with anxiety about modern life. She explains how it came aboutTwo years ago, Deborah Levy came across a cartoon that sparked her imagination. It featured a Freud-like figure sitting opposite a rabbit on an analyst’s couch. Levy, a three-times Booker nominated novelist and award-winning author of nonfiction, had began her career as a playwright but had not written a script for 25 years until she came across the image. “As soon as I saw it,” she says, “I heard dialogue in my mind: a conversation, a serious, difficult conversation between a professor and a rabbit, about contemporary anxiety. I knew it was a play,” says Levy.The premise may seem absurd but that is precisely the point – absurdism is a way of dealing with themes that have proved, in the wider world, divisive and even explosive to debate. Because the two-hander includes a rabbit, it ma...

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1 hour ago How hot it will get in Greater Manchester this week as UK to bask in 28C sunshine

The UK is set to see temperatures of up to 28C this week during the warmest spell of the year so far, the Met Office said

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2 h. ago Furious fans demand refunds after discovering how influencer REALLY lost weight while selling diet plans

Upset fans were vocal in the comment section of a YouTube video in which Rohner, 37, said she had taken a GLP-1, calling into question the credibility as a spokesperson.

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3 h. ago Only one part of UK to see rain as we get 'close to heatwave' at 29C

The Met Office says temperatures will be “markedly higher” than what they should be for this time of year

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3 h. ago Former Memphis officers to face second trial in beating death of Tyre Nichols

Three former Tennessee police officers will face an out-of-town jury when their trial begins on second-degree murder charges in the beating death of Tyre Nichols after a 2023 traffic stop in Memphis

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3 h. ago From water pollution to stained cushions: Edith Pritchett’s week in Venn diagrams – cartoon

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3 h. ago How bugs and beet juice could play roles in the race to replace artificial dyes in food

U.S. health officials are pushing to get artificial colors out of the nation's food supply

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3 h. ago ‘We feared the war would still last years more after VE Day’

Sir Tom said his war continued until August 15, 1945 when Japan surrendered

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4 h. ago Foreign Office's red list of 25 world's most dangerous countries as Brits warned

The Foreign Office’s red list covers more than 21% of the world’s landmass - and Brits ignoring its 'do not travel' advice can expect little support in the event of an emergency

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4 h. ago UK weather: Britain forecast 'very warm' heat blast with red hot 28C in just days

The Met Office said we will see temperatures 'climbing notably above the seasonal average' on Wednesday, with some places experiencing highs of 28C or possibly 29C

Society

6 h. ago UK set for temperatures of up to 28C during warmest spell of year

Monday is likely to be the hottest day of the year then the temperatures will peak on Wednesday or Thursday, the Met Office said.

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7 h. ago Man Utd and Chelsea get major transfer boost in race for £30m striker target

Ipswich Town have been officially relegated from the Premier League, clearing the way for Manchester United and Chelsea to chase their star striker Liam Delap this summer

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8 h. ago Horrifying moment police kill vulnerable man by throwing him around 'like a rag doll' as he lies handcuffed on hospital ward floor

This is the horrifying moment officers threw a vulnerable man around 'like a rag doll' while restraining him on a hospital floor.

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