36 m. ago Mum is found 'dangling by her left arm' after getting impaled on school fence

Emergency services warn people not to climb school gates after a mum got her arm impaled when she tried to enter her daughter's school on a Saturday to get her phone

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44 m. ago You Me At Six's Josh Franceschi left 'throwing up' hours before final ever concert

You Me At Six frontman Josh Franceschi revealed that hours ahead of the bands final concert, he was left in a state of panic due to illness but vowed to get on stage

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60 m. ago Alan Cumming leads Tartan Day parade in New York as John Swinney hails 'historic friendship'

The acting icon was this year’s Grand Marshal, with several high-profile politicians also heading across the Atlantic to the Big Apple.

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78 m. ago Man City zero in on Kevin De Bruyne replacement 24 hours after transfer bombshell

Kevin De Bruyne will leave Manchester City at the end of the current season and the club have already begun their search for a replacement - with a top target in mind

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1 hour ago Mum of toddler, 2, in migrant camp in desperate plea for better life says 'It's life or death'

Juliana was seven months pregnant when she made the decision to leave Uganda - her daughter Clara has no idea of the risks she has taken to try and find an existence for them both

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1 hour ago Russell Brand breaks cover hours after being charged with rape and sexual assault

Russell Brand has been seen in public after the former comedian and actor was charged by The Metropolitan Police following allegations of rape and sexual assault

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3 h. ago Volunteers collect 60 bags of rubbish in just two hours from Welsh beauty spot

It was the hard work of a new Litter Picking Hub which means anyone can borrow litter picking equipment for free

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3 h. ago Tragedy of Grand National winner Nick Rockett's owner Sadie Andrew – 'what she wanted'

The 2025 Grand National was one of the most poignant races in its 177-year history as Nick Rockett triumphed at Aintree after owner Sadie Andrew died

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4 h. ago EastEnders star was due to work with Biggie Smalls but he was murdered hours before filming

The former host of MTV's Top Of The Pops had been scheduled to meet with Biggie but the rapper missed his flight and stayed back in Los Angeles, California.

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4 h. ago Fury after luxury riverside hotel is being used to house 150 male migrants

EXCLUSIVE: The four-star Dragonfly Hotel, which is located in Thorpe Meadows, Peterborough, was given over entirely to house male migrants with just 48 hours notice.

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4 h. ago ITV Grace star John Simm teases 'traumatic' start to season 5 as tragedy strikes

John Simm has revealed that the fifth series of Grace will have a 'traumatic beginning'.

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5 h. ago Britain braced for travel chaos as Met Office makes 'warm' weather prediction

Schools finished for the holidays on Friday and the RAC expects 3.4million people to hit the roads each day - sunny conditions will remain into next week with the Met Office predicting above-average temperatures

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5 h. ago Helen Flanagan cuts a glamorous figure in a pink caped gown as she joins leggy Ekin

The former Coronation Street star, 34, nailed the race day dress code as she was the picture of elegance in a bright pink midi dress with a single caped sleeve which featured red detailing.

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5 h. ago Nick Rockett holds off I Am Maximus to win thrilling 2025 Grand National – live reaction

Willie Mullins-trained horse ridden to victory by sonTom Jenkins’s best pictures from AintreeAnd send Simon an email with your thoughtsWilliam Hill Handicap Hurdle (1.20pm)And they’re off Jipcot, always held up in the past, is up there in the very early stages Building Bridges has taken over the lead Dartan and Timmy Tuesday are also prominent Act Of Authority and Double Powerful are at the back no fallers with a circuit to go and not much change in the running order for now but Bill Joyce has gone at the first hurdle in the back straight he’s up and going on riderless Building Bridges has kicked clear with Dartan who is under pressure Timmy Tuesday comes with a challenge Deep Cave comes late and gets there close home.I love that ITV still open up their National day coverage (as the Beeb used to) with the theme music from the 1984 film Champions based on the victory of Bob Champion and Aldaniti in 1981. I still haven’t seen the movie but I found it for a quid last year on DVD. Conti...

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5 h. ago ITV Grace star teases ‘traumatic beginning’ as tragedy strikes in new series

John Simm has opened up about the fifth series of Grace, teasing a 'traumatic' start to the season, which launches on April 6.

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5 h. ago Grand National 2025 winner: Nick Rockett storms to dramatic victory

Nick Rockett came away victorious in the Grand National 2025 at Aintree in the hotly contested showpiece event of the three-day festival, beating competition from last year's winner I am Maximus

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5 h. ago No forgetting my encounter with two giants of the stage | Tim Lewis

Old pals Ewan McGregor and Michael Grandage prepare for their new play, My Master Builder, by chuckling about everything that could go wrong and hasFor today’s Observer New Review I had the not-exactly-onerous assignment of spending an hour with the actor Ewan McGregor and director Michael Grandage, as they prepared to put on a new play, My Master Builder, in London’s West End. The two men go way back, and mostly they were cracking each other up with knockabout old stories – much of which there wasn’t room for in my article. McGregor recalled one of his first roles on stage, as Orlando in As You Like It, and how when Simon Callow – multiple Olivier and Bafta award winner – played the part in 1979, he walked out on stage at the National Theatre only to promptly forget the first line of the play.“If you’re a woman and you’re about to have a baby, everybody tells you nightmare stories about childbirth,” said McGregor. “And when you’re an actor about to do a play, everybody tells you te...

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5 h. ago Floating away: warm tones and vintage details lift the spirits in a grand Parisian apartment

An interior decorator and furniture designer uses colour and fleamarket finds to create an inviting sanctuaryNestled in a classic Haussmannian building in Paris’s 17th Arrondissement, Tiphaine Verdier’s apartment is a feast for the senses. This large duplex, perched on the top two floors, is not just a home but a canvas where colour and creativity collide. With a fearless approach to bold hues, Tiphaine has transformed what was once a blank slate of plain white walls into a theatrical and inviting sanctuary.When Tiphaine first stepped into the apartment, it was a minimalist’s dream – or, as she might put it, a colour enthusiast’s nightmare. “All the walls were just plain white,” she recalls. But Tiphaine, an interior decorator and furniture designer, saw the potential in the apartment’s unique layout. “I was drawn to the fact that it felt like a house in the sky, with a clear separation between the day and night spaces.” Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Genetic data is an another asset to be exploited – beware who has yours | John Naughton

The bankruptcy of genealogy company 23andMe has resulted in a fire sale of millions of people’s genetic information – and there’s no shortage of eager buyers with questionable motivesEver thought of having your genome sequenced? Me neither. But it seems that at least 15 million souls have gone in for it and are delighted to know that they have Viking ancestry, or discombobulated to find that they have siblings of whom they were hitherto unaware. The corporate vehicle that enabled these revelations is called 23andMe, which describes itself as a “genetics-led consumer healthcare and biotechnology company empowering a healthier future”.Back in the day, 23andMe was one of those vaunted “unicorns” (privately held startups valued at more than $1bn), but is now facing harder times. Its share price had fallen precipitately following a data breach in October 2023 that harvested the profile and ethnicity data of 6.9 million users – including name, profile photo, birth year, location, family s...

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5 h. ago Hit noughties TV star barely aged a day as she launches new career 22 years after show

A noughties TV star looks very similar to when they were on screens 22 years ago as hit series Sabrina the Teenage Witch came to an end before she launched a new career

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