1 hour ago Four girls, aged 7 to 18, killed after car crashes into Illinois school building named as tributes pour in

Marianne Akers, 44, drove a vehicle into a school building on Monday which left four girls dead and six other children injured, one of whom remains in critical condition in hospital

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2 h. ago Gardeners urged to plant 10 flowers you'll barely have to water even in summer

If you're planning a long holiday over summer, you may not be around to care for your plants - luckily here's a list of flowers that need little watering in the heat

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2 h. ago My father poured boiling water on my dog and threw me across the room. He was a drunk

Dr Charlotte Proudman remembers the last time she saw her father. It isn't a happy memory. Then he died a week after her fourth birthday - freeing her from what would have been a life of 'sheer hell'.

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4 h. ago Harrowing new detail in Gene Hackman wife's autopsy revealed after she was killed by rat

Harrowing new details have emerged from Gene Hackman 's wife's autopsy after she died from a rat-borne virus.

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4 h. ago Federal judge says Idaho must let execution witnesses watch as lethal drugs are prepped and pushed

A federal judge says Idaho prison officials must allow media witnesses at executions to watch as the lethal injection drugs are prepared and administered to the condemned person

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4 h. ago Priscilla Pointer, Carrie and Dallas star and mother of Amy Irving, dies at 100

Pointer starred alongside her daughter several times

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4 h. ago Tributes rush in for the 'kindest, funniest' man in his 40s after tragic Dubai holiday death

'He was the kindest, funniest person ever and never made anyone feel unwelcome anywhere'

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5 h. ago Joanna Lumley 'doesn't have much time left' after tragic death realisation

78-year-old actress Joanna Lumley is one of the UK's most-loved actresses and she's recently admitted she is aware of her own mortality after losing a number of friend

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5 h. ago Tragic final hours of boy, 3, who died after being forgotten in boiling car

Miguel Antunes Versari's stepmother reportedly forgot to take him to nursery school and left him asleep in the car. His body was discovered ten hours later

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5 h. ago Paul Mescal Will Star in A Whistle in the Dark and Death of a Salesman for London's National

Paul Mescal Will Star in A Whistle in the Dark and Death of a Salesman for London's National  Playbill

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6 h. ago Priscilla Pointer dead: Dallas and Carrie star dies as family pay tribute

Dallas star Priscilla Pointer has died at the age of 100, her family has confirmed in a touching tribute to the American screen star

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6 h. ago Widow who's husband died at Dignitas issues desperate plea – read her heartbreaking letter in full

Louise Shackleton has issued an open letter as MPs prepare to vote on the Assisted Dying Bill telling of the 'cruel and wicked' death Brits face

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6 h. ago Death in Paradise fans cry 'I'll do anything' as BBC issue huge update about show future

An Instagram post shared a photo of a clapperboard, detailing that filming began this week on the beautiful tropical island of Guadeloupe

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6 h. ago Christina Applegate reveals death in her family that has brought her to 'tears' as she continues MS battle

She told guest JoAnna Garcia Swisher that she was crying because her father, Robert Applegate, passed away about a week before they were recording.

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7 h. ago Tragic life of Carol and Stephen Baxter's daughter now shunned on lonely island

Ellena Baxter, daughter of Carol and Stephen Baxter, has revealed that she has been shunned by people who wrongly suspected she was involved in her parents' deaths

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7 h. ago Chanel takes a cruise around Lake Como with glamour fit for a grand hotel

Show dips into lucrative holiday market with butter-yellow, lilac and gold lamé outfits reflecting beauty of the backdropChanel has a fresh-faced, avant garde new designer but it still stands for classic glamour. This was the loud and clear messaging at the first Chanel show since Matthieu Blazy took up his role. The show was held at Villa d’Este, the Lake Como palace hotel where Elizabeth Taylor, Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich holidayed and which Alfred Hitchcock, who filmed The Pleasure Garden there, pronounced the most beautiful place on earth.The location, booked a year in advance, provided the theme: life in a grand hotel. Think White Lotus on Lake Como, art directed by Slim Aarons. First on to the pebbled catwalk weaving through the hotel’s terrace was a white bathrobe-style coat. Then there were capri pants in the butter yellow of the hotel parasols, and a lilac tweed suit to match the wisteria trailing overhead. Models swung tote bags big enough for pool towels, while gold...

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8 h. ago Spain power outage 'blamed after British father drowns in front of family while on holiday'

Named only as Darren, the man, who is believed to be aged in his 50s, was holidaying in Torremolinos when the tragic incident unfolded in front of his son.

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8 h. ago Gene Hackman's wife, Betsy Arakawa, cause of death confirmed with post

The post-mortem results showed that Betsy died earlier this year from hantavirus

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8 h. ago Royal fans spot touching tribute to relative of Prince William at his wedding

Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding 14 years ago was watched by millions of people across the globe, but there are still some lesser-known facts about the big day

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9 h. ago No further action against prisoner as police close jail murder investigation

The death of inmate Kevin Golby, aged 49, was not linked to an assault at HMP Five Wells, investigations found.

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