3 d. ago Ballerina review – Ana de Armas racks up the kills as she pirouettes into John Wick spin

De Armas is fun as a feisty assassin trained in ballet and martial arts, combining delicacy and violence in her quest for vengeance, with a cameo from Keanu. She doesn’t wear a tutu to fill goons with lead though That title could cause confusion. The film might accidentally tap into the Frozen customer-base, and millions of wide-eyed little girls in sparkly tutus and tiaras will show up at cinemas with their mums and dads to watch Keanu Reeves let a heavy-set gangster have it in the chops with a round from his specially customised Glock. Well, the confusion is deliberate. Here, the delicacy of ballet and the violence of martial arts are conflated. In this new spin-off feature from Keanu’s John Wick action franchise – an auxiliary episode on the timeline, between Wick episodes Three and Four, when JW was lying low, recovering from injuries – a mysterious new action-slash-classical-dance heroine called Eve now grands-jetés her way into the franchise, played by the always stylish Ana d...

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5 d. ago Yvette Cooper voices small boat fury as she demands France finally changes rules

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said it was 'disgraceful' that nearly 1,200 people crossed the Channel in small boats on Saturday as she called on France to bring in new rules to intercept vessels in shallow water

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6 d. ago UK calls on France to stop migrants in shallow waters after ‘shocking’ day

Britain records year’s highest number of irregular migrant journeys across English Channel

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8 d. ago I swapped gentle parenting for a French approach for a week — this is what happened

As a new public health call in France suggests screen time for under sixes should be axed, mum of two Eilidh Dorgan tries it out to see if a less British approach to parenting can bring harmony to her home

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8 d. ago I swapped gentle parenting for a French approach for a week — here's what happened

As a new public health call in France suggests screen time for under sixes should be axed, mum of two Eilidh Dorgan tries it out to see if a less British approach to parenting can bring harmony to her home

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9 d. ago Wave pool shuts down after kids report electric shocks in the water over Memorial Day weekend: ‘Extremely painful’

Several people, including children, reported feeling what they described as “electric shock” in the wave pool at a Georgia water park on Memorial Day.

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9 d. ago Warning issued as 33 die of drowning in waters across Scotland in past year

The number of people who accidentally drowned hit peak numbers in May last year. The National Water Safety Forum is warning the public of the dangers of cold water shock.

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1 week ago Shocking moment pipe explodes near Brit tourists' balconies sending torrent of water through Costa Del Sol resort and turning sea brown

Footage shows water gushing from a cracked underground pipe in Benalmádena before streaming through a popular resort toward the coastline.

Society

1 week ago Jurgen Klopp breaks his silence on Liverpool parade horror collision with 25

The shocking incident unfolded just after 6pm on Water Street after thousands of fans had packed the streets to celebrate their team's triumphant season.

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1 week ago Liverpool break their silence after car ploughs into fans during Premier League victory parade

The shocking incident unfolded just after 6pm on Water Street in the heart of Liverpool's city centre, as thousands of fans packed the streets to celebrate their team's triumphant season.

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1 week ago Liverpool fans tell of how horror unfolded during trophy parade when car drove through crowd

The shocking incident unfolded just after 6pm on Water Street in the heart of Liverpool's city centre, as thousands of fans packed the streets.,

Sport

1 week ago Anglers turn violent with Environment Agency officers after being caught fishing with no licence

Shocking footage shows a father and son violently attacking water bailiffs after being caught angling without a licence.

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2 w. ago Shocking moment father and son fishermen attack water bailiffs when they are caught angling without a licence

Sidney Bowman, 75, and his son Andrew, 44, assaulted the Environment Agency officials at Poole Hall Fisheries near Bridgnorth, Shropshire.

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2 w. ago Macron’s party moots banning headscarves in public for under

President calls government meeting to address finding that Muslim Brotherhood poses ‘threat to national cohesion’Emmanuel Macron’s centrist political party has suggested banning girls under 15 from wearing the Muslim headscarf in all public places, as the president chaired a high-level government meeting to discuss what it called “political Islamism” in France.The French president’s office said he had asked ministers to come up with proposals before June to address the “serious” findings of a report that Macron commissioned last year into the presence of the Muslim Brotherhood in France. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago UK demands Netanyahu stop the war in Gaza as 'scores more die'

Britain, France and Canada call out Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's massive escalation of war in Gaza as a race against time is underway with 14,000 Gaza babies at risk if no aid gets through

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2 w. ago Migrant dies after small boat sinks while trying to cross the Channel

The disaster unfolded at around 3am on Monday following a Mayday call to the Gris-Nez rescue centre on France 's northern coast.

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4 w. ago European leaders demand unconditional Ukraine ceasefire by Russia

Ultimatum to Putin from leaders of UK, France, Germany, Poland in Kyiv to act by Monday came after call with TrumpEuropean leaders on a joint visit to Kyiv have issued an ultimatum to Vladimir Putin: sign up to an unconditional ceasefire by Monday, or face increased sanctions and weapons transfers to Ukraine.The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland, together with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, made a joint phone call to Donald Trump prior to making the announcement. Continue reading...

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