1 hour ago EastEnders fans 'work out' Ben Mitchell 'dramatic' return after character killed

One Albert Square affair took things to the next level following a death

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2 h. ago EastEnders 'confirms' imminent return for Ben Mitchell after shock death

Jonno Highway suffered a deadly heart attack in tonight's EastEnders, as it was revealed earlier this month that Ben Mitchell would be making a return for the funeral

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3 h. ago ‘This is not the way we do it!’ The View condemns political violence following Charlie Kirk assassination

‘We should be able to voice whatever opinions we have,’ Sunny Hostin said on show the day after the assassination

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4 h. ago Inside the NTAs: How Ben Shephard supported his 'work wife' Cat Deeley, the hot new relationship that set tongues wagging and the celebs that left execs furious... DOLLY BUSBY reveals all the secrets

If there's an art to decoding the red carpet, you can be sure the celebrities are praying we get it right. And that their latest 'message' comes over loud and clear.

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6 h. ago Voices: ‘Error of judgement’: Starmer’s backing of Mandelson draws fury from Independent readers

Our community has criticised Starmer’s initial defence of Mandelson, questioning the prime minister’s judgement, and calling for accountability over the Epstein-linked scandal

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7 h. ago Baltimore Ravens’ Lamar Jackson apologizes after pushing incident with fan: ‘Just chill next time’

Jackson pushed a fan in response to having his helmet shoved during the Ravens-Bills game last weekend

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8 h. ago Jeremy Clarkson admits he's genuinely frightened to voice views after Charlie Kirk death

Former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has said he's scared to be a newspaper columnist after right-wing activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed in Utah yesterday

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8 h. ago Voices: The fatal flaw that made ‘Air Miles Mandelson’ crash and burn

The combination of money and immorality in Peter Mandelson's friendship with Jeffrey Epstein has created a stench for Starmer, writes Sean O’Grady. The question is how long it will hang around

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8 h. ago Ben Proud admits ‘huge financial incentive’ is behind decision to join Enhanced Games

Swimmer is first British athlete to sign up for eventProud: ‘These are opportunities I cannot pass by at 30’Olympic swimming silver medallist Ben Proud, the first British athlete to sign up for the Enhanced Games, has accepted he risks sullying his reputation but admitted he is chiefly motivated by the potential huge financial rewards in the twilight of his career.The swimmer told the BBC Today programme on Thursday: “There’s a huge financial incentive with this and I would be lying if I said it didn’t matter. If you look at the facts it would take me 13 years of winning world championship titles just to earn what I can win at one competition at the Enhanced Games. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Vantage Data Centers Announces Opening of Second London Campus with Landmark Public Art Installation

Vantage Data Centers Announces Opening of Second London Campus with Landmark Public Art Installation  Voice of Alexandria

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9 h. ago This Morning's Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard break with major TV tradition after FINALLY winning NTA gong

The morning show won the Daytime Award at the NTAs, held at the O2 Arena in London on Wednesday.

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9 h. ago Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard break with major TV tradition by not filming This Morning in the same clothes from the night before after NTAs win

The morning show won the Daytime Award at the NTAs, held at the O2 Arena in London on Wednesday.

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9 h. ago Jeremy Clarkson says he’s ‘genuinely frightened’ to voice his views after Charlie Kirk’s death

Right-wing activist was killed while speaking at Utah Valley University

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11 h. ago All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert review – excruciating to read

The Eat Pray Love author’s account of her relationship with her late partner Rayya is solipsistic and self-indulgentThe first chapter of Elizabeth Gilbert’s much anticipated new memoir closes on a four-page love letter to Gilbert from her late partner Rayya, who, dead for five years, comes to her in a “visitation”. In Rayya’s voice, Gilbert calls herself babe, baby, or “sunshine baby” multiple times, emotes in all-caps, and grants herself permission to write the details of Rayya’s terrible, humiliating final year. “Let me just look at you for a minute,” “Rayya” says to Liz. “Look at your little rainbow eyes! Look at your sparkling tears! You’re so beautiful!” The letter is deeply self-indulgent and excruciating to read. “You’re going all the fucking way this time – all the way to the enlightenment.”I believe that the dead are gone and that artists don’t need their permission to evoke them. But I was stunned that this solipsistic mess opens the book, because Gilbe...

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11 h. ago Former Team GB swimmer Ben Proud reveals ‘the only reason’ he joined Enhanced Games

Former Team GB Olympic swimmer Ben Proud has explained his decision to join the controversial Enhanced Games.

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11 h. ago AD FEATURE: Artists take on climate change in a new project that is uniting communities in Wales

The Good Ancestor Project gives artists and activists from African, Welsh and diaspora backgrounds the chance to raise their voices

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12 h. ago Common UK bird can mimic human voices and is 'clever as chimpanzees'

The Eurasian jay is a member of the crow family and has been described as 'clever as chimpanzees' after a professor discovered the bird's intelligence

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12 h. ago Common garden bird so clever it can solve problems and 'mimic human voices'

A professor has described certain birds as being 'clever as chimpanzees', primarily corvids which are members of the crow family.

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12 h. ago Voices: How Trump’s state visit could determine whether Mandelson survives

Calls for Keir Starmer to fire Peter Mandelson after the Epstein revelations are perfectly understandable, writes Simon Walters. But the US president’s impending state visit presents the prime minister with a diplomatic quandary of epic proportions

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13 h. ago Dessert restaurant licence suspended after 8 staff found living in storerooms and offices

When council officers raided the premises at the historic city they found beds everywhere

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