9 h. ago Sharon Osbourne opens up about Ozzy Osbourne’s last moments and how ‘grief has now become her friend’

Sharon Osbourne has opened up about Ozzy Osbourne’s last moments and how “grief has now become her friend”.

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28 h. ago Police worried for woman seen without shoes in middle of the night

Layla Martin, 21 has been missing since the early hours of the morning

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4 d. ago Russia launches attacks across Ukraine as Miami peace talks continue

Targets of more than Russian 650 drones and 51 missiles include western regions with sirens sounding in eastern Poland Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine in the early hours of Saturday, as US and Ukrainian officials continue talks in Miami that the White House hopes will bring an end to the conflict.Russia used more than 650 drones and 51 missiles overnight, Ukraine’s armed forces said, with drones targeting locations across the country, including in the western regions hundreds of miles from the frontline. Warning sirens also sounded in parts of eastern Poland, close to the Ukrainian border. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Wheelchair rugby league is booming in England – they even won the Ashes

England’s 2-0 series win in the Ashes was the perfect preparation for the World Cup in Australia next yearBy No Helmets RequiredEngland did win the Ashes last month. The wheelchair team’s 2-0 series victory in Australia went under the radar in the UK. With games played in the early hours and not screened on mainstream TV, the team missed out on the adulation that came their way when they won the World Cup in Manchester three years ago. “The forgotten Ashes? That’s sad if it’s true,” says the coach, Tom Coyd. “The NRL showed great engagement and we did loads of media there, but we were in a bubble and pretty disconnected from back home.”England will return to Australia next year to defend their world title. The favourites will be expected to beat Wales, USA and Ireland in their group before facing the second and third best teams in the world – France and Australia – in the knockout stages of the tournament in Wollongong. The Ashes series taught Coyd vital lessons about how to manage ...

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7 d. ago Cops scour 100 hours of CCTV in search for missing man whose car was dumped in Highlands

Eugen Comanescu, 41, whose appearance may have changed given the amount of time has passed, was reporting missing from Surrey on November 3.

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1 week ago Voices: My daughter wants to go to a sleepover with boys. Should I let her?

The Independent’s agony aunt Victoria Richards is here to help. Email dearvix@independent.co.uk for advice on love, work, family and relationships

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1 week ago Death toll in Hong Kong tower block fire rises to 36 with 279 reported missing

Huge blaze broke out at Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Tai Poin Tai Po district on WednesdayThe death toll from a huge fire that has engulfed several residential tower blocks in Hong Kong has risen to 36, with a further 279 people reported missing, the city’s leader, John Lee, said in the early hours of Thursday morning.A taskforce has been set up to investigate the cause of the fire, which broke out on Wednesday afternoon at the Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Tai Po, in the northern New Territories. The complex is made up of eight 31-storey towers containing about 2,000 flats that house about 4,800 people. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer voices horror over Ukrainian girl his daughter's age pulled from rubble

The Prime Minister told MPs he was celebrating his daughter's 15th birthday when he saw images of a Ukrainian girl of around the same age being pulled from rubble

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2 w. ago Missing man found dead in huge plastic dinosaur after passersby spotted something odd

A man was found dead inside a giant stegosaurus statue in Spain just hours after being reported missing by his family - police believe it was all one unfortunate accident

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2 w. ago Bolton girl, 12, missing for over 24 hours as police launch urgent search to find her

Greater Manchester Police have launched a major search to find a missing Bolton girl, 12-year-old Isla, who vanished from the area of Spinny Nook over 24 hours ago

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2 w. ago Major search launched for missing girl, 12, who vanished 24 hours ago

An urgent search has been launched for a missing 12-year-old girl - this is a breaking story

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2 w. ago Elderly passenger, 73, missing after falling overboard from Disney Wonder cruise ship as frantic rescuers search water

The ship changed course and spent five hours searching for the missing man

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2 w. ago Disney Wonder cruise passenger, 73, missing after falling overboard during trip

The pensioner plunged from the ship as it headed towards Auckland this weekend - and remains missing at sea following a five-hour long search effort using thermal imaging cameras

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2 w. ago Urgent search for missing girl, 11, who vanished 24 hours ago carrying pink bag

An 11-year-old girl, Maryam, is missing in South London, and the Met Police has launched an urgent appeal for information

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3 w. ago Strictly star La Voix's vow to fans after 'heartbreak' over missing Blackpool

BBC Strictly Come Dancing star La Voix has updated fans with a new message hours after it was confirmed she will miss Blackpool

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3 w. ago Strictly star La Voix's promise after it's confirmed she's missing Blackpool

BBC Strictly Come Dancing star La Voix has updated fans hours after it was revealed she will miss out on the iconic Blackpool ballroom routine

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3 w. ago Chinese ship jams communications as Filipino forces deliver supplies to Philippines

Philippine forces have transported food, fuel and new personnel to a territorial outpost in a long-disputed shoal in the South China Sea, where Chinese government ships jammed communications during the hourslong supply mission as part of Beijing’s security practice in the far-flung atoll

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3 w. ago Missing girl, 14, found dead in motorhome behind her house hours later

Kylie Toberman, 14, was found dead in a vehicle on the property she was staying in Vandalia, Illinois, after a frantic search lasting eight hours after the teen was reported missing

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3 w. ago ‘They inspire me’: Alessia Russo on empowering young girls and giving back

The Arsenal and England forward has a new foundation designed to boost girls’ participation in sport and promote female health“She’s just so cool.” “Is that her? Is that really her? I didn’t think she was that blonde.” “Even her clothes are cool.” Alessia Russo is a footballing Pied Piper and the teenage girls following her down the path from the five-a-side pitches to the full-size one at Haringey’s New River Leisure Centre can’t contain their excitement.Russo has just watched the final of the Alessia Cup, an evolution of an annual girls’ tournament organised by the London-based charity Goals 4 Girls. This year it was staged in partnership with Russo’s newly launched Alessia Russo Foundation and Sky. The broadcaster’s involvement comes in the wake of its Public First report, which found that girls in the UK are missing out on 280 million hours of sport every year. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Voices: Our daughter went missing for 36 hours. The grief has lasted a lifetime

For 36 unbearable hours, we believed our daughter was gone for ever, says Anne Atkins. What we lived through has shaped every moment since

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