3 h. ago Louise Redknapp's son's true thoughts on Jamie's baby news as 'world turned upside down'

Jamie Redknapp has opened up about the moment he told his eldest son Charley that he was expecting a baby with his wife Frida Andersson, admitting that it "didn't go down that well"

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10 h. ago Ken Jacobs, mainstay of New York’s underground film culture, dies aged 92

Experimental film-maker’s works included Little Stabs at Happiness, Blonde Cobra, and Tom, Tom, the Piper’s SonRenowned experimental film-maker Ken Jacobs, whose works such as Little Stabs at Happiness, Blonde Cobra and Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son made him a key member of the underground film circuit of the 1960s, has died aged 92. His son Azazel Jacobs, also a film-maker, told the New York Times that he died of kidney failure in hospital on Sunday.Described by the New York Times as “the éminence grise of the American avant garde”, Jacobs and his wife Flo, with whom he collaborated on much of his work, straddled the worlds of experimental art and American new wave film-making, along with the likes of Jack Smith, Andy Warhol and Jonas Mekas. He was a founding member of New York’s Film-Makers’ Co-Operative and the first director of the Millennium Film Workshop in 1966, both of which offered a space for film-makers working outside the mainstream and which are still operating today. Conti...

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10 h. ago Ken Jacobs, luminary of New York underground film culture, dies aged 92

Experimental film-maker’s works included Little Stabs at Happiness, Blonde Cobra, and Tom, Tom, the Piper’s SonRenowned experimental film-maker Ken Jacobs, whose works such as Little Stabs at Happiness, Blonde Cobra and Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son made him a key member of the underground film circuit of the 1960s, has died aged 92. His son Azazel Jacobs, also a film-maker, told the New York Times that he died of kidney failure in hospital on Sunday.Described by the New York Times as “the éminence grise of the American avant garde”, Jacobs and his wife Flo, with whom he collaborated on much of his work, straddled the worlds of experimental art and American new wave film-making, along with the likes of Jack Smith, Andy Warhol and Jonas Mekas. He was a founding member of New York’s Film-Makers’ Co-Operative and the first director of the Millennium Film Workshop in 1966, both of which offered a space for film-makers working outside the mainstream and which are still operating today. Conti...

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15 h. ago Anniversary couple are latest victims of British Airways Brexit passport mix

Exclusive: The airline doubled down and blamed passengers for its mistake

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5 d. ago British couple hit with £20k hospital bill after horror moped crash in Turkey

Danielle Davies had barely begun her holiday with boyfriend Darren Webb when the accident happened and he was rushed to hospital with a bleed on the brain and many broken bones

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5 d. ago Family of British couple detained in Iran express alarm over ongoing trial

Lindsay and Craig Foreman were seized in January during a round-the-world motorbike tripThe family of a British couple detained in Iran on espionage charges have said they will keep pushing for their release for years if needed, as they express alarm over ongoing trial proceedings and the pair’s welfare.Lindsay and Craig Foreman, both 52 and who previously split their time between Spain and England, were seized in January in Kerman, southern Iran, while travelling on a round-the-world motorbike trip. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Malvern College hockey coach stabbed his interior designer wife to death in front of their young son, court told

Mohamed Samak, 43, is accused of stabbing 49-year-old interior designer Joanne in front of their young son.

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6 d. ago Public school hockey coach stabbed his interior designer wife to death in front of their young son, court told

Mohamed Samak, 43, is accused of stabbing 49-year-old interior designer Joanne in front of their young son.

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6 d. ago British couple are left with £20,000 hospital bill following moped crash in Turkey after insurers say they were not covered

Holidaymakers Darren Webb, 34, and Danielle Davies, 30, were rushed to hospital on the first day of their dream trip to Marmaris.

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7 d. ago My mother was shot by the police – and that bullet changed everything

Lee Lawrence was 11 when his mother, Cherry Groce, was paralysed during a botched police raid. It was the end of his childhood and the start of his fight for her life and legacyWhen Lee Lawrence’s son, Brandon, picked him up from hospital after a minor operation recently, Brandon thought he saw a car following them. Lawrence looked round and told his son he didn’t think it was anything to worry about. But then the car – which turned out to be an undercover police vehicle – put its siren on. It overtook them and did a hard stop. “I expected to see guns come out next,” says Lawrence. “I thought: ‘What the hell is going on?’ I got upset. My son was trying to calm me down, because I was thinking: ‘How could this be happening to my son?’”Lawrence was 11 when his mother, Cherry Groce, was shot and paralysed in 1985 by an armed police officer during a botched raid on her home. Community fury over Groce’s shooting would spark a two-day uprising in Brixton, south London. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Terrifying moment British and US couples cheat death when rampaging elephant flips their safari canoes over before smashing one of the women with its trunk

The two couples - both husband and wife and said to be British - were being poled 'gondala style' through the shallow waters of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

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8 d. ago Mum left speechless as teachers at her son’s school take extreme action to prevent kids drinking squash instead of water

A MUM has been left speechless after her six-year-old son told her his teachers SNIFF students' water bottles at school. Sam admitted she "can't get her head round" the extremes the teachers allegedly go to in order to ensure none of the children have squash or flavoured water in their bottles. "I actually cannot believe...

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9 d. ago Newly divorced UK couples reveal what they blame for marriage breakdowns

Arguments over Brexit, transgender rights and immigration are some of the top reasons British couples have divorced, a study has revealed.

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9 d. ago Lola Young ‘doing OK’ after collapsing on stage at festival in New York

British singer thanks fans for support after incident at gig, during which she had told crowd of ‘tricky couple of days’The British singer Lola Young has said she is “doing OK” after collapsing on stage during a festival performance in New York.In footage posted on social media, the 24-year-old can be seen swaying before dropping her microphone and falling backward while singing at the All Things Go festival in the Forest Hills Stadium on Saturday. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Brit woman caged in Iran hellhole prison on 'spy charges' is 'placed on a drip'

Lindsay Foreman, who was arrested in Iran with her husband Craig, is struggling with her health in prison and is on a drip, her desperate son says

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1 week ago British woman held in Iranian jail on 'spy charges' is put on drip in her cell as family fears for her health

Lindsay and Craig Foreman, both 52, were arrested in Kerman, southern Iran, on January 3 as they embarked on a motorcycle trip around the world to Australia.

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1 week ago Family forced to take out $25K loan and sell rare collectibles when teen’s insurance denied mental health care after suicide attempt

‘I told her, if my son comes home now, he will end his life, and the blood will be on your hands,’ the teen’s mom told a care coordinator

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1 week ago Elderly couple who nearly died in Taliban prison hell could return to Afghanistan

British couple Peter and Barbie Reynolds were released from Taliban prison last week after being detained for almost eight months - however, they're not ruling out returning

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2 w. ago British couple held in Afghanistan call their release by Taliban ‘a mystery’

After almost two decades living in Afghanistan and running education programmes for women and girls, Peter and Barbie Reynolds were arrested by the Taliban and spent more than seven months in prison. Finally free, they reveal how they were chained up in grim conditions and feared they would die – either from ill health or at the hands of their captors. Arpan Rai reports

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2 w. ago Elderly British couple who were held by the Taliban for nearly eight months feared they would be executed

Peter and Barbie Reynolds finally flew back to the UK at the weekend after intense diplomatic efforts led by Qatar. They were detained in ten jails but they never learned why they were arrested.

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