72 m. ago River Island's £44 spacious summer bag 'perfect' for the airport looks like £4,120 YSL

The spacious beach bag hailed as 'perfect' for travelling is more than £4,000 cheaper than a similar, but not identical YSL version

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1 hour ago When is the British & Irish Lions squad announced? How to watch online and for free

Rugby fans are eagerly awaiting Andy Farrell's British and Irish Lions squad announcement on Thursday afternoon as players hope for a coveted spot on the plane to Australia for this summer's tour

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1 hour ago New Pope: Black or white smoke? What the colours mean as vote begins in the Vatican

And so it begins. The world's most secretive ceremony to select a new Pope is underway. Never will a chimney have so many eyes fixed upon it.

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1 hour ago Conclave live: Next Pope is ‘everybody’s guess’ before Cardinals gather for oath of secrecy and first vote

Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Filipino cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle are among the favourites to succeed Pope Francis ahead of the secretive ballot

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2 h. ago One of Alcatraz’s last living inmates speaks out on Trump’s plan to reopen prison

Charlie Hopkins believes president is not serious about reviving storied San Francisco jail

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2 h. ago How long will the conclave last as ancient Vatican process begins today

Cardinals from all over the world will begin the process for electing a new pope today, May 7.

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2 h. ago Conclave latest LIVE: Cardinals attend Mass at the Vatican before secretive papal election begins

Some 133 Cardinals begin their secretive conclave on Wednesday with a first round of voting due in the afternoon

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2 h. ago Stirling Albion boss reveals hope for next season after dull Forfar curtain call

The Binos rounded off their season with a goalless draw in Angus against a home side fighting the drop - with a section of the away support in fancy dress even offering a party vibe to the final game.

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3 h. ago Fox Chase Boy: standup comedy confronts trauma in a Catholic community

There is surprising nostalgia and humour in Gerad Argeros’s story of healing after child abuse by a Catholic priest. He was an altar boy at St Cecilia Catholic church in north-east Philadelphia when, at age 11, he became one of the victims of paedophile James Brzyski. Decades later, the actor and father developed the one-man stage show Fox Chase Boy. Performing it to his close-knit parish he speaks directly about a crime cloaked in silence, and brings welcome insight into their collective trauma Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Ocean with David Attenborough review – a passionate case against the ruination of the seas

Released on his 99th birthday and presented in the context of his remarkable career, Sir David’s authority is matched only by nature’s grandeur in this visually stunning filmA visual marvel like all his work, governed by his own matchless authority and striking a steady tonal balance between warning and hope, David Attenborough’s new film about the oceans is absorbing and compelling. He makes a passionate case against the ruin caused by industrial overfishing and the sinister mega-trawlers which roam everywhere, raking the seabed with their vast metal nets, brutally and wastefully hoovering up fish populations of which the majority is often simply thrown away, depleting developing countries and fishing communities of their share. Attenborough says that this is the new colonialism. The film is released in cinemas in anticipation of the UN’s World Oceans Day in June, which is campaigning for 30% of the world’s oceans to be preserved from exploitation – at present, only around 3% is pr...

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3 h. ago ‘It’s like putting a whale in a blender’: the rise of deadly ship collisions in Chile

On average, five fatal whale strikes occur in the country’s waters each year, the highest in the world – and just a fraction of the total number killed, say researchersPhotographs by Francis PérezThe memory of a blue whale gliding past his small boat haunts Patricio Ortiz. A deep wound disfigured the crustacean’s giant body – a big chunk had been ripped from its dorsal fin. Cargo ships are the only adversary capable of inflicting such harm on a blue whale, he says.“Nothing can be done when they’re up against those floating monsters.” Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Rich MAGA Catholics fly to the Vatican after Trump said he'd 'like to be Pope'

US President Donald Trump joked he would like to be the new Pope after the death of Pope Francis. But some of his supporters are taking his comments a little too literally

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3 h. ago Why the Vatican will cut the phone signal ahead of the secret Conclave vote

The Vatican has made sure that what happens in the Sistine Chapel stays in the Sistine Chapel

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3 h. ago How the world responded to India’s strikes on Pakistan: ‘Hope it ends very quickly’

Allies of both countries call for restraint and diplomacy

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3 h. ago How a new Pope is chosen as Papal Conclave to announce 267th head of Catholic church

Whoever is picked will become one of the world's most powerful figures, considered to be the successor of St Peter, the first apostle, and leader of 1.4 billion Catholics

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3 h. ago ‘It’s a cult’: John Oliver gives a blunt answer on if a ‘Saturday Night Live’ show would work in the UK

Sky announced it was creating a British version of ‘Saturday Night Live’ last month

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3 h. ago Conclave cardinals told choice for next pope is of ‘exceptional importance’

The electors met for mass at St Peter’s Basilica ahead of the conclave in the Sistine Chapel from Wednesday afternoon.

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3 h. ago Conclave latest LIVE: Cardinals attend final Mass at St Peter's Basilica before electing next pope

The conclave begins at the Vatican with mass attended by all voting cardinals in St Peter’s Basilica

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4 h. ago Conclave begins at Vatican as secret voting for new Pope to get underway

Following a special mass in St Peter’s Basilica, the group will go into the Sistine Chapel where they will have no contact with the outside world until white smoke rises into the air.

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4 h. ago New pope will face ‘complex moment in history’, senior cardinal says, before conclave to select Pope Francis’ successor – live

Cardinals set to meet behind closed doors of Sistine Chapel to decide who will become new popeCardinals to begin choosing new popePapal in-tray: new pontiff will have to hit ground runningHow does the conclave work?In his homily – seen as a guiding message for the 133 cardinals set to take part in the conclave – Battista Re called for the help of the Holy Spirit to guide cardinals in choosing the pope “that the church and humanity need at this difficult and complex turning point in history.”He urged them to “put aside all personal considerations” and demonstrate love, “the only force capable of changing the world.” Continue reading...

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