1 hour ago Man killed in 'deeply distressing' double shooting in busy Hackney park

A man and woman in their 40s both suffered gun shot wounds following a ‘deeply distressing incident’ in Clissold Park

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7 h. ago Woman was shot dead by her husband on Valentine's Day after trying to flee the relationship, inquest hears

Lisa Smith, 43, was shot twice in the neck in the car park of The Three Horseshoes  in Knockholt, Kent, on February 14 this year.

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11 h. ago Woman shot by husband on Valentine’s Day after trying to escape relationship

Lisa Smith, 43, was shot twice in the neck in the car park of The Three Horseshoes on Main Road in Knockholt, Kent, on February 14 this year.

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26 h. ago Stacey Solomon left stunned over husband Joe Swash's Valentine's Day blunder

Stacey Solomon was left in hysterics as her husband Joe Swash unveiled his Valentine's Day surprise

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26 h. ago Joe Swash admits 'I'm worried' as surprise for Stacey Solomon goes very wrong

Stacey Solomon was left in hysterics as her husband Joe Swash unveiled his Valentine's Day surprise

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3 d. ago Here in Hampstead, middle class mums are the cocaine dealer's best customer...the only change to our post

For bored mums in leafy Hampstead a couple of lines on a Friday evening has come to represent a much-needed escape from to the day-to-day drudgery of motherhood, writes SARAH ROIK.

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8 d. ago Michael Caine comes out of retirement again for Vin Diesel sequel

The veteran actor will be reprising his role as a priest who helps Diesel’s immortal warrior stop the plague in The Last Witch Hunter 2The actor Michael Caine has again come out of retirement for one last job – in this case, Vin Diesel sequel The Last Witch Hunter 2. Caine will be reprising his role as a priest who assists the immortal warrior played by Diesel to stop the plague ravaging the planet.Caine, 92, first retired in 2009, after shooting gang crime drama Harry Brown and then again, 24 films later, in 2021, after starring as novelist in Best Sellers. He returned for little-seen Croatian historical drama Medieval in 2022 and, the following year, starred in The Great Escaper as a D-Day veteran who travels to Normandy solo from his care home for the 70th anniversary. Continue reading...

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1 week ago One year after Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi was killed, the US has not investigated. Her family wants answers

The American Turkish woman, 26, was shot in the head on 6 September 2024 by an Israeli sniper in the West BankÖzden Bennett’s first reaction after learning of her younger sister’s killing was disbelief. Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi had traveled to the occupied West Bank just three days earlier to volunteer with Palestinian communities facing violence at the hands of Israeli soldiers and settlers.But the shock and grief quickly gave way to dread – “that nothing would come of it, that she would have just died under that olive tree and that was it”, Bennett said this week, before the anniversary of Eygi’s death. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Days without war: Ukrainian children enjoy time at summer camp – photo essay

While missiles and drones are exploding in Kyiv during the bloodiest attack of the year, a mountain retreat provides a brief, peaceful escape from the chaosOn the last day of July, Russia launched an attack on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, the bloodiest one this year: 300 drones and eight missiles killed 31 people. On the same day, 700km (435 miles) away in a camp near the city of Svalyava in the Carpathian mountains, 30 children are roasting marshmallows. Most of the children live in Kyiv, but for now, they are at the Zefir summer camp.Sofia, 15, from Uzhhorod, dresses up for a theatre performance. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Woman 'stripped in front of children before being shot and left in burning car'

Thi Kim Tran, 45, was brutally murdered in a suburb of Sydney, Australia, where she was shot and set on fire in a car after being stripped naked, a police investigation found

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2 w. ago Pierce Brosnan: ‘Pink Floyd were my landscape. I was a hippy’

The former 007 and current star of The Thursday Murder Club revisits his old haunts in London’s Camden Town and Primrose Hill. Can he get past the security guard at the Roundhouse, where he once walked a tipsy Tennessee Williams to his car?It is a weekday morning and I am standing beside Pierce Brosnan on a deserted backstreet, watching a woman in a hairnet and white wellies hosing down the entrance to a fishmarket. The former James Bond is in full flow. “You know the scene in MobLand where I’ve got my foot on that guy’s throat and Tom Hardy is shooting the shit out of everyone?” He is talking in his rich, buttery burr about the recent series in which he and Helen Mirren play the heads of an Irish crime family. “We shot that right here!” He waves at the woman, who silences her hose temporarily. “Hi, hello,” he calls out. “I shot a television show here called MobLand.” She smiles back at him. “Yes,” she replies sweetly, as though indulging a confused uncle. “No idea, has she?” he chu...

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2 w. ago ‘Pink Floyd were my landscape. I was a hippy’ Pierce Brosnan revisits his old London haunts

The former 007 and current star of The Thursday Murder Club goes for a stroll in London’s Camden Town and Primrose Hill. Can he get past the security guard at the Roundhouse, where he once walked a tipsy Tennessee Williams to his car?It is a weekday morning and I am standing beside Pierce Brosnan on a deserted backstreet, watching a woman in a hairnet and white wellies hosing down the entrance to a fishmarket. The former James Bond is in full flow. “You know the scene in MobLand where I’ve got my foot on that guy’s throat and Tom Hardy is shooting the shit out of everyone?” He is talking in his rich, buttery burr about the recent series in which he and Helen Mirren play the heads of an Irish crime family. “We shot that right here!” He waves at the woman, who silences her hose temporarily. “Hi, hello,” he calls out. “I shot a television show here called MobLand.” She smiles back at him. “Yes,” she replies sweetly, as though indulging a confused uncle. “No idea, has she?” he chuckles....

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3 w. ago 'I went on luxury steam train from London to Bath and people couldn't believe price'

The British Pullman Belmond Train journey, which departs from London Victoria, allows guests to escape the hustle and bustle of the city for a day and be transported back to the 1920s through its art deco carriages

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3 w. ago Best day trip city named for those wanting to 'escape' London

Tucked just outside the capital is a popular city that has been named the best day trip destination for Londoners looking to escape.

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3 w. ago Two years after a pregnant woman was found shot dead, police say they have arrested her killers

Robert Ervin, 20, Kayvon Warren, 30, and Lamar Morris Suggs, 22, are each charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of 26-year-old India Kinamore and her unborn child

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3 w. ago Coroner to hold inquest into British woman, 23, who was shot 'by another person' at her father's US home

Lucy Harrison, 23, died on Friday, January 10, at her father's home in Prosper, Texas.

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