67 m. ago Water sports park shut as police launch urgent search for missing woman in Cheshire

Rachel Booth, 38, was last seen in a petrol station at 3:50am on Saturday

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75 m. ago Woman who fell to her death from tower block was fighting ex

Rachel O'Hare and Owen Pacey were due to appear at the High Court before Rachel's body was found on the pavement outside the Manchester high rise she was living in

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92 m. ago An explosive Grand Canyon wildfire brings terror, loss and tough questions: ‘It came like a freight train’

The decision to let a small blaze burn – before it suddenly erupted – has drawn scrutiny. Now those who love the remote North Rim are reckoning with the destruction When lightning struck on 4 July along the remote North Rim of Grand Canyon national park, sparking a small wildfire in a patch of dry forest, few predicted the terror and loss that lay ahead.Fire managers decided that conditions seemed ideal to let the blaze burn at a low intensity – a practice known as “control and contain” that helps clear out excess fuels and decreases the chance of a more catastrophic wildfire in the future. Rains from previous weeks had left the forest floor moist and weather forecasts indicated the summer monsoon season would arrive soon. Continue reading...

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100 m. ago Man, 31, arrested on suspicion of double murder after couple killed at home

A man, 77, and woman, 81, died following an arson attack on their home in St Helens

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1 hour ago Fiona Phillips thought her husband was a kidnapper and asked same question 72 times

Fiona Phillips' husband Martin Frizzell has opened up on the 'wretched' days his beloved wife faces as her Alzheimer's disease progresses in a candid new interview

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2 h. ago 'Stylish' Dunelm furniture set 'perfect for tiny gardens' now half price

Perfect for warm weather in the garden, this two-seater bistro set is compact but comfortable

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2 h. ago Urgent manhunt after reports woman was sexually assaulted in west London

A woman in her thirties was reported to have been sexually assaulted while walking home in the early hours

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2 h. ago ‘Too loud’, ‘too messy’, ‘too much’ why should women be expected to shrink and shut up?

As Lena Dunham’s new show reminds us, whether they’re at work or on a date, women are expected to tone it down if they want to get on. What if they refuse to play ball?‘I can be a bit much,” a friend said to me. A group of us were in a cafe discussing the first date she had scheduled for later that day, and she was worried about how she might come across. It wasn’t the first time I had heard a woman label herself as “too much”, “intense” or “a lot”. I expect even the most feminist of women have found themselves wondering, like the newly single Jessica (Megan Stalter) in Lena Dunham’s new Netflix show, Too Much, whether they would be better off if they just toned it down.Thanks to the lingering presence of “weirdly archaic feminine ideals”, says the author Amy Key, many women still believe that being “a contained, neat person” will make them more desirable on a date, or at work, or in social situations. “That is linked to the idea of the space that you occupy too,” she adds, whether ...

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3 h. ago Woman orders ice cream for £5 and size leaves people totally floored

You wouldn't think spending this much on an ice cream would be a bargain – but it really is given the size that turned up after it was ordered. People are desperate to try it

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3 h. ago Urgent hunt for missing woman as top Cheshire water park shuts down

Rachel Booth, 38, was last seen in the early hours of Saturday

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3 h. ago ‘I’ve never asked for the approval of conservative white bigots’: Reneé Rapp on pop stardom, problem fans, and speaking her mind

She made her name in Mean Girls and Sex Lives of College Girls, but it’s her lack of a filter off screen that sent her viral. Ahead of her new album, she talks fame, gossip and Trump’s America – and doesn’t hold back“I looove to lie,” sighs Reneé Rapp happily, sounding like a kid who has just discovered a new favourite toy. She’s talking about using creative licence in her songs, and how she realised, while working on her second album, that she didn’t have to stick to the truth of her own experience 100% of the time. But for a journalist, the admission – and her apparent glee about it – demands a follow-up: has she lied at all in the last 40 minutes?I expect Rapp, 25, to wave away the question. Instead she pauses, seeming to give it real thought. “Have I lied? You know, I don’t think so,” she eventually concludes. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago 'Fairycore' floaty dresses from £36 to give you an ethereal look at any summer event

From garden parties to summer weddings, these whimsical styles from Next, New Look and more will give you an ethereal, fairy look from £36

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3 h. ago 'We've driven to our homes this way for decades until it appeared overnight'

The neighbours had always accessed their properties via a private road

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4 h. ago Businesses ordered to shut as frantic search for missing woman launched by cops

Rachel Booth was captured on CCTV at a nearby garage in the early hours of this morning, and is thought to be wearing black leggings and a black top.

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4 h. ago ‘Aretha Franklin hits notes that bring me to shivering tears of ecstasy’: Mick Hucknall’s honest playlist

The Simply Red singer gets emotional over Aretha and wakes up to Ravi Shankar. But which record healed his broken teenage heart?The first single I bought One of the first albums I bought was Sticky Fingers by the Rolling Stones; the first single was The Last Time. I was about 11 when my dad bought me my first record player, and I wore it out by listening to it so much.The first song I fell in love with My first love was an unrequited crush. I heard Let’s Stay Together by Al Green on the radio, went out and bought it, and played it over and over to heal the pain of teenage rejection. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago 'I'm a Love Island star but I'd rather my own children go on another ITV show'

Love Island star Alex Bowen has opened up about his time in the villa and whether he'd let his children follow in his footsteps and appear on the popular ITV2 dating show

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5 h. ago Tourist attraction closed as police search for missing woman

Rachel was last seen in the early hours of Saturday morning

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5 h. ago ‘You can make really good stuff – fast’: new AI tools a gamechanger for film

Instead of spending millions and taking years to complete, creative directors are producing high-grade work using the latest software, but critics voice copyright concernsA US stealth bomber flies across a darkening sky towards Iran. Meanwhile, in Tehran a solitary woman feeds stray cats amid rubble from recent Israeli airstrikes.To the uninitiated viewer, this could be a cinematic retelling of a geopolitical crisis that unfolded barely weeks ago – hastily shot on location, somewhere in the Middle East. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Urgent search for missing woman near beauty spot as businesses forced to close

Rachel Booth, 38, is missing from Northwich and police have expressed 'increasing concern for her welfare' while conducting a search in Oakmere near Delamere Forest

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5 h. ago UK water park forced to close in urgent search for missing woman near beauty spot

Rachel Booth, 38, is missing from Northwich and police have expressed 'increasing concern for her welfare' while conducting a search in Oakmere near Delamere Forest

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