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The families of two of the three girls murdered at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport last summer have spoken of the moment they were told “something awful has happened” as they paid tribute to their daughters. In their first interviews, Jenni and David Stancombe, parents of seven-year-old Elsie Dot, and the parents of Bebe King, six, who cannot be named for legal reasons, spoke to The Sunday Times […]

A Labour MP who was sacked as a minister by Sir Keir Starmer over comments made in a WhatsApp group has said he regrets the “badly misjudged” remarks. Andrew Gwynne, the MP for Gorton and Denton, has been sacked as health minister and suspended from the Labour Party. He reportedly posted sexist comments about Angela Rayner, racist remarks about Labour MP Diane Abbott and joked about an elderly woman dying […]

Hundreds of people have gathered to march through Sheffield in memory of 15-year-old Harvey Willgoose who was stabbed to death at his school. Harvey died on Monday after being knifed at All Saints Catholic School in Granville Road in the city. Since his death, dozens of people have paid tribute to him with flowers and messages left outside the school. Harvey was an avid Sheffield United supporter and floral tributes, […]

Demi Moore has continued her winning streak at the Critics Choice Awards during a ceremony which also saw Anora take home best picture. Following on from her Golden Globe best actress win last month, US star Moore picked up the same award for her performance in horror The Substance on Friday at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. The ceremony saw The Substance, Emilia Perez and Wicked each win three […]

The families of the Nottingham attacker’s victims will meet the Prime Minister next week to push for a judge-led statutory inquiry into the killings. Valdo Calocane killed 19-year-old students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar and 65-year-old caretaker Ian Coates before attempting to kill three other people in a spate of attacks in the city in June 2023. A report released this week set out in detail the contact he had […]

Hamas-led militants have released three more hostages, all Israeli civilian men, to the Red Cross – and Israel is set to free dozens of Palestinian prisoners as part of a fragile agreement that has paused the war in the Gaza Strip. US President Donald Trump’s stunning proposal to transfer the Palestinian population out of Gaza, welcomed by Israel but vehemently rejected by the Palestinians and most of the international community, […]

Bridget Jones’s fictional flat could have nearly tripled in price since the first film depicting the character was released in 2001, according to calculations by a property website. Rightmove found the average asking price for a one-bedroom flat in Borough, London, the heart of Bridget’s romantic escapades, has jumped by 195%. Back in 2001, when Bridget, played by Renee Zellweger, was navigating her diary entries and disastrous dates, the average […]

Harry Maguire’s thumping header secured FA Cup holders Manchester United a controversial late 2-1 comeback win against his former club Leicester and returning favourite Ruud van Nistelrooy. The former Leicester defender was offside but there is no VAR at this stage of the FA Cup. Van Nistelrooy rejoined the club in the summer as one of Erik ten Hag’s assistants and looked set to haunt his former employers on his […]

The King and Queen have been joined by Victoria and David Beckham, Donatella Versace, Dame Helen Mirren, Edward Enninful and Stanley Tucci for a black tie dinner to celebrate Italian cuisine at Highgrove. Charles and Camilla invited Italian-American Devil Wears Prada actor and well-known foodie, Tucci, and the Italian ambassador to the UK, Inigo Lambertini, to the Gloucestershire estate on Friday night to enjoy a feast of sustainable ‘slow food’. […]