Former snooker and Strictly Come Dancing star Willie Thorne has died in hospital in Spain after suffering ‘septic shock’ following respiratory failure. The 66-year-old was surrounded by his children – who told him how much he was loved – at Torrevieja Hospital, near his rented Alicante flat, when he died …
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An Australian politician sparked fury today by demanding the states of Queensland and Victoria be renamed because they honour Britain’s former monarch and head of an empire ‘that murdered people’. Lidia Thorpe, who represented the Greens in the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 2017 and 2018, said the territories got their …
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Royal palaces plead for help: Treasured sites including Hampton Court and the Tower of London face financial ruin from the loss of £96m after three months with no tourists Historic Royal Palaces has lost 85% of its annual income due to the pandemic Its chief executive admitted the expected shortfall …
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A 19-year-old footballer who moved to America on a scholarship has died just a few weeks after discovering he had blood cancer. Joe Aspinall, who attended Coastal Bend College in Texas, passed away on June 10 at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. The teenager’s devastated parents have paid tribute to their ‘fit …
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Harry and Meghan’s British Columbia stay cost Canadian taxpayers more than $40,000 USD after the couple fled to Canada in wake of Megxit, according to RCMP documents obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. The cost of protecting the couple during their two month stay came to $56,384.52 Canadian dollars, or more than …
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Boris Johnson’s race equality commission was today dismissed as a ‘back of fag packet’ attempt to buy off Black Lives Matter protests. Labour’s David Lammy said the PM was not ‘serious’ about change and slammed him for accusing black people of ‘playing the victim’. The backlash came after Mr Johnson …
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They presided over one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British history, in which up to 960 sub-postmasters had their lives ruined after they were wrongly accused of pilfering, fraud and false accounting. Staff were plunged into a Kafka-esque nightmare after money seemed to vanish from their tills. They …
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There are times when their dark, glossy locks made them appear almost interchangeable, their matching sense of style studiously classic, polished and understated. So similar are Canadian stylist Jessica Mulroney and her closest friend Meghan Markle, those who knew them on the Toronto celebrity circuit described them as ‘twins’. Even …
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Virginia Roberts has branded Prince Andrew a ‘toad’ after the disgraced royal finally admitted that his failure to express sympathy on his car crash Newsnight interview was a ‘source of regret’. Venting her frustration, the victim of paedophile Jeffrey Epstein said: ‘Oh the gull of this toad – he regrets …
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Dubai’s billionaire ruler’s latest divorce battle: Sheikh Al-Maktoum fights estranged wife Princess Haya over the future of their multi-million pound thoroughbred racehorses The sheikh, 70, is one of the world’s most successful horse owners and breeders He keeps a string of thoroughbreds at his Godolphin stables near Newmarket Some of …
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