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The families of four men killed after their car crashed into a tree in Gloucestershire have spoken of an “ocean of sadness” after their deaths. Police on patrol discovered a black Renault Clio that had left the road and collided with a tree on the A436 at Ullenwood, near Cheltenham, shortly before 2am on Sunday, killing all four friends. Gloucestershire Police have now been named as 18-year-old Andrei Tudorov, a […]

Celine Dion has given her first live public performance since revealing she is living with stiff person syndrome (SPS), with a spectacular rendition from the Eiffel Tower at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. The superstar closed the ceremony from the first stage of the French landmark, singing Edith Piaf’s L’Hymne A L’Amour. The Canadian singer cancelled her Las Vegas residency due to health concerns in 2021, before revealing […]

Rachel Reeves is expected to approve above-inflation pay rises for millions of public sector workers next week, amid concerns over the cost of further industrial action if the Government refuses. The Chancellor is set to respond to the recommendations of independent pay review bodies on Monday, when she will also argue in Parliament that the Tories left Labour with a dire spending inheritance, including a £20 billion black hole. She […]

Paris welcomed the Olympic Games with an opening ceremony like no other as athletes sailed down the River Seine to the sound of Lady Gaga and more, but relentless rain put a dampener on the party. Zinedine Zidane starred in a video to tee up the arrival of the Olympic flame before flares set off from the Austerlitz Bridge formed a tricolore. A total of 85 boats then began carrying […]

The three children who died in an east London house fire are “loved beyond words and missed beyond measure”, their parents said, as they were named for the first time. The blaze broke out in the family home in Napier Road, East Ham, just after 8.32am on July 13. They children have been named as 13-year-old boy Nakash Malik, 11-year-old girl Aayat Malik and seven-year-old boy Muhammad Hanan Malik. Their […]

BBC racing commentator John Hunt has told friends that every message of support “feels like a hug” following the deaths of his wife and two daughters in a crossbow attack, a colleague has said. Matt Chapman, an ITV commentator, said Mr Hunt was “very thankful that people are thinking about” him and his third daughter, Amy, following the attack in their Hertfordshire home earlier this month. His wife Carol Hunt, […]

A police constable is under criminal investigation after a video emerged showing an officer kick and stamp on the head of a man as he lay on the floor at Manchester Airport. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said on Friday the Greater Manchester Police officer had been advised he was under criminal investigation for assault. The officer was also served with a disciplinary notice to inform him he was being […]

Ted Baker could disappear from British high streets as the struggling fashion chain plans to shut all its stores within weeks. The business behind the fashion brand’s UK shops, No Ordinary Designer Label Limited (NODL), fell into administration in March. It has since shut 15 shops in the UK, resulting in about 245 staff being made redundant. Staff working at the remaining stores have been told that they will lose […]

A Britain’s Got Talent contestant who sued the show’s producers for more than £40 million has had his claim thrown out at the High Court. Robert Aslanyan filed legal action against Fremantle Media Limited in October last year, claiming it acted negligently by failing to notify him that an audition during the Covid pandemic had been cancelled. He also claimed it breached a contract with him by failing to decide […]