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I had picked up a box of books at work when my back just went – I have never experienced pain like that in my life. I was off work for weeks, consumed by the agony of it and barely able to move. In de

The Met Gala in New York is the grandest and ritziest event in the fashion calendar, and an indicator of the growing ties between designers, celebrity and power. But with tech billionaires now joining

Canada is to become the first non-European country to attend a meeting of the European Political Community when the prime minister, Mark Carney, joins Monday’s summit of the 48-plus nation grouping in

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Investigation of woman's unexplained canal death 2 hours ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google BBC The woman's death is being treated as unexplained, police say A woman has died after she was resc

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Heathrow’s new chair has opened talks with airlines and the billionaire local landowner Surinder Arora to defuse a row that threatens to further delay the £49bn plan to build a third runway at Europe’

The substitute Kelechi Iheanacho kept his cool amid the tension as Celtic capitalised on more indiscipline from 10-man Hibernian to move level on points with the leaders, Hearts. Hibs’ cause was dent

Manchester City’s Rebecca Knaak scored a stoppage-time winner to give her side a nervy 1-0 home victory over Liverpool and put one hand on the Women’s Super League trophy. City top the standings on 5

Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw more US troops from Germany after stunning European leaders and some senior members of his own party by last week announcing the withdrawal of 5,000 soldiers fr

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Montpellier booked a Challenge Cup final against Ulster by defeating Dragons at the Septeo Stadium. Tries from lock Tyler DuGuid and scrum-half Alexis Bernadet and eight points from Thomas Vincent's

Police probe link between drive-by shooting and stabbing 21 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Rosemary McCabe London Rory Bibb/BBC The site targeted in the shooting is often used to ho

Reform candidate brands Banks' comment racist 15 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Teleri Glyn Jones BBC Wales Getty Images Arron Banks says his social media post was a "joke" and Plai

Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Eli Junior Kroupi , Bournemouth’s brilliant teenage attacker, has just doubled their lead from the penalty

I must admit to cracking a smile when I read the story about the revolting result of a tofu spill last month in Missouri. About 18,000kg (40,000lb) of extra-firm tofu was left to rot for three weeks a

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Republicans rejoiced when far more young voters than expected backed Donald Trump in 2024, with many of them moved by Trump’s grandiose promises, such as his vow to “build the greatest economy in the

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Christo once wrapped up the Reichstag, suspended a curtain across a Colorado valley and covered up the Pont Neuf in Paris. Now, six years after the artist’s death, a London gallery is to create a monu

In the 1980s, a friend of my father navigated through Europe in a camper van with his family using only the map in the back of a pocket diary. He crossed France believing “aujourd’hui” meant “please”;

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Fish, eels and birds killed in river pollution incident 18 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google PA Media Caustic soda is thought to have entered Knockando Burn, which flows into the River

Two US service members are missing in south-western Morocco after taking part in annual multinational military exercises in the North African country, the United States Africa Command (Africom) said S

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Two female Sudanese asylum seekers have died trying to cross the Channel in the early hours of Sunday morning, off the coast of Boulogne. According to some reports, one was a teenager aged 16 and the

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On Sunday afternoon, Bournemouth face Crystal Palace: Andoni Iraola, in his fourth-last league game in charge of the home side, against Oliver Glasner in his fifth-last league game in charge of the aw

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Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers advanced to the Eastern Conference semi-finals, beating the Jayson Tatum-less Boston Celtics 109-100 on Saturday night to complete a comeback from a 3-1 deficit

Fine margins defined this football match. Just a few centimetres, in the key moments. As OL Lyonnes owner Michele Kang celebrated on the pitch, arm-in-arm with her players with the Arsenal squad’s fac

Just six runners now for the opener on 1,000 Guineas day after the well-fancied Lilt was taken out this morning, and three – Esna, Brigid’s Well and Sacred Ground – have an entry in the Oaks at Epsom