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Super Bowl champion Greg Hawthorne dead at 69
Greg Hawthorne, a running back who won a Super Bowl with the Pittsburgh Steelers, has died at the age of 69, his family announced on social media. His death marks the loss of another member of the Steelers’ successful teams of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Hawthorne was selected by the Steelers with the…
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British father is charged with negligence after his three-year-old son fell to his death from a Cyprus hotel window ’40 minutes after family checked in’
The 37-year-old and the boy were playing in the corridor on the fourth floor while waiting for a lift before the toddler plunged 33ft to the hotel’s main veranda below.
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Declan Rice winning fitness battle to start for England against Argentina
Declan Rice is expected to shake off illness in time to start for England in their World Cup semi-final against Argentina on Wednesday in Atlanta. The Arsenal midfielder was substituted at half-time in the quarter-final win over Norway after Thomas Tuchel revealed he had spent much of the previous three days in bed unwell, but…
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England to make late call on Rice for World Cup semi-final
England will make a late decision on whether Declan Rice is fit to start Wednesday’s World Cup semi-final against Argentina.
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Chance to face Messi once in a lifetime – O’Reilly
England left-back Nico O’Reilly is relishing the opportunity to face Lionel Messi in Wednesday’s World Cup semi-final against Argentina.
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PinkPantheress Making Feature Acting Debut In Daniels’ Secret Event Pic At Universal
EXCLUSIVE: Multiplatinum British recording artist, songwriter and producer PinkPantheress, aka Victoria Walker, is set to make her feature acting debut in the Daniels’ secret event film at Universal. She joins previously announced Matt Damon, Sandra Oh, Charles Melton, Sean Kaufman, Silvia Dionicio, Jackson Kelly, Kerrice Brooks, Thalia Dudek and Michael Gandolfini in the feature which…
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Nigel Farage granted talks with elite government security team following the ‘murder’ of Ann Widdecombe
Nigel Farage has been granted talks with an elite government security team following the murder of former Conservative minister Ann Widdecombe, amid police concerns that the killing may have been part of a wider plot targeting Reform UK figures. The move comes after investigators indicated the attack on Widdecombe could have been “targeted”, raising fears…
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Lawyers to investigate claims of GB power grid cover-up over blackout risk
Operator brings in independent legal firm to look into whistleblower allegations relating to June heatwave Great Britain’s grid operator has brought in independent investigators to look into accusations that its staff were involved in a cover-up over the power system being at a greater risk of blackouts during the heatwave. The government-owned energy system operator…
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Scots pupils lose out on university places to make way for fee-paying students
Scots pupils are being turned away from last-minute places at university in favour of people from other parts of the UK or abroad who pay tuition fees.
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UK Culture Secretary Backs BBC License Fee Expanding To Cover Streaming Service Subscribers
The UK’s Culture Secretary, Lisa Nandy, has said she is open to expanding the BBC licence fee so it would apply more broadly to people who subscribe to streaming services such as Netflix, Disney+ and Prime Video. The idea matters because the BBC is heading into charter renewal and a debate over how it should…