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A tsunami warning has been issued for the popular Greek holiday island Crete after powerful earthquake hit the destination. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Powerful earthquake strikes holiday island

A tsunami warning has been issued for the popular Greek holiday island Crete after powerful earthquake hit the destination.

Anita Mirmohammadi, 31, of Temple Close in Finchley, was sentenced to five years and 10 months at Basildon Crown Court on Friday, May 9, after being found guilty of fraud by false representation.

Woman jailed for stealing nearly £200k using company credit card

A woman who stole nearly £200,000 from her employer using a company credit card to fund a luxury lifestyle has been jailed.

The scene on the M25 between Junction 5 and 6 after two lorries collided, with a tanker overturning and rupturing, spilling waste over the carriageway

Motorway closed as overturned tanker spills waste across carriageway

A major motorway has been closed after two lorries collided - with one tanker overturning and spilling waste.

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Erik and Lyle Menendez eligible for parole as sentences reduced

Erik and Lyle Menendez are now eligible for parole after their prison sentences were reduced by a Los Angeles judge.

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Ex-West Ham star banned from contacting lover before abuse trial

A former Premier League star has been banned from contacting his former lover ahead of his trial accused of "sickening" sexual and psychological abuse against her.

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Virgin Island starts on Channel 4 on May 12

Viewers label Channel 4's new reality TV show 'creepy'

Gaby Allen, Emily Atack and Billie Piper were some of the worst dressed guests at the BAFTA 2025 TV Awards

BAFTA TV Awards 2025 Worst Dressed: Gabby Allen & Emily Atack included

Serbian footballer Igor Milovanovic, 23, has died after being hit by a train.

Club in mouring as footballer, 23, dies after being hit by a train

Ant and Dec host I'm a Celeb on ITV. Photo: ITV

12 celebs rumoured to take part in this year's I'm a Celebrity

People in the Spotlight

Channel 4 has commissioned a documentary film about controversial OnlyFans star Bonnie Blue.

Channel 4 commissions Bonnie Blue's documentary

Channel 4 has commissioned a documentary film about controversial OnlyFans star Bonnie Blue.

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Melissa Hoskins of Australia women's track cycling team poses during a media day on July 17, 2012 in Brescia, Italy. (Photo by Dino Panato/Getty Images)

Husband sentenced over crash that killed his Olympic athlete wife

Kim Kardashian court case: As Kris Jenner looks like Kim’s Doppelgänger, what plastic surgery has she had? Photo: Getty Images

Kris Jenner looks like Kim’s twin, what plastic surgery has she had?

Both wore yellow, but Angelina Jolie wore it well in 2007 whilst Heidi Klum's dress was a fashion disaster in 2023

Cannes Film Festival 2025: Best & worst dressed stars over the years

Celebrity News

Atomic Kitten star Liz McClarnon has announced she is expecting her first child after more than two decades of trying to conceive.

Singer pregnant after 20-year IVF struggle

Atomic Kitten star Liz McClarnon has announced she is expecting her first child after more than two decades of trying to conceive.

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Cassie Ventura, Combs’ former girlfriend, will testify under her real name.

Model accuses Diddy of forcing 'freak-offs'

Married at First Sight Australia stars, from every version of the show including UK and Australia, who have also got engaged in real life after their on-screen marriages didn’t work out. Photos by Instagram.

12 MAFS stars who are engaged as one bride gets engaged to drug dealer

PARIS, FRANCE - MAY 13: Kim Kardashian arrives at the Palais de Justice, on May 13, 2025 in Paris, France. (Photo by Edward Berthelot/GC Images)

Star 'feared she would be killed’ during robbery

Awhina Rutene, a bride on Married at First Sight Australia season 12. Photo by Facebook/Married at First Sight Australia.

MAFS' Awhina talks where she stands with Adrian and 'toxic' behaviour

Fashion and Beauty

Whilst Claudia Winkleman and Ashley James looked sublime athe Bafta TV Awards 2024, the same can't be said about Billie Piper in 2023

BAFTA Television Awards 2025: Best & worst dressed over the years

Alan Cumming is the host for the BAFTA Television Awards 2025 which is being held at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London.

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Catherine, Princess of Wales at Wimbledon with Prince William and Prince George, White Polka Dot Bandeau Felicity Midi Dress, £99, Nobody's Child and the Princess of Wales at the VE Day Anniversary Service at Westminster Abbey

Polka Dot Princess: How to get Kate Middleton’s look

Whilst I was a fan of Kelsea Ballerini's dress, I was not a fan of Nicole Kidman and Lainey Wilson's fashion choices

ACM Awards 2025: Best and worst dressed stars include Nicole Kidman

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These are before and after images of Jamie, another 47 Skin user

47 Skin: The UK skincare brand that actually works

Customers share amazing before and after results of skincare brand that took the world by storm - Abigail's results 47 Skin

Customers share amazing before and after skincare results from 47 Skin

8 must-have beauty essentials for some aeroplane pamper time

8 Beauty essentials for effortless in-flight care

Royals

Could Queen Camilla's son Tom Parker Bowles appear on the next series of Strictly Come Dancing?

Will Tom Parker Bowles appear on Strictly Come Dancing?

Strictly Come Dancing are reportedly in talks with Queen Camilla’s son Tom Parker Bowles for him to appear in their next series.

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TV

The Netherlands' 2024 Eurovision entrant Joost Klein was removed from the competition before the grand final.

Eurovision 2025: Why was The Netherlands disqualified last year?

The Netherlands returns to Eurovision this year after its involvement in last year’s contest was marred by controversy.

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Country-pop trio Remember Monday are representing the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.

This is why the UK doesn't compete in Eurovision semi-finals

The Eurovision Song Contest is back on our screens with dozens of musician battling it out in the ho...

The Eurovision Song Contest will be kicking off with semi-final 1 on Tuesday, May 13.

Eurovision 2025: Which countries are performing in semi-final 1?

Eurovision 2025 is finally upon us, with the big show kicking off in Switzerland.

The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 kicks off with the first semi-final on Tuesday, May 13.

Eurovision 2025: How to watch the semi-finals live from the UK

The Eurovision Song Contest is back this week, with 37 countries hoping to be crowned the musical ch...

EastEnder actress Lacey Turner is set to leave the BBC soap later this year.

Soap legend Lacey Turner set to leave EastEnders later this year

EastEnders legend Lacey Turner is set to leave the show later this year after she revealed that she ...

Travel

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off the island of Crete in Greece with no reports of injuries or serious damage. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Earthquake tremors felt in holiday destinations

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off the island of Crete in Greece with no reports of injuries or serious damage.

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An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 has hit the holiday hotspot Crete in Greece. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Earthquake hits Greek holiday island - are flights cancelled?

Baby girl born mid-flight on Ryanair journey from Brussels to Spain

A Ryanair plane

Mid-air bomb threat made to Ryanair plane - passengers held on board

Health

Give your eyes a break if you spend long hours staring at screens

I'm an optometrist: Do these things for healthy eyes

Jason Dullaghan with his wife, Alison

Devoted dad defied the odds - but died after second brain tumour

Influencer and mum Daiane Vasconcelos was left in a coma for months after she fell from her bicycle while trying to take a selfie and suffered a traumatic brain injury and cardiac arrest. Photo by Instagram/@daianevasconceloss_.

Star left in coma after falling off bicyle while trying to take selfie

TONI LOWTHER WITH HER LATE NEPHEW NICKY LOWTHER, WHO DIED AT 13

Family issues 'chroming' warning after 'cheeky chappy' teen dies

Politics

Patrick Spencer MP challenged the defence secretary on the government's spending on missile systems.

Tory MP charged with sexual assault

An Tory MP has been charged with two counts of sexual assault over alleged attacks in famous London’s Groucho Club.

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Burberry says it could cut 1,700 jobs.

Burberry job cuts: Luxury fashion brand may axe 1,700 staff

Burberry has announced plans to cut a potential 1,700 jobs worldwide. (Photo: Getty Images)

Fashion brand to axe up to 1,700 jobs after hefty fall in sales

The medals of a Portsmouth soldier honoured for his heroics in the First World War are going up for sale in Southsea, including a Victoria Cross.

"Worthless" WWI medals to be sold at auction - and could fetch £250k

Nationwide is to pay £50 to more than 12 million of its customers, described as a "thank you" to them following the purchase of Virgin Money last year. The company said the buyout made it "an even stronger force in UK banking. This was made possible by the financial strength Nationwide members helped us build," it said. (Photo by Nationwide/PA Wire)

Bank customers set to receive bonus payment

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Adagio unveils FIRST, its 2025-2030 strategic plan, with the ambition of being t...

learn how to make your divorce less stressful

UK’s divorce expert reveals 10 little-known tricks that can save you thousands d...

Free Speech

Author Angus Kennedy challenges the cult of positivity, saying it can actually make us feel worse, not better.

The positivity trap: Why being told to be happy is making us feel worse

The multi-billion-pound self-help industry keeps telling us to ‘stay positive’ when the reality is that life’s a struggle. But pretending to be happy and grateful when you’ve no good reason to be only makes things worse, writes author Angus Kennedy.

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Mental Health Awareness Week: u3a could be your brain’s best friend!

Author and political thinker Michael Bedenbaugh.

America’s Post 9/11 Fury Is Now Wrecking The Nation And Could Bring The West Dow...

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Crime

Wesley Fofana is due to appear in court tomorrow.

Premier League star due in court for speeding offence

Keir Starmer

Man arrested for arson after fires at homes linked to Keir Starmer

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer holds a press conference on immigration at Downing Street (Picture: Ian Vogler - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Fire breaks out at Keir Starmer's home

‘Massive’ increase in OAP shoplifters amid Cost of Living crisis

A man has died after setting himself on fire near a lake in Blackpool.

Man dies after setting himself on fire

British Transport Police are looking for this man after a passenger on the Bristol Temple Meads to Paddington train at 10pm on March 20 masturbated in front of a woman

Man masturbates in front of female passenger on mainline train

Entertainment

HOLLYWOOD, CA - APRIL 28: Director Robert Benton speaks onstage at the screening of 'Kramer vs. Kramer' during day 3 of the 2018 TCM Classic Film Festival on April 28, 2018 in Hollywood, California. 350620. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for TCM)

Oscar winner dies aged 92

Robert Benton has died at the age of 92.

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Married At First Sight Australia's Jamie Marinos (middle) has said whether she’s now dating groom Eliot Donovan (right) - as he apparently takes the mick out of her on-screen husband Dave Hand (left). Photos by Channel Nine.

MAFS' Jamie addresses romance with Eliot as pair return to Instagram

Married At First Sight Jamie Marinos has spoken out on rumours she’s dating Eliot Donovan - as he th...

Adrian Araouzou, a groom on Married at First Sight Australia season 12. Photo by Facebook/Married at First Sight Australia.

MAFS star claims he's 'better than experts' and deletes wife comments

Married at First Sight Australia star Adrian Araouzou has claimed he’s a “better expert than the sho...

Tributes have been pouring in for I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here star Naddel who has died at 60. Nadja Abd el Farrag attends Trachtentrends 2018 at Sheraton on April 12, 2018 in Munich, Germany. Photo: Getty Images

I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here star Naddel has died at 60

Naddel appeared on the German version of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out and Celebrity Big Brother.

Two-year-old TikTok star Preston Ordone, known as OkayBaby, with his mum Katelynn. Preston died in a car accident in April 2025. Photo by Instagram/@kate_ordone.

Cause of death for TikTok star 'OkayBaby', 2, who died in car crash

The cause of death has been announced for two-year-old TikTok star OkayBaby who died following a car...

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'I won £4.5m dream home. Now I see the Shard instead of washing lines'

A father-to-be is thrilled to have a stunning view of the Shard - rather than his neighbours’ washing, after he scooped a stunning Georgian townhouse in London worth over £4.5 million with the Omaze Million Pound House Draw.

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Sleep Token are set to headline Download Festival 2025 - but are they set to clash with anyone now the set times have been revealed?

Your Download 2025 set times - who is clashing with who?

Wheatus will be performing their debut album in full, as they celebrate its 25th anniversary with a UK tour later this year.

Wheatus announce UK tour to celebrate anniversary of debut record

The presenters of the popular podcast series, Talking Sopranos, will be bringing their discussions about the iconic TV series to UK stages in 2026.

The stars of The Sopranos to bring their podcast to UK in the new year

Adam Anderson has announced he will not be part of Hurt's upcoming tour dates to concentrate on his mental health and wellbeing, after posting to Instagram to confirm the news.

Hurts member confirms he will not be part of upcoming tour

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