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Event meets the UK's biggest rock 'n' roll copycats

A postie who moves like Jagger. A bewigged Blondie clone (called Debbie Harris!). And a teacher who soars to Wuthering Heights. Event meets the UK's biggest rock 'n' roll copycats




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Craig Brown reviews a book on women during the Sixties

The renowned social historian Virginia Nicholson interviewed 40 veterans of the Swinging Sixties for her latest book, How Was It For You? One of them now walks with the aid of a Zimmer frame




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The Game Of Thrones cast give Event a tease of what to expect from the series finale

As winter finally arrives in Westeros, the Game Of Thrones cast and crew tell Event why the dazzling finale of this epic fantasy saga will take your breath away




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Ludovico Einaudi on why he wants the music to be well-known rather than himself

Ludovico Einaudi’s muted piano melodies have accompanied poignant moments on the small and big screens for more than two decades, and become a classical music phenomenon




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The best reds to do your Easter lunch justice

Easter is a big deal at Smith Towers. My eldest daughter celebrates her 14th birthday today and next Sunday, what we cook for our Easter roast is the hottest topic this week




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DEBORAH ROSS: Sorry, Kelly, but TMPH (Too Many Plot Holes)

There comes a time in everyone’s life where you do have to wonder: is now the moment to give up on TV thrillers?




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Corrections and clarifications

Articles of 22 October 2018 and 28 January 2019 may have suggested that Camilla Austin was knowingly involved in a £13.7m pension scam run by her father. The court found no wrongdoing.




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Prince Edward, Sophie Wessex and Princess Anne video call veterans

Earlier this week, and ahead of VE Day today, Sophie Wessex, 55, Prince Edward, 56, and Princess Anne, all telephoned several veterans to learn about their experiences in the war.




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Teacher who saved children in Aberfan disaster dies at 86

Schoolteacher Rennie Williams who led many pupils to safety during the Aberfan disaster has died age 86. She helped children escape as a coal tip engulfed Pantglas Junior School in 1966.




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Craig Revel Horwood tells why he decides to wed again

The Strictly star said he knew Jonathon was the one on their first date and decided to marry again after Jonathon helped him plant a garden to remember the love he had for his father.




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Family's vintage vacation footage shows a grittier New York City during the 1976 holiday season

A video shared by Stuart Bailey shows the Big Apple in the full swing of its more tumultuous decade, when the city was in the midst of a financial crisis.




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Man, 57, is arrested on suspicion of murder after body of woman in her 40s is found in a flat

The victim, a woman in her 40s, was found in the property in Reigate, Surrey shortly before 7am on Friday. Officers confirmed that the victim's next of kin have been informed about her death.




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Machete attack every TWO hours: UK thugs have new favourite weapon

In the latest example of 'Wild West Britain', stats uncovered using freedom of information requests show that in the final two months of 2019 police dealt with 664 crimes involving machetes.




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Schoolgirl, 13, wins court fight forcing Oxfordshire council to scrap transgender 'toilets toolkit'

Oxfordshire County Council introduced the advice for transgender pupils last year, saying they should be able to use the toilets of their identified gender. The council has withdrawn the advice.




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A Daily Mail reader donated £100,000 to buy PPE for the NHS

One Daily Mail reader has donated an astonishing £100,000 to a new fund to buy protective kit for NHS and care staff. This brings Mail Force donations to £1.7million which is expected to increase.




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Tom Watson supported fantasist Carl Beech - yet became boss of UK Music and industry demand answers

Tom Watson's appointment as chairman of UK Music has triggered an extraordinary backlash, with insiders warning of a shattering split as they demand evidence of his qualifications for the role.




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8,000 more people than normal have died in their homes during pandemic, figures reveal

Data from the Office for National Statistics shows there were 8,196 more deaths at home in England, Wales and Scotland compared with the five-year average for this time of year.




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Hatton Garden gang hand back less than a TENTH of the £27million they were ordered to repay

Brian Reader, 81, was ordered to pay £6.5million but has only repaid £406,072. Three other members of the gang have also underpaid following the 2015 £14million London heist.




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Fancy a Michelin-starred takeaway during lockdown? Service offers meals from high-end restaurants

The London-based delivery company, named Supper, had been 'tootling along' with a few well-loved restaurants on its books before coronavirus hit and customer demand rose 700 per cent.




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Hospitals probed after sending elderly back to care homes despite KNOWING they had coronavirus

EXCLUSIVE: The elderly patients sent back from hospitals, despite suffering from coronavirus, triggered outbreaks in care homes, tragically claiming the lives of other vulnerable residents.




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SAS: Who Dares Wins host Ant Middleton's wife crashed £200,000 Lamborghini Huracan on shopping trip

EXCLUSIVE: Emilie Middleton, 40, span off the road near their home in Great Leighs, Chelmsford, Essex and ended up with the super charged yellow Lamborghini Huracan buried in a hedge.




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E-scooters trials to allow them on the roads to be fast-tracked

The government hope that battery-powered electric scooters - which can travel up to 30mph and cost between £200 and £500 - will offer an alternative to public transport after coronavirus lockdown.




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Dame Vera Lynn 'raises a glass' and sings along to We'll Meet Again on VE Day

Dame Vera Lynn 'raised a glass' and sang along to the country's rousing rendition of We'll Meet Again as a crowd of well-wishers visited her West Sussex home during last night's VE Day tributes.




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Police launch manhunt for man, 41, after 67-year-old woman is found murdered at her home

The pensioner was found dead at the scene in Levenshulme, Manchester, around 8.30pm on Thursday. Officers are on the hunt for Leroy Panton, 41, who is understood to have lived with her.




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Rishi Sunak 'making final decision on future of furlough scheme this weekend'

Chancellor Rishi Sunak will make a final decision this weekend on when and how to phase out the government's coronavirus furlough scheme, it was claimed today.




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Last member of The Few from Battle of Britain has 'luck of the Irish'

John 'Paddy' Hemingway, at age 100, is the last member of The Few, a crew of RAF pilots who protected the UK from the Luftwaffe over the English Channel in 1940.




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Is THIS the dress of the summer? Fashionistas go wild over comfortable New Look smock

Fashion fans and influencers from across the UK are raving about the black-and-white checked dress from New Look, with many saying they 'need' it for their summer wardrobes.




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'Two thirds of coronavirus cases in Britain are going undiagnosed'

Professor Tim Spector, a leading genetic epidemiologist, said the failure to class common symptoms in with the dry cough and fever has led to statisticians collecting data which is 'nonsense'.




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Private detective, 56, who conned Madeleine McCann's parents out of £300,000 died in fall

Kevin Halligen, 56, ran Oakley International, which received the publicly donated cash after Madeleine McCann vanished from Praia da Luz in Portugal aged three in 2007.




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Suspect, 23, will appear in court charged with murder of man killed for his £7,000 Rolex watch

Danny Pearce, 31, was stabbed and allegedly shot at by two thugs on a scooter after he left a jazz club in Greenwich, south-east London in 2017.




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Top Russian scientist trying to clone Ice Age woolly mammoth dies suddenly from heart attack 

Dr Semyon Grigoryev, 46, had been leading the research into the remains of the Ice Age beasts, frozen for tens of thousands of years in the Siberian permafrost.




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Ribblehead viaduct threatens to collapse after walkers hit by falling rubble

The 145-year-old grade II structure has developed defects which are causing masonry to plunge off the edge. Engineers have discovered fractures along its 24 arches, which tower 100ft above ground.




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Spain's 24-hour death toll plummets with just 179 new Covid-19 fatalities

Spain's Health Ministry confirmed 721 new cases and 179 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, among the lowest increases since the outbreak of the pandemic in March.




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Driver's bid to throw £25,000 of cocaine from his van fails when he forgets to open window

Officers from Devon and Cornwall Police stopped the driver on the M5 and when they got to the cab they discovered the inside was covered in white powder.




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Honda Jazz driver, 91, surrenders his licence after terrifying motorists

The pensioner's silver Honda Jazz was captured on dashcam hurtling towards oncoming traffic on the A30 near Sherborne, Dorset, at 4.30pm on April 27.




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Sol Campbell spreads crazy conspiracy theory that coronavirus may have been man-made

The Southend manager asked if the virus deliberately attacks a certain blood type. The strange tweet drew criticism from a range of Twitter users.




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Rolls-Royce latest £405,000 Black Badge SUV attracts younger customers with black Spirit of Ecstasy

The debut of Rolls-Royce's £405,000 Cullinan Black Badge has attracted a younger brand of car buyers with the average age of Rolls-Royce customers falling to 42-years-old.




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Marking the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth - her life in fascinating objects 

Britain's Florence Nightingale is known for revolutionising nursing. As medics fight the coronavirus pandemic, her work resonates. Here, we celebrate her life with a collection of objects.




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Brainteaser challenges YOU to find the 14 accidents hidden in the home

A new brainteaser, created by National Accident Helpline, challenges the nation to find the 14 household items that can cause injury in the home - but can you beat the 23 second record?




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Belgians have to choose just FOUR friends or relatives to visit their home as nation eases lockdown

'Buddy system' is to be introduced tomorrow on Belgium's Mothering Sunday. Similar ideas are being contemplated in the UK.




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Married Welsh man wins harassment case after female colleague repeatedly pestered him for sex

An employment tribunal in Llandudno, Wales, ruled Andrew Weatherby, 50, was sexually harrassed by a female coworker. It heard that she threatened to make 'his life hell' if he reported her to his boss.




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Workers could get legal right to work from home in 'workplace revolution'

Whitehall officials are modelling the plans on rules that already allow new parents to request flexible working. It will make it easier for those who do go in to the office to socially distance.




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What lockdown? Britain's parks are packed with sunworshippers amid 79F heat

Temperatures are predicted to hit 26C (78.8F) as most of the country will bask in warm sunshine while London and the South East will be hotter than Ibiza and St Tropez.




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Audley Harrison on winning gold 20 years ago and the public ridicule of his pro career

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY DANIEL MATTHEWS: He won Britain's first ever super-heavyweight gold but his pro career would become synonymous with ridicule and potential unfulfilled.




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How dare food snobs give Arctic Roll the cold shoulder

Jan Moir picked out a selection of retro British puddings, after BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour presenter Jane Garvey, was forced to apologise for claiming that Arctic Roll is a 'low-level pudding'.




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Strictly bosses 'are offering doubled fees to celebs to attract an A-list line-up'

Sources claim TV executives are keen for the series 'to remain the jewel in the BBC's crown' and have already put forward contract proposals in a bid to attract a 'stellar line-up'.




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JANE FRYER recalls the man who revolutionised the entertainment industry 

JANE FRYER: By the time he was 23, Ronan O'Rahilly had fled his native Ireland for London, was running a successful club in Soho, The Scene and set up a record label.




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How series three of BBC thriller Killing Eve came to life in some VERY ordinary West London streets

Fans of the BBC hit drama Killing Eve have been thrilled to spot so many filming locations they recognise from suburban London neighbourhoods in the programme.




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Russian hamsters go head-to-head in hilarious race where they reach up to 600 strides a minute

Two Russian hamsters prove their incredible speed going head-to-head in a race around a wheel, shoving each other aside as their competitive streak shows. BBC Earth filmed the hilarious hamster race.




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Viewers celebrate return of Great British Sewing Bee and admit they're 'crushing' on Patrick Grant

The Great British Sewing Bee, which aired last night at 9pm on BBC2, has left fans hot under the collar, thanks to judge Patrick Grant, 47, who has been branded 'dishy' and 'such a sort' by viewers.