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Chris Pine’s acne kept him from landing the lead role, Mischa Barton was overwhelmed and female orgasms were banned. The secrets of The O.C. are laid bare in new book on iconic show’s 20th anniversary New book Welcome To The O.C.: The Oral History gives insight into the rise, fall and behind the scenes drama […]

Haulage boss who was part of people-smuggling ring which brought 39 Vietnamese migrants into Britain illegally before they suffocated to death in the back of a lorry is jailed for seven years A haulage boss who was part of a deadly people-smuggling ring which led to the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants has been jailed […]

‘I never met anyone who didn’t like him’: Tributes pour in for ‘thoroughly kind and decent’ ex-Labour chancellor Alistair Darling after his death aged 70 – as video shows the moment George Osborne and Ed Balls learn he has passed away Tributes poured in today from across the political divide after former Labour MP Alistair […]

Dutch translator of Omid Scobie’s Endgame says the names of the two ‘royal racists’ WERE in the manuscript she was sent after author insisted he ‘never submitted a book with them in it’  The Dutch translator who worked on Omid Scobie’s controversial book has insisted the names of two royals at the centre of racism […]

Headteachers struggling to sleep due to stress of Ofsted visits is ‘usual’, Ruth Perry inquest hears – as colleagues tell coroner how inspector ‘sneered’ at teachers and ‘didn’t listen to them’ The 53-year-old took her own life before a negative Ofsted review was published Her colleagues said inspector Alan Derry was ‘unpleasant’ and ‘unprofessional’ For […]

LONG-LOST twins who had never met before are reunited 19 years after they were separated at birth, thanks to a video posted on TikTok. Ano Sartania and Tako Khvitia, now 21-year-old, were sold in a sick scheme to an illegal adoption ring in Georgia. Ano's friends thought she had dyed her hair blue when they […]

RAIL union members have backed down and finally called off a long series of strikes, putting an end to months of rail misery just in time for the festive season. Members of the RMT union agreed to an offer from train companies which included a backdated pay rise of 5% for 2022-23 and job security […]

STAG party legend Benidorm Jade said the resort is "mourning" the death of Sticky Vicky – who went to her daughter's shows until the very end. The legendary Spanish entertainer died on Wednesday, leaving friends, family and fans devastated around the world. Sticky Vicky, whose real name is Victoria María Aragüés Gadea, spent decades performing […]

IAIN WARES is the subject of a new Panorama documentary that explores his alleged victims' campaign to bring him to justice. My Teacher the Abuser: Fighting for Justice, directed by Matthew Hill, follows former pupils of the schools where Wares used to work as they fight for the ex-teacher to be extradited to the UK […]

Omid Scobie says names of two ‘royal racists’ in Endgame’s Dutch translation have been ‘known for a long time’ and insists he ‘never submitted book with them in it’ FOR MORE ON THE ROYAL FAMILY: Don’t miss our brilliant new podcast, The Crown: Fact or Fiction with Robert Hardman and Natasha Livingstone. Listen now on […]