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The hug that says 'I'm with you': Kate Middleton embraces young cancer-stricken

The Princess of Wales hugged a young fellow cancer sufferer after she was invited to Windsor Castle to take pictures by Prince William. In a moving encounter keen photographer Liz Hatton, 16, who is battling a rare and aggressive tumour, was asked by the future king to join him at an investiture he was holding to capture participants including Mark Cavendish , Waynes Barnes and Alistair McCoist. Liz, from Harrogate in Yorkshire, is trying to take part in as many photography experiences as possible and received the personal invitation from William after he found out about her through the London Air Ambulance Charity of which he is patron. While that experience would have been special enough, Liz was also invited along with her family to meet with William and Kate privately to hear about her day and cancer journey.

Israel reveals eight of its troops have now been killed inside Lebanon amid brutal clashes as Hezbollah taunts IDF warning 'this is just the first round'

Israeli officials earlier confirmed the death of Captain Eitan Itzhak Oster, 22, a member of the Egoz commando unit who died when Hezbollah militants sprang a surprise assault near the village of Adaisseh. But seven more soldiers were reported dead during a briefing by an IDF spokesperson later this afternoon. Captains Harel Etinger and Itai Ariel Giat, both 23, lost their lives alongside sergeants Noam Barzilay, Or Mantzur, Nazar Itkin, Almken Terefe and Ido Broyer, who were aged between 21 and 22. News of the losses came as Israel's military released video footage showing its special forces carrying out the invasion for the first time.

The TV presenter, 62, is said to have ogled the woman's breasts along with making a string lewd and offensive remarks while filming the BBC's DIY SOS: The Big Build.

After greeting European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, the PM said there was a 'duty' for the UK and EU to work together in 'dangerous times'.

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The sporting icon has remained hidden away from the public eye ever since his 2013 crash, with Schumacher's health journey shrouded by an almost impenetrable veil of secrecy.

Ex-Formula 1 team boss and former QPR co-owner Flavio Briatore's ex-wife Elisabetta Gregoraci had previously revealed how Schumacher communicates amid his health battle.

Father of schoolgirl, 14, hurt in acid attack outside school shares first pictures of her

Corey McFarlane has launched a fundraiser to help pay for the 'immediate' costs related to his daughter's 'care and long-term support' - and wrote in his plea for help that she had been the victim of a 'senseless act of violence'. Mr McFarlane, who shared heartbreaking images of his daughter's damaged skin, said words 'cannot express the shock, pain and trauma she is going through'. Police are continuing to hunt for a tall, slim Black man in dark clothing who rode up to Westminster Academy on Monday afternoon and threw a corrosive substance at the teenage pupil and a 16-year-old who did not attend the school.

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Horrifying moment woman, 24, trips over a wall and plunges to her death while singing

This is the harrowing moment a Russian woman captured the moment her friend fell to her death while she was filming her singing as they celebrated a night out. Arina Glazunova's, 24, last moments were caught in a hard-to-watch clip filmed in Tbilisi, Georgia last Friday, as she sang and danced with her pal. Footage shows Arina, from Moscow, striding across a pavement singing along to the Russian boyband Hunger Boys's hit 'For The Last Time' on September 27

A 'lovely' teenager died after drunkenly falling off a wall at Halifax Railway Station, Yorks, an inquest heard. Nathan Carter, 18, was enjoying a night out in January when he left a nightclub 'very drunk'.

Thorpe, who played 100 Tests for England between 1993 and 2005, died after being struck by a train at a railway station in August.

Jo Shaw Pyke, from South Shields, began suffering persistent itching around her genitals and pain that felt like she was 'weeing razor blades' in 2022.

The stunning influencer at the centre of Formula One's love triangle saga: Aspiring

British teenage sensation Oliver Bearman hit the headlines earlier this week when it was reported that he is involved in a Formula One love triangle, amid claims he has split with his girlfriend Estelle Ogilvy. Bearman was thrust into the spotlight earlier this year when he became the youngest Briton ever to race in an F1 Grand Prix, aged 18. The teenager finished seventh on his debut at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, after receiving a call-up by Ferrari to replace Carlos Sainz when the Spaniard was diagnosed with appendicitis.

First picture emerges of Ian Hislop's cab - as he breaks silence after detectives probing

Glass shattered inside the vehicle carrying Hislop, 64, after a window was smashed and there were initial reports someone had shot a weapon at the vehicle close to his satirical magazine's offices in Soho, central London. Witnesses have described how Hislop - who has now issued a statement thanking 'everyone for their concern' - was seen 'shaking' in the aftermath of the incident which took place shortly after 10am yesterday. And newly-emerged footage taken by a local showed the damaged vehicle being lifted on to a truck after the mystery incident.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) the as yet unknown sickness plagued those onboard the September 20 to 27 trip.

Mother-of-two Daniela Espirito Santo, 23, died while she was on hold to police for eight minutes while reporting an assault by her boyfriend Julio Jesus in Lincolnshire, an inquest jury has heard.

Karyn Smith Wilson from Elmhurst, Illinois, had flu-like symptoms for six to nine months on and off, with some of her complaints including aches and severe fatigue.

Michael Schumacher's model 'future daughter-in-law' is one of the few people outside

Danish model Laila Hasanovic (pictured), 24, is the girlfriend of Michael and Corinna's youngest son, Mick (pictured far left and far right), and thought to have access into the secretive life of the F1 legend (pictured left inset). Laila is regularly included in their family plans and was photographed with Corinna at the FIA World Endurance Championship in Qatar in March (pictured right inset).

Convicted paedophile and rapist Christian Brueckner , 47, is the man who German investigators believe abducted Madeleine McCann in 2007

Teachers Fiona Elias and Liz Hopkin, along with a pupil, were injured in the attack in April, at Amman Valley School, in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire.

Caroline Cray Quinn from Boston in the US has mast cell activation syndrome a rare condition that strikes only about one in 150,000 people and which makes her love life significantly perilous.

Secret son of late rock star who got nothing from his father's £4.5m will is 'homeless on

The secret son of a rock star is living on the streets in London two years after the late musician's £4.5million will left him nothing and he 'spent all his money'. Liam Firlej was forced to go to court in a bid to prove the guitarist was his father after he had a year's long-romance with the 38-year-old's mother, Janina. But despite his paternity being confirmed by a DNA test, Liam didn't receive a penny from his father's will when he died in 2020. Liam, an army veteran who quit the forces in 2003 due his opposition to the Iraq War, has been homeless several times in his life, but says this has been the most traumatic. Liam claims he was forced back onto the streets three months ago as he tries to pay care bills for his maternal grandmother, who she raised him in his father's absence.

The iconic pop artist's work, an unfinished portrait of former Soviet Union leader Vladimir Lenin, was stolen by an Ohio man who is now facing up to ten years in federal prison.

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Rob, 60, and Adam, 58, have starred in many films together including The Waterboy and Click, and have been friends since before they found fame and worked on Saturday Night Live in the nineties.

Jamie Robertson, chief finance officer of East Dunbartonshire Council in Scotland, says the requirements for new-build homes is pushing costs up to 'unsustainable' levels.

EXCLUSIVEPothole 'hidden by darkness' on the M25 'takes out' 20 cars in morning chaos as highways boss blames 'infrastructure defect' and closes road

A row of cars had their hazard lights flashing after their motors were left undriveable when they plunged into the hole in Surrey during rush hour traffic. Parents and children were left stranded between Staines and Chertsey as they stood beside their tyre-damaged cars with some being quoted £250 to recover their motors. National Highways warned just after 7am there were 40 minute delays and five miles of queues as two lanes were shut between junction 12 and 13 to repair the defect. One motorist wrote on X: '... massive pothole that took out 20 plus cars this morning on the M25 between the A30 and the M3!!

Holsworthy Primary School, in Devon, brought in the new feature for its students to engage with the great outdoors.

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Gemma Atkinson has hit back at a parenting expert after being slammed for pinching her one-year-old som Thiago in retribution for the tot doing likewise to her five-year-old daughter Mia.

Helen Lumuanganu, mother of Chris Kaba, 24, arrived in tears at the trial of Metropolitan Police marksman Martyn Blake, 40, who stands accused of his murder in Streatham, South London in 2022.

What has Daniel Day-Lewis been up to for 7 years? World's most decorated actor vanished to

He's widely considered to be the greatest actor of his generation - having won three Oscars, four BAFTAs and two Golden Globes over the course of his forty year career. But in 2017, Daniel Day Lewis (centre, with wife Rebecca Miller in 2023) sent shockwaves through Hollywood when he announced he was retiring at the age of 60. The legendary actor (left, in New York in 2018) - who starred in Gangs of New York, There Will Be Blood, The Last of the Mohicans - never gave a reason for his exit, with his team insisting it was a 'private decision'. In a statement, Daniel's representatives simply said he was 'immensely grateful for his collaborators and audiences' and would not be making any further comment. However, the notoriously private star (left inset, with his Best Actor Oscar in 1990) appears to have made an exception for his director son Gabriel, 29, who is currently working on his directorial debut.

Jay-Z is leading an exodus of celebrity clients, including Megan Thee Stallion, from accounting firm BDO following serious allegations that a member of its staff stole from client accounts.

The pod of nine young whales were initially seen in difficulty near the UK on Sunday however several varying reports over their location led to rescuers being unable to find them.

Terminally ill pensioner Valerie Horwood, 81, from Fleet, Hampshire, was left feeling suicidal after a conman posed as Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and scammed her out of £140,000.

Wills is back in the cockpit! Prince of Wales teams up with David Beckham to visit the Air Ambulance Charity (and the ex-England captain was personally invited by the royal!)

Prince William has joined by David Beckham this morning as the pair headed to view new London Air Ambulance Charity helicopters.  The former England captain,  49, and future King, 42, visited RAF Northolt to view two aircrafts. William,  worked as an air ambulance pilot for the East Anglian Air Ambulance between March 2015 and July 2017, again sported his designer stubble - which is also a favourite of the sporting star.

Queen Mary of Denmark looked elegant in a mint green ensemble as she accompanied her husband King Frederik X to the opening of the Danish parliament on Tuesday.

In an interview with Hello! , Maddison - who has welcomed her first son with her Canadian fiance Bret - explained how she was in labour for 40 hours in August.

Princess Beatrice of York and husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, 40, have kept the news a secret in recent weeks before revealing it to the public.

Joined by her husband King Willem-Alexander, the 53-year-old looked typically chic in a check monochrome dress as she stepped out for the glamorous occasion in the Dutch capital.

Owner of Venice's iconic Harry's Bar sues Italian city for allowing speeding boats to wet

Once frequented by the likes of Ernest Hemingway and Charlie Chaplin - and even George Clooney more recently - Harry's Bar is one of the most famous bars in the Italian canal city. First opened in 1931, despite it being renown as the home of the Bellini and Carpaccio, its second branch which overlooks the Giudecca canal is gaining attraction for all the wrong reason. The bar is currently being inundated by waves from speeding boats that regularly go over the 11 km/h (6.8 mph) limit.Now, Arrigo Cipriani, 92, who is the son of the late Giuseppe Cipriani who founded Harry's in 1931, is taking action by suing Venice.

Andrew Tate's possessions had been seized after he was arrested in Romania in August for fresh allegations of trafficking and sex with a minor.

Oliver Lane, 26, allegedly dragged Sienna Hubert-Ross, 25, around their Manhattan apartment, choking and slapping her before pinning her down and trying to murder her.

Viviane Monte died last Thursday at a hospital in Brazil, nearly four weeks after she six plastic surgeries in one day, including breast reduction and buttock fat grafting.

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