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Dr Mark Deakin, a consultant at Alder Hey hospital, was described as Letby's boyfriend during her trial.

‘Joey didn’t surf. And he didn’t like this photo. He said, “You made my legs look thin.” Like it was my fault he had skinny legs’ The first band I ever saw were the Beatles, on 19 August 1964 at the Cow Palace Arena…

Simukai Chigudu’s filmic memoir details the confines and conflicts of growing up in Zimbabwe during political turmoil. Don’t already get The Long Wave in your inbox? Sign up here Last week, I finally managed to snatch…

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The new plan shows Andy Burnham's government kept the promised original schedule of how and when offenders will leave jail.

The orchestra – at the Proms this week – is hailed as among the best in the world, if not the best. For my money, that’s quite possibly right, but why? The Berlin Philharmonic are in London tonight and tomorrow at the…