All news for 2025-04-21

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Mowbray out: West Brom sacks coach after Derby failure
Earlier this year, Tony Mowbray returned to West Bromwich Albion after previously leading the team to success and winning the Championship in the 2007/08 season, but this stint has not gone as well.
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Spotify crashes again: thousands of users unable to listen to music
Music streaming platform Spotify appeared to be down early afternoon on Monday, suffering its second outage in five days.
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A saint, but not today: canonization of the first millennial postponed due to the Pope’s death
The canonisation of a British Italian teenager as the first millennial saint has been postponed due to the Pope’s death.
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$400 million slipped through the cracks: Ethereum thieves from Bybit vanish into the DeFi shadows
Despite the rising amount of untraceable assets, Bybit said it is still tracking $960 million from the stolen Ethereum.
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How Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov became the dominant force in world fencing
Sanctioned tycoon Alisher Usmanov deflects Western attempts to remove him from his shadow leadership role in world fencing.
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Man arrested on suspicion of murder after woman stabbed to death in North London
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was fatally stabbed in north London during the Easter weekend.
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The fake lover, inspired by Kathy Bates from "Misery", stalked a nurse and his girlfriend
A stalker adopted horror film star Kathy Bates as an alias to launch a months-long campaign of harassment against a nurse she met at a psychiatric hospital.
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Delta plane fire: passengers evacuate via slides amid a burning engine
About 200 passengers aboard a Delta Air Lines plane evacuated by slide as the aircraft caught on fire on a runway.
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EuroMillions winner with £148 million decided to sell luxury mansion and move in with his mom
The joint winner of a £148,000,000 EuroMillions draw is reportedly planning to move out of his seven-bedroom country manor to live with his mom.
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Drunk owner of a "fighting" dog stood and watched as its attack maimed a 4-year-old boy
A ‘fighting dog’ ran from its drunk owner and viciously attacked a four-year-old boy.
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Election of the new Pope: which of the seven cardinals has the best chances and how the funeral will take place
Following the passing of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, Catholics across the globe will turn their attention to his successor.
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King Charles and Queen Camilla mourn Pope Francis’s death, praise his compassionate leadership
King Charles expressed that he and Queen Camilla are "deeply saddened" by the death of Pope Francis, as they honored his "compassion" and "unwavering dedication" to people of faith.
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M&S customers stranded as contactless payment system crashes across UK stores
Customers shopping at Marks and Spencer stores have been left high and dry after a contactless payment meltdown.
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Pope Francis dies aged 88 after 12 years as pontiff
Pope Francis has died, aged 88, the Vatican has announced.
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At least 56 killed in central Nigeria shooting
At least 56 killed in Nigeria clashes over land use between herders and farmers
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Second busiest, first in delays: Gatwick tops the worst-performing airports list
One London airport topped the list of shame, with air traffic control chaos meaning departures left an average of more than 23 minutes behind schedule, according to a new study
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“Amazonian justice”: mob burns British man alive over suspected murder
A British man was dragged from a police station and burned alive in the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador hours after he was arrested by local police on suspicion of murder