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Eight days before she died, in her hospital journal, Lucy wrote “help me”.

Eight players have dropped out of the squad for Lee Carsley's final two matches as interim manager before Thomas Tuchel takes charge in January.

Eight years ago Mr Russell married an Albanian woman and has since lived in the country’s capital Tirana with his wife and their two-year-old daughter.

Eight years after Guns N’ Roses improbably reunited, the bassist still loves playing with them and can balance that with his solo career.

Eight years later, it launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and has occupied territory in the country's east.