34 m. ago Body found at beach identified as dad reported missing nine weeks prio as family pay tribute

Andrew Murphy, 47, was last seen on Saturday, March 29 when CCTV captured him in south of Birkenhead - Merseyside Police had issued a number of appeals in efforts to locate him

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1 hour ago Police searching for missing woman Yajaira Castro Mendez find body as man arrested for 'murder'

Yajaira Castro Mendez, 46, who is originally from Colombia, went missing from Ilford at the end of May, and following police enquiries a murder probe was launched alongside a search to track down her remains

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3 h. ago I invented the 'Death Clock'... and was horrified when it confirmed my worst fears about my own health

Brent Franson invented the Death Clock app, which analyzes a person's body metrics and lifestyle, to predict - down to the minute - when and how a person will die.

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3 h. ago I am a trans teenager. This is what it means to hate the shape of your own skin | Elsie Thwaites

There are sudden moments of ecstatic joy, but it’s terrifying to realise what you want to be and everything you’ve forced downYou’re fairly sure your skin has always been a problem. A problem before you even realised, lurking in the background of your earliest memories. Never with a clear mark for when you realised it was a problem. (When you realised what it means, to hate your skin so much.) But with signs scattered throughout your life.The very earliest sign was swimming. Or clothes in general, really, but swimming was the easy one. When you swam, you always wore (and always still wear) a shirt, even though the males of your family don’t. More broadly, you refuse to ever be seen without one. You called it modesty, but now you know it as shame. Shame for your square-ish, flat, slightly hairy flesh prison. Because, even then, you knew your chest should be covered up, even though your skin is flush against your ribs and males don’t need to cover up. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Voices: I had gender reassignment surgery – then the Supreme Court said I wasn’t a woman

I have the same choices over my life and body that I would want for every single person on earth. I’m not trying to make a statement about what a woman is, I just want to be one, writes Juno Dawson – who appears on The Independent’s Pride list 2025

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4 h. ago Thomas Tuchel tears into lacklustre England: ‘I didn’t like the attitude’

Kane’s goal secures 1-0 win over minnows Andorra‘We lacked seriousness. I didn’t like the body language’Thomas Tuchel admitted England had “played with fire” in their 1-0 win over Andorra, risking the concession of an equaliser and a draw that would have registered as perhaps their greatest humiliation since defeat to the USA in 1950. “I felt it was like a cup game where the favourites don’t see the danger,” he said.England won thanks to Harry Kane’s 50th-minute goal, leaving them top of the group on nine points without having conceded a goal. No previous England manager has ever begun with three successive victories to nil, but Tuchel was clearly very unhappy with the performance. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Body is found in search for woman, 46, who disappeared in Ilford as man appears in court charged with her murder

A body has been found by police probing the disappearance of Colombian woman Yajaira Castro Mendez, 46, who went missing after leaving her home in Ilford, east London, last Saturday.

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5 h. ago Dead body discovered in abandoned BMW near Gatwick Airport sparks police investigation

A body has been found on the back seat of a car left abandoned on an industrial estate, a mile away from Gatwick Airport, in a shocking and unexplained discovery

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5 h. ago Gatwick Airport horror as body found on backseat of BMW 'abandoned months ago'

The vehicle is reported to have been parked in an inductrial estate for around eight months.

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6 h. ago Murder detectives find body in urgent searches for Colombian woman, 46, missing from Ilford

Yajaira Castro Mendez had not been seen by her family or friends who raised the alarm, police said

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6 h. ago Albufeira horror with chilling similarity in cause of death between two Brits found dead

A second British tourist has been found dead in the Portuguese party town of Albufeira - it comes after police found the body of Glasgow man Greg Monks earlier this week

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8 h. ago Gatwick Airport horror as body found on backseat of BMW with car 'left abandoned for MONTHS'

Locals say a recovery driver had arrived to tow away a white BMW from an industrial estate in Crawley, Sussex on Friday when he discovered a dead body hidden under blankets on the backseat

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8 h. ago Gatwick Airport horror as body found on backseat of BMW 'left abandoned for MONTHS'

Locals say a recovery driver had arrived to tow away a white BMW from an industrial estate in Crawley, Sussex on Friday when he discovered a dead body hidden under blankets on the backseat

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9 h. ago British tourist is found dead on the Algarve just days after another Brit's body was found when he vanished during stag do

A British tourist has been found dead on the Algarve, just days after another Brit's body was discovered following his mystery disappearance during a stag do.

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10 h. ago Second UK tourist found dead and 'naked' in Albufeira after Greg Monks body find

The latest death comes just days after Greg Monks, 37, from Glasgow, was discovered dead in the Cerro de Aguia.

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10 h. ago Second UK tourist found dead in Albufeira after Greg Monks body find

The latest death comes just days after Greg Monks, 37, from Glasgow, was discovered dead in the Cerro de Aguia.

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10 h. ago 'Naked' British tourist is found dead on the Algarve just days after another Brit's body was found when he vanished during stag do

A 'naked' British tourist has been found dead on the Algarve, just days after another Brit's body was discovered following his mystery disappearance during a stag do.

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10 h. ago Mystery surrounds woman found dead in Underground station three months after body discovered

Despite ongoing efforts by British Transport Police, the individual has yet to be identified

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11 h. ago Body found during search for 'experienced walker' on Scots island

Roderick MacPherson, known as Roddy, was last seen outside the Sligachan Hotel on the Isle of Skye on Monday, June 2.

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11 h. ago Body language expert weighs in on Meghan Markle's supposedly awkward moment with her mother at her Grenfell cookbook launch

Meghan Markle regularly cooked at the Hubb Community Kitchen, an initiative started to support those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire, before helping the women there to launch a cookbook.

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