48 minutes ago Parents 'shocked' after kids soft play centre uses realistic 'body bags' as Halloween decorations

Pictures taken on Sunday at the Rugrats and Halfpints centre in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, showed the decorations resembling human bodies, covered in black plastic and hanging upside down from a structure

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3 hours ago Children’s soft play centre apologises over ‘body bag’ Halloween decorations

Rugrats and Halfpints in Cirencester removes accessories resembling human corpses covered in plastic after parents complainA children’s soft play centre has removed its hanging “body bag” Halloween decorations after concerns were raised by parents.Rugrats and Halfpints in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, has also apologised over the accessories resembling human corpses covered in black plastic. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Chris Hoy: a remarkable, determined human being unchanged by success | William Fotheringham

The courage with which he faces his diagnosis is typical of a man who engages with life in his own way, with perspectiveAt a certain age, joked Sir Chris Hoy in October 2011, you don’t even buy green bananas. The throwaway remark was intended to underline the complexities and unpredictabilities of being a “senior” athlete – Hoy was then 35, seemingly blessed with eternal youth – but it seems grimly apposite in the light of the Scot’s announcement that he has terminal cancer and may have only between two and four years to live.There has been universal warmth and admiration for the way that Hoy has dealt with his diagnosis, revealed publicly in an interview with the Sunday Times. An upcoming memoir, All That Matters, will go into further detail, along with relating Hoy’s wife Sarra’s diag...

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5 hours ago Terminally ill father, 58, was left to wait for 25 hours for a bed at A&E in 'traumatic' hospital visit

Paul Hillman, 58, was diagnosed with stage three gallbladder cancer in April 2022 and was frequently rushed to A&E due to his weakened immune system.

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5 hours ago My daughter was taken abroad by her father 14 months ago, the authorities know where she is

Natalie Kennedy's daughter Alice, aged six, is currently living at hotels in Dubai with 'fugitive' father Philip Thomas, who has defied 13 High Court orders to bring her back.

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5 hours ago Jeremy Clarkson opens up on terrifying moment doctors said he could be 'days' from death

Jeremy Clarkson has revealed he was told he was just "days away from death" after he was rushed to hospital when he felt "clammy" and had a "tightness in his chest"

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6 hours ago Jeremy Clarkson reveals horror moment doctor told him he could be 'days from death'

Clarkson's Farm star Jeremy Clarkson underwent a heart procedure after a 'sudden deterioration' in his health. He described the entire ordeal as the 'wearisome effects of growing old'

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6 hours ago I was at Celtic with Virgil van Dijk – I knew he'd be a success after one moment

Former Celtic defender Charlie Mulgrew has revealed the one moment he realised Virgil van Dijk was the real deal after he signed for the Glasgow club

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6 hours ago Human femur bone and animal skulls: The strangest items offered to quirky emporium of the unexpected

Take a video tour inside an emporium of the ‘unexpected’, which is filled with quirky items - as the owner explains she was once offered a ‘human femur bone’ along with animal skulls.

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