89 minutes ago Colorado funeral home owners plead guilty to 191 counts of corpse abuse

Jon and Carie Hallford are accused of piling bodies in a room-temperature building and giving out fake ashesThe owners of a Colorado funeral home accused of piling 190 bodies inside a room-temperature building and giving the grieving relatives fake ashes pleaded guilty on Friday to corpse abuse as aggrieved families looked on in court.Jon and Carie Hallford, who own the Return to Nature Funeral Home, began storing bodies in a decrepit building near Colorado Springs as far back as 2019 and gave families dry concrete in place of cremated remains, according to the charges. The grim discovery last year upended families’ grieving processes. Continue reading...

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97 minutes ago Mum who wheeled dead toddler in pushchair on trips to shops and pub cleared of murder

Isabella Wheildon, two,was found dead on June 30 last year, but it's believed she had died days prior with mum Chelsea Gleason-Mitchell and then-partner, Scott Jeff, seen pushing her in her pushchair

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1 hour ago California case is the first confirmed bird flu infection in a US child

Health officials are confirming bird flu in a California child — the first reported case in a U.S. minor

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1 hour ago Eddie Jones will be at Twickenham ‘with bells on’ despite suffering illness

Japan head coach unfit to attend Friday press conferenceJones under scrutiny after accusations of being a ‘despot’Japan have expressed confidence Eddie Jones will take his place in the coaching box against England on Sunday in what will be his first return to Twickenham as an international coach after he on Friday night pulled out of his pre-match press conference due to illness.Jones, who was sacked after seven years as England head coach in December 2022, is said to be “unwell but nothing too serious”. He has come under considerable scrutiny of late after comments made by Danny Care in his autobiography that the Australian oversaw a toxic environment, ran a “dictatorship” and acted like a “despot who disappeared people” by bullying staff members and players. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Six people are dead after a suspected mass methanol poisoning at a backpacker party town. What went wrong in Laos?

As authorities detain a hostel owner in Vang Vieng, expert says the recent deaths are just the ‘tip of the iceberg’Vang Vieng is an unlikely party hub.Surrounded by striking limestone mountains and caves in central Laos, it morphed from a small farming town to a hedonistic party hub in the early 2000s. Enticed by boozy tubing experiences, throngs of twentysomething backpackers cemented its spot on south-east Asia’s famed backpacker trail. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Best parkas for men to keep you warm in winter 2024/25, tried and tested

Lean into the return of Britpop with a winter-ready parka

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2 hours ago Best Alcohol deals for Black Friday 2024 on Champagne, Prosecco, wine, gin, whisky and more

Drink and be merry for less thanks to Black Friday discounts

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2 hours ago Keir Starmer warned elderly people ‘going to die’ as he is confronted on radio show over winter fuel cuts

In a BBC interview, Keir Starmer heard from a concerned listener who will struggle to stay warm due to Winter Fuel Payment cuts

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3 hours ago Amazon's Black Friday 2024 sale is live! Here are the best deals on robot vacuums, Ninja, booze and more

Prices have begun falling on everything from Amazon Fire devices to air fryers

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3 hours ago Safety warning after carbon monoxide emergency calls rise 37% in a year in London

Gas emergency service say rise in calls could be linked to people not getting boilers serviced

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