42 minutes ago BREAKING: Pensioner, 80, dies in Lancashire lake tragedy as Storm Bert rages across UK

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45 minutes ago Rico Carty, who won the 1970 NL batting title with the Atlanta Braves, has died

Rico Carty, who won the 1970 NL batting title when he hit a major league-best

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88 minutes ago Cruel paedophile who ignored tears of child as he raped her again and again before recording the attacks on his phone is jailed for 25 years

George Bellwood's abuse left his victim with medical issues and wanting to die after he filmed his deplorable sex attacks. He was eventually found out after the child reported him to their teacher.

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2 hours ago Laos methanol poisoning victims 'vomited blood for 13 hours' before being found dead in hotel

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Two Danish travellers who died after drinking a batch of alcohol suspected to have been poisoned with methanol had text friends saying they were vomiting blood for hours

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3 hours ago Laos methanol poisoning 6th victim named as US tourist 'who stopped coming out of his room'

James Louis Hutson, 57, is one of the three latest people confirmed to have died in Laos following what is suspected - but not confirmed - to be a mass methanol poisoning

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3 hours ago Scots son who died of brain tumour left family a 'love note from heaven'

Jay Kennedy, 20, was diagnosed with an incurable high grade astrocytoma - a brain tumour - after a seizure, headaches and vomiting aged 18.

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4 hours ago University sorority and fraternity charged after Dartmouth student, 20, dies at party

The Alpha Phi sorority has been charged as a corporation after the death of 20-year-old student Won Jang.

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4 hours ago Man dies after being swept away in river as Storm Bert causes flooding across UK

More than 80% of November’s average monthly rainfall has fallen in less than 48 hours in some places.

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4 hours ago Dartmouth sorority and fraternity members charged after student, 20, dies at party

Three people are facing charges in relation to the death of Won Jang, a 20-year-old student who was found to have drowned in a river following a house party on July 6

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