6 h. ago Man dies after being hit by a road sweeper as police try and work out how it happened

A man in his 80s tragically lost his life on Monday after being hit by road sweeper in Leicester city centre, with a man now in custody according to reports

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7 h. ago A moment that changed me: I nearly died when I was hit by a car – then started to relish life’s little luxuries

For years, I kept a stash of ‘nice things’, waiting for the right occasion to use them. The accident taught me to live now, rather than in the futureI used to have a drawer where the “nice things” lived: posh candles and fancy bubble bath; two flagons of Greek extra virgin olive oil; that Aesop handwash, to bring out for visitors. A bottle of fizz gathered dust on the kitchen side and, in the bathroom, an expensive moisturiser remained unopened. Life’s little luxuries, I believed, weren’t for enjoying now, but were to be saved for some unspecified “special” time in the future.Then I was hit by a car. It happened in May last year, while I was walking down a quiet street soon after lunchtime in Bermuda, where I’d been sent on an assignment for work. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Footballer charged with 'killing teenage opponent in brutal murder' during match

A footballer has been arrested on suspicion of killing an opponent during a match after a 16-year-old player died following a melee, allegedly being hit in the face and back of the head several times

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25 h. ago Jason Manford shares love for comedy superstar as they play 'most special' Manchester show

The comedian said he had 'relived the sliding doors moment that changed my life'

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28 h. ago Boy, 16, drove car 'like he was in a game' before crashing into tree and dying

Yazan Al-Jalam, 16, died after the car he was too young to be driving hit a tree in West Bridgford, Nottingham as the surviving passengers spoke of the moment he 'lost control'

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29 h. ago Person dies after being hit by train on London Waterloo station line

Person dies after being hit by train on London Waterloo station line  East London Advertiser

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29 h. ago Person dies after being hit by train on busy London station line

Person dies after being hit by train on busy London station line  Romford Recorder

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32 h. ago Jack Davenport changes parenting style with teen son after surprise moment

Taking on the role of James Forsyte in Channel 5's reboot of The Forsyte Saga, Jack Davenport opened up about his character's trajectory - and his relationship with his son.

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45 h. ago Female pedestrian, 56, 'died after being hit by double decker bus outside busy London railway station' during rush hour, court hears

Mirsime Berisha, 48, allegedly struck Kathleen Finnegan (pictured), 56, while driving a Volvo double decker bus outside Victoria station in central London.

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49 h. ago Mother hopes for ‘day of reckoning’ after daughter’s pollution

Campaigner Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah spoke outside the Royal Courts of Justice ahead of the start of a trial against car manufacturers.

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51 h. ago 'I drove new version of car that started EV revolution in UK and there's a big change'

The Nissan Leaf was the first mass-market EV to be launched in the UK back in 2011 and now there's a new one

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3 d. ago Husband and wife killed in 'gruesome' plane crash that sparked huge fireball on runway

Three friends tragically died when their plane lost altitude and caught fire as it hit the runway in New South Wales, Australia, on Saturday morning, according to local reports

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4 d. ago Warning to drivers as millions with keyless car fobs risk being locked out of cars

As temperatures drop, keyless car fobs could start to fail, leaving drivers unable to access their vehicles.

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4 d. ago John Lodge was a pioneering force of British rock’s most underrated band

The late musician helped steer the Moody Blues into an exciting and groundbreaking new era of psychedeliaMoody Blues singer and bassist John Lodge dies aged 82The moment everything changed for John Lodge and his bandmates in the Moody Blues came one night at the Fiesta club in Stockton. Lodge and Justin Hayward were new to the band, Lodge playing bass and Hayward guitar, who had been booked into a well-paid series of cabaret shows in northern England. The Moodies were playing a revue-style show, with bits of R&B punctuated by comedy numbers, dressed in blue suits. They’d had a big hit a couple of years earlier with Go Now, but by 1966 they looked and sounded passé.After the show, Hayward told me a few years ago, a man came to the dressing room to see the band. “Normally they would say something like, ‘Oh, you’re great.’ But he said, ‘I just thought I’d tell you, you’re the worst fucking band I’ve seen in my life. You’re rubbish. And somebody’s got to tell you.’” Hayward and sing...

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4 d. ago Mother's fears for daughter, 16, were not properly recorded by private school before she stepped in front of lorry and took her own life

Georgia Scarff, from Bury St Edmunds, died after being hit by a lorry in the early hours of April 15, 2024, the night before she was due to return as a boarder to Royal Hospital School in Suffolk.

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5 d. ago Mum plans to move son, four, from cemetery to be buried in her garden

Zaahir died when he was hit by a bus on a pedestrian crossing

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7 d. ago Ricky Gervais reveals worrying key moment that changed his life

Comedy legend Ricky Gervais has opened up on the moment his life changed as he 'took a punt' after finding himself in a daunting position

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7 d. ago A moment that changed me: I stopped restraining myself – and found the love of my life

For years I tried to be the perfect girlfriend: bright, funny, engaging and fragrant. Then I stubbed my toe, and my ferocious roar of pain showed me I could be myselfIn 2008, I was in my mid-20s and single. My relationships until then had all been fun, flirty and conflict-free – which was unsurprising, given I expended so much energy on male approval.Depressingly, this seemed normal in the 00s and demanded a specific type of vigilance. As well as trying to look perfect for every date, there was also the effort of trying to be perfect: bright and funny and engaging and fragrant, but also vaguely unavailable. Endearingly kooky was OK; but I didn’t want to come across as weird. Misery and anger were off limits. I never risked showing I cared. No wonder love had failed to launch. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago At least 15 dead after landslide strikes bus in northern India

At least 15 people have died after debris from a massive landslide hit a bus in India’s northern state of Himachal Pradesh

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8 d. ago JLR to resume production from Wednesday following cyber attack

The car maker was forced to pause production from the start of September due to a damaging hack.

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