8 h. ago Child bride due to be executed for the death of her abusive husband in Iran has her life spared after in

UN rights experts last week urged Iran to halt the execution of Goli Kouhkan, saying she was forced into marriage at the age of 12 to her cousin and at 13 gave birth to their son

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17 h. ago Climber charged with manslaughter after ‘leaving girlfriend to die’ on Austria’s highest peak

Kerstin Gurtner froze to death after she was left ‘exhausted, hypothermic, and disoriented’ on Grossglockner mountain

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25 h. ago Yes, we doctors make mistakes. Being a patient is risky but these are the seven steps you must take to protect yourself from medical calamity: PROFESSOR ROB GALLOWAY

The tragic death of 27-year-old Jessica Brady exemplifies this. She went to her GP surgery more than 20 times in five months with abdominal pain yet never received the tests she needed.

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35 h. ago Anna Maxwell Martin details 'difficult' life following her ex's death

Anna Maxwell Martin has shed light on life after her daughters' father's death and how she navigated working and mothering. 

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35 h. ago Mystery over death of nine inmates as bodies found during routine inspection

Early indications suggest the victims showed signs consistent with asphyxiation, although officials stressed that the exact cause of death has not yet been established

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36 h. ago Kate Winslet 'found herself hiding and crying' as Netflix film 'relived' heartbreaking loss

Kate Winslet has opened up about the painful experience of reliving her mother's 2017 death while making her directorial debut Goodbye June, which stars Helen Mirren

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55 h. ago Mum hires private investigators to examine son's Spain death

Brett Dryden was found dead inside his home in Mojacar, Almeria, in July last year after suffering a four-inch head wound.

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61 h. ago Anna Maxwell Martin looks back: ‘I was bullied a little bit, but it didn’t affect me because I was a happy weirdo’

The actor on being an introverted extrovert, performing as a pearly queen, and becoming a single mother when her husband diedBorn in Beverley, East Yorkshire, in 1977, Anna Maxwell Martin studied at the University of Liverpool and trained at Lamda. She made her name with a Bafta-winning performance in the BBC’s Bleak House and has since starred in Line of Duty, Motherland and Midwinter of the Spirit, as well as numerous stage productions. She lives in London with her two daughters. Their father, the director Roger Michell, died of a heart attack in 2021. Maxwell Martin is an Action for Children ambassador and stars in their Christmas short film, Santaland. To donate, visit iamsanta.org.uk.I am five and having my picture taken at school. On my eye is a medical patch. That’s what they did to you in the 1980s if you had a squint. My dad cut my hair using a bowl, which is why it is such a tragedy. Continue reading...

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61 h. ago Inside chilling mind of dad who 'forced kids on torture hike and left them alone to die'

A father allegedly dragged his three children up a dangerous mountain and abandoned them in death-defying conditions. Experts have delved into what could have been going through his mind on that fateful day

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3 d. ago After Mail expose, the teacher who duped pupils by faking her own death cancels her dancing tuition classes

A former teacher who was struck off for lying about having cancer and even faking her own death has scrapped her dance lessons for children after she was exposed.

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4 d. ago UTS London Grand Final stars playing with sudden death and one serve as unusual rules explained

Top tennis stars are competing for their share of a £1.39m prize at a unique event in London where regular rules are thrown out of the window

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4 d. ago Boyfriend charged after ‘leaving exhausted girlfriend to freeze to death’ on mountain

A court in Austria is now pouring through phones, sports watches, photos, videos to discover how an expert climber left his girlfriend to die in hellish conditions last January

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4 d. ago What I saw reporting on the American lives cut short by killer heat

In this week’s newsletter: Coroners can’t agree on how to count heat fatalities – and the dismantling of climate investments is leaving fragile communities exposed• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereDonald Trump’s decision to boycott Cop30, withdraw the US from the Paris agreement and illegally terminate a slew of investments in renewable energy will not change the reality of climate breakdown for Americans.In what has become an annual reporting tradition, I found myself in Arizona reporting on heat-related deaths during yet another gruelling heatwave, when temperatures topped 43C (110F) on 13 out of 14 straight days in Phoenix. Before embarking on this trip, I spent weeks combing through hundreds of autopsy reports, which I obtained from two county medical examiners using the Freedom of Information Act. Each death report gave me a glimpse into the person’s life, and I used clues from the case notes to track down friends and loved ones in the hopes of bett...

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6 d. ago Hong Kong warns ‘external forces’ working to exploit apartment fire, as death toll rises to 159

Police say number of dead may still be revised as ‘suspected human bones’ found during search require forensic testingHong Kong and Beijing officials have warned against what they claim are “external forces” threatening to exploit last week’s deadly apartment complex fire for political disruption, as rescuers say at least 159 people have been confirmed dead.The fire at the Wang Fuk Court in northern Hong Kong is the city’s worst disaster in 75 years, and the world’s most fatal residential building fire since 1980. The eight-tower complex – home to nearly 5,000 people – was under extensive renovations that have since been found to contain substandard, flammable materials. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Iranian child bride forced to marry aged 12 faces execution over the death of her abusive husband

Goli Kouhkan, an undocumented Baluch woman today aged 25, is set to be executed this month, eight independent United Nations experts warned in a statement published Tuesday.

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6 d. ago 'I nearly died and saw a God very different to the one in the Bible'

Beverly Brodsky suffered horrific injuries in a motorcycle crash in Los Angeles in 1970 and claims she 'saw God' during her near-death experience - but he was nothing like she expected

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6 d. ago Woman 'saw God' after motorbike crash and 'he's nothing like you expect'

A woman who suffered a near-death experience after a motorcycle accident says she saw God - and it was nothing like what she was expecting

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7 d. ago Shocked Anna Maxwell Martin learns of Line of Duty reboot during live interview

Line of Duty star Anna Maxwell Martin discovered the show was returning for a new series during a live interview on Lorraine on Tuesday, 2 December.

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7 d. ago Harrowing death row execution so painful 'we wouldn't use it on animals'

Jimmy Lee Gray's botched execution saw him convulse violently and bang his head against a steel pole as witnesses were cleared from the room

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8 d. ago Anna Maxwell Martin stars in festive film to raise money for children in poverty

The actress is an ambassador for the charity Action For Children.

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