41 m. ago Assisted dying terrifies me and MSPs must think again about supporting it

Writing for the Record, Scottish Labour MSP Pam Duncan-Glancy explains why assisted dying proposals leave her terrified

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16 h. ago Inseparable, sensuous and confident, the Kessler twins were pioneers of variety show culture

Alice and Ellen Kessler, who died by joint assisted suicide this week, entertained – and occasionally scandalised – Europe with their glitzy and subversive pop music and classically informed dance• The Kessler twins die together aged 89 – newsWhen Dean Martin announced the Kessler sisters’ appearance on his show in 1966, he remarked that he had been desperate to book them not just because the German-born dancer-singers were “so pretty and so talented”, but “also because they’re twins, that means there are two of them”. “They’re a double,” he added with a nod to his half-drunk crooner persona, “and there’s nothing I like more than a double”.The two sisters, who died by joint assisted suicide earlier this week, also performed with Frank Sinatra, Harry Belafonte and Fred Astaire, but the American market never impressed them much. In 1964 they turned down a role in Elvis’s Viva Las Vegas for fear of being pigeonholed in American musical comedies. Continue reading...

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46 h. ago Vin Diesel cleared of sexual battery claims made by former assistant over Fast 5 filming

The Fast and the Furious actor for the last two years had denied an ex-assistant claim that he 'forced himself on her' in Atlanta's St. Regis hotel during production of Fast 5 in 2010.

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52 h. ago Vin Diesel has sexual battery lawsuit from former assistant dismissed

The ‘Fast and Furious’ star was accused of sexual battery by former assistant Asta Jonasson

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3 d. ago Kessler Twins who performed with Frank Sinatra die by assisted suicide on same day

Police were informed Monday that the 89-year-olds had opted for ‘assisted suicide’

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3 d. ago Heartbreaking final wish of Kessler twins who died by assisted suicide on same day

Alice and Ellen Kessler, known to generations of fans as the 'Kessler Twins, made their last wishes crystal clear in their final years, expressing a shared heartfelt hope as they considered their deaths

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3 d. ago Famous Kessler Twins die by assisted suicide on the same day in Germany

Alice and Ellen Kessler, who worked with the likes of Frank Sinatra, have died on the same day

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3 d. ago Famous Kessler Twins die by assisted suicide on the same day

Twin sisters who worked with entertainers including Frank Sinatra and Fred Astaire have died on the same day

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6 d. ago These parrots came to Los Angeles as pets – then went wild. Now scientists are unlocking their mysteries

Once escapees from the pet trade, Los Angeles’s feral parrots have become a vibrant part of city life, and could even aid conservation in their native homelandsA morning mist hung over the palm trees as birds chattered and cars roared by on the streets of Pasadena. It was a scene that evoked a tropical island rather than a bustling city in north-east Los Angeles county.“It feels parrot-y,” says Diego Blanco, a research assistant at Occidental College’s Moore zoology lab, nodding to the verdant flora that surrounds us: tall trees and ornamental bushes with berries. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Lingo: Simple food swaps that can dramatically improve glucose stability

Lingo works to enhance glucose stability and assist individuals in making improved dietary choices.

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2 w. ago School's heartbreaking tribute as teaching assistant dies and son charged with murder

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