75 m. ago Screamboat review – rodent IP horror sends Mickey Mouse on a ferry rampage

A genetically modified mouse goes on the rampage in bloody Disney pastiche that offers Sharknado-level performances and kill scenes hindered by poor lightingHere’s another draining bout of horror opportunism, spawned in this instance by the copyright expiring on Disney’s Steamboat Willie, the 1928 landmark animation that launched Mickey Mouse into the world. Scurrying on to screens months behind the similarly motivated The Mouse Trap, Steven LaMorte’s bloody pastiche opens with a quote coyly ascribed to “Walt D” before plodding mirthlessly in the pawprints of those recent Winnie-the-Pooh carve-ups, demonstrating no greater brio, invention or wit. Its mock Mickey is a genetically modified super-violent pipsqueak (played by Terrifier breakout star David Howard Thornton, in mangy rodent costume), let loose from the sewers by blundering engineers; rather than the jaunty steamboat his predecessor commandeered, he wreaks murderous havoc on a grimy approximation of the Staten Island ferry,...

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76 m. ago Jesy Nelson shares pregnancy update from hospital after emergency procedure to save unborn twins

Jesy Nelson has revealed that emergency surgery for her twin babies was successful, following her earlier revelation about ongoing "complications" during her pregnancy.

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1 hour ago Tragic final moments as theme park visitors pulled into ride machinery and crushed

Four adults were killed on a River Rapids theme park ride as terrified kids watched the horror unfold.

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2 h. ago Police issue update after man slashed in horror knife attack

A man was rushed to hospital with serious injuries

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2 h. ago Pregnant Jesy Nelson 'can't leave hospital' as she offers update after op to help save twins

The 33-year-old pop star is expecting her first children with her partner Zion Foster

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3 h. ago ‘They started nibbling at its head’: the bold plan to rid an island of albatross

South Africa’s Marion Island is a breeding ground for the birds, but their chicks are being eaten alive by rodents. Now, the world’s largest operation to eradicate the invasive species is about to get under wayBy 2015, scientists knew from camera trap evidence that mice were attacking albatross chicks on Marion Island, but no one had ever witnessed it first-hand on the small volcanic outcrop off the coast of South Africa. So, when researchers Stefan and Janine Schoombie came across a badly wounded wandering albatross chick in a relatively accessible part of the island, they resolved to return at night. After hiking for 30 minutes in the dark, Stefan started quietly setting up his camera equipment behind a rock. “We were expecting to have to stalk, but the mice were climbing all over us,” he says.It didn’t take long for the mice to start feeding on the albatross chick. “The bird was a complete fluffball,” says Janine. “So, they just climbed up its back and started nibbling at its hea...

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3 h. ago 'As a young family we had so many hopes and dreams for the future that we’ll never get to fulfil'

“The [hospital] failed her repeatedly and in so many ways. It’s difficult not to think that Sharzia would still be alive had she had been given the care she deserved”

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4 h. ago The siege of Khartoum has lifted. Left behind are scenes of unimaginable horror | Nesrine Malik

Sudan’s capital has been hollowed out and stripped for parts, its people trampled beneath a conflict that is far from overTen days ago, in a major turning point in almost two years of war, the Sudanese army reclaimed the capital city from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia which took it over in 2023. What little we know so far paints a picture of a city ravaged by unimaginable horror.The war has sent Sudan hurtling into the largest humanitarian disaster in the world, triggering genocide in the west of the country, and starvation there and in other areas. Previously allies in power, the RSF – formalised and expanded from the remnants of the Janjaweed militia – and the Sudanese military went to war when their partnership fell apart. The victims have been the Sudanese people, whose lives were trampled beneath. Khartoum’s centrality in the war, both in its prosperity and in terms of what it represents for the RSF as the seat of power, has meant the city has been subjected to a parti...

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5 h. ago 'I feel guilty for passing it to my girl' Mum's emotional plea after rare blood disorder diagnosis

Kimberley Beasley is calling on doctors to be better informed about treating rare illnesses.

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5 h. ago Scots trans killer has life saving treatment restored after it was removed by medics

Sophie Eastwood has been in hospital since August of last year, after swallowing razor blades.

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6 h. ago ‘I was telling my baby, don’t come out yet’: Woman gives birth to daughter during Myanmar earthquake (cloned)

Kanthong Saenmuangshin had gone to hospital for a routine check-up but ended up going into labour amid the chaos of Friday's powerful 7.7 magnitude quake

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6 h. ago Dad's life or death struggle after children stabbed in the dead of night

Four people have been stabbed in Sydney in the early hours of Monday morning.

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6 h. ago Blackburn fire: Explosions heard as blaze rages through industrial estate in large town

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service has warned people to shut windows and doors as a fire at a building on Sett End Road West, Blackburn, which is near a hospital

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9 h. ago Baulkham Hills stabbing: woman arrested and three children in hospital after alleged attack in Sydney suburb

Two girls, boy in stable condition and 46-year-old woman under guard in hospital after alleged attack in Baulkham HillsElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA mother has been arrested after she allegedly stabbed her three children multiple times in their home in Sydney’s north-west.New South Wales police Det Supt Naomi Moore said on Monday that the children’s father woke to yells in their Baulkham Hills home, and secured the kitchen knife from his partner. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Huge fire rips through building on Scots high street as emergency services rush to scene

Six fire appliances, multiple police vehicles and an ambulance crew are on the scene.

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12 h. ago Three children and woman in hospital after stabbing attack in Sydney suburb

Two girls, boy and 46-year-old woman all in stable condition after the attack in Baulkham HillsElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThree children and a woman have been taken to hospital after a stabbing attack on Monday morning in a suburb in Sydney’s north-west.According to a press release from New South Wales police, about 5.20am on Monday emergency services were called to a home in Baulkham Hills, following reports that multiple people had been stabbed. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Three children and woman in hospital after alleged stabbing attack in Sydney suburb

Two girls, boy and 46-year-old woman all in stable condition after the alleged attack in Baulkham HillsElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThree children and a woman have been taken to hospital after an alleged stabbing attack on Monday morning in a suburb in Sydney’s north-west.New South Wales police said emergency services were called to a home in Baulkham Hills about 5.20am on Monday, following reports that multiple people had been stabbed. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Baulkham Hills stabbing: three children and woman in hospital after alleged attack in Sydney suburb

Two girls, boy and 46-year-old woman all in stable condition after the alleged attack in Baulkham HillsElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThree children and a woman have been taken to hospital after an alleged stabbing attack on Monday morning in a suburb in Sydney’s north-west.New South Wales police said emergency services were called to a home in Baulkham Hills about 5.20am on Monday, following reports that multiple people had been stabbed. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Jesy Nelson shares 'amazing' Mother's Day news after emergency procedure to save unborn twins

Jesy Nelson has shared an update on her pregnancy after she was rushed to hospital last week and told she needed to have an urgent procedure to save her unborn twins.

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13 h. ago I've been hit with a £250 fine after a row over a £2.70 hospital parking ticket... I won't back down

Gordon Clark, from Medburn near Newcastle, has been 'driven mad' by the ordeal but insists he won't pay a £252 court letter 'as a matter of principle'.

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