7 h. ago Moment 100mph police chase ends in crash and prison for 'worst' driver

Marlon Henriques passed 85mph on the 30mph roads

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8 h. ago The 'godfather of AI' reveals the only way humanity can survive superintelligent AI

Professor Geoffrey Hinton, a Nobel Prize-winning researcher dubbed the 'Godfather of AI', says there is a 10 to 20 per cent chance that AI wipes out humanity.

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24 h. ago Boy arrested on suspicion of murder and rape after girl, 13, dies

The girl's cause of death remains unexplained

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26 h. ago Boy, 2, dies after doctors use air hose to remove popcorn stuck up nose

A mum and dad were left distraught after a simple operation to dislodge a popcorn kernel from their two-year old's nose went drastically wrong.

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32 h. ago Tulisa Contostavlos reveals it's a 'miracle' she survived suicide attempt after year from hell

Tulisa Contostavlos has opened up on ITV's This Morning about attempting suicide twice after being the victim of a sting operation by 'Fake Sheihk' Mazher Mahmood

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44 h. ago My children were abused in care. The silence that followed was suffocating | Anonymous

For so many other kinds of traumas we have a shared language, grief and ritual. But what happens when these stories belong to our children?The moment I discovered both of my children had been sexually abused by our babysitter’s partner, I was hollowed out by the greatest sorrow I’d ever known.They were aged four and two. Continue reading...

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61 h. ago High school basketball player sues coach for assault and bullying after he pulled her hair in outburst that shocked the world

The high school basketball player whose coach aggressively pulled her hair during a New York championship game filed a lawsuit alleging assault and a pattern of abusive behavior.

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62 h. ago Chasing the Dark by Ben Machell review – the original ghostbuster

An entrancing biography of Tony Cornell, who displayed a scientist’s commitment to impartiality as he investigated the paranormalMy first and only experience with a Ouija board occurred when I was 11, at a friend’s house. It was good, spooky fun until it wasn’t. I recall movement and the start of a message before we recoiled from the board. Later that evening, I learned that my grandfather had died. While I realise now that a boy with a terminally ill relative and a lurid imagination was not the most reliable witness, I remember wanting to believe that I’d had a brush with the uncanny.When Times journalist Ben Machell’s dying grandmother bequeathed him a crystal ball, he began idly searching for mediums and happened across the work of a man named Tony Cornell. Between 1952 and 2004, Cornell worked (unpaid and to the detriment of two marriages) for the Society for Psychical Research (SPR). Weeding out deception and delusion from accounts of paranormal activity to find out w...

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3 d. ago Thousands evacuated in Spain as deadly heatwave fans Mediterranean wildfires

Boy, four, dies of heatstroke in Rome as scientists say high temperatures and fires are reminder of climate emergencyThe deadly heatwave fanning wildfires across the Mediterranean region has claimed at least three lives and forced thousands of people from their homes.Firefighters continued to battle blazes on Tuesday and authorities braced for further damage as temperatures in some areas surged well past 40C. In Spain, a Romanian man in his 50s died after suffering 98% burns while trying to rescue horses from a burning stable near Madrid on Monday night. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Boy, 13, tragically dies after being 'thrown into river over £40 debt'

Abdou Ngom, 13, from Verduno, in the north of Italy is claimed to have been thrown into the Tanaro River by another teenager over a debt despite not knowing how to swim

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3 d. ago Boy dies in heatwave tragedy after being found in car as Europe blasted by heat

A four-year-old boy has died after suffering heat stroke

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3 d. ago Ayrshire crash: Police appeal after man, 41, dies after crash near Monkton

Police are appealing for information and dashcam footage

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3 d. ago Boy, 4, dies on family holiday as heatwave sweeps Europe sparking wildfires

The tragic four-year-old boy died from heatstroke after leaving the holiday house his family were staying in

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3 d. ago Europe's red alert HELL: Boy, four, dies of heatstroke in Italy as temperatures hit record highs in France and masses are evacuated in the Balkans as wildfires tear through

The four-year-old Romanian died on Monday just days after being found unconscious in the family's car in Sardinia.

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4 d. ago Four children arrested after boy, 14, died in warehouse fire will face no further police action

Layton Carr was found dead after emergency services rushed to a blaze near the Fairfield Industrial estate in the Bill Quay area of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, on the evening of May 2.

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4 d. ago Police issue update after horror crash closes main road and leaves two injured

Emergency services raced to the incident in Stockport

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4 d. ago Driver, 21, admits causing serious injury after crashing stolen BMW into a care home during police chase

Sam Asgari-Tabar was fleeing from police at the time of the crash, speeding down A1231 eastbound in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, at around 9.35pm on Wednesday July 9.

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5 d. ago Diogo Jota car crash cause as witnesses dispute police statement

The Liverpool star and his brother Andre Silva were tragically killed in a car crash last month

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5 d. ago Police appeal after motorcyclist suffers serious injuries in crash

Fabian Road in Swansea was closed for a number of hours on Saturday, causing long delays on the M4

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5 d. ago Image shows aftermath on M65 after car 'travels wrong way down motorway'

Police were called to reports of a crash after a car collided with two other vehicles

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