4 h. ago Stephen King made one ‘brutal’ demand for violent new film adaptation

‘The Long Walk’ follows a group of teenagers forced to participate in a savage life or death contest

Politics

4 h. ago 'My late husband was scammed out of our £120k life savings before tragic death'

Gill Casey has shared the heartbreaking story of how her late husband Tim lost the couple's £120,000 life savings after falling victim to an online scam

Economics

30 h. ago Made in Chelsea star announces sister’s death in emotional post

‘We will miss her forever,’ former reality star said

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4 d. ago Researchers looked at 38 million obituaries. What they discovered about life was surprising

The huge study has revealed the things people believe constitute a good life

Science

4 d. ago Caitlyn Jenner breaks silence on manager Sophia Hutchins’ death in emotional interview

Hutchins died last month after an ATV accident

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4 d. ago The sceptic who went ghost hunting and found her beliefs shaken: Don't believe in life after death? Read Alice Vernon's astonishing account of what happened to her and you might change your mind...

In her lively, highly readable book about the history of ghost hunting and its continuing wide appeal, Alice Vernon says that expectation plays a large part in whether you do or don't see ghosts.

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4 d. ago ‘Brent’s end was poetic’: the life and death of first US journalist killed in Russia

Armed Only with a Camera is directed by Brent’s brother and collaborator, Craig, and produced by Juan Arredondo, who was also shot during the ambush that killed BrentIt’s a journalist’s role to stay behind the scenes. But sometimes, a reporter’s extraordinary life becomes the story itself.Such is the case with Brent Renaud, an award-winning documentary film-maker who was the first American journalist killed, at the age of 51, in the Russia-Ukraine war. His life and death are captured in a new, intimate documentary that debuted in Los Angeles at the 21st annual HollyShorts film festival earlier this month.Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud has just received the Audience award at SXSW and will be available to stream on HBO on 21 October 2025 Continue reading...

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4 d. ago The key traits people define as having lived ‘a good life’ after death

A study analysing 38 million obituaries has revealed the things people believe constitute a good life

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4 d. ago Influencer Emilie Kiser breaks social media silence months after son Trigg’s accidental drowning

Kiser’s son died in May after accidentally falling into the family’s swimming pool

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5 d. ago Dark life of Akinwale Arobieke from boy's death to racist nickname and squeezing muscles

Bodybuilder Akinwale Arobieke was a modern day bogeyman who became infamous for his strange behaviour and as a larger-than-life figure in Liverpool who was engulfed in controversy after being jailed and then freed

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5 d. ago Young dad from Bolton who 'lived life to the full' falls to death from mountain

Thomas Smith had travelled from his home in Greater Manchester to climb Snowdon when tragedy struck

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6 d. ago The mystery of Harold Shipman's suicide: What calculated reason did Dr Death have for taking his own life?

He would die just one day before his sixtieth birthday - timing that may not have been coincidental.

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6 d. ago Father of three who 'lived life to the full' plunged to his death in tragedy on notorious Welsh mountain ridge

Father of three Thomas Smith, who 'lived life to the full', plunged to his death from the notorious Crib Goch knife-edge ridge in Snowdonia, an inquest heard.

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6 d. ago Can WeightWatchers stay relevant when everyone is on diet drugs?

GLP-1 medications could be the group’s death knell — or grant it a new lease on life

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6 d. ago ‘He loved his work deeply’: the five Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza airstrike

Israel has been widely condemned for ‘double-tap’ strike on Nasser hospital in southern Gaza on MondayIsrael’s attack on hospital in Gaza may constitute a war crime on many frontsFive Palestinian journalists were killed in an Israeli double-tap strike on Nasser hospital in southern Gaza on Monday.Israel struck a building at the hospital, killing Reuters journalist Hussam al-Masri and others. Then, after journalists and rescue workers ran to the scene to help their colleagues, a second bomb hit the same spot 15 minutes later. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Maryam Abu Daqqa’s father pays tribute to Independent Arabia journalist killed in Israeli strike

The father of Maryam Abu Daqqa, a photojournalist for Independent Arabia who was killed in an Israeli air strike, has paid an emotional tribute to his daughter who was “loved by everybody”.

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7 d. ago Paul Merton says ‘falling in love’ eight months after wife’s death was ‘natural’

‘Have I Got News For You’ star married Suki Webster after second wife died of breast cancer

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7 d. ago Paul Merton says falling in love six months after wife’s death was natural

‘Have I Got News For You’ star married Suki Webster after second wife died of breast cancer

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7 d. ago Watch last video filmed by Independent Arabia journalist Maryam Abu Daqqa before she was killed in Gaza strike

Watch the last video filmed by Independent Arabia journalist Maryam Abu Daqqa, before she was killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza’s Nasser hospital.

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7 d. ago Independent Arabia journalist among 20 killed in Israeli strike on Gaza hospital

Five journalists died in what witnesses have described to The Independent as two missiles in quick succession slamming into the Nasser Medical Complex

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