14 h. ago Brit dad dies after reaching mountain top in Sri Lanka during daughter's birthday hike

The British father-and-daughter duo decided to scale Ella's Rock in Sri Lanka to celebrate the daughter's 34th birthday, but tragedy struck once they reached the top of the mountain

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14 h. ago Brit dad dies at summit of famous Sri Lankan mountain after daughter's birthday hike

The 63-year-old Brit walked up Ella Rock while out on a hike for his daughter's birthday, but tragically suffered a heart attack once he got to the top and passed away

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15 h. ago European Union to reveal ratings for candidate countries – Europe live

Kaja Kallas to issue update this afternoon on progress countries are making towards becoming union memberIn other news, Czechs are mourning the archbishop emeritus of Prague, Dominik Duka, who has died overnight at the age of 82.Cardinal Duka – whose father flew in the British RAF during the second world war – was one of the most influential religious leaders in the Czech Republic, serving as a dissident priest under communism who eventually got imprisoned alongside playwright turned president Václav Havel. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago British father dies while celebrating his daughter's 34th birthday with hike up Sri Lankan mountain

A British man has tragically died while celebrating his daughter's 34th birthday with a hike up a Sri Lankan mountain. 

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38 h. ago British father fights to keep his three children after moving with his wife to Italian 'crumbling ruin' to live 'off

A British father is fighting to keep his three children after he moved them, along with his wife, to live an off-grid life in a 'crumbling ruin' in the Italian wilderness. 

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53 h. ago BBC star died penniless after lifetime fortune leaving 'nothing but an empty caravan'

Sister Wendy Beckett was a nun who lived in a caravan and became an unlikely star when she appeared in a string of programmes for the BBC before her death at the age of 88 in 2018

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63 h. ago Romesh Ranganathan: ‘I Want Your Soul by Armand Van Helden is so relentlessly catchy I’m sick of it’

The comedian and presenter would do LL Cool J at karaoke – if his family’s lives depended on it. But what song would make his funeral ‘pop off’?The first song I fell in love with Growing up, every weekend we’d visit a different Sri Lankan family’s house in London. One kid had Thriller by Michael Jackson, and I fell in love with Billie Jean. I then ripped my brother’s Michael Jackson Bad poster in a retaliation move, for which I now formally apologise.The song I do at karaoke I’ve never done it. If somebody had my family and said: “Pick a song for them to be released,” I’d still consider not doing it, before eventually settling on Mama Said Knock You Out by LL Cool J. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Celebrity bodybuilder dies after losing pet cat as 'heartbroken' mum breaks silence

Ricardo Nolasco dos Santos, better known online as Kadu Santos, died last week after suffering a stroke following the death of his beloved pet cat, his mother has revealed

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5 d. ago The Wildhearts musician dies aged 47 after brain cancer battle

A sad message on social media has confirmed former The Wildhearts star Scott Sorry has died on his 47th birthday after a long battle with brain cancer

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5 d. ago Celebrity bodybuilder, 31, dies from a stroke after losing his beloved pet cat: Heartbroken mother reveals fitness influencer suffered 'emotional distress'

Ricardo Nolasco dos Santos died last week in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.

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5 d. ago Diego Maradona sex confessions from public bonking to 'shaking furniture' with Wanda Nara

Football icon Diego Maradona would have celebrated his 65th birthday today and what better way to mark the date than remembering the astonishing bedroom antics of the Argentina legend

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6 d. ago British family's heartbreak as body of father is found two days after his son, 11, drowned when they got into trouble swimming off Malta

The 37-year-old's body was discovered following an extensive search operation involving Maltese police, the armed forces and local rescue teams.

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8 d. ago KISS security manager dies just days after memorial service for Ace Frehley

The rock band KISS has suffered yet another tragedy after their head of security died following a battle with cancer, just days after a memorial service for guitarist Ace Frehley

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9 d. ago Forward prize names poets Vidyan Ravinthiran and Karen Solie its first joint winners

Judge of prestigious award says two best collection winners ‘address the urgent challenges of our time’Vidyan Ravinthiran and Karen Solie have been named joint winners of this year’s Forward prize for best collection, one of the UK’s most prestigious poetry awards, marking the first time in the prize’s history the honour has been shared.Ravinthiran, who was born in Leeds to Sri Lankan Tamil parents and now lives in the US, was recognised for Avidyā. The collection is described as having emerged from “journeys of great personal significance, and out of a migrant sensibility tied to three different countries”. The Canadian poet Solie shared the prize for Wellwater, a “self-interrogative conversation with a culture in crisis and a natural world on the brink”. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Olivia Bowen 'thought she was going to die' during traumatic birth

Olivia Bowen recently gave birth to her second child with husband Alex Bowen who she met while taking part in Love Island

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9 d. ago Brit mum dies in Spain boat trip tragedy whilst celebrating son's birthday

Emma Wood, 46, from Treherbert, Rhondda, Wales, tragically died on October 19 during a family holiday in Spain while celebrating her son's 13th birthday

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1 week ago Grand Designs star dies during filming as tributes flood in from Channel 4 fans

Grand Designs viewers were left in tears at the sad death of a star who was living with terminal cancer whilst passionately leading the project to construct their dream home

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2 w. ago Kelly Osbourne breaks down as she delivers tearjerking tribute to late father Ozzy

Kelly Osbourne shed tears as she delivered a heartbreaking tribute to her father Ozzy Osbourne, who died in July, and celebrated how proud he was to be from Birmingham

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2 w. ago Man was killed by car 'deliberately driving straight at him' at mum's 70th birthday party

Martin O'Donovan, 47, died after he arrived at his sister's house to celebrate his mum's birthday - just hours later he would be run over by that same sister's boyfriend

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2 w. ago Syrian pensioner, 87, wins appeal to live in Britain with his family because he's 'too old to be cared for in his own country'

Jabra Yazbek, 87, has been granted the chance to live in the UK with his son, who is a British citizen and has not been able to visit his father due to 'war and safety risks'.

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