7 h. ago Grand National glory for Nick Rockett as he leads home a Willie Mullins 1

I Am Maximus a brave second after last year’s winPatrick Mullins rides his father’s horse to victoryNick Rockett led home an extraordinary one-two-three for trainer Willie Mullins at 33-1 in Saturday’s Grand National. Ridden by the trainer’s son, Patrick, Nick Rockett beat last year’s winner I Am Maximus with Grangeclare West third.The winning horse is still registered in the ownership of Stewart and Sadie Andrew, and though Sadie died of cancer in December 2022, she had been the one who wanted a horse in training with Willie Mullins as they were from the same part of Ireland. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago I was struck down by bowel cancer at just 44. I'm convinced that my life

Was it possible, just maybe, that eating these processed meats in my otherwise healthy diet may have caused my bowel cancer?

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37 h. ago Father, 36, forced to have intimate area removed after discovering killer cancer

A father-of-one who survived two bouts of killer cancer has urged men not to 'die of embarrassment' and seek help for intimate problems.

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39 h. ago Love Island star left 'broken' as they announce heartbreaking death of friend

Love Island star Jess Spencer has said her "heart is completely broken" as she paid a touching tribute to her best friend Estera, who has sadly died from cancer

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55 h. ago Young Rangers fan dies after cancer battle as tributes paid to "fighter"

People attending Martyn Cassidy's funeral have been asked to wear blue.

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2 d. ago Tragedy as Austin stabbing sees boy, 17, killed at school athletics event

Emergency services descended on the Frisco Independent School District's athletics stadium in the United States where a student - Austin Metcalf - was stabbed on Wednesday

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3 d. ago The Top Gun star who crashed to earth: He seduced some of Hollywood's great beauties. But Val Kilmer was also a 'psychotic' hellraiser loathed by directors: CHRISTOPHER STEVENS

Kilmer, who has died aged 65 from pneumonia, following a long battle with cancer, starred in a long list of blockbusters.

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3 d. ago The Top Gun star who crashed to earth: He seduced some of Hollywood's great beauties. But Val Kilmer was also a 'psychotic' hellraiser loathed by directors: CHRISTOPHER STEVENS

Kilmer, who has died aged 65 from pneumonia, following a long battle with cancer, starred in a long list of blockbusters.

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3 d. ago Val Kilmer received heartbreaking diagnosis after waking up in 'pool of his own blood'

The Batman Forever star, who died aged 65, once beat throat cancer but not without enduring a few horrific moments in which he coughed up his own blood

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3 d. ago Val Kilmer latest updates: Top Gun star revealed what helped him heal when he lost his voice before his death aged 65

LATEST UPDATES: Hollywood star Val Kilmer - famed for iconic roles in Top Gun, Batman and The Doors - has died at 65 after a long health battle.

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3 d. ago Who are Val Kilmer’s wife and children? Family of late Batman star after his passing at 65

The American actor died of pneumonia on Monday, having previously been diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014

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3 d. ago Tom Cruise's emotional final reunion with Val Kilmer as they shared last moment together

Val Kilmer - best known for starring in Top Gun and Batman Forever - has died at the age of 65 following a battle with throat cancer and he and Tom Cruise's last moment together was a poignant one.

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3 d. ago Val Kilmer had to choose between 'breathing or eating' in terrifying cancer battle

Top Gun and Batman star Val Kilmer opened up about his terrifying cancer battle years before the Hollywood icon died in Los Angeles from pneumonia

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3 d. ago Val Kilmer updates: Tributes pour in as Top Gun star dies aged 65 after years

LATEST UPDATES: Hollywood star Val Kilmer - famed for iconic roles in Top Gun, Batman and The Doors - has died at 65 after a long health battle.

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5 d. ago ‘My brain reaches for morbidity’: inside the unsettling world (and 700 Post

He was a digital art pioneer, making himself an avatar in disturbing films. Now Ed Atkins has a new medium: the pandemic Post-it note. Ahead of a major Tate show, we meet the shapeshifting artistWhen he was younger and his parents were out of the house, Ed Atkins used to sit on the landing and force himself to imagine all the ways they might die. “My thinking was that if I imagined it first, then it would be very unlikely to actually happen,” says the 42-year-old artist.Atkins’ parents didn’t succumb to any of the ways he had invented. But during the final year of his master’s course, his father, Philip, was diagnosed with cancer and died six months later, during Atkins’ degree show, in 2009. “It’s a huge thing, obviously, losing your father,” says the artist. “And it started to feed into what I was reading and was interested in. His death, and death generally, is in all of my work.” Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Woman grieving for mother who died from misdiagnosed cancer calls for new law

Chloe Hickman wants to make it mandatory for benign test results to receive a second opinion from a specialist.

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6 d. ago Prue Leith announces dramatic plans for her death after suffering family tragedy

Dame Prue Leith has been campaigning for the legalisation of assisted dying in the UK for over a decade after her brother died in agony from bone cancer

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7 d. ago Pierce Brosnan's cruel twist of face that stole wife and daughter just one year apart

Hollywood icon Pierce Brosnan has opened up about his grief after his wife Cassandra and daughter Charlotte both died after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer, with the star calling it "overwhelming"

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7 d. ago Professor says 'up to 50% of cancer cases' could be prevented by erasing one factor

Dr Raphael Cuomo, a leading expert in cancer research in San Diego, has spoken exclusively to the Mirror about the 'shift' in cancer threat and the lifestyle steps that can be taken to reduce it

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8 d. ago Doctor who ignored own symptoms dies from rare cancer three weeks later

Thelma Ainsworth, from London, was left devastated when her husband Jonathan - who was a doctor - complained of pain for months before receiving a tragic diagnosis

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