2 h. ago Girl, 14, and teenage boy raced to hospital after stabbing in Merseyside as police hunt 'knifeman'

Merseyside Police said armed police were called to Whitefield Drive in Westvale, Kirkby, at about 8.25pm on Wednesday following reports of two teenagers being stabbed.

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2 h. ago Couple praise ‘Colombian fairy godmothers’ after struggle with UK’s ‘tricky’ surrogacy process

A London-based couple has shared their unconventional path to parenthood, celebrating the "Colombian fairy godmothers" who helped them have three children through surrogacy.

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2 h. ago Family of boy 9, who died after 'gross failure of basic care finally receive hospital apology: 'We have had to fight for answers'

Dylan Cope, from Newport, died on December 14, 2022, just eight days after he was sent home from hospital with a perforated appendix

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2 h. ago Two Gazan children arrive in UK for treatment amid brutal Israel aid blockade

The Government has confirmed that two children from Gaza, whose conditions are not linked to the brutal Middle East conflict, are receiving treatment in a London hospital

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3 h. ago Boy, 16, and girl, 14, in hospital after stabbing in Merseyside

Police urged people to avoid the area while officers conduct their enquiries.

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4 h. ago Kate and William surprised by comedy legend while touring Scots island

The couple finished their trip to the Isle of Mull by taking the ferry to nearby Iona, where they were surprised by an iconic comedian.

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4 h. ago Race Across the World's Sioned breaks down as surprising Chinese beauty spot makes her homesick

As the two sat on the beautiful beach in Zhuhai, the couple began to reflect on their journey as well as how they felt about home

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4 h. ago Chris Eubank Jr was 'touch and go' after Conor Benn fight as dad claims life was 'in balance'

Chris Eubank Jr was taken to hospital after beating Conor Benn at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and the boxer's famous father has now shed more light on the situation

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5 h. ago Two arrested for ‘shooting dead a married couple and another man’ during a robbery

Trin Lawrence McKnight, 27, and Barrett Copeland, 19, allegedly killed three people who went missing April 21

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5 h. ago MP issues statement after Greater Manchester hospital ordered to make 'rapid' improvements in warning

Royal Oldham Hospital has been handed a 'corridor care' warning by the UK health watchdog

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6 h. ago Prosecutor says officer killed in gunman's Pennsylvania hospital attack was hit by fire from police

A prosecutor says an officer killed while responding to a Pennsylvania hospital siege in February was hit by police gunfire

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6 h. ago Israel wildfires send 12 people to the hospital and close key Tel Aviv

Many events planned for the country’s memorial day have been cancelled

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7 h. ago Man brutally killed couple in their flat before 'dismembering' them and freezing body parts, trial hears

Yostin Andres Mosquera is on trial for the alleged murders of Albert Alfonso and Paul Longworth

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7 h. ago Singer Sophie Evans and rugby star Ellis Jenkins reveal cute name for new baby

The couple shared a photo of their new offspring on Instagram, asleep and sporting a cute light brown jumper with his name on it

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7 h. ago Alijah Arenas, USC recruit and son of former NBA player Gilbert Arenas, out of hospital after crash

Southern California basketball recruit Alijah Arenas has been released from the hospital six days after he was involved in a fiery crash in Los Angeles

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7 h. ago Workers may be unknowingly spreading 'deadly hospital superbugs' with common habit

Doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers could be unknowingly contributing to a major public health concern

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8 h. ago ‘Still an open wound’: damning docuseries revisits Vietnam war 50 years on

Netflix series Turning Point: The Vietnam War goes back to retrace a devastating history from multiple perspectivesThis Wednesday, 30 April, marks a full half century since the fall of Saigon. The takeover of the South Vietnamese capital, renamed Ho Chi Minh City, by North Vietnamese forces reunited a country riven by a decades-long civil war that killed more than 3 million civilians – a triumph of one vision of Vietnam’s future at the violent expense of another, with many caught perilously in between.For the US, the fall of Saigon was an indisputable humiliation and the end to what was then its longest war, one that killed over 58,000 servicemen, divided a nation and has only grown more ignominious with time. Fifty years on, the picture is clear: the Americanization of the Vietnam War was an unfathomably costly, poorly run, incomprehensibly horrific folly based on political lies and dubious intelligence. It is taught as a brief but upsetting chapter in American schools – if it’s ta...

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9 h. ago Girl, 9, was chained in basement for years and forced to drink from puddle to survive, investigators say

David Boyd, 64, is facing charges of repeated sexual assault of a child, physical abuse of a child, trafficking of a child and false imprisonment

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9 h. ago BGT finalist says his sex is 'fast, energetic, maybe a bit passionate' as he denies rape

Former Britain's Got Talent finalist Andrew Johnston has denied charges of rape and sexual assault as he described his sex as 'fast, energetic, maybe a bit passionate'

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9 h. ago 'I’m in a relationship but I think I’ve fallen for my female friend'

Resident agony aunt Coleen Nolan has advice for a confused reader who's got a girlfriend but thinks he might want more than just friendship with someone else

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