8 h. ago Disability rights activist Alice Wong dies in hospital aged 51

She has been remembered as a ‘luminary of the disability justice movement’

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49 h. ago Man drugged boys at summer camp with sweets before assaulting them

Boys, aged between eight and 11, were taken to hospital after police were called

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50 h. ago Summer camp worker pleads guilty to abusing children atfer feeding them laced sweets

Eight boys aged between eight and 11 were taken to hospital after the incident as a precaution

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50 h. ago Summer camp worker pleads guilty to abusing children after feeding them laced sweets

Eight boys aged between eight and 11 were taken to hospital after the incident as a precaution

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5 d. ago Manchester stabbings LIVE: Teenagers in hospital and streets on lockdown

Police are at a scene where two males, both thought to be around the age of 18, were found with stab wounds and taken to hospital for treatment

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5 d. ago NHS warns of two places you are 'most likely' to catch Covid

Recent UKHSA data shows one age group is most at risk of hospitalisation from Covid

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8 d. ago Teenager fighting for life after being shot as police declare 'major incident'

The victim, aged 19, was treated at the scene before being taken to hospital, where he remains in a critical condition - he had been shot outside a property on the street

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1 week ago Rome: worker trapped and one injured after part of medieval tower collapses

Three others rescued at the Torre dei Conti, which was undergoing restoration worksEurope live – latest updatesA medieval tower in central Rome has partly collapsed twice during renovations, injuring one worker and trapping another.Falling debris from the initial collapse of the Torre dei Conti, just after 11.30am (0930 GMT), close to the Roman Forum ruins, hit a 64-year-old worker, the Ansa news agency reported. He was taken to San Giovanni hospital in a critical condition although Francesco Rocca, Lazio’s regional president, said his injuries were not life threatening. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago A Sudanese massacre foretold: the grim familiarity of the RSF’s rampage through El Fasher

Atrocities unfolding in El Fasher since it fell to paramilitary forces follow a bleak pattern seen in Rwanda, Liberia and Sudan itself, including lack of international actionHundreds of patients and staff massacred at a hospital; unarmed men of fighting age separated and shot at close range; civilians trying to flee stripped of their belongings and extorted for ransom; perpetrators filming much of the violence themselves.The reports of atrocities that have emerged from the Sudanese city of El Fasher since it fell to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces last weekend follow a familiar pattern. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Soaring flu levels in England leads to 'stay at home' advice today with these symptoms

Hospitalisations have risen and the UK Health Security Agency said this week has seen a 'sharp increase in activity among children'

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2 w. ago WHO says over 460 people reportedly killed at a hospital taken by Sudanese paramilitary forces

The head of the U.N. health agency says more than 460 people were reportedly killed in a hospital in Sudan's western Darfur region

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3 w. ago WWE Hall of Famer Abdullah The Butcher, 84, rushed to hospital over 'serious health issues'

WWE legend Abdullah the Butcher, known for his brutal bloodfest matches, has been rushed to hospital as he battles serious health issues, his long-time booking agent has revealed

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3 w. ago LA TikTok creator streaming ICE raids charged with assault after being shot

Carlitos Ricardo Parias remained hospitalized after he was shot in the elbow by federal agents during arrestAn influential Los Angeles man who livestreams US immigration enforcement operations on social media remained hospitalized on Wednesday after he was shot and arrested by federal agents.Authorities allege that Carlitos Ricardo Parias, a TikTok creator with a large following online, tried to ram federal agents’ vehicles with his vehicle in an attempt to flee after agents surrounded him and boxed in his car. He was shot in the elbow during the incident while a ricochet bullet hit a deputy US marshal in the hand. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Former Everton and Real Madrid star Royston Drenthe in hospital after stroke aged 38

Royston Drenthe, the ex-Everton, Real Madrid and Feyenoord forward, has been rushed to hospital after suffering a stroke, it has been confirmed

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