4 h. ago Drivers amazed by hidden car button that could save your life in emergency

A woman has shared a video on TikTok showing a 'life-saving' hidden switch in most cars that you can press if you ever find yourself submerged in water and need to escape

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9 d. ago Audition by Katie Kitamura review – a literary performance of true uncanniness

An actor’s story becomes a thrillingly radical deconstruction of family relationships and the social roles we playThere is an eeriness to great acting. Studied movements take on life; a living other emerges. Bad acting achieves no such uncanniness. Excessively self-conscious, the failing actor never dissolves into their role. We watch them watching themselves act.Although we rarely see her on stage, the actor narrating Audition, Katie Kitamura’s unnerving, desperately tense fifth novel, never stops watching herself perform. Even passing, offhand phrases seem to fray under the strain of an unsustainable self-awareness. “You might think that people wondered how we did it,” she says, describing the comfortable Manhattan lifestyle she shares with her husband. The perspectives are tortuous, unmanageable. Who is this “you” that might imagine their way into the opinions of unseen others? As the novel progresses, these gazes are experienced as social roles both longed for and resisted. “How...

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1 week ago Doctors warned Harry Potter actor he may never walk or speak again after emergency surgery

The actor is recovering from a "life-threatening" diagnosis that caused him to undergo emergency spinal surgery.

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1 week ago Motorcyclist fighting for life in hospital after horror three

A three-vehicle crash in rural Aberdeenshire has left a motorcyclist in hospital

Sport

2 w. ago Harry Potter's Nick Moran 'might never walk or talk again' after emergency operation

Harry Potter star Nick Moran underwent an emergency operation after he was diagnosed with a 'life-threatening' condition

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2 w. ago Harry Potter's Nick Moran told he 'might never walk or talk again' before emergency operation

Harry Potter star Nick Moran underwent an emergency operation after he was diagnosed with a 'life-threatening' condition

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2 w. ago Harry Potter actor Nick Moran 'left struggling to walk or talk' after being diagnosed with 'life threatening' condition and undergoing risky emergency surgery

The actor, 55, who played Scabior in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, went under the knife for the risky operation after pain in his neck was discovered to be something more sinister

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2 w. ago Wimborne crash: Young child pedestrian dies after being hit by Ford van

Dorset Police are appealing for witnesses after a young child pedestrian was killed after being struck by a van - emergency services attended the scene but sadly his life could not be saved

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2 w. ago Rescued surfer sparks fury after setting up a fundraiser for a new wetsuit as his was 'unfortunately' cut off his body when emergency services saved his life

Sam Brenchley, who suffered a blow to the head by his board at Fistral Beach in Newquay, Cornwall, posted a gofundme to raise £350 after his wetsuit was cut from his body.

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3 w. ago Tragic Gene Hackman detail exposed after death as he slept in different room to wife

Hollywood legend Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead at their home in February, and now a heartbreaking detail about their home life has emerged

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3 w. ago Five ITV Emmerdale spoilers for week ahead as character's life hangs in balance

Emmerdale is set to air dramatic scenes this week with one character's life left hanging in balance due to a medical emergency while another is left with no income due to an unforgivable betrayal.

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3 w. ago Stuart Pearce reunited with cabin crew that 'saved his life' after medical emergency in the air

Former England and Manchester City defender Stuart Pearce suffered a medical emergency while on a flight from Las Vegas to London and he has now been reunited with a member of the flight's cabin crew

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