27 h. ago Danielle Spencer dead: Legendary What's Happening child star dies aged 60

Danielle Spencer, a former child star most famous for her role in sitcom What's Happening!! has died at the age of 60 a former co-star has confirmed

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30 h. ago A952 crash: Man arrested and three left with serious injuries after crash on Aberdeenshire road

The road was closed for ten hours on Monday

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4 d. ago Cyclist placed in induced coma after 'horrible to witness' crash left him 'motionless'

Filippo Baroncini has been placed in an induced coma after a crash that was 'horrible to witness' during the third stage of the Tour de Pologne

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4 d. ago British medic's heartbreaking two words to dead Gaza child, 9, while zipping up their body bag

NHS paramedic Sam Sears recently returned from a three-week stint in the stricken Gaza enclave working at a charity’s field hospitals, and now shares his harrowing tale

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5 d. ago School trip horror as 32 children and adults who went kayaking rescued from North Sea

The council has now launched an investigation

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5 d. ago When a journalist uses AI to interview a dead child, isn’t it time to ask what the boundaries should be? | Gaby Hinsliff

The virtual world can bring a kind of friendship and a kind of connection, even to the grieving. But it can also facilitate exploitation of very human needsJoaquin Oliver was 17 years old when he was shot in the hallway of his high school. An older teenager, expelled some months previously, had opened fire with a high-powered rifle on Valentine’s Day in what became America’s deadliest high school shooting. Seven years on, Joaquin says he thinks it’s important to talk about what happened on that day in Parkland, Florida, “so that we can create a safer future for everyone”.But sadly, what happened to Joaquin that day is that he died. The oddly metallic voice speaking to the ex-CNN journalist Jim Acosta in an interview on Substack this week was actually that of a digital ghost: an AI, trained on the teenager’s old social media posts at the request of his parents, who are using it to bolster their campaign for tougher gun controls. Like many bereaved families, they have told their child...

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6 d. ago Two killed in horror crash as car splits in two after colliding with lorry

Two men have died after a horror crash left their pickup truck snapped clean in two as it collided with an oncoming lorry - with tragic photos revealing the wreckage left after the collision

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6 d. ago Highlands crash: Motorcyclist dies in collision with van on B9176

The crash took place in the Highlands - and has left a motorcyclist dead.

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7 d. ago Biker left with smashed bones and internal bleeding after pothole caused Highlands crash

Roy Rodger, 72, had been riding his bike when it hit a pothole on the road near Tomintoul.

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1 week ago Punch bags, penny pushers and Hillbilly shootouts: the 10 best classic seaside arcade machines

A trip to the seaside isn’t complete without a jangling cup of 2p coins or an overconfident uncle nursing a sore hand. Here’s a rundown of the top nostalgia-inducing gamesThe seaside day trip remains an almost essential component of the school summer holidays, and although the big beachfront arcades have changed a lot over the last decade, they are still a magnet for small kids with handfuls of change, as well as adults hoping to spy an old Space Invaders cabinet in the back. As a child of the 1980s, coin-op video games were an obsession, but what really fascinated me were the older machines, the electro-mechanical oddities that hung on into the digital age. Here are 10 of the best – please add your own in the comments. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Nine wealthy American teens busted at Heathrow Airport after causing drunken disturbance flight during school trip

Nine wealthy American teens busted at Heathrow Airport after causing drunken disturbance flight during school trip  New York Post

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3 w. ago US teenagers are arrested at Heathrow after buying illegal booze with fake ID and getting drunk on school trip to UK

The out-of-control children on a school trip aged 17 and 18 had topped up their in-flight drinks with alcohol and when the plane was cruising at 30,000 feet were sozzled.

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3 w. ago Air India pilot's final words as he left home on day of plane crash that killed 260 'after he turned off fuel switches'

Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, 56, was the senior pilot onboard the Boeing 787 Dreamliner that plummeted into a residential area, killing 241 people on board and 19 people on the ground.

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3 w. ago Boy, 10, died in school coach crash on school trip to the zoo, police confirm as pupil who survived reveals chaos of moments after tragedy

The child who died in the school coach crash was a 10-year-old boy, Avon and Somerset Police have confirmed.

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3 w. ago Girl, 10, told to get off 'full' Minehead school bus before fatal zoo trip crash

Emily Manning, 10, was set to board the second of two coaches following an end of term trip to the zoo but ultimately she needed to get off as it was already full

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3 w. ago Flowers left at school for child killed in 'utterly heartbreaking' Minehead coach crash

The coach crashed on its way back from the end-of-year school trip

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3 w. ago Minehead school bus crash: One child dead and 21 injured after coach flips onto roof on way back from zoo trip

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was being ‘kept up to date’ on the tragic incident

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3 w. ago Save £50 on a family trip for 3 to Legoland Windsor this school holiday with limited time offer

The offer is available for a limited time only and lets you take two children and one adult, or two adults and one child, to the family-friendly Legoland theme park

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3 w. ago Minehead school bus crash: One child dead and several hurt after coach flips onto roof on way back from zoo trip

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was being ‘kept up to date’ on the tragic incident

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3 w. ago Everything we know about school trip crash that left one child dead and 21 injured

A coach bringing pupils back from an end-of-term school trip flipped onto its roof and slid 20ft down a bank

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