7 d. ago Michael Schumacher's wife 'doesn't talk about the accident' for heartbreaking reason

Michael Schumacher has spent more than a decade requiring round-the-clock medical care since the life-changing injuries he suffered in a skiing accident in the French Alps

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7 d. ago Michael Schumacher 'can no longer speak' as rare health update on F1 legend issued

Updates about Michael Schumacher have been few and far between since the Formula 1 legend suffered life-changing injuries in a December 2013 skiing accident in the French Alps

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8 d. ago Alpaca killer could strike again, farmers fear as they ramp up security and say he used rifle with silencer and telescopic sight to slay four animals

Farmers are increasing security after Dawn French had four of her alpacas were shot dead in an 'massacre' on her six-acre farm in a small village in Cambridgeshire.

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9 d. ago Grandparents of toddler who went missing in the French Alps arrested on suspicion of his murder

Two year-old Émile Soleil vanished in 2023 while visiting his grandparents’ holiday home in Haut-Vernet

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9 d. ago Grandfather held over the death of little Emile was quizzed over alleged violence and sexual assault at Catholic school where he worked in the 1990s

The grandfather of a little French boy found dead in the Alps was previously questions over alleged sexual assault and violence at a private Catholic school he worked at.

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9 d. ago Grandparents arrested over murder of toddler found dead in French Alps

Investigation into death of two-year-old Émile Soleil, who went missing from a village in 2023, takes surprise turnA long investigation into the mysterious death in 2023 of a French toddler took a surprise turn on Tuesday when police arrested the boy’s grandparents on suspicion of murder.The death of Émile Soleil, who was two and a half when he went missing in a French Alpine village in July 2023, has remained unexplained even after the discovery of his skull and teeth by a walker just over a mile from the village nine months after his disappearance. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Grandparents arrested for suspected murder of toddler in French Alps

Investigation into death of two-year-old Émile Soleil, who went missing from a village in 2023, takes surprise turnA long investigation into the mysterious death in 2023 of a French toddler took a surprise turn on Tuesday when police arrested the boy’s grandparents on suspicion of murder.The death of Émile Soleil, who was two and a half when he went missing in a French Alpine village in July 2023, has remained unexplained even after the discovery of his skull and teeth by a walker just over a mile from the village nine months after his disappearance. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Huge twist in death of little Emile as grandparents and two other family members are arrested on suspicion of murder and hiding his corpse two years after toddler vanished in French Alps

Two-year-old Emile was staying at the Vedovinis' isolated holiday home in the Alpine hamlet of Haut-Vernet, south of Grenoble, when he went missing in July 2023.

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1 week ago Families gather at site of Germanwings plane crash to mark 10 years since tragedy

All 150 people on board were killed when a Germanwings flight crashed in the French Alps on 24 March 2015.

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1 week ago The suicidal pilot who flew jet into French Alps, killing all 150 on board... because he feared his career was going to end: On tenth anniversary, how Germanwings plane disaster horrified the world

The plane departed from Barcelona and was supposed to land two hours later in Germany. But it never arrived, as it was downed in the Alps by the co-pilot

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1 week ago Families of victims mark 10 years since Germanwings plane crashed in the French Alps

Hundreds of victims' families are commemorating the 10th anniversary of the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 in the French Alps, which killed all 150 people on board

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1 week ago AP PHOTOS: An arduous search, grief and horror. Looking back at the 2015 Germanwings crash

First, the plane disappeared from radar screens somewhere over the French Alps, on March 24, 2015.

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2 w. ago The moment I knew: we were running late, but his optimism was contagious

As they sprinted towards their train, Megan Holbeck realised Guy’s sense of adventure was magic. Even if they missed it, they’d find a way to make their own funFind more stories from The moment I knew series hereIn 1992 I arrived for year 9 as a scholarship kid at a boarding school in the Victorian Alps. I was from Canberra and knew no one. Boring suburbia was replaced by a bush shed shared with 14 girls. We had to chop wood for warmth and hot showers, and spent weekends hiking and skiing. I got tougher, explored my limits (a half marathon and six-day hike by the end of the year) and made lifelong friends.One of them was Guy. He was in my French class, our desks separated by half the alphabet. A regular in my diary list of “top five boys”, he was witty, genuine and playful. We played pranks and games – table rugby, footsies, hid and stole each other’s stuff – and sent ridiculous notes at supper. Whatever we did, there was laughter. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Shocking moment French skier hurls giant snowball from a chairlift injuring grandfather who was eating lunch below

The Parisian in his 20s, who has not been named, posted a video of himself lobbing a large ball of ice from a ski lift, hitting a table of people at a restaurant in Alpe d'Huez.

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