69 h. ago Teenager held on suspicion of murder after woman falls from block of flats

Emergency services were called to reports a woman had fallen from the building in Cuckmere Lane, Southampton, shortly after 2.40pm on Thursday.

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3 d. ago Moment 'pickpocket' is grabbed by the hair by irate husband who 'spotted her stealing from his wife'... before 'thief' demands they free her because she's pregnant

The woman, who claims to be pregnant after being caught, is held by the hair and arms and stopped from 'stealing' the tourist's bag at Piazza di San Lorenzo, a square in Florence.

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6 d. ago Naked woman, 22, escapes killer's sex dungeon before cops find unimaginable horrors

Naked apart from an iron dog collar and a set of chains, a young woman who escaped after being held captive by the ‘Toy Box Killer’ led police to the house where she was tortured - what they discovered there was horrifying

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6 d. ago New sighting of father who went on run with three children in New Zealand

Father vanished into wilderness with three children in 2021, sparking one of New Zealand’s most high-profile manhunts

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9 d. ago Is a mystery girlfriend helping the fugitive father who's been hiding out in the New Zealand wilderness with his three children for FOUR YEARS?

For the past three years and eight months, Tom Phillips, 38, has been on the run (pictured), hiding out in the wilds of New Zealand. With him are his three children, Jayda, Maverick and Ember.

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1 week ago I've sat at hundreds of deathbeds. There's pure love that awaits beyond... these spine

I'll never forget the first time that I held a woman's hand as she slipped away. I was volunteering at a local hospice and had been asked to sit with her because she was constantly crying out.

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2 w. ago An Italian funeral for a Palestinian woman evacuated from Gaza becomes a call to 'make noise'

A funeral has been held in Italy for a young Palestinian woman who died there after being evacuated from Gaza

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2 w. ago Woman, 71, held a father and his children at gunpoint after claiming they were not related, cops say

Helen Litchfield’s roommate led the family to safety while she was distracted, deputies said

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2 w. ago Photos show games, dancing and singing bringing people together in Indonesia

Two men held rubber bands apart at chest height while a woman hopped over them from one side to the other, earning applause and boisterous encouragement from others marveling at her leaps.

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3 w. ago Father of New Zealand woman held in US by Ice along with six

Rod Price recounts ‘frantic’ call he received from Sarah Shaw after her detention at US border while returning from CanadaThe father of a New Zealand woman who has been held in a US immigration detention centre for three weeks with her six-year-old son is hopeful the pair will be released by the end of the week.US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detained Sarah Shaw and her youngest son after they attempted to re-enter the US from Canada on 24 July. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Son of British woman held in Iran speaks to her for first time in 213 days

Joe Bennett says Lindsay Foreman sounded in good spirits despite her and husband being charged with espionageThe son of a British woman being held in Iran on espionage charges has said speaking to her on the phone for the first time in 213 days felt like “five birthdays and 10 Christmases at once”.Lindsay and Craig Foreman, both 52, were arrested on 3 January in Kerman, southern Iran, while travelling through the country from Armenia to Pakistan while on a round-the-world motorbike trip. Continue reading...

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