3 h. ago Starmer promises 'unwavering' support for Ukraine as fears grow of Trump sell

The Russian leader rejected the US president’s push for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine

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31 h. ago Vladimir Putin shows off 'poor man's nuclear weapon' as WW3 fears grow

Vladimir Putin's forces have deployed the TOS-1A Solntsepek heavy flamethrower which uses munitions that disperse a fuel aerosol and explode the resulting gas cloud

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44 h. ago Brit tourist Alexandra Clarke missing in Thailand as police explain cause of horror dive boat fire

The 26-year-old backpacker, from Lambeth, south London, was reportedly using the toilet when a fire erupted from the engine of the wooden vessel near Koh Tao on Sunday morning

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45 h. ago Fears for missing Brit tourist, 47, who vanished a week ago after visit to Pompeii

Robert Cadger, 47, was last seen on Monday, March 10, after he visited the historic archaeological site, Pompeii, during a getaway to Naples.

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48 h. ago Fears grow for Brit tourist, 26, who went missing after diving boat blaze in Thailand as captain of doomed vessel is arrested in negligence probe

The captain of a diving boat from which a British tourist went missing following an explosion has been arrested as the search for her continues.

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49 h. ago Fears grow for British tourist missing after boat caught fire in Thailand

Alexandra Clarke, 26, from London, was reportedly in the bathroom when the blaze started

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54 h. ago Brit tourist 'repeatedly raped by taxi driver' in Paris as police launch manhunt

The tourist – who cannot be named for legal reasons – was found on Sunday morning ‘crying and in a state of utter fear’ in the Bois de Boulogne, in the French capital’s western suburbs

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56 h. ago Female British tourist, 26, missing in Thailand 'is dead' after boat goes up in flames

Backpacker Alexandra Clarke, 26 was enjoying a diving boat excursion when a blaze ripped through the boat near the island of Kho Tao in Thailand with 16 tourists on board

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2 d. ago Female British tourist, 26, missing in Thailand after huge blaze rips through boat

The fire, reportedly caused by compressed air, quickly ripped through the vessel and destroyed everything in its wake whilst the tourists attempted their escape

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3 d. ago Many young people find safety in the soothing world of ASMR – imagine if we could give them that in the real world | Emma Beddington

ASMR videos can mimic the feeling of physical touch, which a study has found is popular with young consumers. But how many intimate gestures of love, care and connection are they missing out on? You wouldn’t think a deep dive on slime-squishing and head-scratching videos could be haunting, but a recent study on ASMR content left me haunted and also slightly grossed out.ASMR, for those not particularly online, is a content genre named after the feeling it provokes in some viewers: autonomous sensory meridian response, a pseudoscientific name for a pleasurable tingling accompanied by a sense of calm. If you’re moderately online, you may know it as “those whispering and tapping videos” – there is lots of that, plus scratching, slime and gentle brushing. But there is much more to it, as I discovered reading a report by innovation agency Revealing Reality, including subgenres that mimic physical touch. You can watch ASMR-ists pretend to brush your hair, groom you for nits or wipe your “f...

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3 d. ago British tourist Alexandra Clarke goes missing in Thailand after fire rips through wooden dive boat

Alexandra Clarke, 26, a Lambeth resident backpacking in Thailand, was using the toilet when the engine of the wooden "Davy Jones Locker" boat erupted in flames near the island of Koh Tao on Sunday morning

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3 d. ago Nationwide launches new cash Isa products as fears grow over Rachel Reeves tax raid

The building society has launched a range of new products with increased interest rates in a new announcement, amid speculation the Chancellor is planning a raid on the popular accounts

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6 d. ago Donald Trump health fears grow as mystery 'dark mark' on hand spotted again

Donald Trump was seen sitting down for a meeting with Irish premier Micheál Martin - but all focus was on a mark on the back of his hand during the Oval Office meeting

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6 d. ago Record five million are forced to pay higher rate tax as fears grow Chancellor Rachel Reeves will extend 'absurd' threshold freeze in mini

Shocking official figures showed that an extra 680,000 workers were dragged into the 40 per cent tax bracket compared to a year earlier.

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6 d. ago Police question Russian master of ship that hit tanker in North Sea

Man, 59, held on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter over crash, with crew member feared deadPolice have been questioning the Russian master of a container ship over the North Sea collision, with salvors planning to board the second stricken vessel to assess the damage.The 59-year-old mariner was in custody in East Yorkshire after being arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter over the crash, which left a member of his crew feared dead. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago North Sea collision latest: Arrested captain revealed as Russian as environmental disaster ‘narrowly averted’

Humberside Police arrest 59-year-old man on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter

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7 d. ago WW3 fears as Russian ship captain arrested over horror oil tanker crash

It has emerged the captain of the cargo ship that ploughed into a tanker transporting US military jet fuel is Russian. He was arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter on Tuesday

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7 d. ago Captain arrested over UK ship collision is Russian, owner says

Captain of Solong, which was in collision with tanker, was arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughterThe captain of the Solong ship who was arrested after a collision with a tanker off the coast of England is a Russian national, the ship’s owner, Ernst Russ, said.The rest of the crew were Russian and Philippine nationals, the company said. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Revealed: Man, 59, arrested on suspicion of manslaughter over oil tanker inferno is captain of the cargo ship that ploughed into fuel vessel in the North Sea

The captain of the cargo ship, 59, that smashed into an oil tanker has been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.

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7 d. ago North Sea collision: ship’s master arrested as fears grow for marine life

Police launch criminal investigation while local leaders call on Starmer to prevent environmental catastrophePolice have detained the master of the container ship Solong as experts voiced growing fears over the environmental impact of the collision in the North Sea.The 59-year-old was arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter after the search was called off for a sailor onboard the Solong, which drifted ablaze off the coast of Yorkshire on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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