6 h. ago Former Royal Marine tackling world’s longest triathlon from UK to Everest’s peak

Mitch Hutchcraft set off from Dover in September and is now preparing for his climb to the summit of Everest.

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8 d. ago Karate world champion tackles hapless prowling burglar outside home on RING doorbell

This was the moment when two prowling ‘wannabe’ thieves got instant karma - when they unwittingly targeted the home of a karate world champion.

Sport

1 week ago 'I'm haunted by faces of people we abandoned in icy sea after their boat was blown apart'

Royal Marines veteran Alan Jukes, 101 shared his wartime memories of the worst day of his life - having to leave his fellow British seaman to perish during the Atlantic convoys

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2 w. ago Breathtaking photos show women surfers tackling waves around the world

Graphic designer and author Carolina Amell is diving into the world of inspirational female surfers with an incredible new photo book, Every Body Surf.

Culture

3 w. ago Our world affairs editor answers your questions as former MI6 chief says Britain must get ready for war

The Conversation continues as world affairs editor Sam Kiley tackles some of your questions on Russia, Trump, war in Europe, and conscription in the UK

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3 w. ago Tribe viewers gasp 'I can't watch!' as boy is circumcised and girl has her teeth knocked out in 'brutal' episode

The most recent episode saw the former British Royal Marine visit Mucubal in Angola's Namib Desert, Africa, for three weeks.

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3 w. ago David and Victoria Beckham’s former bodyguard Craig Ainsworth found dead in Spain after going missing

The former Royal Marine worked for the Beckhams from 2013 to 2015 when they lived in London’s Holland Park

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4 w. ago Sarah Benson: from a PhD in explosives to overseeing integrity in Australian sport

The former forensic scientist was given a baptism of fire in her new role but says she has the skillset to tackle the combustible world of sport Sarah Benson is the forensic scientist who has been appointed sport’s top cop as chief executive of Sport Integrity Australia. Her CV includes working on federal police responses to the Bali bombings, the downing of MH17 in Ukraine and the volcanic eruption on New Zealand’s White Island.That experience prepared the 47-year-old for a not-straightforward initiation, where she found herself at the centre of the ferocious debate around illicit drugs in sport just as the AFL and the code’s players were finalising an update to the controversial “three-strike” policy. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Harrowing moment Bruce Parry suffocates goat to death with his bare hands before repeatedly vomiting on hallucinogenic drugs as BBC's Tribe makes stomach

The show, hosted by the former Royal Marines commando, 55, first hit our screens in 2005 on BBC Two and went on to air 15 episodes across three seasons.

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4 w. ago Tribe With Bruce Parry review – he loses his mind on drugs and it doesn’t disappoint

After a decade away, the adventurer is off to gain more precious insights into tribal life – from eating weevil larva to taking ayahuasca. It’s still absolutely classic telly It is, scarily, 20 years since Bruce Parry first brought Tribe to the BBC. The diffident but determined former Royal Marine visited Indigenous people in the world’s most remote places and, by living as one of them, earned a level of trust that previous documentary-makers had struggled to achieve. Parry was more patient, more respectful and more physically courageous than other white interlopers had been. He gained valuable insights into tribal life and the threats to it posed by modernity. Tribe itself was simply cracking entertainment, as involving as it was educational.Television’s sausage machine has a way of turning the most exotic ingredients into familiar comfort food and, although it took us to the farthest corners of the planet, Tribe soon established a reliable format. Parry’s return follows the winnin...

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