2 d. ago 'Gentle' man and dog killed in Christmas Day canal boat tragedy

Gabriel died alongside his service dog Hugo in the barge blaze in Wigan

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6 d. ago Mum found dead next to twins, 6, buried alone as bodies given to abusive ex

Charity Beallis, who was found shot dead on December 3, was buried alone after the bodies of her children were turned over to her abusive ex-husband amid a divorce battle

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6 d. ago Parents looked away 'for a moment' and daughter, 2, was dead in Christmas Day tragedy

"We want people to remember Isobel for the magic girl she was"

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6 d. ago Man charged after human remains discovered in St Helens flat

George Gordon, 65, has been charged with preventing lawful and decent burial of a dead body and obstructing a coroner

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1 week ago Mum's tribute to 'cheeky, handsome' son, 11, after New Year's Day tragedy

A mother has paid tribute to her 'loving, caring and bright' little boy after he died having taken unwell on New Year's Day.

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2 w. ago Scots band frontman dies in Hogmanay hillwalking tragedy one day after birthday

Dad-of-two Andrew Ure, 41, was found dead on Ben Vane after going missing during a solo hike.

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2 w. ago Scots frontman, 41, dies day after his birthday in hillwalking tragedy as band and family pay heartbreaking tributes

TRIBUTES have been paid to a Scots singer who died on Hogmanay after he went out hillwalking. Dad-of-two Andrew Ure, who turned 41 on December 30, is understood to have gone out to try new gear he got for his birthday - but never made it home. Andrew was the lead singer of Falkirk band...

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2 w. ago We Bury the Dead review – Daisy Ridley tackles the undead in solid zombie twist

Star Wars alum gives an impressively modest performance in this slightly smarter-than-average survival taleUnlike some other less resilient horror subgenres, the zombie movie is, fittingly, never going to really die. Neither will film-makers attempting to add their own twist, understandable given how repetitive the die, wake up, lumber, bite and repeat formula has become. Australian director Zak Hilditch’s attempt, the rather buried We Bury the Dead, is therefore not quite as striking as it might have seemed a decade and change ago. Using words such as “contemplative” and “mournful” to describe a film that includes its fair share of gnarly head-smashing has become something of a cliche, so much so that last month’s meta-comedy Anaconda reboot had its characters joke that these days, even a film about a giant snake needs “intergenerational trauma” to work.But Hilditch mercifully avoids drowning his film in drab self-seriousness. Yes, it’s a zombie survival thriller that’s also about ...

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2 w. ago Tragedy as man dies after New Year's Day swim at Brighton beach

The 51-year-old was recovered from the water after he was seen in trouble at about 10.30am west of Brighton Palace Pier

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2 w. ago Tragedy as body of woman pulled from river in UK beauty spot on New Year’s Day as cops probe ‘unexplained’ death

COPS have launched an urgent investigation after the body of a woman was found in a river in a New Year's Day tragedy. Emergency services were called to River Waveney at The Quay in Beccles, Suffolk, after reports a woman was in the water at 8am today. Ambulance crews swooped on the scene and recovered...

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2 w. ago Boy, 14, dies in Boxing Day tragedy after tractor crash as tributes paid to 'cheeky chappie'

Aaron Anderson, 14, has tragically passed away after being involved with a horror tractor crash that also saw another boy, aged 13, suffer serious injuries when the John Deere Gator overturned

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2 w. ago Lancaster University student 'had his future mapped out' before Xmas Day tragedy

Tom Dingle, 19, was last seen on December 13 and a body, believed to be his, was found in woodland near Dalton on Christmas Day - now his family have spoken out

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2 w. ago University issues heartbreaking tribute to student Tom Dingle found dead in Christmas Day tragedy

The 19-year-old went missing on December 13

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2 w. ago Stroud Boxing Day tragedy as mum and two children age 4 and 7 killed in house fire

A mother and her two children have tragically died in a house fire on Boxing Day in Brimscombe Hill, near Stroud, Gloucestershire Police have said - crews are still at the scene

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2 w. ago Christmas Day tragedy as girl, 2, dies after falling into garden pond

The toddler, named Isobel, was found in the garden pond just moments after wandering away from family celebrations

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3 w. ago Tragedy as girl, two, dies after falling into pond on Christmas Day

Two-year-old Isobel died after falling into a garden pond on Christmas Day - the toddler had wandered off from family celebrations at the home in Doncaster, South Yorkshire

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3 w. ago Boy, 10, killed in water slide horror as raft 'takes off' and causes gruesome injuries

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Caleb Schwab was just 10 years old when a family day out at a water park resulted in unthinkable tragedy, in a case that shocked people into pushing for better safety measures

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3 w. ago Four missing climbers found dead after being buried by avalanche near 6,500ft summit on Christmas Day tragedy

THE BODIES of four hikers who went missing on Christmas day have been found buried by an avalanche. Three men and a woman were found embracing each other, dead and covered in snow near the summit of a 6,500ft mountain, local reports said. The dead are an experienced climber, a teacher from a village in...

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3 w. ago How a joyful Christmas Day swim on Devon’s Jurassic coast ended in tragedy with two swept out to sea

‘Beloved’ antique dealer Matthew Upham and another swimmer were swept away at Budleigh Salterton on Christmas Day

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3 w. ago Christmas Day swim survivor says ‘it was a mistake to get in’ as two feared dead

Mike Brown, 60, said conditions in Budleigh Salterton ‘worse he’d seen’ in three decades

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