12 h. ago Police launch investigation after bar worker, 19, found dead in Manchester flat

Manchester police released three people on bail who were arrested in connection with drug supply

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18 h. ago Police issue update following tragic death of Gorilla bar staff member at flat

The young woman was found dead in the flat near the venue's sister site The Deaf Institute

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18 h. ago Met Office warns Brits in 3 areas to prep 'emergency' kit for 12 hours

Forecasters have warned of the risk of flooding, power cuts and delayed journeys on the road for 12 hours between midnight on Saturday and noon on Sunday and urged people to be prepared

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18 h. ago Gorilla bar worker, 19, found dead in early hours as three people arrested

A male, aged 19, has died after he was found unresponsive - police have arrested three people in connection to the bar worker's death in Manchester

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33 h. ago Gorilla bar staff member dies in flat near sister venue The Deaf Institute as three arrests made

Tokyo Industries bosses, which owns the bars along with host of other venues, have issued a statement

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44 h. ago 'I saw killer hours after he slaughtered 35 people and will never forget his question'

Professor Paul E.Mullen has spent much of his career studying mass killers and there was one particularly chilling question from one that has always stayed with him

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44 h. ago 'I met killer hours after he slaughtered 35 people and will never forget his comment'

Paul E.Mullen has interviewed notorious mass killers and despite not being scared to do so, one comment 'shocked' him, and it came from a man who had committed an atrocity just 48 hours earlier

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3 d. ago Two people in hospital after 'police incident' shuts Preston Road for HOURS

Two people in hospital after 'police incident' shuts Preston Road for HOURS  This Is Local London

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4 d. ago Vodafone down: Network explains outage that left people without internet for hours

Technical problems were not caused by a hack but a ‘non-malicious software issue’, company says

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5 d. ago Madagascar president flees after losing support of key army unit

Elite Capsat unit that played a major role in Andry Rajoelina’s rise to presidency joined gen Z protests against corruptionMadagascar’s president, Andry Rajoelina, is reported to have fled the country on a French military aircraft, hours before he was scheduled to address the people.French state radio RFI reported on Monday that the president, who also has French citizenship, had been flown out of the capital, Antananarivo, after a deal with President Emmanuel Macron. It added that he may have headed for Dubai. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Two people seriously hurt in crash with major road shut for hours

The pair are believed to be seriously injured after the incident on Trinity Way

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9 d. ago 'Even in London, people travel three hours': DK Shivakumar on Bengaluru traffic chaos | Bengaluru

'Even in London, people travel three hours': DK Shivakumar on Bengaluru traffic chaos | Bengaluru  Hindustan Times

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1 week ago One Bladder After Another: why bros are finally having to queue for the loo | Emma Beddington

There are few things more irritating than waiting outside the Ladies while men sail in and out of their own facilities. A new, very long film has changed all thatThere’s an issue, apparently, with the rapturously reviewed new Paul Thomas Anderson film One Battle After Another, and it’s not that it’s loud and confusing (my review based on watching the trailer, an experience that left me craving a little lie down with a Maeve Binchy – I like films where people in nice clothes discuss their feelings).No, the problem is peeing. With a run time of nearly three hours, people who hold out until the end are bursting, and with audiences skewing heavily male (PTA’s fanbase is pretty bro-y), queues for men’s lavatories are unusually apparent. New York magazine collated social media posts on this: one woman said the gender imbalance was something she had only previously experienced at hockey games; another said her favourite part of the film experience was getting “to skip right past” the men’s...

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1 week ago Israel continues Gaza bombardment as Trump plan negotiators arrive in Cairo

Talks on Monday expected to focus on release of hostages and end to war, after Israel kills 63 people in Gaza in past dayNegotiators have arrived in Cairo before talks on Monday expected to focus on the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza and a broader end to the war, as Israel continued strikes on the Palestinian territory, killing 63 people in the last 24 hours.The talks on Monday would focus on the first phase of Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza, the Egyptian foreign ministry said, which is the release of the remaining 48 hostages held by Hamas in return for Palestinian prisoners held in Israel. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Mass shooting suspect, 14, texted 'check the news hehe' after six people injured

The teen was reported missing hours before the attack in Gävle, Sweden, which saw six people shot in a busy city centre street. Police said he faces charged of six counts of attempted murder

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1 week ago Police to get new powers in crackdown on repeat protests after hundreds arrested at Palestine Action rally

Announcement comes hours after nearly 500 people were arrested in London

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2 w. ago OpenAI launch of video app Sora plagued by violent and racist images: ‘The guardrails are not real’

Misinformation researchers say lifelike scenes could obfuscate truth and lead to fraud, bullying and intimidationOpenAI launched the latest iteration of its artificial intelligence-powered video generator on Tuesday, adding a social feed that allows people to share their realistic videos.Within hours of Sora 2’s, release, though, many of the videos populating the feed and spilling over to older social media platforms depicted copyrighted characters in compromising situations as well as graphic scenes of violence and racism. OpenAI’s own terms of service for Sora as well as ChatGPT’s image or text generation prohibit content that “promotes violence” or, more broadly, “causes harm”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Homeless outreach worker shot dead in San Francisco after asking man to stop using drugs in front of main library

Joey Alexander, 60, was recently released from prison and was began working as a street ambassador in San Francisco before he was killed

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2 w. ago Major Palestine Action protest to go ahead as planned despite Manchester attack

Organisers have ignored pleas to call off a pro-Palestine Action demonstration on Saturday just hours after a terrorist killed two people and injured others outside a synagogue in north Manchester

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2 w. ago Horror as ‘multiple’ people struck by car in early hours as teen, 18, is arrested

AN 18-year-old has been arrested after a car struck multiple people in a horror early hours collision. South Wales Police were called to the scene in a Cardiff Suburb on Saturday morning. Caerau Lane to Church Road remained closed off for the majority of yesterday as investigations into the crash unfolded. A large police presence...

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