31 h. ago Great Scottish Run competitor dies one week after race as tributes paid

Callan Thain died aged 29 one week after competing in the Great Scottish Run.

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46 h. ago Murder victim's friend reveals how Jack the Ripper copycat lured her to her death

When their killer, Derek Brown, died in prison last week, his victims' friends and family celebrated the closure - but also revealed how their loved ones were lured to their deaths.

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2 d. ago Stampede at the funeral of Kenya's former Prime Minister Raila Odinga kills 2

Two people have died and more than 100 others were injured during a stampede at a state funeral service for Kenya’s former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who died this week at 80

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3 d. ago How Red Rum changed racing for good – and the iconic horse's unlikely link to TV comic Lee Mack

Racehorse Red Rum died 30 years ago this week, after a stellar career that saved the industry from disaster. But did you know he was once ridden by Lee Mack?

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4 d. ago ‘My name is Manchester United’: the superfan who fought to change his identity

There are supporters and then there was the Bulgarian Marin Levidzhov, who died this week aged 62Ask any Manchester United fan of a certain age what 26 May 1999 means to them, and they will tell you the date has marked them for life. It was the night injury-time goals from Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjær sealed United’s 2-1 comeback in the Champions League final against Bayern Munich at the Camp Nou. It was also the night the life of one United fan in Bulgaria, who has died this week at the age of 62, changed for ever.That supporter was born Marin Zdravkov Levidzhov in Svishtov, a town on the Danube with a population of 22,000. Growing up in communist Bulgaria adoring football, he dreamed of changing his name to Manchester United. To claim the name of a football club from the capitalist west, however, was mission impossible. Had Marin tried to do so before the fall of the regime, he would almost certainly have ended up in jail. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago EastEnders star Tony Caunter's heartbreaking final days as he dies one week after wife

EastEnders star Tony Caunter died 'peacefully' aged 88 this week, with his family announcing the heartbreaking news in a statement

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8 d. ago From Annie Hall to Something’s Gotta Give: Diane Keaton was the quintessential comedy queen

The late actor won an Oscar for leading a romantic comedy in the 1970s and set the blueprint for many of the women who followed her in the genreAn ethereally self-aware comedy genius: the loss of Diane Keaton is devastatingDiane Keaton’s style: she dodged the stamp of the machinePlenty of great female actors have starred in romantic comedies. Usually if they want to win an Oscar, however, they have to reach for more serious roles. The late Diane Keaton, who died unexpectedly this week, followed a reverse trajectory and made it look disarmingly natural. Her first major film role was in The Godfather, about as serious an American masterpiece as has ever been made. But that same year, she reprised the part of Linda, the object of a nerdy hero’s affection, in a film adaptation of Broadway’s Play It Again, Sam. (Keaton originated the role opposite playwright Woody Allen on the stage.) She continued to alternate serious dramas with romantic comedies throughout the ’70s, and it was the lat...

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8 d. ago Huge bidding war looms for diaries of bonkbuster author Jilly Cooper 'that are even racier than Rivals'

The Rivals author, who died last week aged 88 after a fall, kept diaries for much of her life and had long warned friends they were far saucier than her famous 'bonkbuster' novels.

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9 d. ago Georgia’s story: how a domestic abuse victim’s suicide was ruled an unlawful killing by her partner

A London coroner found Georgia Barter’s death was caused by years of violence and coercive control by Thomas Bignell. Her family want justice, but the CPS won’t charge him and the police can’t find himOn 26 April 2020 Georgia Barter, a long-term victim of domestic abuse, died in hospital after taking a fatal overdose of painkillers. Last week, in an extraordinary verdict, a coroner ruled that Georgia, 32, was unlawfully killed by her abusive partner.A court heard how GPs, nurses and police officers all had chances to intervene in Thomas Bignell’s violent campaign against Georgia, but failed to do so. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Queen Camilla remembers her old friend Jilly Cooper as she chats to Salman Rushie at opening of Cliveden Literary Festival

Speaking at the opening of the historic annual event at Cliveden House in Berkshire today, she recalled an iconic quip from her old friend and author Jilly Cooper, who died last week.

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1 week ago University graduate dies from meningitis just days after his symptoms began

Lucas Martin, 21, died on September 12, 2023, less than a week after he began feeling unwell.

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1 week ago 'We thought my brother had freshers' flu but he died days later'

Lucas Martin, 21, died on September 12, 2023, less than a week after he began feeling unwell. His family initially put his bad headaches and fever-like symptoms down to freshers' flu

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2 w. ago Vogue Williams breaks down in tears as she addresses ‘sad’ family loss

Vogue Williams revealed her beloved dog Winston died earlier this week

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2 w. ago Eamonn Holmes says 'a great loss to the world' as he pays tribute to late star

Eamonn Holmes shared a heartfelt tribute this week on social media after news that conservationist Jane Goodall had died.

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2 w. ago Man, 85, dies 'after being assaulted by fellow patient' at London hospital

Andrew Farmer, from Ealing, west London, was injured at Charing Cross Hospital in Hammersmith on September 18, and died a week later.

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2 w. ago Murder probe launched after death of pensioner who was ‘assaulted in hospital’

Andrew Farmer died a week after being injured at Charing Cross Hospital

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2 w. ago Second detainee dies one week after Dallas ICE facility shooting: ‘His death is a senseless tragedy’

Miguel Ángel García-Hernández was a father of four children — and expecting a fifth — when he was shot outside the ICE facility

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2 w. ago A Mexican man shot at a Dallas ICE facility has died, becoming the attack's second victim

A second detainee shot in an attack on a Dallas immigration field office last week has died

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2 w. ago Dad, 30, who left baby son blind & brain damaged during argument before he died of injuries years later is jailed

A DAD who left his his four-week baby son blind and brain damaged before he later died has been jailed. Mehmet Tufan, 30, inflicted a "catastrophic" injury on newborn Leo Williams in April 2018 at a property in Kirkby, Merseyside. The infant was rushed to hospital at 1.48am after his dad, then 23, violently shook...

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2 w. ago Policeman who died in horror crash while responding to another collision is pictured as force pays tribute

A POLICEMAN killed in the line of duty has been pictured, as former colleagues pay tribute to the "joyful" officer. PC Faizaan Najeeb, just 24, was hit by a car and critically injured while responding to a road crash, and tragically died a week later. A man in his 20s was arrested at the scene...

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