41 m. ago 'Exceptionally bright' medical student plunged 500ft to his death on Snowdon after getting lost in 'beyond atrocious' weather conditions

A university student who continued walking up Mount Snowdon in poor weather even after the rest of his family turned back plunged more than 500ft, an inquest heard.

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9 h. ago Tributes paid to young woman, 20, killed by a car in broad daylight while walking her dog as woman, 34, jailed

A HEARTBROKEN family has paid a touching tribute to a young woman who was fatally struck down while walking her dog. Danielle Mitten has been jailed after she mowed down Lucy Atkins, 20, as she walked her Lakeland Terrier, Simba, in Birmingham last year. University student Lucy was hit by the car as it sped...

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23 h. ago Greta Thunberg banned from Venice after Grand Canal dyed green

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been told she is not welcome in Venice after activists dyed the historic Grand Canal green

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25 h. ago Greta Thunberg banned from Venice after activists dye Grand Canal bright green in protest

The governor of Venice said the act was ‘disrespectful to our city’s history’

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26 h. ago Greta Thunberg is banned from Venice after dumping green dye in canal and is angrily accused of being 'more interested in self

Greta Thunberg has been banned from Venice after dumping green dye in the Grand Canal in a stunt alongside Extinction Rebellion activists.

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27 h. ago ‘We used a beachball as an alien!’ John Carpenter on his gloriously shonky sci

‘The control room buttons were upside-down ice-cube trays, one space suit had a dish-drying rack on it – and the special effects guy wrote the theme tune lyrics’In 1970, I partnered with Dan O’Bannon, a classmate at the University of Southern California, on a senior student project. We wanted to make a science fiction movie inspired by Dr Strangelove and 2001. We had no money but we did have enormous ambition. Dan co-wrote it, and he was also its production designer and editor, and he acted in the movie, playing Sergeant Pinback. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Greta Thunberg banned from Venice after dyeing Grand Canal green

Greta Thunberg has been banned from Venice after dyeing water in the Grand Canal green in protest of COP30.

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27 h. ago Greta Thunberg is banned from Venice after dumping green dye into canal

Greta Thunberg has been banned from Venice after dumping green dye in the Grand Canal in a stunt alongside Extinction Rebellion activists.

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46 h. ago Villagers wage war on university over plans to tear up its own Green Belt sports fields to make way for MORE student housing

Bath University has submitted plans to turn a 30-acre spread of sports pitches, known as Sulis Club, into accommodation for around 250 students.

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59 h. ago The life and limbo of a UK asylum seeker: one man’s harrowing 17

Ussu fled imprisonment and torture, only to find himself treated like a liar and outcast in the UK. Here’s how he survived homelessness and horrific injury in almost two decades without a decisionThe outcome for those involved in military coups can be unpredictable at the best of times. In Ussu’s case, he was captured and tortured before making a bold escape. But after breaking out of the compound where he was jailed, and coming to Britain, a very different kind of fight lay ahead – one that lasted almost two decades.Ussu grew up in a small and unstable African country, a former Portuguese colony that was no stranger to attempted coups (the country is not being named to protect Ussu’s identity). A good student, he dreamed of going to university to train to become a doctor, but he was required to complete two years of military service first. Once he was in the army, though, his superiors refused to release him. Years passed and there was still no sign of an exit route. He became incr...

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2 d. ago Greta Thunberg joins Extinction Rebellion protest in Venice as eco

Extinction Rebellion activists said an environmentally harmless dye was released into 10 Italian cities' waterways, lakes and fountains to emphasise 'the massive effects of climate collapse'.

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3 d. ago ‘I still get humiliated’: the perils of appearing on a celebrity gameshow

Agents claim it can increase their clients’ profile and show off their human side. Is that your final answer?For Monty Panesar, it was answering that Germany played their home football matches in Athens. For David Lammy, it was saying Henry VIII’s heir was Henry VII. And for actor Amanda Henderson it was responding with the name Sharon to a question about Greta Thunberg.Panesar’s disastrous appearance on Celebrity Mastermind six years ago was used to taunt him this week by Australia’s cricket captain Steve Smith. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Senator whose wife was shot fears for safety after Trump sedition accusation

President called behavior of Mark Kelly, whose wife Gabby Giffords survived assassination bid, ‘punishable by death’Senator Mark Kelly – whose wife, Gabrielle Giffords, narrowly survived an attempted assassination while she was in Congress in 2011 – says he is worried about “increased threats” to his family’s safety after Donald Trump accused him and other Democratic lawmakers of “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH”.“This kind of language is dangerous, and it’s wrong,” Kelly said on Friday on MS NOW’s Morning Joe, with political violence one of the top topics in the US’s public discourse. He continued: “I’m not going to get into my specific security arrangements, but it would be irresponsible for me not to consider that [Trump’s] words result in increased threats to myself, even to my staff, to my family. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Bride sexually assaulted, killed and stuffed into wall days before wedding

Annie Le was a 24-year-old student at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, who was murdered by a lab technician just days before her wedding in 2009

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4 d. ago EastEnders fans 'work out' what's 'actually happening' after major Zoe Slater stalker twist

The character's family on the BBC soap are beginning to share her fears for her safety

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5 d. ago Travellers build illegal site of 13 static homes next to Britain's biggest nuclear weapons factory as fearful residents call on council to step in

'Anxious' locals have been left 'fearing for their safety' and are calling for the council to step in to stop construction on land opposite the site in Berkshire.

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6 d. ago Meet Britain's next top models: Libby Bennett, Calum Harper, Rubuen Bilan

From the Haringey heartthrob to a Victoria Beckham-approved Oxford University student — these are the nine new names to know

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7 d. ago A trooper’s shove showed stardom doesn’t protect Black athletes from police

When I was a college basketball player, some believed we were treated differently from other Black and Brown people. An event last weekend suggests otherwiseIt was 1996, my first day stepping foot on Syracuse University’s campus. I saw a big student protest was taking place so, with my freshman’s inquisitive mind, I ventured over to see what was going on. I listened to a passionate sista named Kathy Ade, the president of Syracuse’s student African-American Society. She stood there with her Bantu knots and a megaphone addressing the crowd, discussing the fact that campus security was now going to be able to carry pepper spray. In the 90s – which my daughter Baby Sierra calls “the 1900s,” just to keep me humble – campus security carrying pepper spray was a big deal. Now, they all carry guns. The fear was that they’d use the spray on Black and Brown students without hesitation, at the slightest perceived sign of trouble.Syracuse’s campus newspaper, the Daily Orange, printed a photo of ...

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7 d. ago A trooper’s shove showed stardom doesn’t protect Black athletes from police | Etan Thomas

When I was a college basketball player, some believed we were treated differently from other Black and Brown people. An event last weekend suggests otherwiseIt was 1996, my first day stepping foot on Syracuse University’s campus. I saw a big student protest was taking place so, with my freshman’s inquisitive mind, I ventured over to see what was going on.I listened to a passionate sista named Kathy Ade, the president of Syracuse’s student African-American Society. She stood there with her Bantu knots and a megaphone addressing the crowd, discussing the fact that campus security was now going to be able to carry pepper spray. In the 90s – which my daughter Baby Sierra calls “the 1900s,” just to keep me humble – campus security carrying pepper spray was a big deal. Now, they all carry guns. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Shocking moment gang of thieves ransack London clothing store and make off with £1,700 worth of goods as terrified staff watch on helplessly

EXCLUSIVE: The London-based fashion label has faced repeated shoplifting attempts from brazen thieves across its four stores, which have left the business reeling and staff fearing for their safety.

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