98 m. ago Dad who left toddler to die in boiling 43C car went out for drinks right after tragedy

Scott Gardner, 33, has been charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child and child neglect causing great bodily harm over the death of his 18-month-old son, Sebastian Gardner

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12 h. ago He caused 34 deaths in a sickening act of cowardice then vanished. But we've tracked him down

Born into a life on the water, he discovered his passion for diving at just five years old. But all it took was one moment of cowardice to unravel it all.

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44 h. ago Just four products cause at least a THIRD of all deaths, scientist claims

At least a third of deaths worldwide are caused by just four products, according to a leading British scientist.

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50 h. ago 'Danger to society' teen killed girlfriend in horror crash on A53

Just weeks after causing the death of Lily-May Vaughan, 17, Logan Addison, 19, was caught performing donuts in a supermarket car park

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66 h. ago MAUREEN CALLAHAN: There's a savage truth of JFK Jr and Carolyn Bessette's marriage... that America's legacy media STILL refuses to admit

Lest we forget: JFK Jr. needlessly caused the deaths of his 33-year-old wife, Carolyn Bessette, and her 34-year-old sister Lauren, when he piloted his small plane into the Atlantic Ocean.

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2 d. ago ‘Ticking time bomb’: Ice detainee dies in transit as experts say more deaths likely

Guardian reporting reveals confusing and contradictory events surrounding death of Abelardo Avellaneda DelgadoA 68-year-old Mexican-born man has become the first Ice detainee in at least a decade to die while being transported from a local jail to a federal detention center, and experts have warned there will likely be more such deaths amid the current administration’s “mass deportation” push across the US.Abelardo Avellaneda Delgado’s exact cause of death remains under investigation, according to Ice, but the Guardian’s reporting reveals a confusing and at times contradictory series of events surrounding the incident. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Current heatwave ‘likely to kill almost 600 people in England and Wales’

Surge in deaths would not be occurring without human-caused global heating, scientists say as analysis publishedAlmost 600 people are expected to die early in the heatwave roasting England and Wales, a rapid analysis has found.The surge in deaths would not be occurring without human-caused global heating, the scientists said, with temperatures boosted by 2C-4C by the pollution from fossil fuels. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Teen driver who killed 'beautiful' girlfriend, 17, in horror crash before performing doughnuts in supermarket car park just weeks later is jailed

Logan Addison, 19, was sentenced to five-and-a-half years for causing the death of Lily-May Vaughan, 17, in Shropshire on February 4 2023.

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5 d. ago 'I worried for her physical safety but the online world put her most in danger'

Adele Zeynep Walton's sister, Aimee, was one of 88 alleged deaths caused by Canadian national poison parcels. In her new book Logging Off, Walton calls for greater online safety to protect others

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5 d. ago Grenfell: Uncovered review – heartwrenching account of avoidable tragedy

Bleak, enraging documentary combines firsthand accounts of the disaster with appalling record of official negligenceThe 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in London which caused 72 deaths is now the subject of Olaide Sadiq’s heartwrenching and enraging documentary, digging at the causes and movingly interviewing survivors and their families, whose testimony is all but unbearable. At the very least, the film will remind you that when politicians smugly announce they wish to make a bonfire of regulations, they should be taken, under police escort if necessary, and made to stand at the foot of the tower. As for the housing secretary at the time of the tower’s refurbishment, the abysmally arrogant Eric Pickles, he was made a life peer in 2018.With the very considerable help of the housing-issues journalist Peter Apps, the film shows how the horror was created by a perfect storm of incompetence, mendacity, greed, and (that heartsinking phrase) systemic failure. The local council were keen to spruc...

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5 d. ago Deadly weekend heat in England ‘100 times more likely’ due to climate crisis

High temperatures likely to cause deaths and will worsen in future as global heating intensifies, scientists warnThe dangerous 32C heat that will be endured by people in the south-east of England on Saturday will have been made 100 times more likely by the climate crisis, scientists have calculated.Global heating, caused by the burning of fossil fuels, is making every heatwave more likely and more intense. The 32C (89.6F) day forecast on Saturday would have been expected only once every 2,500 years without the climate crisis, the researchers said, and June heatwaves are now about 2-4C (3.6-7.2F) hotter than in the past. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Canadian rescuers rush to a remote part of Banff park following reports that a rock slide hit hikers

Rescue crews, police and paramedics scrambled to a remote Canadian Rocky Mountain region of Banff National Park amid reports that a group of hikers were hit by a rock slide, causing possible injuries and deaths

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6 d. ago Toxic air will claim 30,000 lives this year, doctors warn as impact of dirty fumes on health laid bare

Exposure to air pollution can shorten people’s lives by 1.8 years - ‘just behind some of the leading causes of death and disease worldwide’, the authors warn

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6 d. ago Food Network star Anne Burrell's possible cause of death indicated by 911 call

Celebrity chef Anne Burrell's possible cause of death has been indicated by a 911 call after star passed away suddenly aged 55.

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6 d. ago Food Network star Anne Burrell suffered ‘cardiac arrest’ 911 call reveals of celebrity chef’s death

TV chef found unresponsive at her Brooklyn home on Tuesday morning

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6 d. ago It's caused the most unimaginable deaths. But bizarre hobby gripping America is also a secret source of deep sexual arousal

The growing subculture may be driven by something more insidious than a quirky passion.

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6 d. ago UK holidaymaker dies from rabies in Yorkshire after contact with stray dog in Morocco

Deaths caused by exposure to rabies while overseas are extremely rare in the UK

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7 d. ago Causes of death of two sisters who died near path to Snowdon confirmed

The two sisters have been named after they were pulled from pools at a beauty spot in Snowdonia last week, an inquest has heard

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7 d. ago Causes of death of two sisters at natural pools on Yr Wyddfa confirmed

The two sisters were found dead at a beauty spot called Watkin pools

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7 d. ago 16 and Pregnant star Whitney Purvis misses son's funeral as cause of death is confirmed

A former star of 16 and Pregnant has claimed they were shut out of their son's funeral, but their ex and the child's dad has claimed she was invited as he revealed their son's cause of death

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