45 h. ago Surgeons transplant genetically modified pig liver into Chinese patient

Organ appears to function for 10 days, raising prospect of short-term use for those on transplant listA genetically modified pig liver that was transplanted into a brain-dead patient appeared to function successfully inside their body for 10 days, according to the scientists who performed the groundbreaking procedure.The surgery, at a Chinese hospital last year, is thought to mark the first time a pig liver has been transplanted into a human. It raises the prospect of pig livers serving as a “bridging organ” for patients on the waiting list for a transplant or to support liver function while their own organ regenerates. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago Dead newborn baby and body parts found dumped in plastic jars in rubbish heap

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: The gruesome discovery was made in a pile of rubbish behind a hotel on the outskirts of Daund, India, with local hospitals now under investigation for potentially dumping bio-waste

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65 h. ago Bournemouth dad who went missing four months ago may be body found dead in pond

Richard Bentley, 55, was reported missing in November last year and now police believe a body found in a pond could be his - an investigation into the 'unexplained' death is underway

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3 d. ago Elon Musk believes he knows why the Trump admin Signal leak was allowed to occur

Musk previously stated that the ‘best place to hide a dead body is page 2 of The Atlantic’ after its editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg’s explosive Signal group chat report

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3 d. ago Ukraine accuses Moscow of ‘hollow statements about peace’ after latest attack

Ukrainian officials say 88 injured in missile strike as US and Russian officials start talks on ceasefire dealUkraine has accused Moscow of making “hollow statements about peace” after 88 people were injured in a Russian missile attack as US and Russian officials began talks that Washington hopes will mark the first step toward lasting peace.Seventeen children were among the casualties after the missile hit schools and residential buildings in the city of Sumy, Ukrainian officials said late on Monday, as Moscow appeared to be exploiting the window before any ceasefire to launch attacks on Ukraine. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Horror as 18 dogs forced to fight to survive inside caravan that 'smelt like dead human body'

The appalling conditions were uncovered when Stephen Sturman was reported missing from the caravan on a farm at Iddesleigh, Devon, in February last year

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5 d. ago Alan Shearer backs Liverpool to steal £40m march on Manchester United to upgrade Darwin Nunez

Liverpool are expected to bolster their attack in the summer transfer window, with Darwin Nunez tipped to leave Anfield, and Alan Shearer has identified a forward who could be a perfect fit for the Reds

Economics

6 d. ago Hearse carrying dead body attacked as windows shatter around coffin on way to funeral

Vandals terrified funeral director staff as they barbarically pelted a hearse with bricks and smashed its back window as it carried a coffin to a funeral in Edinburgh, but funeral directors believe it was a random attack

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7 d. ago 'Disgraceful' vandals pelt hearse with bricks while it drove body to a funeral

Funeral directors have slammed the 'disgraceful' vandals who pelted a hearse with bricks while it carried a coffin to a funeral service in Edinburgh - and believe it was a random attack

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8 d. ago How would I survive the apocalypse? By stocking up on the key item most preppers forget | Emma Brockes

With France about to advise its citizens on how to survive an ‘imminent threat’, it’s time to wise up to what the real essentials areIt’s a fairly strong indication that your US presidency is not going well when, within three months of you taking office, one of your closest allies feels the need to issue its entire population with a manual on how to survive an “imminent threat”. According to French media reports, that is what the French government is planning in the form of a 20-page booklet to go out to its citizens this summer. And while it’s intended for use against natural disaster or medical threat, we all know what we’re really talking about here. The French government would like to remind its people that, in the event of a nuclear attack, they must remember to close the doors and windows.My dad recalls Buckinghamshire county council issuing a similar pamphlet in the 1980s, for when Russia dropped an atomic bomb on Aylesbury. My family didn’t need the advice, as it happened; i...

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9 d. ago Anger after vandals smash windows of funeral hearse as it carries coffin

Vehicle was on its way to crematorium when it came under attack

Politics

1 week ago School teacher going through menopause died after driving into HGV lorry on the opposite carriageway, inquest hears

Jacqueline Potter - known as Anne - was experiencing a number of stresses in her life and an inquest heard the menopause contributed to her mental health decline.

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1 week ago ‘Something must have gone wrong with us’: David Cronenberg and Howard Shore on four decades of body horror

One is the master of gruesome horror, the other is the composer who scored his most famous films. They sit down to discuss their 46-year collaboration, and the unlikely source of their darkest, most disturbing inspirationWhat would having sex in a car crash sound like, as music? What about a gynaecological exam performed by identical twins, or a man’s transmogrification into a grotesque human-insectoid hybrid? These are just some of the challenges faced, over more than 40 years and upwards of a dozen films, by the composer Howard Shore as part of his long collaboration with the director David Cronenberg. Shore, 78, may have won three Oscars for the magisterial sweep of his Lord of the Rings score, but it is his work on the 81-year-old Cronenberg’s notorious body-horror movies, from The Fly to Dead Ringers and Crash, that is most indelible. Those last two films will be screening this month as part of a wider tribute to Shore’s work at the London Soundtrack fe...

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1 week ago Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa’s dog heartbreaking cause of death

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman was found dead, alongside his wife Betsy Arakawa, last month, with the body of their pet dog Zinna also discovered in the couple’s Santa Fe home

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2 w. ago Killer wife hid body of dead husband in bushes of their garden

Maureen Rickards directed oblivious gardeners to dump grass under her shrubs knowing it would help cover her husband’s body

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2 w. ago The tragic mother who lay dead at home for a month before her body was found with one of her two beloved sausage dogs dead alongside her

EXCLUSIVE: Jemma Hart, 45, was found to have been partially mauled by the dachshunds, called Millie and Frankie, when her body was discovered at her home in Swindon on January 29, 2024.

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2 w. ago Inside Diego Maradona's House of Horrors: Prosecutors horrify court with graphic photos of football legend's dead body and walk through a model of his home as they accuse doctors of MURDERING him

Prosecutors have claimed football legend Diego Maradona was 'murdered and died in a 'theatre of horror' as a trial began in Argentina of the medical team responsible for his care.

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2 w. ago Police find body in hunt for man suspected of shooting dead mother

Edvard Smith is thought to have gunned down Lisa Smith, 43, when she was with a female friend when killed outside the Three Horseshoes pub in Knockholt, Kent.

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2 w. ago Former AEW wrestler dead aged 32 as appeal launches to bring his body home

The partner of the former cruiserweight champion Broderick Shepherd, aka Australian Suicide, is desperately raising funds to return the wrestler's body back to his native Australia

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2 w. ago Gene Hackman was alive for week with wife's dead body before he died

The cause of deaths of both Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, have been determined after authorities carried out autopsies after their bodies were discovered last month

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