3 d. ago 'She trusted people and paid the ultimate price': Parents of 'girl in the helmet' waitress cruelly blamed for Swiss inferno speak out

The implication that Cyane Panine - 'the girl in the helmet' - was somehow to blame for the Swiss bar inferno which killed 40 and injured more than 100 is one that is compounding the family's unending grief.

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6 d. ago Trump steps up Greenland annexation demand and attacks European leaders at Davos

US president tells business and political leaders in Davos his country needs ownership to defend ‘unsecured island’Donald Trump has stepped up his demand to annex Greenland but said the US would not use force to seize it during a rambling, invective-laden speech at Davos where he once again lashed out at Europe’s political leaders.The address to thousands of business and political leaders at the World Economic Form in the Swiss ski resort indicated that while the US president was renouncing the use of military force – for now at least – to wrest control of Greenland, he still intended to wield America’s economic and diplomatic power to bend European allies to his will. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Trump steps up demand to annex Greenland but rules out using force

US president tells business and political leaders in Davos his country needs ownership to defend ‘unsecured island’Business live – latest updatesDonald Trump has stepped up his demand to annex Greenland in an extraordinary speech in Davos, but said the US would not use force to seize what he called the “big, beautiful piece of ice”.Addressing thousands of business and political leaders at the World Economic Form in the Swiss ski resort, the US president said he was “seeking immediate negotiations to once again discuss the acquisition of Greenland by the United States”. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Joe Wicks on protein, his controversial ‘Killer’ documentary, fatherhood and phone addiction

On the latest episode of The Independent’s Well Enough podcast, host Emilie Lavinia is joined by the nation’s PE teacher, Joe Wicks. Six years after he exploded onto the fitness scene during Covid, solidifying himself as the UK’s guide to huffing-and-puffing in the living room, Wicks has added many feathers to his bow. He’s written multiple books and created a controversial Channel 4 documentary on Ultra-Processed Foods (UPFs). In this episode, he reflects on the fallout from his ‘Killer’ bar experiment, being a phone-free dad, and explains how everyone can decomplicate protein and still hit their nutrition goals.

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6 d. ago ‘You don’t need to obsess over protein and calories’: Joe Wicks on beating the UPF trap and decomplicating food

Protein bars might be booming, but Joe Wicks argues the real fix for our UPF-fuelled snacking culture is far simpler: cook more. Hannah Twiggs breaks down why he says we don’t need to obsess over macros – just meals

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9 d. ago After years of criticising Davos, Nigel Farage heads to Davos

Reform UK leader has decried ‘globalist’ event but this year hopes to meet Donald Trump for Greenland talksFor years he has derided the annual gathering at Davos as a smug and conspiratorial meeting of enemies of the nation state. But this week, Nigel Farage will himself be rubbing shoulders with the “globalists” he has so reviled.Farage’s itinerary at the Swiss ski resort remains unclear, although his Reform UK deputy, Richard Tice, said on Sunday he hoped Farage would get a chance to speak to Donald Trump, who is also attending the event run by the World Economic Forum (WEF). Continue reading...

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1 week ago Waitress who escaped Swiss bar fire reveals staff had no safety training & says she’s ‘haunted by the faces of the dead’

A SURVIVING employee of the Swiss ski resort bar where a deadly fire killed 40 says she is "haunted by the faces of the dead". French national Louise Leguistin, 25, was one of the only staff members of Le Constellation to escape unharmed after the horrific blaze tore through the downstairs nightspot in the early...

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1 week ago Serial killer Levi Bellfield suffers allergic reaction to face cream in jail

The depraved murderer, 57, whose victims include 13-year-old Milly Dowler, is currently serving a life sentence in HMP Frankland in County Durham.

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1 week ago Pope seeks to console families of young Italian victims of New Year's Swiss Alps bar fire

Pope Leo XIV has consoled families of Italian teenagers killed or injured in the Swiss bar fire at a New Year's party

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2 w. ago Bodybuilder who stabbed man to death in Scots pub dies in jail

David McDermott and James "Jazza" Cunningham killed the man at Gilliespie's bar.

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2 w. ago Swiss ski resort that saw 40 killed in New Year's Eve fire is lined up to host events at the 2038 Winter Olympics

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: Less than a fortnight after the blaze in Crans-Montana that killed 40, officials for the bid identified the municipality as a key site in their proposals.

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2 w. ago Sparklers in cake suspended from ceiling set hotel on fire during wedding celebrations in Italy in echo of deadly Swiss resort inferno

The incident took place just days before the fatal New Year's Swiss ski resort fire, allegedly triggered by sparklers in champagne bottles that ignited foam soundproof cladding in the ceiling.

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2 w. ago Nearly all of Swiss fire victims died trapped on basement stairwell narrowed by pimp bar owner – as he appears in court

THE majority of the victims killed in the New Year fire at a Swiss bar burned to death after becoming trapped on a narrow staircase that had been reduced in size by the owners. Horrific new details of the basement inferno were released as one of the bar owners - 49-year-old Jacques Moretti - prepared...

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2 w. ago Swiss fire survivors recall 'unbearable burning smell' after 'night of ashes' kills 40

The trio spoke out at an official memorial service, nine days after 40 people, including 20 children, were killed and 116 injured in the blaze at Le Constellation bar in the ski resort of Crans-Montana

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2 w. ago Owner of Swiss inferno bar is taken into custody after being deemed a 'flight risk' as he and wife face manslaughter probe

The owner of the Swiss bar where a blaze killed 40 people on New Year's Eve has been arrested, following an order from Swiss prosecutors. 

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2 w. ago Owner of Swiss ski resort bar where 40 died in New Year's Eve party fire is arrested

Jacques Moretti, co-owner of Le Constellation in the ski resort of Crans-Montana, was detained in Sion as Switzerland held a national day of mourning

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2 w. ago Switzerland honors the victims of the deadly Alpine bar fire in a national day of mourning

Switzerland will hold a memorial service to honor the 40 people who were killed in an Alpine bar fire earlier this month during a New Year’s celebration

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2 w. ago Owners of Swiss bar where fire killed 40 in New Year's horror arrive at court

Jacques and Jessica Moretti face charges of manslaughter by negligence, bodily harm by negligence and arson by negligence over the devastating blaze at Le Constellation bar

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2 w. ago Owners of Swiss bar that caught fire killing 40 in New Year's horror arrive at court

Jacques Moretti and Jessica Moretti of the Le Constellation bar arrived for a hearing at the office of the public prosecutor of the Canton of Valais, in Sion, this morning over a devastating fire

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2 w. ago Funeral held for teen footballer killed in Swiss ski resort fire

Arthur Brodard is one of seven members of Lutry Football Club who died in the fire

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