4 h. ago Heartbroken family demands change at special needs school after their daughter, 4, dies when feeding tube got dislodged

The family of Faith Johnson has demanded accountability from Frederick Public Schools, and accused the institution of ‘severe negligence’

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3 d. ago Toxic Town: Jodie Whittaker is absolutely flawless as she battles real

The hasty regeneration of Corby’s old steelworks poisoned a generation. Now the story of how it came to court is told in a harrowing, if slightly melodramatic, new Netflix seriesJack Thorne writes the kind of meaningful, worthwhile dramas that you definitely – no, honestly – do plan to watch but just maybe not tonight. Best Interests from 2023, about a distraught mother battling the NHS doctors who decide to allow her severely ill teenage daughter to die, was warm, miraculously funny, and as gripping as a thriller. It was also so traumatising that it could make the viewer feel as if they were in actual physical pain. Before that, there was The Accident, whose matter-of-fact title only hinted at the harrowing subject matter: the series covered the aftermath of a construction site explosion in Wales that killed eight children.Toxic Town (Thursday 27 February, Netflix) – Thorne’s new four-part series – could be considered a companion piece to The Accident: it also deals with a dea...

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3 d. ago AMANDA PLATELL: Harsh truth is nobody but Liam is to blame for his death

When news of Liam Payne's death broke last year there was an outpouring of shock. Fans, former One Direction bandmates, friends and family were all heartbroken.

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4 d. ago Tragic final selfie of grandmother who fell to her death from tourist zipline in front of her grandchildren in Italy

The heartbroken family of Ghizlane Moutahir, 41, has shared her last photo, a smiling selfie seemingly captured in the Bitto Valley. She died in May last year after she fell 60ft to the ground.

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6 d. ago Stacey Solomon in tears and forced to walk off camera as Sort Your Life Out fans say 'life is cruel'

The mother-of-five was left heartbroken as she helped a family from Leeds declutter their home while the mother revealed she had been diagnosed with incurable breast cancer

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7 d. ago Gogglebox stars flooded with support as The Siddiqui family announce heartbreaking death

The Siddiqui family have been left heartbroken after announcing the sad loss of a much-loved member of their family, with fans rushing to share their condolences

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7 d. ago Carry On icon with very famous daughter dies as tributes pour in

One iconic Carry On star has died at the age of 80 it has been confirmed, as tributes pour in for the late actor who is also the father of a very famous fashion model

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8 d. ago EastEnders fans demand major change ahead of 40th anniversary live episode

Iconic BBC soap EastEnders turns 40 this week, with the soap's loyal fans looking forward to making their voices heard in Thursday's live episode.

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8 d. ago Heartbroken dad breaks his silence after daughter, 7, died in hospital three days after her traumatized mom shot dead her three sisters then herself in murder

Olivia Blackmer, 7, passed away Saturday afternoon after having undergone brain surgery and spent days under heavy sedation to reduce swelling in her brain.

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8 d. ago Heartbroken family of British father, 37, who was 'left to die alone in Las Vegas' are SUING the hotel he died in and the ambulance company

William Howell's wife Emma is suing Aria Casino Hotel and others after her husband, aged 37 and a type one diabetic, was found dead in his room on the Las Vegas strip in August 2023.

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1 week ago Extreme weather is our new reality. We must accept it and begin planning | Gaia Vince

As wildfires, floods, droughts and record-breaking temperatures have shown, the post-climate change era has arrived. Now we need honesty and action from our leadersNot yet a quarter of the way into this century and global average temperatures are already 1.75C above the preindustrial average. January 2025 was the hottest on record and has also set a record for the highest yearly minimum global surface temperature, and likely the highest minimum in the past 120,000 years. It is part of a clear pattern. Last year’s global average was 1.6C above the preindustrial – a sobering reality check, given that, only three months ago at the UN Cop29 summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, leaders were still declaring that limiting global temperature rises to 1.5C was within reach.We are firmly in the post-climate change world now, and the serious implications of this demand honest acknowledgment. The reality is that we are living now in a time of continual disasters that are unfolding alongside our slower, ...

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