13 m. ago Jay North dead at 73: The Dennis the Menace star's 'terribly sad' friends reveal cause of death

The former child star's friend Laurie Jacobson broke the sad news on Facebook

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26 m. ago Jay North dead: Dennis The Menace star dies as heartbroken pal pays tribute

Dennis The Menace star Jay North has died it has been confirmed following a battle with colorectal cancer with a friend sharing online that he is 'out of pain'

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33 m. ago Annabel Croft looks happier than ever with male pal two years after husband's tragic death

Strictly Come Dancing star Annabel Croft cut a broad smile with close pal while on a lunch date at Scott's restaurant in Mayfair following husband's death

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53 m. ago Two teenagers arrested after boy, 17, stabbed to death in Shepherd's Bush

Police said two 16-year-old boys have been arrested on suspicion of murder after the incident in west London

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69 m. ago RFK Jr visits Texas as measles outbreak claims life of second child and outbreak continues to spread

The child is the second confirmed measles death in the the latest outbreak – and the second in the past decade

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73 m. ago Football club release heartbreaking statement after young star, 15, drowned in lake

A football club has released a statement following the death of a 15-year-old player who drowned in a lake on Friday afternoon.

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2 h. ago Chinese woman detained by US border patrol in Arizona dies by suicide

Officials reportedly didn’t publicly acknowledge death until inquiries were made about woman, 52, who overstayed visaA woman being detained in Arizona by US border patrol for overstaying her visa has died by suicide, according to Democratic congresswoman Pramila Jayapal.The woman, a 52-year-old Chinese national, had first been picked up in California after it had been determined that she had overstayed her B1/B2 visitor visa, Jayapal said in a statement. She was later sent to the Yuma station in Arizona where she stayed until her death on 29 March. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Antiques Roadshow guest sat on small fortune with gift from Chinese Emperor

The table was made out of two tea boxes sent over by the Emperor

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2 h. ago Measles outbreak claims life of second child as outbreak continues to spread

The child is the second confirmed measles death in the US in a decade

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3 h. ago Vladimir Putin's warlord ally 'terminally ill' as Russia faces new Ukraine war blow

Ramzan Kadyrov wants his teenage son to succeed him when he dies.

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3 h. ago Rodeo star horrifically stamped to death by furious bull after being thrown off

Rodeo star Dylan Grant suffered injuries after being thrown off a bull in Texas on Thursday evening. The 24-year-old was taken to the hospital, where he sadly died

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3 h. ago Forecast of a week of rain adds to woes faced by victims of Myanmar quake, as death toll tops 3,500

People in Myanmar’s earthquake-stricken areas were braced for thunderstorms late Sunday, after heavy rains and winds the previous night disrupted rescue and relief operations and added to the misery of the many who lost their homes in the disaster and were forced to sleep in the open

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4 h. ago Olivier Awards honour Linda Nolan in emotional segment three months after her death

Linda Nolan has been chosen to appear in the 'In Memoriam' segment at the Olivier Awards to honour her long career on screen and stage prior to her death in January

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4 h. ago Dozens of families join plan for class action over UK police contact deaths

Lawsuit would be first of its kind against police officers, police chiefs and government departmentsMore than 100 relatives of people who have died after contact with the police in the UK since 1971 have joined plans for a class action lawsuit in pursuit of compensation and justice.The plan for group legal action was announced at the People’s Tribunal on Police Killings, a two-day event in which bereaved families presented evidence to a panel of international experts on how their relatives died and the long-term impact this has had on them. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Under Trump and Musk, billionaires wield unprecedented influence over US national security

Government officials and contractors long controlled spy operations. Now the likes of Musk and Bezos are in controlJust days before Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, Blue Origin, the space company owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its New Glenn rocket, named for John Glenn, the Mercury astronaut who was the first American to orbit the Earth. Around 2am on 16 January, the 30-story rocket powered by seven engines blasted off into the Florida night from Cape Canaveral’s historic launch complex 36, which first served as a Nasa launch site in 1962.The flight’s end was marred by a failure to bring the booster rocket back for further use, but the successful launch and orbit still marked a watershed moment for Blue Origin in its bid to compete with SpaceX, the company owned by Elon Musk, for dominance over American spy satellite operations. During the Trump administration, it is likely that both companies will play significant roles in placing spy satellites into Earth orbit, ...

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5 h. ago Queen of Versailles star Jackie Siegel breaks silence over husband David Alan's death at 89 in heartfelt tribute

Queen of Versailles star Jackie Siegel is mourning the death of her husband, David Allen Siegel, who died at the age of 89 over the weekend.

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5 h. ago Teenagers arrested after boy, 17, stabbed to death in west London

Teenagers arrested after boy, 17, stabbed to death in west London  The Times

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5 h. ago Pregnant Kelsey Parker cradles her baby bump as she enjoys the sun in a red bikini during babymoon break with boyfriend Will Lindsay

Kelsey Parker cradled her growing baby bump in sweet Instagram snaps, taken during a sun-soaked Gran Canaria holiday with boyfriend Will Lindsay on Sunday. 

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5 h. ago ‘Kind’ footballer, 15, who died after drowning in London lake named

Izaiah Smith, 15, was found dead after ‘getting into difficulty’ in the water at Beckenham Place Park, Lewisham

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6 h. ago Kindness of strangers: a woman laid down on the road beside me, holding my hand until the ambulance came

After I was hit by a car, Sophia seemed to understand that I needed the safety of someone being right there at eye levelRead more in the kindness of strangers seriesI could see the car and knew I was going to hit it. People ask: did your life flash before your eyes? It didn’t. The only thing I remember thinking was: “oh well”. In an instant all those things I’d been worrying about until that point didn’t matter, because I was about to die. Oh well!There was nothing I could do. I was on my motorbike on a dark and rainy night in rush hour traffic when a car pulled across into my lane without looking. I couldn’t avoid hitting it, I couldn’t break, I was going to hit the car and I was going to die. Continue reading...

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