11 h. ago ‘I knew in my head we were dying’: the last voyage of the Scandies Rose

When a fishing boat left port in Alaska in December 2019 with an experienced crew, an icy storm was brewing. What happened to them shows why deep sea fishing is one of the most dangerous professions in the worldThe Scandies Rose fishing boat set out to sea from Kodiak, Alaska on 30 December 2019 with a crew of seven, into weather as bad as anything December could throw. “It was enough of a shitty forecast,” said one of the crew in later testimony, “I didn’t think we were going to leave that night.” At 8.35pm, fierce, frigid winds were blowing. Some boats stayed in harbour but the Scandies Rose still set out. “We knew the weather was going to be bad,” said deckhand Dean Gribble, “but the boat’s a battleship, we go through the weather.”The boat was carrying 7,000kg of bait and was headed north towards the Bering Sea. “She was trim, said Dean, and a good boat. Gary Cobban was a good captain. One of the last jobs before departure was to stack the crab pots properly. There were 198 on bo...

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6 d. ago Kray twins gangster dies 'penniless' after taking his own life with gunshot to the head

The gangster-turned-actor was found dead at his home in Plumstead, south-east London, in October 2023, with a gunshot wound. Senior coroner Dr Julian Morris concluded that Courtney took his own life.

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6 d. ago Gangster Dave Courtney dies 'penniless' after taking his own life with gunshot to the head

The gangster-turned-actor was found dead at his home in Plumstead, south-east London, in October 2023, with a gunshot wound. Senior coroner Dr Julian Morris concluded that Courtney took his own life.

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6 d. ago Dad dies following Turkey holiday scooter crash after suffering severe head injury

John Kearney has died following fighting for his life in hospital after suffering a severe head injury.

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1 week ago Loose Women star Charlene White reveals her father has taken his own life in heartbreaking Instagram post

White said her father died after ‘living with a dark cloud’ over his head that he ‘couldn’t lift’

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1 week ago ‘Their chemistry made one of their deaths inevitable’: how a billionaire couple’s life in paradise turned deadly

He made millions on Wall Street, moved to the Costa Rican jungle with his wife and ended up being shot in bed. A new podcast tells the wild tale of the US couple whose dream became a nightmareThe death of John Bender mystified the world. A handsome American millionaire, Bender moved to Costa Rica with his wife, Ann, two years after they married, and set about building a 2,000-hectare nature reserve, centred on a mountaintop mansion that had neither walls nor windows. But despite moving to this vision of paradise, the couple’s mental health fell into sharp decline and in January 2010, Bender died of a gunshot wound to the head.Thanks to an unscientific forensic investigation by the Costa Rican authorities, the perpetrator remains unknown. Suicide is one option – John had written emails about wanting to die in the weeks previously – but the fact that he was shot in the back of the head, in bed, while wearing earplugs, suggests that Ann may have shot him. In the intervening years, the ...

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2 w. ago Rail firm is fined £1million over death of woman who was killed by a tree branch while sticking her head out of an open train window at 75mph

Bethan Roper, 28, died after hitting her head on an overhanging tree branch on a Great Western Railway (GWR) train travelling at 75mph near Twerton, Bath, in 2018.

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2 w. ago Boy, 7, dies after his head got stuck in car window while mother was ‘passed out’ in front seat, police say

Mazi Simmons was sitting next to his two other siblings when he was found, Atlanta police said

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2 w. ago 'My son knew exactly who murdered his toddler as soon as he saw horror injuries'

Ethan Ives-Griffiths, two, died two days after he collapsed with a fatal head injury at the home of his grandparents, Michael Ives, 47, and Kerry Ives, 46, in August 2021

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2 w. ago Evil couple who murdered grandson, 2, while cruel mum was on phone get life

Little Ethan Ives-Griffiths died two days after he collapsed with a fatal head injury at the home of his grandparents, Michael and Kerry Ives who were found guilty of his murder

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2 w. ago Hunter S Thompson’s death being reviewed after 20 years, Colorado officials say

The journalist died of a gunshot wound to the head in 2005.

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2 w. ago Man in his 20s dies from head injuries after motorcycle crash in Plumstead

Man in his 20s dies from head injuries after motorcycle crash in Plumstead  This Is Local London

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3 w. ago Goalkeeper tragically dies aged 19 after suffering head injury in Spanish league game

Raul Ramirez Osorio has died at the age of 19 after suffering a head injury while playing for Colindres in Spain's fifth-tier Tercera Federation league on Saturday

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