1 week ago My sister was found dead. Then I discovered her search history – and the online world that had gripped her

Adele Zeynep Walton’s sibling Aimee was a talented artist who loved music. It was only after her death that Walton realised Aimee had been lured into a dangerous community – and that others may also be victims of it Adele Zeynep Walton knew something was wrong when she stumbled out of her caravan in the New Forest at 8am – she was camping with her boyfriend – and, through her sleepy fog, saw her parents’ car driving towards her. Initially annoyed by the idea of a family walk so early in the day, she then noticed that the car was veering off the track and, as it drew closer, her mother looked “hysterical”. “Straight away,” she says. “I was like, ‘It’s Aimee.’”Aimee, Walton’s younger sister, was 21 and had suffered from poor mental health for some months. She loved music technology and art – her accomplished self-portraits dot the walls of the family’s home in Southampton, where her bedroom has been left exactly as it was before her death. She was such a big fan of the singer Pharrell...

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2 w. ago Ferrari fans all make same demand from team after what Charles Leclerc did at Monaco GP

Ferrari have a poor track record this season of making car setup changes which negatively affects them over a race weekend and so fans are begging them to not do that in Monaco

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2 w. ago Sing when you’re winning: how karaoke in cars heralds the triumph of Chinese firms

European manufacturers of electric vehicles are scrambling to match the technology of their Chinese rivalsIf Chinese carmakers are to be believed, a lot of people really love karaoke. Those people love karaoke so much that they want it in their family car.This was not something the European mind could comprehend a few years ago, according to Volkswagen’s chief financial officer, Arno Antlitz. Yet the technology, included in electric cars sold by China’s BYD and Xpeng, is just one example of the lessons that Volkswagen and its European counterparts have had to learn as they scramble to keep up with Chinese rivals on track to dominate the global electric car market. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'I watched my kids go flying in fairground horror as waltzer car came off the track'

The heart-stopping moment a fairground ride car 'smashed about before coming off the track' at a festival in Edinburgh was captured in footage - children on the ride were 'shaken'

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3 w. ago Video shows terrifying moment car with children inside crashes off ride at fairground

This is the terrifying moment a father watched as a car on a fairground waltzer ride broke off the track and crashed with his children inside.

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3 w. ago Father saw fairground waltzer car crash off track with children inside

Kevin McNulty said the ride was going ‘full pelt’ when their car separated.

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3 w. ago Horrifying moment fairground waltzer came off the tracks and crashed at high speed

The car carrying three children came off the track at high speed during a family day at the shows.

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3 w. ago Horrifying moment fairground waltzer comes off the tracks and crashes at high speed

The car carrying three children came off the track at high speed during a family day at the shows.

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3 w. ago Fairground terror as waltzer car hurtles off tracks while families scream

The heart-stopping moment a fairground ride car 'smashed about before coming off the track' at a festival in Edinburgh was captured in footage - children on the ride were 'shaken'

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