16 h. ago Indian family of five beaten to death on suspicion of ‘practising witchcraft’

Police say villagers blamed family for fatal illness of boy who died a few days ago

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30 h. ago Coronation Street star signs new contract after fears that his character will be killed off

Coronation street fans have been worried that Gary Windass might die after he went missing and then appeared in hospital badly wounded from almost being beaten to death

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55 h. ago Service to mark VJ Day to be held in Newmains to remember sacrifice of soldiers

Many Lanarkshire men barely survived the horrors of the Japanese hell camps where Allied POWs were being starved and beaten to death.

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7 d. ago Sikh activist who died in UK could have been poisoned, says pathologist

Family of Avtar Singh Khanda, who was thought to be on Indian authorities’ radar and died in 2023, call for inquestThe family of a Sikh activist who died suddenly in 2023 have made new calls for an inquest after a pathologist found the result of the postmortem exam “does not mean that a poisoning can be completely excluded”.Avtar Singh Khanda, 35, died in June 2023, four days after being admitted to a hospital in Birmingham feeling unwell. The official cause of death was acute myeloid leukaemia, a blood cancer. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Family of teen found dead and naked on roadside after 2023 Labor Day party claims he was beaten to death in lawsuit against 7 people

Noah Presgrove’s family is seeking $75,000 for funeral costs, pain and suffering, lost earnings and companionship, along with punitive damages

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2 w. ago Vigil to retrace Zara Aleena's final steps before she was beaten to death

Relatives of Zara Aleena, Sabina Nessa and Jan Mustafa will join hundreds in a rally this Sunday to highlight the shocking 37 per cent rise in attacks on women in the past five years

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2 w. ago Female bodybuilding star dubbed 'She Hulk' is hammered to death in her Costa del Sol home before her US husband kills himself with a knife after the pair returned from Dubai contest

A professional female bodybuilder was beaten to death with a hammer at her Costa del Sol home before her muscleman husband killed himself using a knife, police believe.

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2 w. ago Murder investigation launched after 'defenceless' grandfather beaten to death in west London home

Family of John Murray say ‘we are struggling to comprehend why someone would harm a 75-year-old defenceless man in his own home’

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3 w. ago Air India plane crash victims: British family and former Indian politician named as first victims of tragedy

Tributes have been paid to the first named victims of crash on London Gatwick-bound flight that killed more than 200 people

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3 w. ago Three teenage girls who tormented and killed pensioner plead guilty to manslaughter

Fredi Rivero was beaten to death by three teenagers in an unprovoked attack on Holloway Road

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4 w. ago ‘We’ll have done it first’: what it takes to set a new Guinness World Record

As an Australian town prepares to perform the world’s largest happy dance, previous titleholders share what it feels like to lose the crown after months of preparationGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailEver since she was a little girl, Sruthy Saseendran wanted to “achieve something remarkable” – something that would earn her a place in the record books. But growing up in what she describes as a traditional Indian family, that dream had to take a backseat to more conventional markers of success: university, marriage, career.Decades later – after she had married, become a mother and taken a job as a business analyst in Melbourne – she felt the itch return. It was time to do something for herself. So she embarked on a personal challenge: to set a Guinness World Record.Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Toddler's heartbreaking final days before 'being beaten to death by grandparents' with mum upstairs

Paramedics who attended to little Ethan Ives-Griffiths, who died at the age of just two years old, described how the emaciated toddler looked like a '90-year-old man', while experts have shed some light on his painful final days

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4 w. ago PROF ROBERT TOMBS: British tolerance is being stretched to its limits. Mass immigration is destabilising our country

Last weekend, my cousin's lovely daughter, not long out of medical school, married her sweetheart - a handsome young doctor from an Indian family.

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4 w. ago Women beaten to death with mallet after taking in homeless man, court told

A woman was found dead in her London flat in February this year - a court heard Victoria Adams was allegedly battered to death with a mallet days after taking in a homeless man

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4 w. ago Toddler 'beaten to death by grandparents' while mum was upstairs on her phone, court told

Michael Ives, 47, and Kerry Ives, 46, deny murdering their grandson

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4 w. ago Tragic tot 'beaten to death by grandparents' while mum was upstairs on her phone

Ethan Ives-Griffiths died from 'catastrophic' head injuries after he was allegedly beaten to death by his grandparents Michael Ives, 47, and Kerry Ives, 46, in North Wales

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4 w. ago Toddler 'beaten to death by grandparents' while mum was upstairs on her phone

Two-year-old Ethan Ives-Griffiths tragically died after he sustained horrific injuries inside his grandparents' home. Michael Ives, 47, and Kerry Ives, 46, deny murdering their grandson

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last month ‘This is not justice’: Father laments after court acquits 12 men accused of killing his sons during Delhi riots

Five years after two Muslim brothers were brutally killed during riots in the Indian capital, their family’s quest for justice hits a roadblock as Delhi court acquits 12 men accused of the crime, Namita Singh reports

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