7 h. ago Grand National tragic horse deaths in total as sweep of changes made

Aintree hosts the famous sporting event each year but animal rights campaigners have criticised the number of horses who have lost their lives competing in the Grand National

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29 h. ago Welsh villagers lose four year long fight to stop farmer building barns near their homes

The farmer who applied to build the barns said he lost livestock in the years he waited for a decision on his plans

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40 h. ago 'I was in Turkey for Leeds' darkest hour – the memories of those events will never fade'

It has been 25 years since Christopher Loftus and Kevin Speight lost their lives when they travelled to Turkey to support Leeds United

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4 d. ago Arsenal and Chelsea a step closer to European glory – Women’s Football Weekly podcast

Faye Carruthers is joined by Suzy Wrack, Emma Sanders and Tom Garry to discuss a dramatic week for the women’s gameOn this week’s Guardian Women’s Football Weekly: the panel discuss both Arsenal and Chelsea’s progression into the semi-finals of the Champions League.With the international break looming, the relegation battle is on. Liverpool lost at home against Aston Villa, who moved out of the drop zone and four points clear of Crystal Palace. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Memorial plan for 2016 Pulse shooting on track after nearly a decade: ‘Like holding your breath’

After the onePulse Foundation aimed too high and folded, the City of Orlando stepped in to get the process under wayThere were times when Patty Sheehan doubted a memorial to the victims would ever be built at the site of Orlando’s Pulse nightclub, where 49 people lost their lives in 2016 in what was then the country’s deadliest mass shooting.Among the lowest points for the long-serving city commissioner was when she discovered that a gift shop was included in an ambitious original proposal for a museum to remember the survivors and those killed when a lone gunman claiming allegiance to Islamic State terrorists attacked the gay club. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘The field of human ancestry is rife with racism’: pioneering project to build cancer database in Africa

Less than 2% of human genomes analysed so far have been those of Africans. Yemaachi Biotech’s Africa Cancer Atlas aims to fill the research gapWhen Yaw Bediako lost his father to liver cancer, it set the Ghanaian immunologist on a journey to know more about the disease. He quickly realised the burden of cancer in Africa was much greater than he had thought – accounting for about 700,000 deaths every year – and that very few scientific papers about the disease on the continent were available.“I realised that cancer is this huge disease in Africa that doesn’t really get much research attention,” he says. “But it’s not just an African problem, it’s global It stands out as a problem that does not distinguish between geographies or socioeconomic class.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Jamie Carragher comes up with new Mo Salah and Virgil van Dijk theory as contracts run down

Liverpool lost two important games in the space of four days as the Reds' Carabao Cup final defeat to Newcastle followed their exit from the Champions League at the hands of PSG

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1 week ago ‘The only thing still working’: Russia and UK agreement to tend war graves transcends bitter international relations

Private understanding ensures tending of British military graves in Russia and Crimea, and Soviet graves in UKIn graves at Murmansk, Arkhangelsk and Vladivostok, in Russia, lie the bodies of 663 British military personnel. Most of the dead lost their lives in the period just after the first world war, when allied troops were sent to support rightwing White forces in the Russian civil war against the Bolsheviks, while 41 are casualties from the second world war Arctic convoys.Their resting places have been tended over decades by the Russian military and by private contractors, paid by the UK’s Commonwealth War Graves Commission. But after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, economic sanctions meant Britain could no longer pay for the graves to be maintained. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Loneliness, lost loved ones and WFH: How Covid changed our lives forever

Five years on from the first lockdown the Manchester Evening News asked readers to describe the impact of the pandemic

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2 w. ago Plymouth FA Cup star hopes Liverpool heroics can help win international battle

Goalkeeper Conor Hazard helped Plymouth to famous wins over Brentford and Liverpool before they lost to Manchester City and he hopes his exploits with the Pilgrims will boost his Northern Ireland chances

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2 w. ago Hundreds gather to remember lives lost in New London school explosion

Hundreds gather to remember lives lost in New London school explosion  KLTV

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2 w. ago 'Disturbance' off coast of Florida sparks fears of another deadly hurricane season

A storm system spotted in the Atlantic Ocean sparked fears of an early hurricane season. Last year, more than 200 Americans lost their lives to hurricanes that battered Florida and other parts of the US.

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2 w. ago Former Man Utd manager tried to explain vile live TV slur that ended his career as pundit

Former Manchester United manager Ron Atkinson lost his punditry career after using a terrible slur on live TV about ex-Chelsea and France defender Marcel Desailly

Society

2 w. ago Alexander Isak buglary: Man found guilty of high value raid on home of Newcastle hero

Newcastle United star Alexander Isak, who scored in their 2-1 Carabao Cup final triumph over Liverpool at Wembley on Sunday, lost £10,000 in cash and £68,000 in jewellery in the raid

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2 w. ago As Trump menaces us in Canada, we have a question for Britain: when will you stand up to him? | Jennifer Welsh

The UK has long benefited from its Commonwealth. Though we will take steps to ensure our survival, the silence from London is deafeningDavid Lammy thought he was reassuring Canadians. During his visit to Canada – for a meeting of G7 foreign ministers– he was asked about Donald Trump’s claims that the country should become the 51st state of the US. The UK foreign secretary stressed that Canada is a “proud [and] sovereign nation”, and – in his view – would remain so. When pressed further, he invoked Canada’s shared history and monarch with the UK, and our work together during the second world war.Canadians are already well aware of that shared history, and how Britain has long benefited from its Commonwealth. My 96-year-old father just missed the age of enlistment in support of Britain in the 1940s but his two brothers, young boys from the Canadian prairies, lost their lives as RAF bombers. One of them is buried in the beautiful Commonwealth war cemetery in Harrogate.Jennifer Welsh is...

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2 w. ago Mourners protest against corruption in North Macedonia after nightclub fire

Demonstrators call for change and justice for 59 victims after tragedy blamed on multiple safety violationsWith flags still flying at half mast in North Macedonia, grief over a fire that tore through a nightclub killing dozens of people turned to anger as thousands took to the streets in protest.In Kočani, the town where the fire destroyed the Pulse venue early on Sunday, demonstrators demanded justice for the 59 people who lost their lives and called for an end to the corrupt practices blamed for the tragedy. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Virgil van Dijk makes 'world is sinking' comment as Liverpool priority becomes clearer

Liverpool lost 2-1 against Newcastle in the Carabao Cup final but captain Virgil van Dijk is looking forward rather than back as season comes down to Premier League title race

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2 w. ago Residents take stock after storms and tornadoes kill 36 in US south over weekend

Portions of eastern US under watch for dangerous winds and tornadoes as storm moves out on SundayPortions of Pennsylvania, New York, and mid-Atlantic and south-east states were still under a National Weather Service watch for damaging wind and tornadoes, as the death toll from weekend storms rose to 36 people across six states.In a White House statement, Donald Trump said he was monitoring the tornadoes and storms, adding that “36 innocent lives have been lost, and many more devastated”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Jamie Carragher makes worrying Mo Salah claim and tells Liverpool to sign two players

Mohamed Salah had a very quiet game as Liverpool lost the Carabao Cup final 2-1 to Newcastle on Sunday - but Jamie Carragher felt the problem lies elsewhere for his old side

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2 w. ago Arne Slot reveals major reason why Liverpool lost Carabao Cup final

Reds boss believes his side were “outplayed” by Newcastle in one key facet of Wembley clash

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