44 h. ago House fire horror as pregnant mum jumps from second floor window with baby in her arms

Mum Alicia Murphy, 22, bravely jumped from the window of the second-floor bedroom with her baby Alec in her arms after a huge fire spread through the family home in Cardiff

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48 h. ago Pregnant mum jumps from window with baby in her arms as fire rips through home

The family lost everything in the house fire that left her partner Jordan Payne seriously injured

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8 d. ago I hope this is the last piece I ever have to write about assisted dying | Polly Toynbee

Today’s vote is on a knife edge. MPs must take their chance to drive forward personal freedoms – and add to Labour’s legacyMPs, read this horror before you vote today. Here’s how some people are slowly dying, right now, in mortal agony untreatable by the best palliative care: “Some will retch at the stench of their own body rotting. Some will vomit their own faeces. Some will suffocate, slowly, inexorably, over several days.” An average of 17 people a day are dying these bad deaths, according to 2019 figures, as reported by palliative care professionals who see it happen.The Inescapable Truth, a report from Dignity in Dying, revealed what is usually kept hidden from us: the shocking last months for the unluckiest. It could happen to you or me. The assisted dying bill’s final Commons vote today is no abstract debate about slippery slopes or what God wants: to do nothing is to inflict torture on many.Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnistIn the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contact...

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8 d. ago I hope this is the last piece I ever have to write in defence of assisted dying | Polly Toynbee

Today’s vote is on a knife edge. MPs must take their chance to drive forward personal freedoms – and add to Labour’s legacyMPs, read this horror before you vote today. Here’s how some people are slowly dying, right now, in mortal agony untreatable by the best palliative care: “Some will retch at the stench of their own body rotting. Some will vomit their own faeces. Some will suffocate, slowly, inexorably, over several days.” An average of 17 people a day are dying these bad deaths, according to 2019 figures, as reported by palliative care professionals who see it happen.The Inescapable Truth, a report from Dignity in Dying, revealed what is usually kept hidden from us: the shocking last months for the unluckiest. It could happen to you or me. The assisted dying bill’s final Commons vote today is no abstract debate about slippery slopes or what God wants: to do nothing is to inflict torture on many.Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnistIn the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contact...

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1 week ago Hunt for mystery killer who stabbed dad to death as he slept in bed with wife

Kevin Childerley was killed in a 'savage attack' at his home in Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, 35 years ago - and police have now arrested a 62-year-old woman

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2 w. ago 'Killer' dad who 'strangled his three gorgeous daughters to death' hides a chilling secret, brother reveals

The brother of alleged killer dad Travis Decker has put out a desperate plea for his brother to turn himself in after going missing on May 30... and disclosed his escalating behavior these past years.

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3 w. ago Chilling red flags everyone missed before 'killer' dad Travis Decker 'snapped and murdered his three daughters'

Whitney Decker, the mother of three girls who were allegedly murdered by their father Travis, had no idea that he was close to snapping... until people close to them detailed the red flags.

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3 w. ago One of the 'alien' mummies from Peru was pregnant and 'scans can see the foetus'

The mummies have been called 'tridactyl' due to their three-fingered hands, an unusual trait that has fueled speculation about their origin as having extraterrestrial or reptilian ancestry

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3 w. ago Manhunt for killer dad takes grave new turn as police reveal where they think he's hiding

The manhunt for suspected triple murderer Travis Decker has intensified as police reveal they think he's hiding along the Canada border.

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3 w. ago Killer dad ordered son to dig up pregnant mum's rotting body to get a lock of her hair

Killer Andrew Griggs crafted a grim makeshift tomb for his wife Debbie Griggs, so that he could always 'keep an eye on her', before making a despicable request of their son

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3 w. ago Dad murdered in horror Benidorm attack as hunt continues for killer

Grandad Mike Rydings would have just turned 54. His killer has never been traced.

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3 w. ago 'Killer' dad's former army squadmate reveals how they were 'betrayed' amid manhunt over daughters' murders

A former soldier who served with triple murder suspect Travis Decker has shared how his fellow squadmates feel 'betrayed' by the accusations that he killed his three young daughters.

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3 w. ago Haunting new details of 'killer' dad Travis Decker's military past revealed... as residents are told to 'lock their doors and windows'

Police released a haunting new photo of triple murder suspect Travis Decker as they continue their hunt to find the ex-soldier.

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3 w. ago Murdered girls' mother blames POLICE for their deaths as 'killer' dad Travis Decker remains on the run

Whitney Decker believes 'something broke inside' of her ex Travis Decker, her attorney revealed in a heartbreaking statement early Thursday morning.

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3 w. ago Chilling final words of 'killer dad' Travis Decker before he 'murdered three daughters'... and mom's gut

Travis Decker is accused of suffocating his three daughters; Paityn, nine, Evelyn, eight, and Olivia Decker, five, after tying them up with zip ties.

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3 w. ago 'Killer' dad Travis Decker is seen in haunting new doorbell footage after three daughters were found murdered

Police in Washington have released new doorbell camera footage of Travis Decker, 32, an Army veteran accused of murdering his three young daughters as the search for him continues.

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3 w. ago Pregnant mum dragged to her death by crocodile while cooking in kitchen

Munirah, 28, was eight months pregnant when she was taken by the ferocious predator after a nearby river burst its banks and flooded her stilt home in Indonesia

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3 w. ago Father who killed pregnant wife and hid body for over 20 years tried to 'literally get away with murder' by telling his son to dig her up

A father who killed his pregnant wife and hid her body for over 20 years tried to 'literally get away with murder' by telling his son to dig up her body, a judge said today.

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3 w. ago Killer who hid pregnant wife’s body under patio for 23 years asked son to dig up her remains

Killer Andrew Griggs tried to manipulate his son into digging up his mother’s remains in a chilling plot to clear his own name

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3 w. ago Convicted killer asked son to dig up mother’s body in bid to falsely clear name

Andrew Griggs wanted his own child to help in a ruse to clear him of his wife Debbie’s murder.

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