13 h. ago Toddler evacuated from Gaza with rare disease recovers from malnutrition in Italian hospital

A Palestinian toddler is recovering after being evacuated from Gaza to a hospital in Italy for treatment of severe malnutrition worsened by a genetic metabolic disease

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47 h. ago Valerie Kneale: Sexually assaulted woman didn't die of stroke as bombshell ruling issued

Valerie Kneale, 75, died at Blackpool Victoria Hospital on November 16 2018, four days after she was admitted following a stroke at her home in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire

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2 d. ago Family say woman who died after being hit by bin lorry was 'bright shining light of love'

Daphne Stallard, 89, was killed in a collision in Llandudno on Monday, September 1. Her family have now paid tribute to her

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3 d. ago 'Suicide pod' doctor screamed 'she's still alive, Philip' before woman eventually died

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: The first woman to die in a 'pod' in a Swiss forest was found with unexplained strangulation marks on her neck, with the device's creator later taking his own life

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3 d. ago Mystery surrounds death of first woman to die in 'suicide pod' in Switzerland

The Sacro pod is designed to give the user a tranquil death, but the first woman to use it was found with unexplained strangulation marks on her neck

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3 d. ago Mysterious marks on neck of first woman to die in ‘suicide pod’

The 64-year-old American woman died in a secluded forest area near a cabin in Merishausen, a sparsely populated region of Switzerland close to the German border.

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3 d. ago Four horrifying words as first woman to die in 'suicide pod' ended her life

The first woman to die in a 'suicide pod' in the middle of a Swiss forest was found with mysterious strangulation marks on her neck, raising questions about her death

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4 d. ago Tributes paid to 'remarkable woman' who died after being hit by bin lorry

A respected member of her community and mother to the Bishop of Llandaff, she was a volunteer at the local church

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4 d. ago Woman who died after horror fall from block of flats named by police

Tia Langdon was found with serious injuries after the incident last Thursday.

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4 d. ago Southampton 'murder': Woman who died after falling from block of flats pictured

Tia Langdon, 25, suffered significant injuries after falling from a block of flats in Southampton last week - an 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder

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4 d. ago Elderly woman, 89, hit and killed by recycling lorry as driver arrested

An 89-year-old woman has died in Llandudno, north Wales, after being hit by a recycling lorry - the driver was arrested and taken into custody while police taped off the scene

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5 d. ago Woman killed in her own home died from 'multiple sharp force injuries including a cut throat'

A man admitted to police that he had killed Lisa Fraser in Pembroke Dock, but was found hanged in a prison cell two weeks later. An inquest into the death of Mrs Fraser has now been opened

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5 d. ago Haunting final texts of mother who told her family she was going on holiday... only to secretly die in a Swiss euthanasia clinic: Friend reveals anguish that drove woman to take her own life

Maureen Slough, 58, of County Cavan, Ireland, sent a string of haunting final messages from inside the controversial Pegasos facility in Basel where she had quietly paid £13,000 to end her life.

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5 d. ago Woman loses 38 stone on 'lion's diet' and now needs £6,500 surgery

Danni, 37, was inspired by the bodybuilder's diet after she hit almost 50 stone

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5 d. ago Baby dies of whooping cough after pregnant woman was not vaccinated

Dr Gayatri Amirthalingam, UKHSA deputy director, says the death reminds everyone how ‘severe’ whooping cough can be for young babies

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6 d. ago Brit woman stabbed to death in Cambodia after she's 'caught up in love triangle'

Jessica Cariad Hopkins, from Hertfordshire, tragically died after being stabbed in Cambodia, authorities have said. A woman from DR Congo has been arrested on suspicion of murder

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6 d. ago Woman dies after being hit by falling tree branch on busy south Manchester road

Emergency services were called to West Didsbury at around 7.15pm on Saturday evening after calls about a woman who was stuck under a fallen tree branch after it 'snapped'

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6 d. ago Woman, in her 40s, dies after being hit by 'massive' tree branch that snapped in windy weather

The woman, in her 40s, died on Barlow Moor Road in West Didsbury, Manchester, when the branch plummeted onto her on Saturday evening, Greater Manchester Police have confirmed.

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6 d. ago Manchester horror as woman killed by huge tree which suddenly 'snapped'

Emergency services were called out to West Didsbury following the shock incident but were unable to save the woman, in her 40s, who died at the scene despite their best efforts

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6 d. ago Woman, 25, dies after falling from block of flats in Southampton

The murder investigation was launched after the tragedy unfolded on Cuckmere Lane in the Hampshire port city on Thursday.

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