26 h. ago Man admits assisting suicide by selling chemicals that led to deaths of two people

'He exploited his victims in their most desperate moments'

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31 h. ago Man, 33, admits assisting suicide after selling 'poison' chemical to four people in an online forum

Miles Cross, 33, from Wrexham, made money by exploiting the most vulnerable in society by offering substances to assist with suicide for £100 each.

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37 h. ago ‘Life was better under Franco’: The young Spaniards rewriting dictator’s legacy

Concerns over housing, jobs and immigration are sparking interest in the right wing among young Spaniards - and a belief, 50 years on, that life under the repressive dictator was not all bad, writes Graham Keeley

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37 h. ago ‘Life was better under Franco’: The young Spaniards rewriting the dictator’s legacy

Concerns over housing, jobs and immigration are sparking an interest in the right among young Spaniards – and a belief, 50 years on, that life under the repressive dictator was not all bad, writes Graham Keeley

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56 h. ago Communities left 'devastated' adter deaths of five young people in car crash

'The sense of grief is beyond description'

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56 h. ago Communities left 'devastated' after deaths of five young people in car crash

'The sense of grief is beyond description'

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3 d. ago ‘My best friend was happy, healthy and looking forward to new year. Then his heart just stopped’

Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome affects around 500 people every year in the UK

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4 d. ago ‘Death by a thousand cuts’: the people who could face deportation under Reform

As party’s rise fuels fears over future visa rules, people share how the lives they have built are in jeopardyAs Reform UK soars in the polls, Britain’s migrant communities are facing an uncertain future.The party has announced a swathe of hardline immigration policies, including its plans to abolish indefinite leave to remain – the right to settle permanently in the UK after five years of residence. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Hilary Mantel story imagining Margaret Thatcher’s assassination to be staged in Liverpool

Short story set in 1983, and published a year after the former prime minister’s death, considers ‘what happens when people feel they don’t have a voice’ says director John YoungHilary Mantel’s controversial story imagining the murder of Margaret Thatcher in the summer of 1983 is to be staged next year in Liverpool.The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher – August 6th 1983 was published in the Guardian in 2014 and gave the title to Mantel’s collection of short stories that year. In the tale, a woman opens the front door of her flat in a “genteel corner” of Windsor expecting a plumber yet finds a gunman entering. He is intent on using her home’s vantage point to take aim at the then prime minister, who is having an eye operation at a nearby private hospital. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago UN rights chief calls for a probe into killings in Tanzania and allegations of concealing evidence

The United Nations has called for an investigation into what is believed to have been the deaths of hundreds or more people while protesting the disputed election in Tanzania in which presidential candidates from the two main opposition parties were barred

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8 d. ago Death toll from Hurricane Melissa rises to 45 in Jamaica, with 15 others still missing

Jamaica’s government says that the number of confirmed deaths from Hurricane Melissa has risen to 45, with 15 other people still missing

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9 d. ago Silent killer secretly affecting a million people in UK now in top 10 causes of death

The disease has few symptoms until it is advanced and now kills up to 45,000 people prematurely every year in the UK

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9 d. ago As a palliative care specialist, I’ve witnessed the human tragedy of our end

While the government debates assisted dying, palliative care is an afterthought. And many more people face death without the care and support they needA baby, in Britain, in 2025, takes its stuttering final breaths. All deaths in infancy are harrowing. But the fact that this particular death might have been prevented – had neonatal care not depended so heavily on charity, had the NHS not failed to fund more than two-thirds of the healthcare babies need – is unforgivable.Mercifully, the dystopian scenario I’ve just described does not exist in the UK today. Although paediatric care is undeniably overstretched, it is at least regarded as a core, bedrock NHS service.Dr Rachel Clarke is an NHS specialist in palliative medicine and the winner of the 2025 Women’s prize for nonfiction Continue reading...

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1 week ago I saw Harold Shipman days before his suicide – he STILL thought he was untouchable, chilling behaviour proved it

HAROLD Shipman still "felt he was untouchable" before he took his own life, says a lawyer who encountered the prolific serial killer days before his death. Marcus Johnstone brushed shoulders with the ghoulish doctor - who murdered at least 250 people over 30 years - just prior to his death at HMP Wakefield, and says...

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1 week ago The top 10 causes of death worldwide – scientists warn of new entry that ‘silently’ kills 1.5million every year

A DISEASE that often shows no symptoms until it is dangerously advanced has entered the world’s top 10 causes of death, US scientists say. Around 788 million people worldwide now have chronic kidney disease (CKD), more than double the number three decades ago, new figures reveal. That means more than 1 in 10 adults are...

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1 week ago Two people arrested after death of baby boy in XL bully attack

Those being held were also arrested on suspicion of child neglect

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1 week ago Philippines declares state of emergency after typhoon Kalmaegi death toll passes 100

The deaths were mostly from drowning in flash floods, with 127 people still missing, many in the hard-hit central province of CebuPhilippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr has declared a state of emergency after typhoon Kalmaegi left at least 114 people dead and nearly 130 missing in central provinces in the deadliest natural disaster to hit the country this year.The deaths were mostly from drowning in flash floods, and 127 people were still missing, many in the hard-hit central province of Cebu. The tropical cyclone blew out of the archipelago on Wednesday into the South China Sea. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago A decade after Brazil’s deadly dam collapse, Indigenous peoples demand justice on the eve of COP30

Ten years after Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, the Indigenous Krenak people are still mourning what they call “the death of the river.”

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2 w. ago Final moments of UPS plane crash victims from deadly fireball to 'significant' injuries

Following the deaths of at least seven people in a fiery plane crash, authorities are working to determine how such a catastrophe occurred, while harrowing accounts from those on the ground paint a grim picture of the victims' final moments

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2 w. ago Afghanistan earthquake kills 20 and leaves 300 injured as devastating tremor strikes

A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake has killed at least 20 people and injured more than 300 in northern Afghanistan, with the death toll expected to rise as rescue workers scramble to reach remote towns

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