1 hour ago Tragedy as man dies one week after being found injured on floor of hospital ward

Ken Montrose broke his ribs and shoulder and also suffered a bleed on the brain following a fall after being transferred to the Royal Liverpool Hospital six hours beforehand

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6 h. ago Death row survivor wrongfully imprisoned for 17 years dies in horror house fire

A survivor of Florida's death row has tragically died in a house fire - Sonia 'Sunny' Jacobs, who was wrongfully jailed for 17 years, died in a fire in Galway earlier this week

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37 h. ago Two clubbers are dead and urgent warning is issued amid fears pills '500 times stronger than heroin' are being sold in London nightspots: Man, 28, and woman, 20, died over Bank Holiday weekend

A man, 28, and woman, 20, are thought to have taken Nitazenes, believed to be up to 500 times stronger than heroin, after partying at a south London nightclub during the Spring Bank Holiday weekend.

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39 h. ago Keen athlete, 24, dies after falling ill as she crossed a half marathon finishing line

Olivia Tuohy and Ellen Cassidy had been participants in the Edinburgh Half Marathon and Cork City Half Marathon over the last two weekends.

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42 h. ago EastEnders star moves into caravan and sells home after being killed off on BBC soap

EastEnders star James Bye has has made a huge life move and is now living in a field, weeks after his character Martin Fowler tragically died in in the Queen Vic fire

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44 h. ago Death of 'bullied' soldier whose badly decomposed body was found three weeks after he died remains a mystery, inquest told

Lance Corporal Bernard 'Bernie' Mongan, 33, was allegedly the victim of 'systematic harassment' and 'bullying', a coroner was previously told.

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51 h. ago Race Across The World star's heartbreaking last Instagram post

Race Across The World star Sam Gardiner's last Instagram post has been revealed which encompassed his love for travel before he tragically died in a car accident last week

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55 h. ago UK politics live: Britain must be ready to fight war in Europe, Starmer’s strategic defence review to warn

PM to announce measures in long-awaited strategic defence review

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66 h. ago Pictured: Schoolgirl, 15, killed in devastating house blaze with woman, 67, as police probe 'unexplained' deaths

Ann Eyre, 15, died at the scene alongside a 67-year-old woman following a fire at a home in St Patrick's Way, Bletchley, near Milton Keynes.

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2 d. ago BBC Race Across the World star Sam Gardiner's mum issues statement after car crash tragedy

BBC Race Across the World star Sam Gardiner's mum has shared an emotional statement about her 'loyal, funny and fiercely protective' son who tragically died last week

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4 d. ago Niko McKnight dead: Brian McKnight's estranged son dies age 32 after cancer diagnosis

The estranged son of R&B singer Brian McKnight has tragically died at the age of 32 on Friday last week, just two years after Niko was diagnosed with cancer

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4 d. ago Loretta Swit dead: MASH star dies at home as suspected cause of death revealed

M*A*S*H star Loretta Swit has died, aged 87, it's been announced this week, with the news prompting tributes to the actor

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4 d. ago Cheapest place to get petrol and diesel in Greater Manchester this week

Get fuelled up ahead of the weekend for as little as possible

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5 d. ago Man dies two weeks after devastating house fire as three others fight for their lives

A murder investigation has been launched after an elderly man died in hospital following a house fire in Wednesbury earlier this month. Three other people remain in a critical but stable condition

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5 d. ago Trump tariffs live: President to fight trade ruling as White House claims ‘unelected’ judges ‘brazenly abusing’ powers

Wall Street opened higher on news that court has struck down Trump’s tariffs, though further expected uncertainty tempered gains, as the Dow slipped into negative territory

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6 d. ago Trump tariffs live: President to fight ruling as Stephen Miller accuses court of ‘judicial coup’

The FTSE has been trading broadly flat while US futures show the S&P 500 heading upwards when the markets open in reaction to the court ruling

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6 d. ago John Mulaney loses fight against three teenage boys in finale of live Netflix talk show

‘We’ve been hyping this fight all month and the response to all of this hype has been overwhelming’ said the comedian

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6 d. ago Sister of man who died four weeks after pancreatic cancer diagnosis calls for treatment investment

Cab driver Tam Barker was sent home with laxatives by doctors in the months before he his death when he was actually suffering from advanced pancreatic cancer.

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6 d. ago Chelsea v Real Betis LIVE: Result and reaction as Blues fight back to triumph in Conference League final

Chelsea 4-1 Real Betis: Cole Palmer inspired a Blues comeback as they overturned a 1-0 half-time deficit to claim Conference League glory in Wroclaw

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6 d. ago Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, giant of African literature, dies aged 87

Kenyan writer’s death announced by his daughter, who wrote: ‘He lived a full life, fought a good fight’The Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who was censored, imprisoned and forced into exile by the dictator Daniel arap Moi, a perennial contender for the Nobel prize for literature and one of few writers working in an indigenous African language, has died aged 87.“It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our dad, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, this Wednesday morning,” wrote his daughter Wanjiku wa Ngũgĩ on Facebook. “He lived a full life, fought a good fight.” Continue reading...

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