6 h. ago Missing man last seen six days ago may have travelled 400 miles north to Dundee

Kareem, missing from Kettering in Northamptonshire for nearly a week, may have travelled 400 miles north to Dundee.

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28 h. ago Police say Nascar great Greg Biffle and family among seven dead in jet crash

Cessna jet crashed during attempted return to airportPolice say Biffle and family among seven fatalitiesFAA and NTSB responding to North Carolina crashFormer race driver Greg Biffle and members of his family were among seven people who died in a plane crash Thursday in North Carolina, state police said.The business jet erupted into a large fire when it hit the ground while trying to land at Statesville Regional Airport, about 45 miles (72km) north of Charlotte. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Cruel thugs set fire to elephant and burn it alive sparking outrage in Sri Lanka

Police said the suspects, aged between 42 and 50, were taken into custody in the north-central district of Anuradhapura, about 125 miles north of capital Colombo.

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42 h. ago Au Pairs frontwoman Lesley Woods: ‘We were the antithesis to all that boy

Her post-punk trailblazers were a key influence on riot grrrl. Now, after decades working as a lawyer, she is taking the name – though, contentiously, not the rest of the band – back on the road. ‘I haven’t given the best of me yet’, she saysAt the height of her music career in the early 1980s, Lesley Woods got accustomed to dealing with irate men. As the singer and guitarist of Au Pairs, the Birmingham post-punk four-piece, she recalls “guys being aggressive purely because you were a woman on stage”. At one show, the band were on the bill with UB40 and the Angelic Upstarts, only the latter didn’t turn up. “So the audience, who were 95% skinheads, were gobbing at us and throwing anything they could get their hands on – which included a bin.” Was she scared? “No, I was bolshie back then. I just went to the front of the stage and said: ‘You missed.’”After the band split in 1983, Woods hoped her days of dealing with overt misogyny were behind her. But then she retrained and b...

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58 h. ago Putin calls Ukraine's European ally leaders 'piglets' and warns Russia's new Oreshnik missile will be deployed within days as he appears to destroy peace deal hopes

The Russian leader accused Western politicians of plotting Russia's downfall and vowed to carry on with the war in Ukraine unless his demands are met.

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64 h. ago Runner who has not missed a day since 2007 continues streak for cancer charity

Paul Smith likes to make an impression in big events, running as Forest Gump, Freddie Mercury and Bobby Moore

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4 d. ago Half of teachers work in school with homeless kids as devastating impact set out

The major survey, organised by homelessness charity Shelter, found kids without a safe and secure home experience exhaustion, missed school days and poor mental health

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4 d. ago Search enters third day for missing man, 19, as police 'really concerned' and public urged 'call 999'

Tom Dingle vanished after last being seen near Wigan in the early hours of the morning

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5 d. ago Police 'really concerned' for missing girl last seen four days ago

Caitlin was last seen in Burnley

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5 d. ago World War III inches closer as Putin upscales 'unstoppable' nuclear

Russia is poised to upscale its threat to the West by deploying within days its new 'unstoppable' nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile complex in Belarus from where it could hit London 'in eight minutes'.

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6 d. ago Frantic search for missing boy, 15, with cops concerned for teen’s welfare

COPS have launched an urgent hunt to find a missing teen who vanished from a popular seaside town two days ago. Concerns are growing for Layton Beattie, 15, who disappeared from West Kirby, Merseyside, on Friday afternoon. Young Layton, from the Wirral, was last spotted in the area just after 2pm. The teenager has been...

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6 d. ago Haunting video of woman singing 'forget me' before body was stuffed in suitcase

Stefanie Pieper, 31, was reported missing by a colleague on November 23 after she didn't show up to a scheduled photoshoot. Her 31-year-old ex-boyfriend - considered by police to be a suspect in the missing persons case - was arrested the next day

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7 d. ago Weather tracker: Australia bushfires could be most dangerous since ‘black summer’

Fires are burning across NSW, with Tasmania also facing an emergency, while in US, Washington state braces for floodsBushfires have been ravaging Australia, with more than 50 burning throughout New South Wales, destroying homes and resulting in at least one death. Nine blazes remained out of control on Monday as flames ripped through homes and critical infrastructure. Scorching temperatures – peaking at 41C in Koolewong – combined with fierce, erratic winds to spread the fires rapidly and made them harder to control.On Sunday night an Australian firefighter was killed after a tree fell on him while he worked on a fireground near Bulahdelah, about 150 miles (250km) north of Sydney. The blaze scorched 3,500 hectares (8,600 acres) and destroyed four homes over the weekend. NSW, one of the nation’s most fire-prone regions, is particularly vulnerable because of its hot, dry climate and vast eucalyptus forests, which shed oils that become highly flammable. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Police find body in search for missing pensioner who disappeared after getting off bus five days ago

Glenda Keal, 85, was last seen pulling a shopping trolley after getting off a bus in Hinckley, Leicestershire, five days ago.

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7 d. ago Cops release CCTV in hunt for missing woman, 53, who was last seen five days ago travelling in a car to Stonehenge

COPS have released CCTV in the hunt for a missing woman last seen five days ago travelling in a car to Stonehenge. Gail, 53, from Calne, Wiltshire, was last spotted on December 5 with police "very concerned" for her welfare. Wiltshire Police said Gail had travelled to the Amesbury and Stonehenge area in a silver...

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8 d. ago Body found in hunt for pensioner, 71, who went missing a week ago

THE BODY of a missing man has been found after a six-day search. Alan, whose surname was not dsclosed by cops, vanished last week after last being seen on Howden Drive in Wigan. Greater Manchester Police shared multiple appeals following his sudden disappearance. But they have now confirmed a they have identified a body found...

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8 d. ago WWE legend John Cena 'will not be missed' as retirement just days away

John Cena’s final match takes place on Saturday, December 13 at Saturday Night’s Main Event in Washington, DC, which is available to watch for free on WWE’s YouTube channel

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1 week ago Fears grow for missing pregnant woman, 30, who vanished from city eight days ago

A PREGNANT woman is missing from Swansea town city centre. 30-year-old Jodie Daniels was last seen on Monday December 1 in Wale's second largest city. She is described as 5ft6 with long brown hair dyed blonde at the front. Pressure mounts to find the woman as Jodie is 7.5 months pregnant. She was last seen...

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1 week ago Girl, 16, took own life just days after she was raped – as her brave evidence helped convict attacker

THE body of a teenage girl who took her own life was found in a river two weeks after she accused a man of raping her, an inquest has heard. Leah Bedford, 16, was found eight days after she was reported missing from a hostel in York on September 30, 2023. After Leah's body was...

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1 week ago I’m A Celeb champ Angry Ginge nearly quit after two hours and lost £100k in jungle

I'm A Celeb's Angry Ginge said he was “overwhelmed” from day one and later broke down on day 10 as he struggled with missing home. But he pushed through for one reason...

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