32 h. ago Jailed for life, the pitiless wife who knifed frail geologist to death and hid his body in garden

Browsing the cabinets in H Samuel, Maureen Rickards selected an 18-carat gold 'forever' diamond ring to mark her 25th wedding anniversary.

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44 h. ago Killer who stabbed Rangers fan to death in Glasgow attack jailed for life

James Wilson, 20, will serve 14 years in prison before he is considered for parole.

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3 d. ago Love and Fury: The Extraordinary Life, Death and Legacy of Joe Meek by Darryl W Bullock – review

This richly detailed and exhaustive biography of the maverick 60s British music producer reveals a sonic visionary whose brilliance concealed a tragically violent temperJoe Meek first tasted success as a record producer when he created the eerie backdrop for John Leyton’s gothic teen melodrama, Johnny Remember Me, which reached No 1 in the British pop charts in the summer of 1961. A mere six years later, on 3 February 1967, Meek’s name entered the mainstream consciousness in the most darkly dramatic way imaginable, when the news broke that he had killed his landlady, the elderly Violet Shenton, before turning the shotgun on himself.In the time between, as Darryl Bullock notes with characteristic understatement in his richly detailed biography Love and Fury, the producer’s chaotic, but hugely creative, life was “directed by his passions and obsessions”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Pictured: Teenager, 17, with his 'whole life ahead of him' knifed to death in lawless London

Keiron Charles, from East Acton, who had his 'whole life ahead of him', died after being stabbed at around 1.10pm yesterday on Erconwald Street, Shepherd's Bush.

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5 d. ago Mum of toddler, 2, in migrant camp in desperate plea for better life says 'It's life or death'

Juliana was seven months pregnant when she made the decision to leave Uganda - her daughter Clara has no idea of the risks she has taken to try and find an existence for them both

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5 d. ago Mum of toddler, 2, in migrant camp says Channel dinghy journey is about 'life or death'

Juliana was seven months pregnant when she made the decision to leave Uganda - her daughter Clara has no idea of the risks she has taken to try and find an existence for them both

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6 d. ago ‘My father’s death saved my life’: director Steve McQueen on grief, gratitude and living with cancer

After his dad died at 67, the 12 Years a Slave film-maker knew it was only a matter of time before he would get prostate cancer, too. The disease kills 12,000 men a year in the UK – a disproportionate number of them black. Now, in a bid to save lives, he is speaking out about his own diagnosis, alongside the doctors who successfully treated himSteve McQueen felt relieved when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He had no symptoms, was perfectly fit, at the peak of his game. Yet the Oscar-winning film-maker and artist believed it was inevitable. After all, his father had died from it, and he is a black man. The statistics speak for ­themselves. They are as overwhelming as they are bleak. One in eight men will get prostate c­ancer. They are two and a half times more likely to get it if their father or brother had it. They’re twice as likely to get it if they’re black – and they’re two and a half times more likely to die from it, too.McQueen is here today with his urology specialist...

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6 d. ago ‘My father’s death saved my life’: director Steve McQueen on grief, gratitude and getting cancer

After his dad died at 67, the 12 Years a Slave film-maker knew it was only a matter of time before he would get prostate cancer, too. The disease kills 12,000 men a year in the UK – a disproportionate number of them black. Now, in a bid to save lives, he is speaking out about his own diagnosis, alongside the doctors who successfully treated himSteve McQueen felt relieved when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He had no symptoms, was perfectly fit, at the peak of his game. Yet the Oscar-winning film-maker and artist believed it was inevitable. After all, his father had died from it, and he is a black man. The statistics speak for ­themselves. They are as overwhelming as they are bleak. One in eight men will get prostate c­ancer. They are two and a half times more likely to get it if their father or brother had it. They’re twice as likely to get it if they’re black – and they’re two and a half times more likely to die from it, too.McQueen is here today with his urology specialist...

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6 d. ago Evil dad who raped newborn baby to death while mother shopped jailed for life

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Hugo Ferreira, 37, from South Africa, admitted violently raping the newborn to death when she was left home alone with him in June 2023.

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6 d. ago Brit frozen in liquid nitrogen chamber for chance of reawakening in far future

Patient 268 is one of more than 100 Brits who have signed up to 'defeat death' and hope to spring back to life at the Michigan Cryonics Institute far in the future

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7 d. ago Geordie Shore's Aaron Chalmers went down 'slippery slope' with booze as son, 3, fought for life

WARNING, SENSITIVE TOPICS: Geordie Shore star-turned-pugilist Aaron Chalmers has explained how bare-knuckle put him on the straight and narrow after drinking to deal with a family death and his son fighting for his life

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7 d. ago Michelle Williams’s raunchy terminal illness dramedy Dying for Sex is a joy

This fine Disney+ series from the creator of ‘New Girl’ finds new life in close proximity to death

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7 d. ago Nurse influencer’s husband reveals heartbreaking detail about wife’s death after childbirth

Hailey Okula died after she suffered a rare complication during childbirth and went into cardiac arrest

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7 d. ago What you do before and during a tornado could mean the difference between life and death

Experts say planning before a tornado threatens is key for staying safe

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7 d. ago Nursing influencer Hailey Okula dies during childbirth after years

A GoFundMe for Hailey Okula’s widower has already raised more than $250,000

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7 d. ago Sir Rod Stewart and Penny Lancaster ‘heartbroken’ after death of family member

‘She made everyone feel seen, loved, safe,’ read a tribute by the star’s daughter-in-law

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8 d. ago Queen Elizabeth’s godson Lord Charles O’Hagan dies after suffering head injury

Lord Charles O’Hagan was one of Queen Elizabeth’s 30 godchildren

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8 d. ago Teddi Mellencamp candidly addresses the possibility of her dying amid cancer battle

Mellencamp was diagnosed with melanoma in 2022, which advanced to stage four and metastasized to her lungs and brain

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8 d. ago Tragedy of daughter who showered for 8 hours a day after being groomed by IT teacher at 13

The inquest into the death of Rosie Fender, 26, has found she took her own life, with the coroner criticising the care she had received in the lead up to her death

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8 d. ago Inside Death Of A Unicorn star Will Poulter's life from brutal health battle to life

Will Poulter is the talk of the town for his role in A24's new horror film, Death of a Unicorn.

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