17 h. ago Teen left bedbound and needing nappies for rest of her life after £30k ketamine addiction

The 19-year-old's addiction stopped her heart and resulted in her weighing just three-and-a-half stone

Economics

35 h. ago ‘People think I’ve gone crazy’: indie sensation Cameron Winter on leaving crowds in tears with his wild lyrics and supernatural voice

He is just 22 yet he is already being compared to Dylan, Cohen and Waits. The Geese frontman talks about the joys of going solo, employing a five-year-old bassist – and why God deserves a shout outThe sign in the church reads simply: “God is real.” Well, they would say that, wouldn’t they, being a church. But it’s not a determined vicar who has put the poster up in a bid to convince his congregation. Rather it’s 22-year-old Cameron Winter, frontman of New York rock band Geese and now solo artist behind one of the year’s most beguiling albums.Winter is in church – St Matthias in north London – for his first ever UK solo show. And while it may or may not convince you of God’s existence, it certainly feels like an encounter with the divine. Hunched over a piano, his hands run up and down the keys freely as he pours out his stream-of-consciousness lyrics in a voice that has to be heard to be believed – fragile and prone to cracking yet also powerful, soulful, almost supernatural. Who is...

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37 h. ago Teen's £30k ketamine addiction stopped her heart and left her weighing 3.5 stone

Isabella warned that it's easy for children as young as 12 to get hold of the Class B drug.

Economics

47 h. ago Sergio Agüero: ‘Dad never said I played well. He didn’t want me to become cocky’

Now the subject of a documentary, the former striker opens up on his strict upbringing in Argentina, the heart troubles that ended his career and that Manchester City goalDuring a visit to Madrid in 2007, Anatoliy Byshovets, the then head coach of Lokomotiv Moscow, said watching Sergio Agüero was like visiting the Prado. Pep Guardiola said he was a legend. Jorge Valdano said he could invent anything, anywhere, a unique footballer who had lost all fear, although he was wrong on that. Lionel Messi said he did the impossible. Diego Maradona said Agüero reminded him of himself, phoning one day to apologise for not playing him more. “I was a dickhead,” Maradona said.Sometimes it can feel like the one person who never said Agüero was good was the one person he really wanted to. When the former Manchester City striker announced he was retiring at the age of 33, forced to stop by a heart problem, all the stress accumulated beneath the surface since his debut at 15, his dad called and said h...

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7 d. ago Christopher Dean reassures concerned crowd after Jayne Torvill's horror fall

Jayne Torvill stumbled on a hole in the ice rink during a heart-stopping moment at her and Christopher Dean's performance at the BP Pulse Live Arena in Birmingham

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8 d. ago Drinking champagne could reduce risk of sudden cardiac arrest, study suggests

Maintaining a positive mood and eating more fruit may also help lower risk, researchers findDrinking champagne, eating more fruit, staying slim and maintaining a positive outlook on life could help reduce the risk of a sudden cardiac arrest, the world’s first study of its kind suggests.Millions of people worldwide die every year after experiencing a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), when the heart stops pumping blood around the body without warning. They are caused by a dangerous abnormal heart rhythm, when the electrical system in the heart is not working properly. Without immediate treatment such as CPR, those affected will die. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 'What gave you the right to stop her heart beating?' Killer gets life as he faces grieving mum's powerful words

Alcwyn Thomas killed Victoria 'Vicki' Thomas after drinking heavily and taking cocaine but had denied murder saying the pair regularly enjoyed adventurous intercourse including strangulation.

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2 w. ago New drama 'I, Jack Wright' mirrors family tensions over inheritance disputes

A new survey of 2,000 adults has found that the average family feud has been going on for seven years and shows no signs of stopping, with issues such as wills and inheritance at the heart of the matter.

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2 w. ago Welsh TV star Iolo Williams forced to stop filming after heart attack as he makes death admission

EXCLUSIVE: Iolo Williams was forced to stop filming after suffering from a heart attack two years ago

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2 w. ago Love Island star's girlfriend, 22, rushed to hospital amid cardiac arrest

The young woman's suffered a cardiac arrest and her heart stopped beating

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2 w. ago Love Island's Sam Taylor's girlfriend, 22, suffers cardiac arrest and is rushed to hospital

Love Island star Sam Taylor supported his girlfriend Em Leah as she was rushed to hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest and her heart stopped beating

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2 w. ago Manchester United’s crazy comeback was inspirational – and a reality check

Overcoming Lyon with an emergency duo up front was electrifying but also showed deep flaws in Amorim’s squadBedlam, pandemonium, ecstasy and simply wow: Manchester United’s three-goal, six-minute (and 34 seconds) blockbuster extra-time comeback from 4-2 down is one for the ages, and a thrilling advertisement for the heart-stopping drama football can generate.Yet if the Harry Maguire header that KO-ed Lyon was a last, heroic act of a pell-mell, childhood-like jumpers-for-goalposts victory, it should also clang alarm bells for the fragile unit Ruben Amorim oversees, and cause a serious reality check. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago My heart stopped for 10 minutes... what I saw in the afterlife and sign it wasn't part of God's plan

The 45-year-old from Wills Point, Texas, has almost died twice following two cardiac arrests and the first time, her heart stopped beating for 10 minutes.

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3 w. ago Comedian Bob Mortimer makes devastating death confession after live

TV star Bob Mortimer revealed he no longer fears death after he was rushed to hospital to undergo a triple heart bypass surgery when his heart stopped beating

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3 w. ago Last One Laughing star Bob Mortimer makes heartbreaking death admission after triple heart bypass

The Last One Laughing star, 65, underwent bypass surgery in 2015 when his heart was stopped for 32 minutes after discovering that 95 per cent of his arteries were blocked.

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4 w. ago BBC Antiques Roadshow expert's 'heart stopped' at sight of 'very rare' dress worth small fortune

An Antiques Roadshow expert was left beaming when she was presented with a dress far older than its owner initially believed it to be - and it's worth a small fortune

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