67 m. ago Donald McDonald death: Play School star and ‘showbiz great’ dies aged 86

‘He was such a kind man and was always great fun,’ wrote friends and family

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76 m. ago One dead as knifeman goes on rampage stabbing four in Germany

Germany's Bild newspaper reported that one of the victims had died and that the incident happened on the grounds of the electric utility company Ueberlandwerk Rhoen

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83 m. ago Tulisa’s father and Mungo Jerry keyboardist Plato Contostavlos dies

‘Forever my father's daughter,’ said the singer

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84 m. ago A stabbing attack at a German company kills 1 person and seriously wounds 2

German police say a man armed with a “sharp object” has attacked people at a company, killing at least one

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1 hour ago Kim Jong Un cries mourning North Korean soldiers killed in Putin’s war against Ukraine

Kim Jong Un shed a tear during a public tribute to fallen North Korean soldiers who died whilst fighting alongside the Russian army in Ukraine.

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1 hour ago Opportunity Knocks star who appeared alongside Les Dawson dies

Anne Gordon, 84, has died after a short illness. She found fame after appearing on the ITV show with Hughie Green and was also known for her singing talents

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2 h. ago Tulisa's famous dad dies as singer pays emotional tribute to Mungo Jerry star

Tulisa and her bandmate Dappy have been left heartbroken following the death of her music star dad Steve Contostavlos, who shot to fame as part of the band Mungo Jerry

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2 h. ago Donald Macdonald dies as tributes paid to popular kids TV presenter

Famed for hosting children's show Play School, the "showbiz great" lost his short battle with cancer on Monday.

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2 h. ago Tributes to 'amazing' mum killed on holiday in horror Costa Del Sol incident

Debra Wright died after a jet ski crash while holidaying in the Costa del Sol

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2 h. ago Meet Kerala’s ‘rainforest gardeners’ creating a Noah’s ark for endangered plants

In one of the world’s ‘hottest hotspots’ of biodiversity, an all-female team have turned a patch of forest into a haven for orchids, ferns, succulents and carnivorous plantsThe previous night’s heavy rainstorm had brought down several large trees in the forest and broken branches were strewn about the ground. Walking through the felled trees, Laly Joseph spotted an orchid clinging to one of the snapped boughs. She gently secured the plant and carefully transplanted it on to a standing tree.At the Gurukula botanical sanctuary, where Joseph, 56, is head of plant conservation and the most experienced “rainforest gardener”, every plant is considered precious and an all-female team strives to give them the best chance of surviving an increasingly harsh climate.Laly Joseph, the head of plant conservation at Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary, has spent most of her life learning about and caring for plants. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Tulisa heartbroken as famous dad dies as cousin Dappy speaks out

N-Dubz star Tulisa paid tribute to her father, Steve Contostavlos, after his death in a tribute shared on social media

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2 h. ago Husband of British woman killed in Spanish jet ski horror describes how he swam out to 'hold her in my arms until she passed away' after she was struck by boat driven by a friend

Debra Wright, a 47-year-old mother-of-four, was named late on Monday as the British tourist killed in Saturday evening's collision.

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3 h. ago Flight attendant, 24, dies after 33ft balcony fall as police refuse to rule out foul play

Aurora Maniscalco fell from a third-floor balcony at her home in Vienna and died two days later in hospital with police investigating the tragedy

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4 h. ago ‘I have a deep sense of survivor’s guilt’: Four people on 7/7, the day that changed the nation

Netflix’s documentary marks 20 years since the suicide bombings on the capital’s transport network that killed 52 and injured almost 800. Four of those caught up in the atrocity talk to Gabriel Tate about their experiences and their enduring legacy

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5 h. ago Attack on London: Hunting the 7/7 Bombers review – finally, Netflix makes a great, serious documentary

Twenty years on, this heart-racing four-part series reconstructs the terror attacks and the vast investigation that followed, without losing sight of the survivors. The detail about the bathtub is astonishingNetflix is not always known for its restraint in the documentary genre, but with its outstanding recent film Grenfell: Uncovered, and now Attack on London: Hunting the 7/7 Bombers, it appears to be finding a new maturity and seriousness in the field. There have been plenty of recent documentaries on the subject of the attacks and the sprawling investigation that followed – no surprise, given that it is the 20th anniversary this week – but there is still real depth to be found here.Over four parts, this thorough series unravels the initial attacks on the London transport system, which killed 52 people and injured more than 700, then follows that febrile month into the failed bombings of 21 July, and then the police shooting of the innocent Jean Charles de Menezes, a day later. Th...

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5 h. ago Molotov terror attack on Israel solidarity walkers leaves Holocaust survivor, 82, dead

Karen Diamond, 82, has died from injuries suffered in a Molotov cocktail attack on Israeli hostage solidarity walkers in Boulder, Colorado, according to prosecutors

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5 h. ago Parents of Scots teen who died at university call for action on 'prank spiking'

Mandy and Colin Mackie lost their son Greg in 2017, and are calling for 'prank spiking' to be criminalised.

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7 h. ago Photos at Canfield Mountain, Idaho, where firefighters came under deadly attack

Smoke continued to fill the air at Canfield Mountain after a shooter killed firefighters responding to a wildfire in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho. The town held a procession in honor of the two crew members who died.

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7 h. ago BBC Play School presenter Donald Macdonald dies aged 86 as showbiz world pays tribute

TV legend Donald Macdonald, who presented the BBC's Play School from 1966 to 1969, has died at the age of 86 after a short battle with cancer, with his showbiz pals paying tribute

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7 h. ago Brain fade sees basketball player dunk in his own net to trigger double

Amadou Seini scores in Australia’s basket at U19 World CupCameroon were six points up with less than a minute leftAustralia’s brightest men’s basketball prospects, including the younger brother of an NBA star, survived a double-overtime thriller to record their first victory 101-96 at the Fiba Under-19 World Cup in Switzerland.But the game will be remembered for the unusual help that triggered the Australians’ late comeback. Continue reading...

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