3 h. ago Three British nationals killed in Lisbon funicular crash, Portuguese police confirm

Investigators are sifting through the wreckage in an attempt to find the cause of the accident

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4 h. ago 'Feathery soft' Dusk pillows that 'bounce back' get mystery code in birthday event

Shoppers can choose between three levels of support to get the best pillow for them.

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8 h. ago Ray taught Dezi Freeman about the bush. Later, he watched in dismay as his friend became ‘radicalised’

Accused Porepunkah killer’s former bushwalking companion speaks out as survival experts say Freeman’s chances of evading capture are waningFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLast month Dezi Freeman fled into the thick bushland of Victoria’s high country. Despite 450 police officers, members of the Australian defence force, paramilitary vehicles and helicopters tracking the fugitive, he has managed to keep hiding.On Tuesday, it will be two weeks since Freeman disappeared into the Mount Buffalo national park, after allegedly shooting and killing two police officers and injuring a third at his residence on Rayner Track in Porepunkah, 300km north-east of Melbourne. The funeral for Sen Const Vadim de Waart-Hottart, 35, was held on Friday at the Victoria police academy, with hundreds of mourners including the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, and premier, Jacinta Allan, attending. A funeral service for Det Leadi...

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8 h. ago Nature has a remarkable way of recovering from human catastrophe

We might picture nature as being better off without us. On the ground the story is more murky• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up here to get the newsletter in fullIf I ask you to conjure up a vision of “nature”, what comes to you? For most of us, I think our minds go to the pristine. Untouched rainforests, vast savanna grasslands, deep thickets, inaccessible mountains. Somewhere remote, somewhere uncontaminated, somewhere free of the touch of humans.But those visions only represent a tiny fragment of the world’s biomes. The vast majority of the natural world – including more than 90% of temperate forest – has now been occupied by humans for thousands of years. We’ve radically reshaped nature with our presence, often in catastrophic ways.In Ukraine’s bombed out reservoir a huge forest has grown – is it a return to life or a toxic timebomb?‘Landmines have become the greatest protectors’: how wildlife is thriving in the Korean DMZ Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Coronation Street fans 'know' Tia Wardley's real identity and DI Costello is involved

Fans of the ITV soap have been sharing their theories for a while new about who the mystery woman could be

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9 h. ago Mystery of man wanted for his dad's murder and mum's attempted murder 18 years ago

Karl O'Hare, 42, has been wanted since 2003, after being charged the year before in connection with the murder of his dad John and the attempted murder of his mum Diane

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11 h. ago Jade Goody's widower Jack Tweed weighs in on her mystery 'missing money' riddle

Jade Goody married Jack Tweed on the banks of the River Thames weeks before she died in March 2009, and following the tragedy, the TV personality's finances took a huge hit

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15 h. ago Case against Tennessee man accused of killing 4 people can move forward to grand jury, judge rules

An FBI agent says data from a cellphone used by a Tennessee man accused of killing four members of the same family and kidnapping a baby showed he was in the vicinity of the wooded area where the bodies were found with gunshot wounds and covered with tarpaulins

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15 h. ago Thousands in England unable to access weight loss jabs via GP, figures reveal

Doctors say NHS rollout not fit for purpose with fewer than half of commissioning bodies prescribing MounjaroThousands of patients in England are unable to access weight loss jabs via their GP, figures reveal, as doctors warn that the NHS rollout is “not fit for purpose”.Family doctors got the green light to prescribe the drugs for the first time in June. About 220,000 people with “greatest need” were set to receive Mounjaro, also known as tirzepatide and made by Eli Lilly, on the NHS over the next three years. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Autopsy of Kentucky cheerleader Laken Snelling's baby found dead in closet deepens mystery

University of Kentucky student Laken Snelling, 21, was arrested after police found her newborn baby boy inside a trash bag in her closet in her Lexington home.

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18 h. ago Zara McDermott unmasks strange arrests and mystery deaths in shocking new Thailand series

Zara McDermott new BBC documentary series highlights drink, drugs and cheap sex as well as luxury side of Thailand

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20 h. ago ‘Someone needs to answer for what happened’: Lisbon reacts to streetcar crash that killed 16

Residents recall smoke, screams and a mountain of bodies at site of ‘one of the biggest tragedies in our recent history’António Azevedo was in central Lisbon early on Wednesday evening, waiting to gather enough tourists for a ride in his tuk-tuk, when he heard what sounded like dozens of glass containers being dropped into rubbish trucks.The driver looked around Restauradores Square but saw no trucks, only smoke rising from the lower station of the Elevador da Glória funicular railway, 100 metres from where his vehicle was parked. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Netflix’s Department Q star lands major role in ‘absolute must see’ BBC mystery series

The BBC has announced that filming is underway for the second season of hit detective drama, with a number of new cast members joining.

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21 h. ago Manchester Airport flight to Turkey makes emergency landing after 'man punched fellow passenger'

The British passenger alleged assaulted the victim and was arrested and charged with dangerous bodily harm and disturbing the peace after the pilot made the emergency landing in Greece

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21 h. ago Dog survives being shot in the head more than 40 times with air rifle pellets as owner arrested

Keks, a German Shepherd mix, has made a miraculous recovery after he was found by a passer-by

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21 h. ago Sudanese authorities bury hundreds of victims of Darfur landslide

Sudanese authorities have recovered and buried hundreds of bodies after a landslide in Darfur

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22 h. ago Afghan earthquake death toll jumps to more than 2,200, say Taliban

Aid agencies plead for funds as rough terrain hinders relief effort and 98% of buildings in one province are damagedHundreds more bodies have been recovered from houses in mountain villages destroyed by a major earthquake in Afghanistan early this week, pushing the death toll to more than 2,200, a Taliban government spokesperson said Thursday.The shallow, magnitude-6.0 quake struck the mountainous and remote eastern part of the country late on Sunday, levelling villages and trapping people under rubble. Most of the casualties have been in Kunar province, where people typically live in wood and mud-brick houses along steep river valleys separated by high mountains. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Emerald Fennell's first trailer for Wuthering Heights is here and it looks freaky as hell

The first look features erotic bread kneading, bodice ripping and fingering a fish. Emily Brontë fans are on the warpath

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23 h. ago Mystery as SIXTEEN German politicians die before they were due to stand in state elections sparking wild conspiracy theories

More than dozen German politicians have died ahead of state elections, sparking wild conspiracy theories online. 

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23 h. ago Gorillaz Debut New Album with Loads of Guests at Mystery Show in London

Gorillaz Debut New Album with Loads of Guests at Mystery Show in London  Consequence of Sound

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