31 h. ago Nan 'shielded toddler grandson with her own body' during horror mauling

Willesden Magistrates' Court heard that Bully Oynx got out of the family's north London home and attacked a two-year-old boy on the street, forcing his grandmother to intervene

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62 h. ago Grandad accused of murdering grandson, 2, admits he was 'cruel and neglectful' as extent of toddler's injuries heard

Michael and Kerry Ives deny murdering their grandson Ethan Ives-Griffiths

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4 d. ago Family's horror as son's body 'covered with clumps of maggots' at funeral home

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Maggots had allegedly burrowed into holes in Torreon Williams' cheek and mouth at Snelling Funeral Home, which is in Chesapeake, Virginia

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9 d. ago Terrifying simulation reveals exactly what a nuclear bomb would do to your body

From ground zero to miles away a brutal animation shows the horror a nuclear detonation would have on the human body, including blindness, radiation burns and total vapourisation.

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2 w. ago 'Torture mastermind' sent horror texts before victim's body found naked

Thomas Campbell's bloodied body was found, dressed in only a pair of socks. John Belfield stands trial accused of murder and conspiracy to rob.

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2 w. ago A Berlin audience has fake faeces thrown at them – and is moved to tears. So am I | Fatma Aydemir

We’re surrounded by news images of death and violence. Why do Florentina Holzinger’s visceral stage productions still have such impact? What would you do if the world was to end tomorrow? The premise itself may be both timeless and timely at this moment when authoritarianism is on the rise globally. But that’s not really what causes the nail-biting excitement at the doorstep of Volksbühne theatre in Berlin. On a chilly June evening, a predominantly female and queer crowd of all ages gathers here to see, or rather experience, A Year Without Summer, the newest play by the infamous Austrian choreographer Florentina Holzinger. It’s the anticipation of Holzinger’s trademark body horror that unsettles and attracts us, the crowd. And the question: how much can we take?“Europe’s hottest director”, as the Guardian described 39-year-old Holzinger last year, is not only known for her work at the Volksbühne but mesmerises and shocks audiences all over the world. Her all female-assigned cast of ...

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3 w. ago Hide the pain: how a war reporter keeps going when their own family are victims

At least 225 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Gaza since 2023. One was the son of Wael al-Dahdouh, who also lost his wife, two other children and a grandchild. Here, he talks about regaining his sense of purpose amid the desolationPurpose was never something Wael al-Dahdouh struggled with. Even when struck by personal tragedies, the Palestinian journalist would take his place in front of Al Jazeera’s cameras to report the news from Gaza.He returned to work almost immediately after his wife, two of his children and his toddler grandson were killed by an Israeli airstrike in October 2023. He showed the same determination seven weeks later when he was himself injured, and his friend and colleague Samer Abu Daqqa killed, as they reported on the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on a school. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘It was as if I had been poisoned when I left Gaza’: journalist Wael al

At least 225 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Gaza since 2023. One was the son of the Al Jazeera reporter, who also lost his wife, two other children and a grandchild. Here, he talks about regaining his sense of purposePurpose was never something Wael al-Dahdouh struggled with. Even when struck by personal tragedies, the Palestinian journalist would take his place in front of Al Jazeera’s cameras to report the news from Gaza.He returned to work almost immediately after his wife, two of his children and his toddler grandson were killed by an Israeli airstrike in October 2023. He showed the same determination seven weeks later when he was himself injured, and his friend and colleague Samer Abu Daqqa killed, as they reported on the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on a school. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Amanda Seyfried reveals the drug she did with pal Adam Brody when they were in their 20s

The two met 16 years ago on the set of the 2009 horror film Jennifer's Body. And now they are both working on his series: Hers is Long Bright River and his is Nobody Wants This.

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3 w. ago Gatwick Airport horror as body found on backseat of BMW 'abandoned months ago'

The vehicle is reported to have been parked in an inductrial estate for around eight months.

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3 w. ago Gatwick Airport horror as body found on backseat of BMW with car 'left abandoned for MONTHS'

Locals say a recovery driver had arrived to tow away a white BMW from an industrial estate in Crawley, Sussex on Friday when he discovered a dead body hidden under blankets on the backseat

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3 w. ago Gatwick Airport horror as body found on backseat of BMW 'left abandoned for MONTHS'

Locals say a recovery driver had arrived to tow away a white BMW from an industrial estate in Crawley, Sussex on Friday when he discovered a dead body hidden under blankets on the backseat

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