13 h. ago Death toll from Pakistan school bus bombing rises to 8 as Islamabad blames India

The death toll from a school bus bombing in southwestern Pakistan rose to eight as Pakistan's military blames rival India for allegedly supporting rebels behind the attack

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20 h. ago Meet the medical school dropout who could end 70% of cancer deaths after groundbreaking discovery

French biochemist Raphaël Rodriguez co-developed an experimental drug targeting metastasis-the spread of cancer responsible for about 70 percent of deaths

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63 h. ago Three children among five dead in car bomb attack on Pakistan school bus

Pakistan’s interior minister called the perpetrators of school bus attack ‘beasts’ who deserved no leniency

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4 d. ago Coronation Street star's grief after friend died from catastrophic injury that could happen to anyone

Charles Dale, who has starred in Coronation Street and Casualty, was left devastated when his friend died after falling down the stairs

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4 d. ago Mum stabbed to death on school run in front of daughter heard tragic final words

A new series of Killer Britain with Dermot Murnaghan delves into the shocking stabbing of a young mother on the school run and reveals heartbreaking details about her final moments

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7 d. ago Woman driver pleads not guilty to causing death of cyclist Harry Webb in Hackney

Accused expected to claim she suffered ‘loss of consciousness’, court told

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9 d. ago Grandpa faces felony charge after ramming car of man who tossed a burrito at his vehicle, cops say

Arturo Villareal, 56, ‘intentionally rammed his vehicle into the other driver’s vehicle, causing major damages’

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1 week ago Builders charged with manslaughter over death of mother hit by falling bricks on her way back from son's nursery

Mother-of-one Michaela Boor, 28, suffered catastrophic head injuries when she was struck by falling bricks as she stood beside a building site in east London seven years ago.

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1 week ago Builders charged with manslaughter over death of mother hit by falling bricks on her way to her son's nursery

Mother-of-one Michaela Boor, 28, suffered catastrophic head injuries when she was struck by falling bricks as she stood beside a building site in east London seven years ago.

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1 week ago ‘It’s an illogical job’: Why driving a train isn’t as cushy as it might seem

The rulebook is hefty, the hours are awful and the hurdles to becoming a train driver huge. But 18-year-olds can now applyFew professions’ pay have aroused such incredulous ire as train drivers: earning an average of nearly £70,000 a year, going on strike to demand more, and they don’t even have to steer. But if it really is such a cushy number, why doesn’t Britain have enough drivers – and what does it take to join their ranks?Driver shortages have become a leading cause of disruption on Britain’s railways; about seven out of eight “P-coded” cancellations, made the night before travel, are down to a missing driver. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Boy, 5, 'beaten to death by uncle' after low grades on school report card

The youngster was laid to rest on Tuesday.

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2 w. ago 'I wish killer had taken me instead' says survivor of Nottingham attacks as she speaks for first time

Sharon Miller was hit by a van driven by Valdo Calocane, who had earlier stabbed to death two students and a school caretaker

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2 w. ago Boy, 5, 'beaten to death with belt' after uncle sees low grades on school report

James Alberto Caicedo, 38, beat his nephew Yosuar Smith Cabrera, 5, to death as punishment for receiving low grades in school. Yosuar was pronounced dead as soon as he arrived to the hospital

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2 w. ago Peg o’ My Heart review – Hong Kong’s disordered dream life is focus of Lynchian thriller

Set in the aftermath of the 2008 crash, Nick Cheung’s film follows a loose-cannon psychiatrist through a city deranged by stock-market stormsAn immolated teenager flailing in a run down tenement. A doubledecker bus suspended above a calm sea bay. A dishevelled middle-aged couple frolicking down a high street, caught in their own private musical. There’s an irrepressible fountain of dream imagery erupting out of Nick Cheung’s fourth feature, which imagines Hong Kong after the 2008 financial crash as a nightmarish inland empire awash in outrage, anguish and guilt. “Other people’s money!” crows one investor – but the real business here is other people’s dreams.Loose-cannon psychiatrist Dr Man (Terrance Lau) is under censure from his bosses for investigating his patients’ private lives. Maybe it’s his own uneasy dreams that motivate him to trespass, though a new bizarre case gives him added cause to go the extra mile. A narcoleptic taxi driver admitted to hospital after nodding off and ...

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3 w. ago Shocking moment driver causes crash chaos after bizarre move on missing their exit

A dramatic video caught the moment an idiot driver caused a huge three-car crash in the middle of a busy motorway when they stopped in the middle of the road after missing the exit

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3 w. ago Newly qualified driver caused deaths of three school friends in 'catastrophic' head

The court heard how the defendant had a history of "showing off and driving too quickly"

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3 w. ago Jail for driver who caused deaths of mother and daughter during storm

Data later revealed Firas Zeineddine, 46, had been driving at more than 90mph in bad weather conditions.

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3 w. ago Newly qualified driver detained after killing three teenagers in head

Edward Spencer was 17 at the time of the catastrophic crash in Warwickshire in 2023, having passed his driving test just six weeks earlier.

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3 w. ago Boy, 15, admits stabbing teenager Harvey Willgoose to death at school

Harvey, 15, was knifed twice in the chest in front of fellow pupils at All Saints Catholic High School on February 3, dying in the ambulance on the way to hospital.

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3 w. ago Boy, 15, admits stabbing fellow pupil to death at Sheffield school

Harvey Willgoose died after being stabbed in the chest at All Saints Catholic High School in February

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