57 m. ago Grieving family name boy, four, killed when cross from a gravestone fell and struck him

The youngster was named in tributes as Eli. He died after being struck when the cross became detached from the base of the gravestone at Rawtenstall Cemetery, in Lancashire, on Saturday afternoon.

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73 m. ago Death of scientist in Dundee ‘being treated as murder’ as man charged

Police Scotland named the victim as Dr Fortune Gomo, 39, who lived in the area.

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2 h. ago Drugs crisis in jails ‘worse than ever’ as seizures by prison officers near record

Exclusive: Blue-light emergency responses now ‘a normal part of life’ in prison, experts warn

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2 h. ago Israeli strikes kill at least 38 in Gaza as ceasefire talks reach critical point

Benjamin Netanyahu travels to Washington as momentum gathers in negotiations for a US-sponsored deal Israeli warplanes launched a wave of strikes in Gaza on Sunday, killing at least 38 Palestinians, according to hospital officials, as talks over a ceasefire in the devastated territory reached a critical point.Officials at Nasser hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis said 18 people were killed by strikes in al-Mawasi, a nearby coastal area that is crowded with tented encampments of those displaced by fighting elsewhere. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago EastEnders' Samantha Womack stopped by fans with warning about Emmerdale star boyfriend

EastEnders star Samantha Womack has been 'warned' by fans in the street about her boyfriend Oliver Farnworth, due to his role as serial killer John Sugden in Emmerdale

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2 h. ago Chicago woman charged with murder after kids are stabbed inside burning home

Police were called to Wendy Tolbert’s home in the Logan Square section of the city just after 9:00am on Friday after someone called 911 to report a person armed with a knife.

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2 h. ago Luxury London skyscraper on 'lockdown' as man stabbed to death inside lobby

A murder investigation has been launched after a 32-year-old man was found to have been stabbed to death in a luxury London skyscraper in Vauxhall in the early hours of Saturday

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3 h. ago First picture of woman who died in Dundee incident as police launch murder probe

A 20-year-old man has been charged in connection with her death.

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3 h. ago Sabalenka ousts former doubles partner Mertens to reach Wimbledon quarter

World No 1 forced to work hard for 6-4, 7-6 victory Siegemund next up after win over Solana SierraTennis players often say it’s hard to play against a friend, the killer instinct never quite as easy to call on as it might be against someone else. Aryna Sabalenka, the world No 1, has rarely had that problem, but she was pushed hard by her former doubles partner Elise Mertens before ­winning through 6-4, 7-6 (4) to reach the quarter-finals.Mertens had won just two sets in their past nine matches but played as good a match as she has ever done at Wimbledon, and still came out on the wrong side. Sabalenka hit 36 winners and made just 18 unforced errors, coming from 3-1 down in the second set to set up a quarter-final against Laura Siegemund of Germany. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Pictured: All the girls killed after Texas floods ravaged Camp Mystic

Horrific flooding that swept through a Texas summer camp killed at least five girls and several others are missing.

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3 h. ago Vauxhall 'murder' as man, 32, stabbed and London skyscraper 'on lockdown'

Police rushed to the scene in Vauxhall, south London, where they found a man aged 32 with knife injuries - despite the best efforts of medical staff, he died

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3 h. ago What to know about the flash floods in Texas that killed nearly 70 people

Flash floods in Texas have killed nearly 70 people, many of them children

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4 h. ago Search for 27 missing girls continues after Texas flash flood kills at least 51

Flash floods from a raging central Texas river have killed at least 51 people

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4 h. ago Camp Mystic director is killed during biblical Texas flooding while trying to save girls

The beloved director of Camp Mystic, Richard 'Dick' Eastland, 70, died while trying to save girls from the devastating flooding that swept through the Texas summer camp.

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5 h. ago An Alabama elementary student and a camp director among those killed in devasting Texas floods

Authorities in Texas say more than 50 people have died in devasting flooding in Texas

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5 h. ago Succession crisis at Wimbledon as Rufus the hawk fails to breed

Rufus has proven so effective in his role that officials had hoped he would pass on his sharp instincts to a successor

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5 h. ago 'Ketamine helped me escape my negative thoughts – then it nearly killed me'

Ketamine use has surged in young people who turn to it to help cope with mental health problems but it has a lasting impact on their lives with many struggling with addiction as the first ketamine clinic opens in Merseyside

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6 h. ago Foreign policy was a ‘driver of 7/7 attacks’, says former counter

On July 7 2005, four suicide bombers targeted the capital’s transport network, killing 52 people and injuring more than 770.

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6 h. ago Search for 27 missing girls plows forward after flash flood kills at least 51 people in Texas

Disastrous flash floods from a raging central Texas river have killed at least 51 people, a total that may increase

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6 h. ago Inside my strange friendship with a notorious serial killer... and how our daily calls led me to victims of decades

He was a married father of three from New Jersey who led a sadistic double life -  family man by day, serial killer by night.

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