81 m. ago Inventor of controversial Sarco 'suicide pod' reveals in detail exactly what happens in a person's final moments, after stepping inside the machine

Dr Philip Nitschke created the controversial coffin-like Sarco pod to offer patients a way to end their lives painlessly. The controversial device was used in Switzerland for the first time late last year.

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2 h. ago PKK declares ceasefire with Turkey after more than 40 years of conflict

Kurdish militant group responds to call from its jailed leader, Abdullah Öcalan, to lay down armsOutlawed Kurdish militants have declared a ceasefire with Turkey after a landmark call by the jailed PKK leader, Abdullah Öcalan, asking the group to disband.It was the first reaction from the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK) after Öcalan this week called for the dissolution of the group and asked it to lay down arms after fighting the Turkish state for more than four decades. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Ayrshire child care worker shouted and swore within proximity of young person

The incident took place during the young person's night time routine.

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3 h. ago Marco Asensio wants to inspire Aston Villa to success over remainder of season

Marco Asensio wants to help fire Aston Villa to glory this season after an impressive start to life at the club.The 29-year-old signed on loan from Paris St Germain in January and has settled in well, scoring four goals in his last three games.Two of them came in the 2-0 win over Championship strugglers Cardiff which sent Villa into their first FA Cup quarter-final in a decade.G⚽️⚽️D MORNING pic.twitter.com/yxHUgTnVlJ— Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) March 1, 2025The Spaniard says there is more to come as Villa prepare for next week’s Champions League last-16 first-leg with with Club Brugge.“Attention is really good, I’m really happy with the team-mates, with the staff, they give me a lot of confidence, so I try to do my best in the pitch,” Asensio told the club’s official website.“And it’s going well, so I want to score more, give more to this team, to this club and that’s my objective.“We have to keep pushing, we are in the right way, so the next step is Champions League and now the...

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3 h. ago Georgia Harrison brands normal new boyfriend 'The One' after devastating revenge porn battle

Georgia Harrison is 'healing' after the revenge porn trauma at the hands of Stephen Bear which nearly broke her' - as she opens up about her new man who makes her feel 'safe'

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3 h. ago Georgia Harrison says 'I was a total mess after revenge porn

Love Island alum Georgia Harrison has opened up about her new relationship with boyfriend of eight months, Jack Stacey - she says she's 'never felt so safe' and feels he is 'The One'

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4 h. ago Federal workers have begun to receive new emails after Musk’s bullet

First message ordering government employees to account for their time resulted in widespread confusion

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6 h. ago Patients and workers must have confidence that the QEUH is safe

Issues relating to water quality and ventilation have damaged the hospital’s reputation in the eyes of the public.

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6 h. ago Bike club in bid to save kids from Fife gang wars begs council for safe place to go

Kingdom Off Road Motorcycle Club has made the plea after a boy was "battered" in Methil last weekend.

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11 h. ago NHS workers to get free Nuffield Health gym membership and personal trainer to combat shortages

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has announced programme with Nuffield Health for NHS workers suffering from muscle and joint pain - see where it will be offered first

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12 h. ago Versace struts confident collection as rumors swirl that the Milan fashion mainstay is on the market

Donatella Versace strutted a confident collection brimming with house codes during Milan Fashion Week amid speculation that the fashion house is on the market

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12 h. ago Disturbing moment woman caught poisoning her coworker after promotion

A woman has been arrested after she poisoned a female co-worker in Brazil on Valentine's Day because she was allegedly jealous over her promotion.

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12 h. ago Gene Hackman dead for 11 days as cops discover when pacemaker was last active

Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa, 68, were found dead at their home in Sante Fe, New Mexico after a maintenance worker spotted one of the bodies through a window

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12 h. ago Russian and Chinese spies are targeting US federal workers fired in DOGE purges, report says

The foreign adversaries are reportedly ‘aggressively targeting’ fired federal workers

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12 h. ago EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Meghan Markle adds booze to her new lifestyle brand

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: The Duchess of Sussex is hoping to toast success with her own range of booze when her As Ever lifestyle firm gets off the ground.

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14 h. ago American biotech firms could be handed sensitive NHS patient data in controversial trade deal, Wes Streeting confirms

The Health Secretary insisted that the NHS was 'not up for grabs' in the trade deal being negotiated by Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump.

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14 h. ago Increase in visas for hospitality and construction could lead to exploitation, warn campaigners

While the number of visas handed to health and care workers has continued to drop, there was a rise in those issued to foreign-born tradesmen, hospitality and sales staff

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15 h. ago Texas measles outbreak grows to nearly 150 cases as more patients are hospitalized

The majority of the 146 cases in Texas are infants, children, and teenagers

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15 h. ago RFL warns clubs that planned coup will financially cripple the sport

Professional clubs want to oust RFL chair Simon JohnsonGoverning body says any such move would breach rulesThe Rugby Football League has warned clubs that an attempt to sideline the sport’s ­governing body and replace its chair could have ­“catastrophic financial ­consequences” after taking legal advice to stave off a planned revolt.Rugby league’s professional clubs will assemble in March to ­consider a proposal put forward by the Super League club Leigh ­Leopards and Championship side Batley ­Bulldogs, which calls for the immediate removal of Simon Johnson, after a purported loss of confidence in the direction of the governing body. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Plymouth’s Maksym Talovierov: ‘When the fans cheer, it just goes inside of me’

Ukraine defender on his parents enduring the war, the generosity of fans and facing Manchester City in the FA CupSuddenly talking about celebrating tackles with gladiatorial grace and the prospect of swapping shirts with Erling Haaland feels rather insignificant. Maksym Talovierov, known as Maxi, is detailing the sobering reality of life since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. “It’s really hard because for three years every morning I wake up and I see a lot of notifications about rockets and missiles in every city, including Kyiv, where my parents are,” the Plymouth defender says. “I text them immediately to see how they’re doing. ‘Are you in the [underground] car park? Are you in the metro?’ Because when they [Russia] are bombing and it’s dangerous, that’s where they go because they are the closest things to safe zones.”The 24-year-old has not seen his mother, Maryna, and father, Vadym, a former professional footballer, for three and a half years. “Sometimes they might not h...

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