5 h. ago California officials warn foragers after person dies from poison mushroom

Several additional people, including children, have severe liver damage amid 21 cases of amatoxin poisoningCalifornia officials are warning foragers after an outbreak of poisoning linked to wild mushrooms that has killed one adult and caused severe liver damage in several patients, including children.The state poison control system has identified 21 cases of amatoxin poisoning, likely caused by death cap mushrooms, the health department said Friday. The toxic wild mushrooms are often mistaken for edible ones because of their appearance and taste. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Police cordon near train station after person hit by car on pavement

The car hit another vehicle then mounted the pavement, police said

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67 h. ago London travel news LIVE: Person hit by train disrupting Southeastern services into Charing Cross

The incident happened on the Southeastern line between Lewisham and Hayes

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4 d. ago Tragic young footballer’s pal tried to grab his hand to pull him to safety seconds before he was struck by train

A TALENTED young footballer's friend desperately tried to grab his hand to pull him to safety seconds before he was hit by a train and killed, it has been revealed. Ex-Nottingham Forest academy goalkeeper Joshua Travis, 14, tragically died following the horror incident last week in Nottinghamshire. Emergency services raced to the line in Burton Joyce...

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5 d. ago Greater Anglia services Norfolk to London disrupted after person hit by train in Essex

Greater Anglia services Norfolk to London disrupted after person hit by train in Essex  BBC

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7 d. ago Heartbroken family of promising footballer, 14, who died after being hit by a train say they will 'miss him forever'

Joshua Travis died on Wednesday evening after being hit by a train on the railway line shortly after 7pm.

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7 d. ago Boy, 14, who was youngest in Britain to be diagnosed with motor neurone disease dies as heartbroken family pay tribute

A SCHOOLBOY who became the youngest person in Britain to be diagnosed with motor neurone disease has died aged just 14. Brave Kyle Sieniawski was just like other schoolboys who enjoyed playing with his friends until the shock diagnosis just ten months ago. The MND usually affects adults over 50 - but sufferers include the...

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8 d. ago Schoolboy, 14, who became youngest person in Britain to be diagnosed with motor neurone disease dies after 'fighting with all his strength'

Brave Kyle Sieniawski was just like other schoolboys who enjoyed playing with his friends until the shock diagnosis just ten months ago.

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8 d. ago Boy, 14, dies after being hit by train as tributes pour in to 'bright star'

We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.

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8 d. ago Commuters hit with train delays as Glasgow line blocked amid ongoing incident

The line remains closed off.

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9 d. ago Tragedy as boy, 14, killed by train with paramedics racing to the tracks

Officers and paramedics were called to the railway in Burton Joyce after reports of a person being hit by a train - and a 14-year-old boy was tragically pronounced dead at the scene

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9 d. ago A person has died from the H5N5 bird flu strain. Here’s what we know

The infection is the first recorded human case of an H5N5 avian influenza virus

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1 week ago Bodies of US climber and guide found after distress call from New Zealand’s highest peak sparked desperate search

The other person who died was an internationally-recognized climbing guide

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1 week ago LIVE updates as police rush to person hit by train with Tube lines suspended

LIVE updates as police rush to person hit by train with Tube lines suspended  Romford Recorder

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1 week ago Police rush to person hit by train with Tube lines suspended

Police rush to person hit by train with Tube lines suspended  Wandsworth Times

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2 w. ago Trans person ‘hit over head with bottle’ on Victoria line Tube train

British Transport Police urge anyone who knows victim to come forward immediately

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2 w. ago 'I'm not giving my 12 year old son a smartphone as I want to avoid another tragedy'

As an inquest into the tragic death of 11-year-old Jaiden Sheata revealed he was hit and killed by a train at a level crossing, after being distracted by a video on his mobile, local mum Mary Barker tells The Mirror why it's compounded her decision to not give her son, 12, a phone

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2 w. ago Bird flu: first ever death from rare H5N5 strain is recorded in US

The man in Washington state had a backyard flock of domestic poultry that had been exposed to wild birds, health officials saidA US man is believed to be the first person to die from a rare strain of bird flu, but state health officials said on Friday the risk to the public is low.The man in Washington state, an older adult with underlying health conditions, was being treated for a bird flu strain called H5N5 after becoming seemingly the first known human infected by the strain, according to a statement from the Washington State Department of Health. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Washington state man believed to be the first to die from a rare strain of bird flu

A Washington state man is believed to be the first person to die from a rare strain of bird flu, but state health officials say the risk to the public is low

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2 w. ago The man who froze his wife and got a new girlfriend: a stranger, sadder tale than I expected | Imogen West

The story has sparked debates about cryogenics and fidelity. But it also tells us something deeper about our responses to loss One of the last remaining fun things about the internet is getting to pass judgment on the goings-on in households that you would never hear about otherwise. On Reddit, for instance, there is a whole thriving sub for just this purpose called Am I the Asshole?, where people describe conflicts from their lives and ask strangers to adjudicate on them.This week, a story on the BBC threw up a particularly juicy piece of other people’s business that has been sparking debates on Chinese social media. It starts in 2017, when Gui Junmin decided to cryogenically freeze his wife, Zhan Wenlian, after she died of lung cancer. She was the first Chinese person to undergo this procedure, which was paid for by a science research institute in Jinan, east China, that agreed with Gui to preserve his wife’s body for 30 years. Reports suggest Zhan herself consented to the process...

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