20 h. ago BBC fans emotional as heartbroken Sara Cox announces tragic death of close friend

Sara Cox has been left devastated after the death of her close friend weeks after completing her 135-mile charity marathon that raised £11.5m for Children In Need

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30 h. ago Sara Cox shares heartbreaking death announcement after Children In Need challenge

The BBC Radio 2 presenter has been left devastated as she announced the death of her close friend

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4 d. ago This Morning favourite reveals secret health battle that left him close to death

This Morning star Jordon Cox, known as the Coupon King, became emotional as he spoke out about a disease that left him "months" away from death when he was just 20 years old

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5 d. ago Goldie Hawn delivers tearful tribute to Diane Keaton: ‘She was like lightning in a bottle’

Actors were close friends until Keaton’s death in October this year

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7 d. ago Welsh school to close after death of beloved teaching assistant

Rhyl High School will be closed for the funeral of alleged murder victim Angela Shellis, who has been described as a 'valued member of staff'

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1 week ago Oxford University professor and partner are prosecuted for cruelty to pet rabbit that was found ridden with maggots and close to death

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Professor Anders Kock, 41 and his partner Xiaoyu Tian, 40, were found guilty of one offence under the Animal Welfare Act 2006.

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3 w. ago The Kessler Twins sisters Alice and Ellen die together aged 89

German pop duo who last year said their wish was ‘to leave together’ had joint assisted death at their home in GrünwaldAlice and Ellen Kessler, the pop singing sisters who were famous in Europe in the 1960s, especially in Italy where they were credited for bringing glamour to the country’s TV network, have died aged 89.The identical twins had chosen to have a joint assisted death at their home in Grünwald, close to Munich, on Monday, said Wega Wetzel, a spokesperson for Deutsche Gesellschaft für Humanes Sterben (DGHS), a Berlin-based assisted dying association. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Our Novichok nightmare: Former Russian spy and his daughter targeted by Putin in Salisbury poisonings relive hell of hallucinations 'like LSD' that left them close to death

Sergei Skripal, a double agent who had passed intelligence to MI6 , and his then 33-year-old daughter Yulia nearly lost their lives in the attack by Russian assassins in Salisbury in 2018

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3 w. ago Veterans outrage as £10million Falklands War museum inflates death toll by almost five times

One display at the museum in Bariloche, Argentina, says the British death toll 'could be close to 1,200, given that British military reports remain secret and will not be revealed until 2072'

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3 w. ago Jimmy Kimmel's childhood friend Cleto Escobedo's cause of death revealed

Cleto Escobedo III worked alongside Jimmy Kimmel from the show's inception in 2003, with the TV host sharing his heartbreak following the death of his close friend

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4 w. ago 'Angel of death' nurse who killed 60 babies came close to being released from prison

'Monster in scrubs' Genene Jones is one of the US's most infamous serial killers, but her crimes went unchecked for years

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4 w. ago Pharmacist reveals the medications to NEVER mix with alcohol: 'Patients have felt close to death... it's serious'

A leading pharmacist has revealed the medications that you should never mix with alcohol -warning that it's not worth the potentially dangerous side effects.

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4 w. ago The one change that worked: I was burned out and stressed – then I found a steamy solution

After a bereavement and world events left me struggling to cope, I tried medication, yoga and therapy. But it was my local sauna that helped me find peace and purposeEarlier this year, I was approaching burnout. I felt as though my career as a freelance journalist was on permanent life-support, I was juggling a hectic family life, and I was consumed with worry about a world seemingly hellbent on self-destruction. I was struggling, too, with the death of a close family member and an old school friend. Grieving had become a default status. Despite support from family and loved ones, I needed to find a way to cope with this nearly overwhelming sense of loss.I tried meditation, yoga and therapy, which all helped. Then I heard of Community Sauna Baths, a not-for-profit project in London designed to make saunas accessible and affordable for everyone. From my very first visit, I felt something change. A sense of peace came over me. It immediately felt like a sanctuary, a pocket of calm in ...

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