56 h. ago Mum 'hid four dead babies in the loft and wardrobe after giving birth on toilet'

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Jessica Mauthe, 39, was arrested last month after her landlord found a dead infant wrapped in towels and bin bags that were stashed away in one of the closets in the home

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67 h. ago Raheem Sterling 'sold stunning Jamaica property' just months before deadly hurricane

Raheem Sterling sold a stunning property in Westmoreland just months before a deadly hurricane ripped roofs off buildings and felled trees on the south coast of the Caribbean island

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3 d. ago Hurricane Melissa latest updates: storm strengthens to Category 4 as Cuba braces for landfall

Hurricane causes property damage after hitting Jamaica as category 5 storm; Cuban authorities evacuate thousands ahead of landfallHurricane Melissa makes landfall in JamaicaVisual guide to Hurricane MelissaTell us if you’ve been affectedHurricane Melissa is predicted to be the most powerful hurricane to hit Jamaica on record and is reported to be the strongest storm anywhere on Earth so far this year when measuring wind speeds and central pressure.Its maximum sustained winds are 175 mph (282km/h), according to the National Hurricane Center, as of 2pm ET.We urge the public to exercise extreme caution: activities such as climbing roofs, securing sandbags, or cutting trees may seem manageable, but even minor mistakes during hurricane conditions can result in serious injury or death.Driving through flooded roads or areas with debris is also extremely hazardous. Health centres remain closed, but hospitals are open and attending to storm-related injuries. Please be wise, stay safe, and pr...

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3 d. ago Hurricane Melissa latest updates: extensive damage reported in Jamaica’s St Elizabeth parish; Cuba braces for landfall

Hurricane causes property damage and uproots after hitting Jamaica as category 5 storm before weakening to a still dangerous category 4 cycloneHurricane Melissa makes landfall in JamaicaVisual guide to Hurricane MelissaTell us if you’ve been affectedHurricane Melissa is predicted to be the most powerful hurricane to hit Jamaica on record and is reported to be the strongest storm anywhere on Earth so far this year when measuring wind speeds and central pressure.Its maximum sustained winds are 175 mph (282km/h), according to the National Hurricane Center, as of 2pm ET.We urge the public to exercise extreme caution: activities such as climbing roofs, securing sandbags, or cutting trees may seem manageable, but even minor mistakes during hurricane conditions can result in serious injury or death.Driving through flooded roads or areas with debris is also extremely hazardous. Health centres remain closed, but hospitals are open and attending to storm-related injuries. Please be wise, stay...

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3 d. ago Hurricane Melissa latest updates: Cuba braces for landfall after Jamaica suffers flooding and damage to buildings

Hurricane causes property damage and uproots after hitting Jamaica as category 5 storm before weakening to a still dangerous category 4 cycloneHurricane Melissa makes landfall in JamaicaVisual guide to Hurricane MelissaTell us if you’ve been affectedHurricane Melissa is predicted to be the most powerful hurricane to hit Jamaica on record and is reported to be the strongest storm anywhere on Earth so far this year when measuring wind speeds and central pressure.Its maximum sustained winds are 175 mph (282km/h), according to the National Hurricane Center, as of 2pm ET.We urge the public to exercise extreme caution: activities such as climbing roofs, securing sandbags, or cutting trees may seem manageable, but even minor mistakes during hurricane conditions can result in serious injury or death.Driving through flooded roads or areas with debris is also extremely hazardous. Health centres remain closed, but hospitals are open and attending to storm-related injuries. Please be wise, stay...

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3 d. ago Hurricane Melissa latest updates: Jamaica sees flooding and torn

Hurricane causes property damage and uproots after hitting Jamaica as category 5 storm; it dropped to a category 4 cyclone as it exited the islandHurricane Melissa makes landfall in JamaicaVisual guide to Hurricane MelissaTell us if you’ve been affectedHurricane Melissa is predicted to be the most powerful hurricane to hit Jamaica on record and is reported to be the strongest storm anywhere on Earth so far this year when measuring wind speeds and central pressure.Its maximum sustained winds are 175 mph (282km/h), according to the National Hurricane Center, as of 2pm ET.We urge the public to exercise extreme caution: activities such as climbing roofs, securing sandbags, or cutting trees may seem manageable, but even minor mistakes during hurricane conditions can result in serious injury or death.Driving through flooded roads or areas with debris is also extremely hazardous. Health centres remain closed, but hospitals are open and attending to storm-related injuries. Please be wise, s...

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3 d. ago As Netherlands goes to the polls again, Geert Wilders faces isolation

With other parties refusing to govern with the far-right leader, months of political deadlock may lie aheadDutch election: the key players and main issuesVoters in the Netherlands return to the polls on Wednesday less than two years after Geert Wilders led his party to a shock election win that the anti-immigration agitator could well repeat – but this time, with little chance of his party ending up in government.Polls suggest that Wilders’ far-right Freedom party (PVV) could again finish first in a vote triggered when he pulled it out of a fractious and ineffectual four-party rightwing coalition last June in a row over his 10-point plan for a radical crackdown on refugees. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Prunella Scales dead: Fawlty Towers star dies aged 93 months after husband

Prunella Scales, who was best known for her role as Sybil in Fawlty Towers, has died at the age of 93. The actress was married to her husband Timothy West for 61 years.

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4 d. ago 'I thought pain was from running injury then diagnosis left me fearing I'm going to die'

Clara Cirks, 30, from Iowa, US, was diagnosed with a deadly disease after struggling through months of unexplained health problems, which she put down to a running injury

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6 d. ago Could your holiday cocktail kill you? Foreign Office warns tourists over deadly methanol drinks in Mexico, Kenya and Japan that have already claimed nine lives

Brazil recorded a mass methanol poisoning earlier this month, leaving three dead, and the UK FCDO has doubled a list of countries it says have reported cases of bootleg booze poisoning.

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8 d. ago A Mind of My Own by Kathy Burke review – a brilliant, blunt and beautiful memoir

The actor on being called ugly, telling Johnny Rotten to F-off, and striking gold at CannesKathy Burke’s mother, Bridget, died of stomach cancer when she was 18 months old; she writes that it made her “feel dead famous” in her community. She was raised by her older brothers, John and Barry, who were 10 and eight when it happened, and sometimes by their father Pat, an alcoholic for many years, violent with it, who struggled to care for his family. Pat and Bridget had moved to London from Ireland, and the Burkes lived on an estate in Islington, where the other families played a vital role in raising and feeding the children. On his deathbed, in 1994, Pat asked Kathy to do two things: to give up smoking, and to write more. It has only taken her 30 years, she says, but she’s finally done the latter.The entertainment industry is top-heavy with people from middle-and upper-class backgrounds who have a limited understanding of lives that don’t resemble th...

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1 week ago Lostprophets' Ian Watkins murder investigation update as more arrests made

Lostprophets frontman and convicted child abuser Ian Watkins was found dead at HMP Wakefield earlier this month, where he was serving 29 years for a string of sex offences – including the attempted rape of a fan’s baby

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1 week ago Deadliest month as seven death row lags to be executed for sickening crimes

Seven executions have been scheduled to take place in October - with four already carried out in one week - making it the busiest month for the death penalty in nearly 15 years

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2 w. ago NHS shares four pneumonia symptoms that mean you need to go to hospital

Most pneumonia patients will get better within a month, but the illness can quickly turn deadly for others

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2 w. ago Survivors of airstrike on alleged drug boat in Caribbean held on US navy ship, officials say

It’s unclear whether survivors will be treated as prisoners of war or criminal defendants by US militaryThe US has seized survivors of a military strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean, the first since Donald Trump began launching deadly attacks in the region last month, according to officials in Washington.Thursday’s attack is believed to be at least the sixth strike in the waters off Venezuela since early September, and the first to result in survivors who were picked up by the US military. It was not immediately clear what would be done with the survivors, who the officials said were being held on a US navy vessel. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago People urged not to miss tax deadline this month or face hefty HMRC fine

Advice Direct Scotland provides free and confidential help with tax returns.

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2 w. ago HMRC urges people to act ahead of critical tax return deadline at end of this month

Advice Direct Scotland is reminding those filing a paper version of their self-assessment tax return that the form must reach HMRC by midnight on October 31.

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2 w. ago Ricky Hatton's final days before tragic death as last sighting emerges

The British boxing icon was found dead aged just 46 at his home in Greater Manchester last month, with an inquest into his death opening on Thursday

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2 w. ago Ricky Hatton ‘appeared well’ days before he died, inquest hears

46-year-old former boxing champion was found dead at his home in Manchester last month

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2 w. ago Ricky Hatton's cause of death officially announced by coroner

The British boxing legend was found dead at his home in Hyde, Greater Manchester, last month

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