6 d. ago She spent months asking for help, then the ceiling collapsed above her head

'They've left us to rot.'

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1 week ago Sting support act The Christians issue drummer update after 'cardiac arrest' live on stage

The Christians have issued a statement after their drummer Lionel Duke collapsed on stage at the Liverpool Pier Head and suffered a suspected cardiac arrest in front of fans

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1 week ago Sting's support act issues update after drummer receives CPR onstage after 'cardiac arrest'

Lionel Duke from the The Christians was performing at the live music event at Liverpool's Pier Head when he collapsed

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2 w. ago Sting's support act suffers cardiac arrest live on stage in Liverpool as festival halted

A performance by The Christians at Liverpool’s Pier Head was abruptly halted when a band member collapsed on stage from a suspected cardiac arrest

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2 w. ago Couple accused of grandson's murder punched their own children, court hears

Kerry and Michael Ives are accused of killing toddler Ethan Ives-Griffiths, who collapsed at their home in Flintshire, had had suffered "catastrophic head injuries" and was severely underweight when he died

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3 w. ago Dead elephants and feral sea lions: how poisonous algal blooms harm the planet

As the Earth heats up, the amount of algae in our waterways is rapidly increasing, transforming the colour of lakes and killing entire ecosystemsBefore the elephants collapsed, they walked in aimless circles. Some fell head first, dying where they stood moments earlier; their carcasses scattered near watering holes across the Okavango delta. The unexplained deaths in May 2020 alarmed conservationists. By July, at least 350 elephants had died and nobody knew why.“The animals all had their tusks, so poaching was unlikely. A lot of them had obviously died relatively suddenly: they had dropped on to their sternums, which was indicating a sudden loss of muscle function or neural capacity,” says Niall McCann, director of the conservation group National Park Rescue. Continue reading...

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