2 h. ago Kickboxer, 15, who collapsed after unsanctioned match against 17

Coroner Michael Pemberton said neither Alex Eastwood, nor his parents appreciated the dangers of the 'chaotic and somewhat disjointed' approach to children involved in combat sports.

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3 h. ago Captain Pat Cummins answers Australia’s call before South Africa roar back in rollercoaster final

Cummins took six wickets to put Australia in the ascendancy before a late collapse kept South Africa’s hopes much alive

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4 h. ago Teenage kickboxer who collapsed after unsanctioned contest died from misadventure, inquest hears

Alex Eastwood collapsed after an unsanctioned kickboxing contest

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5 h. ago Weinstein case judge declares mistrial on remaining rape charge as jury foreperson won’t deliberate

Judge declared a mistrial after the jury foreperson said he wouldn’t continue deliberatingThe judge in Harvey Weinstein’s sex crimes case declared a mistrial on the remaining rape charge after the jury foreperson said he wouldn’t continue deliberating.The decision to end deliberations on Thursday came a day after the jury delivered a partial verdict, convicting the ex-studio boss of one of the top charges and acquitting him of another. Both charges concern accusations of forcing oral sex on women in 2006. Those verdicts still stand. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Wimbledon lifts prize pot to £53.5m but tells players more money is no quick fix

All England Club says welfare concerns need different solutionWorld’s top players had asked for greater prize money at slamsThe All England Club has insisted that it has listened to the complaints of leading tennis players regarding prize money compensation but it believes the solution to player issues lies in greater changes to the structure of the sport.The prize money fund for the 2025 Wimbledon Championships, which begins on 30 June, will rise to £53.5m, a 7% increase on last year’s prize money and double the amount awarded in 2015. The men’s and women’s champions will receive £3m at this year’s edition, while players who lose in the first round will earn £66,000. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Hollyoaks icon collapses in supermarket as she heaps praise on hero helper

Hollyoaks star Tamara Wall has sparked concern among her fans as she shared that she collapsed in a supermarket earlier this week and gushed over the 'hero' shopper

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8 h. ago Hollyoaks star Tamara Wall collapses in supermarket as hero rushes to her aid

A Hollyoaks star, who has been a stalwart on the Channel 4 soap for more than a decade, collapsed in a Morrisons supermarket as a shop worker rushed to help her

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8 h. ago Archaeologists uncover fast food ancient Romans frequently snacked on

Mallorca excavations suggest ancient fast-food shops followed ‘standardised approach’ to cook birds

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10 h. ago Hollyoaks star hails 'actual hero' after collapsing in Morrisons

Actress Tamara Wall praised the Morrisons staff who helped her in her time of need

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10 h. ago Hollyoaks star sparks concern  as she collapses in the supermarket with 'hero' staff rushing to her aid

The Hollyoaks star, 47, took to Instagram on Wednesday to share her praise over a 'hero' employee at Morrisons Warrington store that rushed to her aid at the time of the incident.

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11 h. ago ‘When the river swells, it forces them to run backwards’: rising waters push Colombia’s farmers into hunger and despair

Communities in the Salaquí basin face deepening food insecurity, armed conflict and the collapse of a way of life – while government schemes ignore the real problemPhotographs by Antonio CascioRiosucio was established between rivers and swamps. For most of the year, the people of this Colombian municipality live above water and have developed ways to manage the fluctuating river levels. A network of makeshift wooden boards connects the houses in the town, allowing people to move between them.Despite the resilience of these communities, their increasingly harsh environment is beginning to overcome all the methods and systems designed to tame it, causing crop destruction, hunger and deepening poverty. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Bones exhumed from cathedral reveal secrets of medieval kings

New DNA evidence unsettles a nation’s founding myth

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13 h. ago Trump partially evacuating Iraq embassy amid rising tensions with Iran

US partially evacuating Iraq embassy and withdrawing military dependents from across region

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16 h. ago Weinstein jury still has 1 charge to go after partial verdict in sex crimes retrial

Jurors reached a partial verdict in Harvey Weinstein’s sex crimes retrial

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16 h. ago Geert Wilders collapsed the Dutch government. He wanted power, but had no idea how to govern | Koen Vossen

The anti-Islam ideologue has exposed the limits of his insular, badly organised operation. For a ‘radical’, opposition is a much easier placeKoen Vossen is the author of The Power of Populism: Geert Wilders and the Party for Freedom in the NetherlandsEarlier this month, Geert Wilders decided he had had enough. “No signature for our asylum plans. No changes to the coalition agreement. The PVV is leaving the coalition,” he posted on X. After 11 months, he was withdrawing support for the Dutch prime minister Dick Schoof’s rightwing cabinet, forcing the Netherlands back to the polls.The decision put an end to Wilders’ far-right Freedom party’s (PVV) first spell in power. Following an unexpected victory in the 2023 elections, the PVV joined a government for the first time in its 18-year history – alongside the conservative-liberal People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), the centrist New Social Contract (NSC), and the agrarian-populist Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB) – although Wild...

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26 h. ago Families of those killed in collapse of Georgia ferry dock sue companies that built it

Relatives of seven people who drowned last fall when a walkway collapsed at a state-operated ferry dock on a Georgia island are suing the companies that built it

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27 h. ago Newly discovered ‘Dragon Prince’ dinosaur rewrites family history of T rex

Khankhuuluu mongoliensis lived roughly 86 million years ago and was an immediate precursor to the dinosaur lineage called tyrannosaurs

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29 h. ago Fossils found in 1970s are most recent ancestor of tyrannosaurs, scientists say

Researchers identify new species named Khankhuuluu mongoliensis from skeletons unearthed in MongoliaTyrannosaurs might evoke images of serrated teeth, massive bodies and powerful tails, but their most recent ancestor yet discovered was a slender, fleet-footed beast of rather more modest size.Experts say the new species – identified from two partial skeletons – helps fill a gap in the fossil record between the small, early ancestors of tyrannosaurs and the huge predators that evolved later. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Scots man who collapsed in Florida may never walk again if family can't bring him home

Gordon Milloy suffered heart and kidney failure, which triggered multiple strokes. His brother Brian found him fighting for his life on his bathroom floor.

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33 h. ago Netanyahu's government faces possible collapse as the opposition seeks to dissolve it

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government faces a major test on Wednesday after the opposition submitted a bill to dissolve the government

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