87 m. ago Farmer jailed after accidentally killing toddler son with tractor

Albie Speakman, 3, had been playing with the family’s two dogs when he was fatally struck by the Kramer telehandler his dad, Neil Speakman, was driving.

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88 m. ago Sickening moment teenage boy holds dead seagull aloft like a trophy after 'killing bird with catapult'

Witnesses reported three birds being attacked at around 3pm last Saturday in Ashford, Kent. Footage showed a boy holding up a seagull by its wings near a church building in the town of Christ Church.

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2 h. ago Bodies of 12 Pakistani migrants who died in boat sinking have been repatriated

Officials say the bodies of 12 out of at least 16 Pakistanis who died this month when a boat carrying dozens of Europe-bound migrants sank off Libya’s coast have been repatriated to Pakistan

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2 h. ago Teenager killed in 'XL Bully' attack at her cousin's house is named as police release update in investigation into her death

Morgan Dorsett, from Shropshire, died at the scene after she was attacked by what was believed to be an XL Bully-type dog at the flat in Hartcliffe, south Bristol, on February 26.

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2 h. ago This city is like no other in Spain – here’s why you should visit during Ramadan

A place where Islam and Christianity have rubbed shoulders for more than a millennium, the Andalusian city offers a rich experience of cultural discovery, finds Queenie Shaikh

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2 h. ago Ultimate guide to what fasting does to your body: As Ramadan begins, a top dietitian reveals the profound changes to your health

Today marks the start of Ramadan, a time of profound significance for Muslims worldwide. For the next 30 days worshippers will fast - not eating or drinking anything from dawn until sunset.

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2 h. ago Three steps to get rid of head lice as experts say nits are getting harder to kill

Commonly used chemical products aren’t working as well as they once did, meaning head lice are harder to kill

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2 h. ago Teen killed in Bristol 'XL Bully' vicious attack pictured for first time

A teenage girl killed in a horror dog attack involving a suspected 'XL Bully' on Cobhorn Drive in Bristol has been named as 19-year-old Morgan Dorsett from Shropshire

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3 h. ago Ramadan to begin on March 1 as crescent moon seen in Saudi Arabia

For the first time in many years, Ramadan will end before daylight saving time

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3 h. ago Video shows violent protests as Greece comes to a standstill

Greece came to a standstill on Friday as thousands joined mass protests, two years after the country's worst-ever train crash killed 57 people.

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3 h. ago IRA member who killed British soldier in Hyde Park bombing is ordered to pay his victim's daughter £836,000 in damages

Sarah Jane Young was four when she heard the explosion near the Knightsbridge barracks in central London which killed her father, 19-year-old Lance Corporal Jeffrey Young.

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3 h. ago 50 years on from Moorgate crash, what caused the worst Tube disaster in peacetime remains a mystery

Questions remain as memorial service held to mark the crash that killed 43 and injured 74

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3 h. ago Psychotic man ‘ferociously’ killed hotel worker when unmedicated, coroner rules

Marta Elena Vento, 27, was working at a Travelodge in Bournemouth when she was killed by Stephen Cole in a brutal attack in 2020.

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3 h. ago Claire Knights murderer jailed after killing 'loving' mum while walking her dog

Harrison Lawrence Van-Pooss, 21, admitted murdering Claire Knights, 54, from Upstreet, near Canterbury, before her body was found between St Nicholas-At-Wade and Minnis Bay

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3 h. ago Ungovernable by Simon Hart review: A tale of brothels, backbiting, and Conservative politics

The revelations are out from Simon Hart’s book: The Political Diaries of a Chief Whip. There’s the one about being woken at 4am by an MP who was being held in a Bayswater brothel by blackmailers, not to be confused with another MP, Mark Menzies, who found it difficult to extricate himself from “bad people” and allegedly paid for his release from local party funds (which he denied); then there was Rishi Sunak’s observation about the female minister promoted to the Cabinet who was “f***ing useless but we can’t get rid of her” — which may or may not have been Kemi Badenoch. There was Boris Johnson’s attempt to kill off a disobliging report by the Privileges Committee on his lockdown activities which did not, by that time, shock Hart.

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3 h. ago Bomb squad swarms Scots residential street after 'explosive device' discovered

The specialist officers were scrambled to Liberton in Edinburgh.

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4 h. ago AP PHOTOS: Muslims in Indonesia welcome the holy month of Ramadan

Ramadan is a time of togetherness for Muslims, as they fill mosques for hours of prayer and share large, lavish meals with family, friends and neighbors after days of dawn-to-dusk fasting.

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4 h. ago Family of US marine veteran killed in Ukraine tells funeral in Kyiv he died fighting for freedom

Ethan Hertweck, a 21-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran who was killed while fighting alongside Ukrainian forces, has been honored with a funeral service in Kyiv attended by family and friends

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5 h. ago Pictured: Woman killed waiting at London bus stop in horror smash

Chithra Vanmeeganathan died and two others injured following a crash involving No 395 single-decker and a car

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5 h. ago Daughter of Hyde Park bombing victim awarded further damages at Court of Appeal

Sarah Jane Young’s father, Lance Corporal Jeffrey Young, was one of four soldiers killed by the explosion on July 20 1982.

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