3 d. ago 'She trusted people and paid the ultimate price': Parents of 'girl in the helmet' waitress cruelly blamed for Swiss inferno speak out

The implication that Cyane Panine - 'the girl in the helmet' - was somehow to blame for the Swiss bar inferno which killed 40 and injured more than 100 is one that is compounding the family's unending grief.

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6 d. ago Joe Wicks on protein, his controversial ‘Killer’ documentary, fatherhood and phone addiction

On the latest episode of The Independent’s Well Enough podcast, host Emilie Lavinia is joined by the nation’s PE teacher, Joe Wicks. Six years after he exploded onto the fitness scene during Covid, solidifying himself as the UK’s guide to huffing-and-puffing in the living room, Wicks has added many feathers to his bow. He’s written multiple books and created a controversial Channel 4 documentary on Ultra-Processed Foods (UPFs). In this episode, he reflects on the fallout from his ‘Killer’ bar experiment, being a phone-free dad, and explains how everyone can decomplicate protein and still hit their nutrition goals.

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6 d. ago ‘You don’t need to obsess over protein and calories’: Joe Wicks on beating the UPF trap and decomplicating food

Protein bars might be booming, but Joe Wicks argues the real fix for our UPF-fuelled snacking culture is far simpler: cook more. Hannah Twiggs breaks down why he says we don’t need to obsess over macros – just meals

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9 d. ago Waitress who escaped Swiss bar fire reveals staff had no safety training & says she’s ‘haunted by the faces of the dead’

A SURVIVING employee of the Swiss ski resort bar where a deadly fire killed 40 says she is "haunted by the faces of the dead". French national Louise Leguistin, 25, was one of the only staff members of Le Constellation to escape unharmed after the horrific blaze tore through the downstairs nightspot in the early...

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1 week ago Serial killer Levi Bellfield suffers allergic reaction to face cream in jail

The depraved murderer, 57, whose victims include 13-year-old Milly Dowler, is currently serving a life sentence in HMP Frankland in County Durham.

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1 week ago Pope seeks to console families of young Italian victims of New Year's Swiss Alps bar fire

Pope Leo XIV has consoled families of Italian teenagers killed or injured in the Swiss bar fire at a New Year's party

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2 w. ago Bodybuilder who stabbed man to death in Scots pub dies in jail

David McDermott and James "Jazza" Cunningham killed the man at Gilliespie's bar.

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2 w. ago Nearly all of Swiss fire victims died trapped on basement stairwell narrowed by pimp bar owner – as he appears in court

THE majority of the victims killed in the New Year fire at a Swiss bar burned to death after becoming trapped on a narrow staircase that had been reduced in size by the owners. Horrific new details of the basement inferno were released as one of the bar owners - 49-year-old Jacques Moretti - prepared...

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2 w. ago Swiss fire survivors recall 'unbearable burning smell' after 'night of ashes' kills 40

The trio spoke out at an official memorial service, nine days after 40 people, including 20 children, were killed and 116 injured in the blaze at Le Constellation bar in the ski resort of Crans-Montana

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2 w. ago Owner of Swiss inferno bar is taken into custody after being deemed a 'flight risk' as he and wife face manslaughter probe

The owner of the Swiss bar where a blaze killed 40 people on New Year's Eve has been arrested, following an order from Swiss prosecutors. 

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2 w. ago Switzerland honors the victims of the deadly Alpine bar fire in a national day of mourning

Switzerland will hold a memorial service to honor the 40 people who were killed in an Alpine bar fire earlier this month during a New Year’s celebration

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2 w. ago Owners of Swiss bar where fire killed 40 in New Year's horror arrive at court

Jacques and Jessica Moretti face charges of manslaughter by negligence, bodily harm by negligence and arson by negligence over the devastating blaze at Le Constellation bar

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2 w. ago Owners of Swiss bar that caught fire killing 40 in New Year's horror arrive at court

Jacques Moretti and Jessica Moretti of the Le Constellation bar arrived for a hearing at the office of the public prosecutor of the Canton of Valais, in Sion, this morning over a devastating fire

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2 w. ago Swiss ski bar owners ‘destroyed evidence as NYE fire raged’ killing 40 – ‘why were they thinking about this’?

THE couple who ran the Swiss resort bar where 40 people were killed have been accused of destroying evidence by blocking social media accounts in the aftermath of the devastating blaze. Jacques, 49, and Jessica Moretti, 40, are suspected of manslaughter by negligence after allegations of insufficient safety standards emerged following the fatal New Year's...

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2 w. ago The saddest farewell: Heartbroken families start burying loved

The funerals of the six Italian teenagers who were among the 40 killed in the New Year's Eve blaze were being held on Wednesday.

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3 w. ago Shock moment sparklers nearly set Swiss bar on fire 6 YEARS before NYE blaze killed 40 as waiter screams ‘watch out!’

THIS is the shocking moment sparklers nearly set a Swiss bar on fire six years before the catastrophic New Year's Eve blaze that killed 40 people and left 116 injured. Newly emerged footage shows a staff member at a packed ski bar desperately shouting for revellers to move sparklers away from the ceiling. The warning...

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3 w. ago The moment a sparkler almost set Swiss bar on fire six years before inferno killed 40 people at the same venue

'Watch out for the foam, watch out for the foam,' the waiter can he heard shouting, as a sparkler in a bottle approaches the ceiling dangerously.

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3 w. ago Swiss bar fire which killed 40 'underwent last safety check almost seven years ago'

A criminal investigation into the bar's managers was opened last week

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3 w. ago Dad pictured with 'killer' love rival moments before being tortured to death

Cumali Turhan was caught on CCTV drinking with jealous Ceylhan Dinler shortly before he was lured to a bar and tortured over an 'affair' with his suspected killer's girlfriend

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3 w. ago Owner of Swiss bar in deadly NYE fire ‘was a pimp and fraudster who served time in jail’ as he and wife quizzed by cops

ONE of the owners of the Swiss bar where a blaze killed 40 people was allegedly a pimp who served time in jail – before his dodgy DIY turned Le Constellation into a death trap. Jacques Moretti, 49, reportedly had an extensive criminal history including convictions for "fraud, kidnapping and false imprisonment." Moretti owned the...

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