6 h. ago Teen dies months after suspected ear infection turned out to be aggressive brain tumour

Jac Sexton, from Aberdare in South Wales, had only just started working as a barber when he suddenly began experiencing dizziness and slurred speech in October 2024.

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6 h. ago Teen, 19, dies months after being told headache was ear infection

Jac Sexton, who had just started working as a barber, was initially diagnosed with an ear infection but his symptoms were soon found to be the result of a high-grade glioblastoma

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11 h. ago Teen dies after headache at work led to devastating diagnosis

Doctors initially believed the 19-year-old was experiencing side effects of a recent bout of glandular fever

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12 h. ago Teen dies months after doctor diagnosed headache as ear infection

Jac Sexton had just started working as barber in his friend's shop.

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13 h. ago Teen dies months after headaches were dismissed as ear infection

Doctors initially believed the 19-year-old was experiencing side effects of a recent bout of glandular fever

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15 h. ago Teen dies just months after symptoms mistakenly diagnosed as ear infection

Jac Sexton, 19, had just started his career as a barber when he started experiencing symptoms

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40 h. ago ‘Losing hope with every day that passes’: torment of the ships’ crews abandoned at sea

Thousands of seafarers are left on board their vessels in foreign waters, unpaid, with scant supplies – and no way of getting home When Vihaan* set off from his home in Tamil Nadu, south India, to work on a vessel crossing the Bay of Bengal into neighbouring Bangladesh, he told his family he would be gone a few months. After delivering his cargo of stone to Bangladesh’s Kutubdia Island, the marine engineer was due to head home in March 2024 to disembark at Thoothukudi port, India.But that month, the rusting tug, the Navimar 3, which was being operated by Middle East Marine (MEM), was detained by the authorities in Bangladesh due to unpaid fees. For almost a year, Vihaan has become a virtual prisoner on board, he says, forced to work without pay to keep the vessel safe, amid strong currents where it is anchored off the island in the cyclone-prone bay. His passport and certification documents are being held by a local agent for the Dubai-based company. With no means of getting home, n...

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46 h. ago 'NHS delays have left me thinking every night I go to sleep I might not wake up’

Navy Neil Wogan veteran raided his pension to pay privately for lifesaving heart surgery after being told he would have to wait several months for it on the NHS as he grew weaker

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58 h. ago Farmer Tony Martin who shot dead teen burglar 'died a millionaire' with mystery heir

A farmer who shot and killed a 16-year-old boy who was attempting to rob the man's property has passed away – who will inherit his his multi-million pound estate remains a mystery

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3 d. ago British teen, 13, dies after ‘crashing into tree’ on Italian ski slope

The boy, who was on a half-term skiing holiday with his parents, was killed on the Falzarego pass in the Italian Dolomites

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3 d. ago Keen runner who woke with bruises all over his body told he has months left to live

Jason had a clean bill of health before he was told he had just 12 to 18 months left to live

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4 d. ago 'I was told over the phone by a stranger that I have months to live'

Samantha Robinson-Byrne says a call from a nurse practitioner at University Hospital of Wales informing her she probably had months to live came as a huge shock and felt careless

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6 d. ago Heartbroken dad of four, 39, told he has just 18 months to live

Matt was first diagnosed after he collapsed at home with extreme stomach pain

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6 d. ago Israeli mum slaughtered with children not among hostages' bodies returned by Hamas in 'serious violation'

Shiri Bibas' body was supposed to be in the caskets released by Hamas but the Israeli Defence Forces have reportedly told the Bibas family that only Ariel, 4, and nine-month-old baby Kfir's remains were positively identified

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7 d. ago Middle East crisis live: Hamas to return bodies of four Israeli hostages, including two children

Bodies of Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, who Hamas says were killed in an Israeli airstrike, as well as Oded Lifshitz, 83, to be handed overAhead of today’s release, Hamas said it is ready to release all its remaining hostages in a single exchange if the ceasefire agreement with Israel moves forward to a second phase next month.The offer came as the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, signalled his readiness to talk about a second phase of the Gaza ceasefire after an extended delay, by appointing one of his closest advisers, Ron Dermer, a US-born cabinet minister and former ambassador to Washington, to lead the Israeli delegation to the talks.Hamas has said it is ready to release all its remaining hostages in a single exchange if the ceasefire agreement with Israel moves forward to a second phase next month. A senior Hamas official, Taher al-Nunu, told Agence France-Presse “We have informed the mediators that Hamas is ready to release all hostages in one b...

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7 d. ago Missouri man who pleaded guilty in shooting of Black teen at wrong door dies

Andrew Lester, who is white, was charged with assault after Ralph Yarl, who survived, rang doorbell by mistake in 2023An 86-year-old Missouri man died just days after pleading guilty to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the white man’s doorbell by mistake, prosecutors announced on Wednesday.Andrew Lester of Kansas City had been charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action in the shooting of the then 16-year-old, who survived and is now a freshman at Texas A&M. Before his trial was scheduled to begin, Lester had pleaded guilty on Friday to a lesser charge of second-degree assault, which carries up to seven years behind bars. He had been scheduled to be sentenced on 7 March. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Ralph Yarl shooter Andrew Lester dies days after admitting shooting black teen for knocking on wrong door

Andrew Lester, a white homeowner who pleaded guilty days ago to shooting black teenager Ralph Yarl in 2023, has passed away aged 86.

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8 d. ago Ralph Yarl shooter Andrew Lester dies the day after admitting shooting black teen for knocking wrong door

Andrew Lester, a white homeowner who pleaded guilty days ago to shooting black teenager Ralph Yarl in 2023, has passed away aged 86.

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8 d. ago The white man who pleaded guilty to shooting a Black teen who rang a wrong doorbell dies

An 86-year-old Missouri man has died just days after pleading guilty in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honor student who rang the white man’s doorbell by mistake

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8 d. ago Sex worker stuck 10inch knife in man's chest after he 'forced her to work as prostitute'

Sex worker Gillian Finnegan, 41, has been jailed for six months after stabbing associate Adrian Binns, 58, when he told her to go out and work to earn money to buy drugs

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