4 h. ago Tents pitched indoors for warmth and makeshift radiators: Ukrainians are freezing to death | Janine di Giovanni

As a war correspondent I’ve seen this strategy used before. Putin is weaponising the savage eastern European winterIn the winter of 1993, during the siege of Sarajevo, people burned books and furniture to keep warm. Water froze in pipes. Electricity vanished for the duration of the war. Children slept in coats and hats, their breath visible in dark rooms. Cold itself became a weapon of war.I remember, when I was reporting from the Bosnian capital, seeing doctors operating by candlelight or wearing camping headlamps. I remember old people chopping wood in the park in the centre of the city until there were no trees left, then dragging it home on sledges. I remember the ground being too frozen to bury the many dead on the football pitch, which later became a cemetery. I remember a terrible, frozen day when I went to an old people’s home near a frontline and counted dead body after dead body, all frozen in their sleep. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Inside Katie Price’s husband’s identical proposal to ex fiancee just FOUR months before whirlwind romance with star

KATIE Price's new husband Lee Andrews appears to have recycled his proposal idea just four months after he popped the question to another woman. The former glamour model, 47, shocked fans when she revealed that she had married businessman Lee Andrews days after meeting him — leaving her family shocked. The mother of five got hitched...

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11 h. ago ‘Waterfalls saved me’: how photographing nature can heal the soul

John Arnison lives with anxiety and ADHD and finds busy cities unsettling, but loves taking pictures of nature at nightWhen he first ventured out into the darkness of the Yorkshire Dales 25 years ago, John Arnison’s only goal was to find a photographic style that people would immediately know was his.Driving for nearly 40 miles from his home in Leeds to Malham, North Yorkshire in the dead of night, John didn’t realise that he was starting a project that would continue for another quarter of a century, and shape the rest of his life. Continue reading...

Culture

27 h. ago £20k reward offered by Crimestoppers for info on Jordan Gray murder

A £20,000 reward is being offered to catch the killer of a new dad who was blasted in his own home by a shotgun. Jordan Gray, 26, was found dead at his home in Shields Court, Motherwell, on December 15 after being shot the previous night. Police Scotland launched a murder inquiry and have been...

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36 h. ago I found out mum had been ‘murdered’ in Facebook posts thanks to bungling cops I then had to ID her by pics of tattoos

A DAUGHTER found out her mum had been murdered on Facebook due to bungling cops - then had to ID her using photos of her tattoos, she claims. Karen Bassett’s beloved mother Ann Green, 61, was found dead at her home in Bromyard, Herefordshire, on September 27 - having suffered horror head and chest injuries....

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61 h. ago Texans told it may be FIVE DAYS until they can leave homes as deadly 2000

Winter storm Fern is set to hit the US in full force this weekend, with nearly 230 million Americans across the country bracing for frigid temperatures and heavy snowfall.

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3 d. ago Former NFL player is found dead at California homeless encampment as police launch hunt for his killer

Kevin Johnson, 55, once played for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Oakland Raiders

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3 d. ago Woodpeckers will visit your garden every day if you leave out 1 natural ingredient

Woodpeckers are natural pest controllers that can help your garden thrive, and they're easy to attract as long as you know what they like to eat

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3 d. ago Inquest opens into mysterious death of schoolboy, 14, found dead in drain six days after leaving his house on bike

The mother of schoolboy Noah Donohoe has described the six days between her son's disappearance and his body being discovered in Belfast in June 2020 as a 'living nightmare'.

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3 d. ago Heartbreaking plea as 'adored mother' found dead in home leaving behind two sons

West Yorkshire Police sergeant Coleen Mellor has been hailed a "bright light in the lives of all who knew her" after she was found dead at her home in Wakefield on Thursday, January 15. Her heartbroken friends have set up a GoFundMe to support her family.

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3 d. ago 'Devoted mum' and police sergeant found dead at her home as friends pay tribute

Sergeant Coleen Mellor was found dead at her home with her death not being treated as suspicious. Her friends are now appealing for help

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3 d. ago Heartbreaking plea as 'devoted mum' found dead in home leaving behind two sons

The friends of "adored mother" and police officer Coleen Mellor, who sadly died at the age of 40, are appealing for help on behalf of her children

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4 d. ago Inquest opens into mysterious death of Belfast schoolboy Noah Donohoe

Fourteen-year-old was found dead in a storm drain in June 2020 six days after setting off from home on his bikeSix years after Noah Donohoe’s bike ride across Belfast ended in a tragedy that mystified Northern Ireland, an inquest is seeking answers.Opening statements at Belfast coroner’s court on Thursday marked the formal start of an attempt to fathom what happened to the 14-year-old schoolboy, who left his home on 21 June 2020 and was found six days later dead in a storm drain. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Energy firm to pay millions to customers in compensation after delays

Some Ovo customers could receive up to £400 after the energy firm failed to pay Warm Home Discount rebates to thousands before a key deadline

Economics

4 d. ago Teen found dead in storm drain caught 'crying in bedroom' by mum before going missing

Schoolboy Noah Donohoe, from Belfast, was tragically found dead in a storm drain after going missing from his home back in June 2020 - his mother's call to police was played at the inquest today

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4 d. ago Spain is hit with a THIRD train crash as commuter service slams into a crane leaving several injured days after disaster left dozens dead

Spanish rail operator Adif said that traffic on that line was interrupted due to 'the intrusion into the infrastructure gauge by a crane not belonging to the railway operation', without providing further detail.

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4 d. ago Mount Maunganui landslide latest: Race to reach survivors after deadly floods hit popular campsite and homes

Number of people unaccounted for is in the ‘single figures’, police say

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5 d. ago Mum begs 'bring my boy home' as missing Brit found dead in Thai hotel room

Joshua Kershaw was last seen on January 12 in the coastal city of Pattaya

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5 d. ago Family of Brit found dead in Thailand reveal where body was – 'Bring him home'

Joshua Kershaw was last seen in the tourist town of Pattaya in Thailand on January 12

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5 d. ago King leaves London with no Harry reunion on day of duke’s emotional evidence

Charles attended a reception in support of Indonesian conservation efforts at Lancaster House on Wednesday.

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