2 h. ago Kim Kardashian's daughter, 12, debuts 'face tattoo, black teeth and bull ring'

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's daughter North West recently took to TikTik to show off her wild new look, complete with blue hair, a septum ring and coloured teeth

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4 h. ago The north west national park crowned ‘the most picturesque’ in the world

It beat the Grand Canyon in the USA and Banff in Canada to bag the number one spot

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20 h. ago North West, 12, sparks concern as she debuts disturbing new look with fake face tattoos and grillz

The 12-year-old posted a slew of videos showcasing the eyebrow-raising look to TikTok over the weekend and viewers were quick to share their concern.

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22 h. ago Kim Kardashian's daughter North West, 12, debuts shocking new look with fake face tattoos, piercing and grillz

The 12-year-old posted a slew of videos showcasing the eyebrow-raising look to TikTok over the weekend.

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23 h. ago Rail funding in Wales is an ‘injustice’, says First Minister

Welsh politicians have complained that the country was short-changed over the HS2 scheme, connecting London and the West Midlands.

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23 h. ago Southport Inquiry hears of £5 bet offered on what would happen to attacker

Witnesses from health services gave evidence to the hearing on Tuesday.

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30 h. ago Holidays under threat as North West travel agent ceases trading

ABTA has issued guidance to holidaymakers as travel agents Usher Travel Worldchoice is the latest UK firm to cease trading

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35 h. ago A Grand Teton mountain runner set a record. But his route turned into a crime

Prosecutors are backing off a bit after getting a misdemeanor conviction against a record-setting mountain runner in a national park

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36 h. ago I fell at the top of a mountain – and trekked for five days with a broken spine in a snowstorm

While navigating a steep trail, Jean Muenchrath lost her grip. She was horrifically injured, with a shattered tailbone, pubic bone and hip fractures, internal bleeding, a head wound and one on her buttock that turned gangrenous. There was no choice but to get home ...As Jean Muenchrath stood at the summit of Mount Whitney, a storm thundered in. It was May 1982, and here, at the highest point of the contiguous US, she and her boyfriend Ken were coming to the end of a month-long ski and hike, 223 miles along the John Muir Trail, through the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California.The trip had been gruelling at times – equipment had broken and they had been threatened by bears and avalanches. But it had also been exhilarating. At 22, Muenchrath was fit, strong and an experienced hiker. She had skied since she was a child and worked as a ranger for the US national park service in Montana; she and Ken, who she had met at university, had been on many smaller adventures while preparing ...

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36 h. ago I fell at the top of a mountain – and knew I had to haul my broken body down or die in the snow

While navigating a steep trail, Jean Muenchrath lost her grip. She was horrifically injured, with a broken spine, shattered tailbone, pubic bone and hip fractures, internal bleeding, a head wound and one on her buttock that turned gangrenous. There was no choice but to get home ...As Jean Muenchrath stood at the summit of Mount Whitney, a storm thundered in. It was May 1982, and here, at the highest point of the contiguous US, she and her boyfriend Ken were coming to the end of a month-long ski and hike, 223 miles along the John Muir Trail, through the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California.The trip had been gruelling at times – equipment had broken and they had been threatened by bears and avalanches. But it had also been exhilarating. At 22, Muenchrath was fit, strong and an experienced hiker. She had skied since she was a child and worked as a ranger for the US national park service in Montana; she and Ken, who she had met at university, had been on many smaller adventures wh...

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40 h. ago Cruz Beckham's band name and album revealed: Insiders tell GRANT TUCKER his surprise rockstar mentors, why his older girlfriend is key to success

In 2022, the US National Park Service issued a bizarre warning: teenagers must stop licking toads.

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60 h. ago Major update in case of young boy, 11, who died from a horrific snakebite after his dad sent him to bed because he thought he had been drinking

Tristian James Frahm was found face down in the yard of his family's property near Murgon, about 660km north-west of Brisbane.

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61 h. ago Major update in case of young boy, 11, who died from a horrific snakebite after his father sent him to bed because he thought he had been drinking

Tristian James Frahm was found face down in the yard of his family's property near Murgon, about 660km north-west of Brisbane.

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3 d. ago National park to back down on row over funding public toilets at Welsh beauty spots

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park is expected to agree to a further two years of financial support for 10 public toilets

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4 d. ago Arizonans warned against licking toxic toads that have appeared after heavy rainfall

The National Park Service issued a similar warning in 2022 about the deadly risks of licking toxic Sonoran Desert toads

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5 d. ago Many people go their whole lives without seeing a platypus in the wild. We just saw four in one night

Ten platypuses were reintroduced into Sydney’s royal national park in 2023. This week, two new juveniles were discovered, leading one researcher to cry ‘Oh, give me a hug’Hunting platypuses takes patience. On Thursday afternoon, I headed into the royal national park, south of Sydney, with researchers who had reintroduced a small population of the elusive monotremes two years ago.There were nets and torches – and our dinner. It could be a long wait.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Man appears in court charged with assisting suicide by supplying chemicals

Miles Cross, 33, is accused of four counts of the offence.

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6 d. ago Aboriginal Australians perform for King at 40th anniversary of Uluru Handback

Charles met Aboriginal owners of the Uluru National Park, which he visited in 1983, accompanied then by Diana, Princess of Wales.

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6 d. ago A surge of visitors to Yosemite overwhelms a skeleton crew: ‘This is exactly what we warned about’

As the US government shutdown enters its third week, concerns mount over how the nation’s public lands will fareCars and RVs surged into Yosemite national park throughout the weekend, as visitors from around the world came to enjoy the crisp autumn weather, undeterred by a lack of park services and the absence of rangers.National parks have largely been kept open through the lapse in US federal funding that’s left workers furloughed and resources for the parks system more scarce than usual. But as the US government shutdown enters its third week and legislators warn that their impasse could linger even longer than the one in Trump’s first term – which currently holds the record at 35 days – concerns are mounting over how the nation’s treasured public lands will fare. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Kim Kardashian's daughter North has encouraged her to 'move on' from Kanye West

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's daughter, North West, accused her of 'pretending to be okay' with her single status and encouraged her to get a new boyfriend

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