15 h. ago The death of my friend inspired me to follow my standup dreams

For one writer, tragedy led to comedy, the sudden loss of a colleague giving her the nudge she neededThere’s nothing funny about your co-worker being assassinated. But it was the death of my beloved colleague and friend Hisham al-Hashimi that led me into the world of standup comedy. I knew it would trash my hard-won career in international security, but I didn’t care any more.Hisham had run a workshop with me in Iraq six months prior to his death, and I’d taken everything so seriously, marching around the hotel yelling about how everything was going wrong. But Hisham always had a lightness in his step, a smile on his face. Every evening, he’d take me to a café, order me my favourite shisha and proceed to tell the most disgusting jokes. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago 'I lived like a Zombie and was told by doctors I'd never run again

Lucy Evans, 51, was told she'd never be able to run again and couldn't walk for three months after suffering severe back pain - but now she's preparing for the London Marathon

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3 d. ago The sausage dog that's on a roll! Runaway daschund called Valerie found alive 16 months after running off into the wilderness

When Valerie went missing on an Australian island in November 2023 all the odds were stacked against her and it was thought 'impossible' she would survive.

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3 d. ago Families of Polmont custody death youths to meet Justice Secretary

Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16, died within months of each other in 2018 at Polmont YOI, run by the Scottish Prison Service.

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4 d. ago My teenage sons were mauled by the neighbour's hound after it escaped next door and attacked our sausage dog... now they're too scared to leave the house

The boys, aged 17 and 13, were set on by a dangerous hound as they walked their sausage dog, who was also badly hurt, near their house in Herne Bay, Kent.

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5 d. ago Experts ‘amazed’ at survival of miniature dachshund on the run on South Australian island for more than a year

Valerie escaped from her pen when her owners were holidaying on Kangaroo Island, which is famous for its native wildlifeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA miniature dachshund that went missing 16 months ago on Kangaroo Island in South Australia has been spotted alive and well – but continues to evade a team of volunteer searchers and wildlife experts who say they are “amazed” the dog survived for so long in the wild.Valerie weighed less than 4kg, had a pink collar and “would never leave [the] side” of her owner, Georgia Gardner, before she went missing in November 2023.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Experts ‘amazed’ at survival of Valerie the miniature dachshund – on the run on South Australian island for more than a year

Pet escaped from her pen when her owners were holidaying on Kangaroo Island, which is famous for its native wildlifeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA miniature dachshund that went missing 16 months ago on Kangaroo Island in South Australia has been spotted alive and well – but continues to evade a team of volunteer searchers and wildlife experts who say they are “amazed” the dog survived for so long in the wild.Valerie weighed less than 4kg, had a pink collar and “would never leave [the] side” of her owner, Georgia Gardner, before she went missing in November 2023.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Landmark court case sees provider of illegal Premier League streams jailed for 11 months

The Premier League and Sky brought a complaint against someone running an illegal streaming service from Lebanon, resulting in a 11-month prison sentence and a hefty fine

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7 d. ago Fears for British couple in 70s held by Taliban as court appearance delayed

Daughter says Barbie Reynolds, 75, is malnourished after being given one meal a day and Peter, 79, is also decliningThe family of a British couple in their 70s imprisoned by the Taliban has expressed serious concerns over their deteriorating health after delays to their expected court appearance.Peter and Barbie Reynolds, who run a training business in Afghanistan, were detained last month when they travelled to their home in Bamiyan province. The couple, aged 79 and 75, who have been running projects in schools in Afghanistan for 18 years, had not been informed of the charges, their daughter said. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Who else has been stuck in space? A short history of long spaceflights

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aren’t the first to run late in space, and their 9 ½-month mission falls short of any endurance record

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1 week ago Murderer shouted ‘die die die’ as he stabbed man to death on quiet London street

Dellan Charles, 23, went on the run for 10 months after murdering Sean O'Neil in west London

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1 week ago Thames Water's £3 billion restructuring challenge dismissed by Court of Appeal

The decision means Britain’s biggest water company can fight on for another year rather than run out of cash later this month

Economics

2 w. ago Animal cruelty couple receive death threats after conviction for treatment of emaciated sausage dog pet that had to be put down

Daniel Kilty, 42, and Kelly Utting, 37, faced outrage after the RSPCA released a horrific picture of their malnourished miniature dachshund Duggy in a pitiful condition (pictured).

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2 w. ago Pet sausage dog kills newborn baby in her cot while parents were asleep

The baby was found dead by her mother and covered in multiple bite marks, media reports say

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2 w. ago Protestant denominations cutting staff, trying new ideas amid declines in members and money

When the Episcopal Church announced cuts to its national staff last month, it was the latest in a long-running cycle among historic U.S. Protestant denominations — declines in members leading to declines in funding and thus in staff

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2 w. ago Newborn baby killed by 'aggressive' sausage dog after vets 'refused to euthanise it'

The dachsund clamped its jaws around the baby in her crib at the family home in the Russian city of Seversk in Siberia. The baby had been brought home from the hospital just a month earlier.

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2 w. ago Jails could run out of space within months as Labour ministers wait for the 'uncertain' results of sentencing review, MPs warn

Jails could run out of space within months as ministers wait for the 'uncertain' results of a sentencing review, MPs have warned.

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2 w. ago Family's horror as beloved Chihuahua pup ploughed down and killed in 'hit and run'

Ten-month-old Tobi had to be put down after being run over

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2 w. ago 'We just took him out for fresh air, it all happened so fast'

Ten-month-old Tobi had to be put down after being run over

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2 w. ago Mum eaten by her sausage dogs pictured as neighbour claims one dog was 'vicious'

Jemma Hart was found dead on January 29, last year after her neighbours told police of their concerns for her welfare and that they hadn't seen her since before Christmas

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