7 h. ago Dick Cheney: The most influential vice president in modern American history

Cemented by the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Cheney built unrivalled authority and influence in his role as witnessed by then Washington correspondent Rupert Cornwell

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33 h. ago 'I was spared by train attack knifeman after screaming four desperate words'

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. When looking into the face of death aboard the horror Huntingdon train, one woman made a brave four-word plea to the violent attacker, which ultimately saved her life

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37 h. ago Pregnant women warned after baby deaths due to 'unsafe procedures'

There is a call for tighter regulation as anyone can offer the service

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55 h. ago Two dead as Russia continues to blast Ukraine’s power grids with drone attacks

Two killed and three wounded in a Russian drone attack in Ukraine’s Odesa

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57 h. ago The surprisingly scandalous world of knitting: From yarn dyers faking their own deaths to wars on woke and 'scam festivals'

The act of knitting might conjure serene scenes of grandmothers with balls of yarn at their feet as their needles click away - but the craft is beset with far more scandals than most people realise.

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58 h. ago 2 dead as Russia continues to blast Ukraine’s power grids with drone attacks

Two killed and three wounded in a Russian drone attack in Ukraine’s Odesa

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66 h. ago Message in a bottle from first world war soldier found on remote Australian beach

Light-hearted note, penned on 15 August 1916, was found on Wharton beach, after severe winter storms washed away sand dunesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than a century after an Australian soldier wrote a letter to his mother as he sailed to war and his death, it has been discovered in a bottle washed up on a remote beach.Private Malcolm Alexander Neville’s light-hearted note, penned on 15 August 1916, was found on Wharton beach, near Esperance, about 750km south-east of Perth. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago What did Pasolini know? Fifty years after his brutal murder, the director’s vision of fascism is more urgent than ever

With mystery still surrounding Pier Paolo Pasolini’s death, the poet and film-maker’s warnings of corruption and rising totalitarianism offer a chilling message for our timesPier Paolo Pasolini was murdered at around midnight on 2 November 1975. His blood-soaked body was found the next morning on waste ground in Ostia, on the outskirts of Rome, battered so badly the famous face was almost unrecognisable. Italy’s premier intellectual, artist, provocateur, national conscience, homosexual, dead at the age of 53, his scandalous final film still in the editing suite. “Assassinato Pasolini,” the next morning’s papers announced, alongside photographs of the 17-year-old accused of his murder. Everyone knew his taste for working-class hustlers. A hookup gone wrong was the instant verdict.Some deaths are so suggestive that they become emblematic of a subject, the deceiving lens through which an entire life is forever after read. In this weirdly totalitarian mode of interpretation, Virginia Wo...

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4 d. ago Experts warn of looming London drugs crisis as deaths climb to new high

Experts warn of looming London drugs crisis as deaths climb to new high  South West Londoner

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4 d. ago Corridor care crisis as traumatised patients witness deaths and liken NHS hospitals to a war zone

Elderly people are among those subjected to degrading treatment, with many left languishing on trolleys in urine-soaked bedding and no privacy, Age UK says.

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6 d. ago Parents issued urgent warning over baby products that could risk death

The items, designed to enable babies to bottle feed with little or no assistance from a caregiver, 'create a risk from choking on the feed or aspiration pneumonia'

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8 d. ago Shane Warne's dad reveals King Charles wrote him personal letter after son's death

After death of Shane Warne King Charles - then the Prince of Wales - wrote deeply personal letter to the Australian cricket legend's parents

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9 d. ago God help us! Students given trigger warning about the Bible's death and violence

Students of English literature are being warned about violence and murder in the Bible, including Christ's crucifixion.

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1 week ago WWE icon about to murder daughter's killer inside court until desperate act

The WWE icon was left devastated when his daughter Marissa was murdered by her boyfriend Charles Warren Reynolds, who strangled her to death in 2003

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1 week ago Wartime secret to feeding babies cuts death risk up to 31 per cent

Experts examined the health records of more than 63,000 people dating back to the Second World War

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1 week ago Urgent warning over safety of popular baby feeding product: 'They pose risk of serious harm or death'

The product could raise the risk of choking or suffering aspiration pneumonia - when food or liquids get sucked into the airway - health officials said.

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1 week ago Absurd for assisted deaths not to be probed by coroners, warns ex

Deaths would be looked at by medical examiners, with only some being referred to coroners under the Bill as it stands.

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1 week ago Is this the death knell for Strictly? As Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman quit, bosses plan 'big changes' to the show after string of scandals

Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman 's shock decision to quit Strictly Come Dancing is the start of the show's slow and painful death, insiders warned today.

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1 week ago Robert Jenrick 'should apologise' for attacks on judges, David Lammy says

David Lammy spoke out after warnings from the profession that they are facing death and rape threats amid an increasingly toxic atmosphere instigated by political attacks

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1 week ago Dragons' Den star behind £690million company 'forced to flee Russia after death threat from warlord'

British businessman Nick Jenkins, now 58, was a familiar face on Dragons' Den on seasons 13 and 14 and invested a whopping £842,000 on the show until his departure in 2017.

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