13 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 Unclear whether delays in student’s sepsis care at London hospital led to death, coroner rules

Unclear whether delays in student’s sepsis care at London hospital led to death, coroner rules  The Guardian

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4 d. ago Rust: first trailer for Alec Baldwin western completed after on

The first look at the controversial film shows the actor as an outlaw in a production that led to the death of cinematographer Halyna HutchinsThe first trailer has emerged for western Rust, the production that saw an on-set accident lead to the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.The film stars Alec Baldwin as an outlaw in 1880s Kansas who breaks his grandson out of jail after he accidentally kills a rancher who is sentenced to hang. It also stared Frances Fisher and Travis Fimmel. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Rust: first trailer for Alec Baldwin western appears after on

The first look at the controversial film shows the actor as an outlaw in a production that led to the death of cinematographer Halyna HutchinsThe first trailer has emerged for the western Rust, the production that saw an on-set accident lead to the death of the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.The film stars Alec Baldwin as an outlaw in 1880s Kansas who breaks his grandson out of jail after he accidentally kills a rancher who is sentenced to hang. It also stars Frances Fisher and Travis Fimmel. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago An infamous kidnapping, a deadly pub brawl and a gangland alliance that stretched across the Irish Sea

How the notorious abduction of a dad-of-four from Rochdale helped expose long-standing underworld links between Manchester and Dublin

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8 d. ago Comedian fears for job after losing front teeth in Scots pub brawl

Comedian Michael Porter is hoping to raise £3800 to repair his front teeth.

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8 d. ago Dramatic moment drugs kingpin is snared by cops while shopping for bread

Anthony Siner, 38, was the leader of one of the UK's biggest criminal drug gangs called 'Scouse Dave' and was jailed with his brother, Brian, for a combined total of more than 33 years in January.

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9 d. ago Gross failure by three midwives to provide basic care led to baby girl's death, coroner says

A baby girl died after midwives at Royal Lancaster infirmary failed to provide basic medical care as she struggled to breathe in the first minutes of her life, a coroner has found.

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9 d. ago Gross failure in basic care by midwives led to death of Ida Lock, coroner rules

Ida Lock suffered a serious brain injury due to a lack of oxygen around the time of her delivery at Royal Lancaster Infirmary in 2019.

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9 d. ago Adolescence star Stephen Graham's heartbreaking health battle that almost led to his death at just 20

Stephen Graham's new Netflix drama Adolescence is winning huge accolades but the 51-year-old's journey to stardom could have ended at just 20 after a harrowing health battle.

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9 d. ago "Totally helpless" Brother of young sailor locked up abroad shares horror moment of jail sentence

Owen Haggerty, 22, from Johnstone, Renfrewshire, was just a day away from finishing his first deployment on the Middle Eastern island when he tried to stop a street brawl last month.

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1 week ago Man who murdered mother, brother and sister in Luton jailed for at least 49 years

Nicholas Prosper, 19, shot his family as part of failed plot to kill 30 children at his former primary schoolA “truly evil” 19-year-old who murdered his mother and two younger siblings as part of a failed plot to kill 30 children and become the worst mass murderer in British history has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 49 years.Nicholas Prosper admitted murdering Juliana Falcon, 48, Kyle Falcon, 16, and Giselle Falcon, 13, last month. Their murders were part of a wider plot to storm a morning assembly at his former primary school with a shotgun and “cause the biggest massacre of the 21st century”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 'Big Sh*gger' smuggled cigs and drugs into UK hidden inside shipment of pasta

Drug smuggler Paul Wilson has been jailed alongside his brother for their part in a network that shipped drugs and cigs into the UK hidden in shipments of pasta

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2 w. ago Three brothers jailed over pub brawl which ended with the death of hero soldier

Brothers Cleveland McEntee, 40, Leon Woods, 42, and Tron McEntee, 35, have been jailed over a fatal pub fight that killed former soldier Mark Barrs, 39, in Ealing, West London last April.

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2 w. ago Three brothers jailed over pub brawl which led to death of ‘hero’ ex

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2 w. ago Talbot Green shooting updates as police confirm four more arrests after death of mum

Detectives continue to 'work at pace' to piece together the events that led to the death of mum Joanne Penney

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2 w. ago Kyle Clifford's chilling talk with convicted killer brother in prison before murders

The crossbow killers spoke about weapons with his brother Bradley, who is serving a life jail term

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2 w. ago Menendez brothers Erik and Lyle offered path to freedom after decades in jail... on one condition

The Menendez brothers will be resentenced, according Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman. Erik and Lyle Menendez will have their sentences re-evaluated on March 20 and 21.

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2 w. ago 'Failures' may have led to solider's death during training exercise in Scottish Highlands

Lance Corporal Joe Spencer, 24, from Hampshire, was killed on November 1 2016 when his gun went off unexpectedly during a sniper training course in Tain.

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2 w. ago Inside Bin Laden's family life with 26 children as new Netflix doc on manhunt airs

Osama Bin Laden masterminded the 9/11 terror attacks back on September 11, 2001, which led to a decade-long manhunt and his eventual capture and death in 2011

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