79 m. ago Girl, 8, orphaned after mum, dad and brother die in horror M5 motorway crash

Tributes were paid to 14-year-old Sebastian and his parents Swala Harding and Andy Moore after they were killed in a crash following a family holiday to Cornwall

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10 h. ago Girl, 8, orphaned as mum, dad and brother killed in car crash after holiday

The family of four were returning from a holiday when they were killed in a collision in May, but their eight-year-old daughter is now the lone survivor of the horrific crash

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12 h. ago Tragic M5 crash claims lives of family returning from Cornwall holiday

Girl, 8, left orphaned after her parents and brother all died in the tragedy near Gloucester

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12 h. ago Girl, 8, orphaned in M5 crash that claimed lives of her family

The girl's parents, Andy Moore, Swala Harding and their 14 year old son, Sebastian Moore were all killed in the tragic collision near Gloucester

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29 h. ago NBA finals 2025 Game 7: Thunder beat Pacers to claim title – live updates

Thunder best Pacers in winner-take-all deciderTyrese Haliburton goes down with apparent achilles injurySend David an email at david.lengel@theguardian.comPacers 5-2 Thunder, 10:15 1st quarterGame 7 of the NBA Finals is underway! A 14 foot jumper by Nembhard and a block of Williams by Nesmith gets the pensive OKC crowd just a bit stiffer. Great start by Indy! Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Love Island star shares video of 'chaotic' hot air balloon landing as she addresses terrifying ordeal amid Brazil disaster that's claimed eight lives

A Love Island star has been caught up in a scary hot air balloon ordeal.

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39 h. ago The Guardian view on extreme weather: build national readiness – or let everyday life keep breaking down | Editorial

Britain faces rising climate threats, yet lacks a country adaptation plan. Urgent, coordinated investment is needed to protect lives and infrastructureBritain’s four-day heatwave – made 100 times more likely by the climate crisis – is expected to claim about 600 lives. Researchers say high temperatures from Thursday to Sunday would lead to a sharp rise in excess mortality, especially among older people in cities such as London and Birmingham. They forecast the deadliest day as Saturday, with temperatures above 32C and about 266 deaths. These are not abstract figures, but lives cut short by a threat we understand, yet remain unprepared for.Young people seem to grasp this. In a YouGov poll last week, roughly a quarter of 18- to 24-year-olds said they hoped there wouldn’t be a heatwave – while more than two-fifths of older people welcomed the sunshine. That generational split isn’t just cultural. It reflects an entirely rational anxiety: younger people face a future living in a climate...

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44 h. ago ‘The risk is the lure’: subway surfing in New York City continues to claim young lives

Social media popularizes the deadly activity, and a 1847 law stymies families who try to hold the city to accountJaida Rivera’s 11-year son, Cayden, was supposed to be in school at Brooklyn’s Fort Greene preparatory academy on the morning of 16 September last year. Staff saw him in the cafeteria after his grandmother dropped him off at 7.45am.But 30 minutes later he was marked as absent. Cayden had somehow slipped out, boarded a G subway train traveling south and was riding on top of one of its carriages when he fell on to the tracks at the Fourth Avenue-Ninth Street station just after 10.00am. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago Alexander Isak 'taking decision into own hands' claim shows what Liverpool and Arsenal need

Alexander Isak has been linked with a move to Liverpool and Arsenal in the summer transfer window, but he has been told he doesn't need to leave Newcastle United to realise his ambitions

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59 h. ago Stephen Mulhern confirms '£1m' Butlins contract won't be renewed

Stephen Mulhern originally joined Butlin's as a Redcoat before returning as the face of the family-friendly resort

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3 d. ago Transfer news live: Liverpool complete Wirtz signing and target Guehi, Gyokeres’ Arsenal claim, Mbeumo makes Man Utd U

Follow all the latest transfer news as the rumour mill whirs with the summer’s second transfer window open for business

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3 d. ago British superyacht resurfaces for first time since tragic sinking

A British superyacht that sank off Sicily last August, claiming seven lives, has resurfaced for the first time as salvage crews prepare to haul it ashore for further investigation.

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3 d. ago Transfer news live: Liverpool eye Guehi after Wirtz, Gyokeres’ Arsenal claim, Mbeumo makes Man Utd U

Follow all the latest transfer news as the rumour mill whirs with the summer’s second transfer window open for business

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4 d. ago AD FEATURE: Merthyr Food Festival 2025 returns for foodie fun and free family entertainment

The event will include live music, a host of free family entertainment, and a variety of tasty dishes from around the world

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4 d. ago I spent £32k of my father's inheritance on a caravan from Britain's 'richest gypsy'... two years later they tell me I can NEVER sell it

Debbie Mularczyyk purchased the caravan in 2022 at Cornwall's SeaView Holiday Park, a branch of Wyldecrest Parks founded by self-proclaimed 'billionaire gypsy' Alfie Best.

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4 d. ago EastEnders' Jessie Wallace shares her emotional reaction to onscreen daughter Michelle Ryan's shock return to the BBC soap after 20 years away from the Slater family

The actress has reprised her role as Zoe Slater, Kat's on-screen daughter, two decades after her dramatic exit from Albert Square.

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5 d. ago Warning over popular chicken fettuccine Alfredo meal linked to deadly listeria outbreak

An outbreak has claimed three lives and resulted in one pregnancy loss

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5 d. ago Toxic air will claim 30,000 lives this year, doctors warn as impact of dirty fumes on health laid bare

Exposure to air pollution can shorten people’s lives by 1.8 years - ‘just behind some of the leading causes of death and disease worldwide’, the authors warn

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5 d. ago Chelsea's Mamadou Sarr compares himself to Liverpool star in bold claim after £12m transfer

Chelsea have been busy in the summer transfer window and Mamadou Sarr is one of five players who have arrived already. The centre-back has boldly claimed he wants to become a "leader" like Virgil van Dijk

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5 d. ago Heartbreaking moment British Air India crash survivor limps as he carries the coffin of his brother who died next to him with 240 others on doomed flight

The tragic sole survivor of the Air India crash tragedy has today carried the coffin of his brother, who died in the devastating incident. 

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