24 m. ago Jeff Bezos posts heartfelt tribute to mom Jackie Bezos who’s died at 78

‘I hold her safe in my heart forever,’ the tech billionaire wrote

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39 m. ago Jeremy Paxman's brother leaves staggering fortune to family after his death aged 73

The former UK ambassador to Mexico and Spain died of lung cancer in March, aged 73.

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69 m. ago 4th person dies after a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak sickens dozens in New York City

A fourth person has died in connection with a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City

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92 m. ago Jeff Bezos shares heartbreak as his mum dies aged 78 following dementia battle

The Bezos Family Foundation announced the news, revealing she passed away peacefully at her Miami home on Thursday August 14 and Jeff has now shared a heartbreaking tribute

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92 m. ago Jeff Bezos shares heartbreak as his mum dies just weeks after his Venice wedding

The Bezos Family Foundation announced the news, revealing she passed away peacefully at her Miami home on Thursday August 14 and Jeff has now shared a heartbreaking tribute

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1 hour ago Tragedy as man, 43, dies suddenly after falling ill in Scots street

The emergency services dashed to the scene in Paisley but the man could not be saved.

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1 hour ago VJ Day 80: 'Forgotten hero' who survived deadly Burma jungles finally recognised

Charlie Richards fought in the jungles of Burma, seeing his best friend die. Now he says this could happen again unless 'lunatics' Putin and Trump bash their heads together and see sense

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2 h. ago Former Paisley MP Willie Gallacher's death marked by bookshop display tribute

Abbey Books in the town produced the showcase in memory of one of Paisley's most famous politicians.

Economics

2 h. ago Jackie Bezos, mother of Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, dies aged 78 in Miami home

A statement by the Bezos Scholars said that she died peacefully in her Miami home on Thursday.

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2 h. ago Hibs and Partizan Belgrade deliver an Edinburgh Festival thriller with extraordinary goal and plot twists

Hibs progress in Conference League on night of high drama at Easter Road

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3 h. ago Blackwater founder to deploy nearly 200 personnel to Haiti as gang violence soars

The security firm of former U.S. Navy Seal Erik Prince will soon deploy nearly 200 personnel from various countries to Haiti, where gang violence is escalating

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3 h. ago Police officers sacked after man lay dead in back of van for 22 minutes

Stephen Reardon, 34, died after collapsing in the back of a police van in St Austell, Cornwall, in July 2023. Two officers have now been sacked for gross misconduct

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3 h. ago Girl, four, who died in pool at Waterworld is named as inquest into her death opens

Vethavalli Vasu-Dharma, four, was found in a critical condition after an unspecified incident at the attraction in Festival Park, Staffordshire on August 4.

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4 h. ago Brandon Blackstock's death certificate reveals Kelly Clarkson's ex suffered severe symptom amid cancer battle

The former stepson of Reba McEntire had been fighting skin cancer - malignant melanoma - for three years. He died last week at his home in Butte, Montana at the age of 48.

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4 h. ago Boy arrested on suspicion of murder and rape after girl, 13, dies

The girl's cause of death remains unexplained

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5 h. ago VJ Day 80: Remembering the brothers who died as Prisoners of War

Ahead of the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, historian Geoff Pugh has tracked down the graves of every person called Pugh who died in WW2 and WW1 including two brothers who were Japanese Prisoner of War.

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5 h. ago Champion female bodybuilder dies aged 37 as death 'unexpected but peaceful'

The death is one of several to have stunned the body-building world in recent months, and fans and competitors are urging for more to be done to protect athletes' physical and mental health

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5 h. ago Pensioner dies during heart surgery at NHS hospital after 10

Jean Dye, 77, was at the crucial stage of the procedure when the electricity went down at Scunthorpe General Hospital. Doctors had to stop as they couldn't see the X-rays

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5 h. ago Champion bodybuilder dies at 37... as sport mourns seventh sudden death in six months

Champion bodybuilder Hayley McNeff has passed away at the age of 37, becoming the sixth bodybuilder to pass away within the past six months.

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6 h. ago Taylor Swift slammed for treating Travis Kelce like a 'dumb pet' during lengthy New Heights podcast

The Grammy-award winning artist schooled her boyfriend, and his co-host and brother Jason Kelce, on numerology, Shakespeare and showed off her vocabulary.

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