65 h. ago Paul Danan's heartbroken brother lays bare star's drugs relapse before his death

Jamie pays tribute to his "sweetheart" brother - as the Hollyoaks favourite's celebrity pals gather for charity football match in his name tomorrow

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65 h. ago Paul Danan's heartbroken brother reveals star's tragic drugs relapse weeks before his death

Jamie pays tribute to his "sweetheart" brother - as the Hollyoaks favourite's celebrity pals gather for charity football match in his name tomorrow

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3 d. ago Unseen videos show Jay Slater bragging about £12k Rolex that he 'took off some c***' in car with convicted drug dealer while 'off his undies' hours before his death

In a series of unseen videos and photos, released after the inquest into his death, the 19-year-old is seen in his final moments before vanishing on Tenerife.

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3 d. ago Drumsheds announces 'major' changes following stabbing and drug death tragedy

The north London superclub is making several major changes based on feedback from clubgoers

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3 d. ago Man who found James Bulger's body died after night in police custody as cause revealed

James Riley, 44, who discovered the body of the murdered toddler, likely swallowed packages of drugs before his death in police custody, an inquest has found

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4 d. ago Jay Slater had taken three types of drugs 'within a day or so of his death'

An inquest into the 19-year-old's death heard details of the drugs found in his system by toxicologists

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4 d. ago Jay Slater 'had cocktail of drugs in system' as inquest told cause of death

The 19-year-old was found dead last July with 'a severe fracture of the head' after going missing from the NRG music festival in Tenerife in June.

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4 d. ago Jay Slater sent pal photo of himself armed with knives shortly before his death

Josh Forshaw told an inquest into Jay Slater's death how the teenager was "off his head" on drugs and sent him a photo of knives in his possession while in Tenerife

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4 d. ago Jay Slater inquest reveals what killed him as toxicology tests find drugs in his system

An inquest looking into the death of British teen Jay Slater is currently taking place, with new toxicology reports finding the presence of drugs in his system before his death

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5 d. ago Brit arrested in Bali pleads judges for leniency as prosecutors say they want to DROP drug charges that carry death sentence

Thomas Parker, from Cumbria, was arrested near Kuta beach in January after allegedly collecting a package from a taxi driver at a nearby street.

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6 d. ago UK ‘the sick person of the wealthy world’ amid increase in deaths from drugs and violence

While mortality from cancer has decreased, deaths from accidents and poisonings have risen, research findsThe UK is becoming “the sick person of the wealthy world” because of the growing number of people dying from drugs, suicide and violence, research has found.Death rates among under-50s in the UK have got worse in recent years compared with many other rich countries, an international study shows. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago ‘Miracle baby’ killed by drug driver in horror car crash was ejected from window

A driver was jailed for 14 years after his awful drug-driving led to the death of a four-month-old baby - Craig Nunn 'deliberately disregarded the rules of the road'

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8 d. ago Homeless person 'randomly set on fire by sick woman' as witnesses 'still hear her screams'

Police arrested a woman after grim CCTV footage showed a homeless person being set on fire - the victim suffered burns to a third of her body and had to be intubated for two weeks

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9 d. ago King Charles’s wealth swells to match Rishi Sunak and Akshata Murty on UK rich list

Sunday Times says monarch’s personal fortune has risen to £640m, while that of ex-PM and wife has fallen to that levelBusiness live – latest updatesKing Charles’s personal fortune increased to £640m in the past year, making him as wealthy as the former prime minister Rishi Sunak and his wife, Akshata Murty, according to the Sunday Times rich list.The 76-year-old monarch, who acceded to the throne in 2022, saw a £30m increase in wealth and ranks joint 238th on the list of the UK’s wealthiest people and families.Gopi Hinduja and family (investors) – £35.3bn, down £1.9bnDavid and Simon Reuben (landlords) – £26.9bn, up £1.9bnSir Len Blavatnik (investor) – £25.7bn, down £3.5bnIdan Ofer (shipping) – £20bn, up £5.1bnThe Weston family (heirs and retail) – £17.7bn, up £3.2bnSir Jim Ratcliffe (chemicals) – £17bn, down £6.4bnLakshmi Mittal (steel) – £15.4bn, up £523mJohn Fredriksen (oil) – £13.7bn, up £816mIgor and Dmitry Bukhman (gaming) – £12.54bn, up £6.2bnMichael Platt (hedge fund) – £12.5...

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1 week ago My husband's death plunged me into terrifying psychosis. Then the cocktail of drugs doctors gave me almost cost me my sons

The first indication that something was wrong came when I turned on my phone at lunchtime, after a three-hour work meeting, to find six missed calls from numbers I didn't recognise.

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1 week ago US overdose deaths fell 27% last year but remain above prepandemic levels

There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded

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1 week ago The Guardian view on Trump’s leftward lurch: the ‘lunatics’ are running the right | Editorial

The White House says it is borrowing from Bernie Sanders and adopts rhetoric once dismissed as dangerous to lift its flagging poll ratingsIt’s striking to see Donald Trump, who built his re-election campaign around attacking the “radical left”, now borrowing some of its economic policies. In just months, he has shifted from denouncing “communist” price controls to saying he would implement them, and from defending tax breaks for the wealthy to proposing tax increases on those earning more than $2.5m a year if it benefits poorer Americans. These moves echo longstanding proposals from progressives like Bernie Sanders – despite Mr Trump’s past efforts to portray such ideas as “lunatic”. The irony is hard to miss.Consider recent policy announcements that mirror a liberal-left agenda. Capping credit card interest rates was a Sanders campaign promise before it was a Trump one. And it may happen – courtesy of an unlikely alliance between Mr Sanders and the Republican senator Josh Hawl...

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1 week ago Calls for more support for nurses dealing with ‘human cost’ of opioid abuse

Nitazenes have caused a spike in drug-related deaths in recent years.

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1 week ago Bradley Wiggins' drug addiction had son fearing his death as he was 'high most of the time'

Sir Bradley Wiggins is one of the greatest Olympians in British history, but the cycling legend endured a difficult period where he was battling an addiction to drugs

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1 week ago Wegovy slashes heart disease risk ‘even before people shed weight’

Within six months, the drug reduced the risk of cardiovascular death by 50% and cut the risk of needing urgent treatment due to heart failure.

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