7 h. ago Mum fighting for life after scooter crash on first holiday abroad kills boyfriend

An Australian man has died and a mum-of-two is fighting for her life after a horrific scooter crash in Bali in the early hours of Sunday morning

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19 h. ago In Pictures: From fire festival to foam fight, the lighter side of life in 2025

A look at the some of the quirkier events the Press Association covered in the last 12 months.

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20 h. ago Man, 48, killed and woman, 50, fighting for her life after crashing into roundabout & veering off road on New Year’s Eve

A MAN has died and a woman is fighting for her life after crashing into a roundabout and veering off the road on New Year's Eve. Cops were called to the scene on Wednesday morning in Irlam, Greater Manchester to reports of a collision. The driver, a 48-year-old man, had smashed into a roundabout causing...

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3 d. ago Damien Martyn, former Australian Test cricketer, in hospital in induced coma with meningitis

54-year-old admitted to hospital on Boxing Day with meningitisMartyn played 67 Tests for Australia between 1992 and 2006The former Australian Test cricketer Damien Martyn has been admitted to hospital and placed in an induced coma after being diagnosed with meningitis.The 54-year-old “is in for the fight of his life”, according to the former AFL player Brad Hardie, who revealed Martyn’s condition on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Damien Martyn, former Australian Test cricketer, in induced coma with meningitis

The 54-year-old was admitted to hospital on Boxing Day Martyn played total of 67 Tests between 1992 and 2006The former Australian Test cricketer Damien Martyn has been admitted to hospital and placed in an induced coma after being diagnosed with meningitis.The sporting community is rallying around the 54-year-old, who “is in for the fight of his life”, according to the former AFL player Brad Hardie, who revealed Martyn’s condition on 6PR on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Cricket legend Damien Martyn is put into a coma as he battles the killer disease meningitis in 'the fight of his life'

The 54-year-old veteran of 67 Test matches was rushed to a Brisbane hospital after falling ill on Boxing Day.

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3 d. ago Former Australian Test cricketer Damien Martyn in induced coma

54-year-old admitted to hospital on Boxing Day with meningitisMartyn played 67 Tests for Australia between 1992 and 2006The former Australian Test cricketer Damien Martyn has been admitted to hospital and placed in an induced coma after being diagnosed with meningitis.The 54-year-old “is in for the fight of his life”, according to the former AFL player Brad Hardie, who revealed Martyn’s condition on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Mystery as Australian cricket great Damien Martyn is rushed to hospital in serious condition: 'He is in for the fight of his life'

Australian cricket great Damien Martyn has reportedly been rushed to hospital and remains in a 'serious condition' after falling ill on Boxing Day.

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3 d. ago Blood Bike rider fighting for life after crash shuts major road

A man has been arrested in connection with the crash which closed the A48 in Carmarthenshire on Monday evening

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3 d. ago What happened next: the man who saved the last phone box in his village

When BT earmarked the kiosk for closure in January, Derek Harris began to campaign. The fight gave him purpose at a difficult time in his life‘I don’t want it to die’: one man’s battle to save the last phone box in his villageThe caller display flashes up: “Derek in the K6” it reads. On the line is Derek Harris, ringing from the red phone box he saved for his village. When he saw, on the agenda for the parish council meeting, that BT had earmarked it for closure, Harris knew he had to fight it. “It’s fighting for what is valuable, cherished,” he told me when I went to meet him in February, sitting over coffee in a cafe near Sharrington, the Norfolk village that has been his home for more than 50 years, and the phone box for longer. It’s a K6, for Kiosk No 6, designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott.For a few weeks, Harris, then 89, became a media star. One of the criteria for keeping a phone box in use is that at least 52 calls have to be made from it in a year (fewer than 10 had...

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4 d. ago Horizon postmaster fighting new cancer battle backs Chris Hoy in life

Rab Thomson, from Alva Clackmannanshire, took on the Post Office and is now calling for better screening after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.

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4 d. ago Footballer, 18, stabbed and fighting for life after 'Gomorrah'

A teenage football star was left fighting for his life after he was stabbed twice during an attack by a gang of youths, with his mum comparing it to Italian crime TV series Gomorrah

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5 d. ago EastEnders star Nicholas Bailey breaks silence over Anthony Trueman’s death in 'bittersweet' admission

The character lost his life on the BBC soap after a fight with Zoe Slater on Christmas Day

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6 d. ago Tragic mum dies following double leg amputation after being dragged under car ‘driven by warped ex

A WOMAN who was allegedly run over by her ex-boyfriend and horrifically dragged along a motorway for one mile, has tragically died. The mother-of-two sadly passed away on Christmas Eve after a 25-day fight for her life. Tainara Souza Santos, 31, succumbed to her catastrophic injuries, despite multiple operations to try save her. The young...

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7 d. ago Man, 20, fights for his life after Christmas Day shooting in Sheffield

The man was shot in the chest shortly before 11:30pm on Thursday and emergency crews were called to Wilfred Drive, in the Darnall area of Sheffield, to take the victim to hospital.

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7 d. ago Man fighting for life after Christmas Day shooting in Sheffield

Four men – aged 20, 22, 28 and 29 – were all arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and remain in custody.

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7 d. ago Four arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after Christmas Day shooting in Sheffield

A 20-year-old man is fighting for his life after the incident

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7 d. ago The Masked Singer’s Davina McCall fights back tears as she talks ‘end to life’ plan

The Masked Singer star Davina McCall struggled to hold back tears during the emotional interview, as she discussed book plans following her health ordeal

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7 d. ago Man, 20, fighting for life after being shot on Christmas Day

The man was shot in the chest shortly before 11.30pm in the Darnall area of Sheffield

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7 d. ago Man fighting for life after horror Christmas Eve crash as woman and boy rushed to hospital

A man has been arrested following the collision in Croxteth, Merseyside

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