17 h. ago Video shows French police throwing tear gas at migrants trying to launch little boat near Calais

Members of the gendarmerie (French police in small towns) fired tear gas in the violent encounter which took place north of Calais, in the town of Grand-Fort-Philippe.

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20 h. ago Violent police academy drill linked to deaths and injuries across the US

Academies have wide latitude in running such exercises, given a lack of national standards governing police training

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27 h. ago How a violent police academy drill has been tied to deaths and injuries across the country

When recruits were punched and tackled during a role-playing exercise at the Texas game wardens academy last year, they were taking part in a longstanding police training tradition that critics say should be retired

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49 h. ago 'Lip King' Jordan Parke linked to UK's first liquid BBL death is STILL working in cosmetics industry, probe reveals

Footage shows the beautician from Dudley welcoming an undercover reporter posing as a client for a surgical lip lift.

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53 h. ago "Harrowing" drug death total in region revealed as MSP calls out ministers

The number of deaths linked to drugs in Forth Valley for the first three quarters of 2025 have seen a sharp rise compared to the same period 12 months ago.

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3 d. ago Police detain seven men in Sydney over fear of ‘violent act being planned’

Heavily armed tactical operation officers intercepted two cars on a busy street with images showing suspects cable-tied on the side of the roadPolice have detained seven men in connection with possible planned violence in Sydney’s south-west.Tactical operations police had responded to “information received that a violent act was possibly being planned” on Thursday evening, a NSW Police spokesperson said. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Violent thugs who laughed as they killed retired police officer learn their fate

Jesus Ayala and Jzamir Keys recorded themselves as Ayala careered their stolen vehicle into Andreas "Andy" Probst who was riding his bicycle in Las Vegas, Nevada

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8 d. ago Exposed: the business linked to baby deaths across the world | The Latest

A year-long investigation into the Free Birth Society reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors.Lucy Hough talks to the investigative correspondent Lucy Osborne about her reporting. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Dust from popular countertop material that causes incurable lung disease linked to death of Massachusetts worker

The disease has previously resulted in dozens of deaths in California and across the country

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1 week ago The Birth Keepers: how the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world – video

The Free Birth Society (FBS) is a multimillion-dollar business that promotes an extreme version of free birth, meaning women giving birth without medical assistance. The Guardian can now reveal that the organisation has been linked to dozens of cases of maternal harm and baby deaths around the world. After a year-long investigation, Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne explain why some women they interviewed found FBS’s views so appealing, and why medical professionals say their claims about birth are dangerousThe Birth Keepers: I choose this – episode one Continue reading...

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1 week ago A dead whale shows up on your beach. What do you do with the 40

A fin whale washed ashore in Anchorage and was left there for months. Then a self-described ‘wacko’ museum director made a planWhen a whale dies, its body descends to the bottom of the deep sea in a transformative phenomenon called a whale fall. A whale’s death jump-starts an explosion of life, enough to feed and sustain a deep-ocean ecosystem for decades.There are a lot of ways whales can die. Migrating whales lose their way and, unable to find their way back from unfamiliar waters, are stranded. They can starve when prey disappears or fall to predators such as orcas. They become bycatch, tangled in fishing lines and nets. Mass whale deaths have been linked to marine heatwaves and the toxic algae blooms that follow. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Coronation Street fans rumble 'foreshadowing' of major charater's death amid crossover 'link'

Those who follow the ITV soap are fearing for an iconic Weatherfield resident

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1 week ago ‘There’s no longer a heartbeat’: the couple whose twins were stillborn – and the ‘birth keeper’ they blame

Soon-to-be parents hired a woman they believed would act as a licensed midwife. But she in fact belonged to a radical society that was linked to baby deaths around the world• Read more of the Guardian’s investigations into the Free Birth SocietyErnesta Chirwa recalls the jarring moment the woman she presumed was her midwife said something unexpected. Caitlyn Collins was driving her to hospital after 6am, on 15 February 2022. “She said,” says Chirwa, who is 30 and lives in Cape Town, “Please don’t mention to the nurses that we were trying to have a home birth.”Chirwa was in too much pain to speak – she was in active labour. But she remembers feeling surprised. “Why,” Chirwa recalls, “is she asking us not to mention that we were trying to have a home birth?” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Six modifiable risk factors linked to almost half of cancer deaths

Avoidable cancers are a quieter crisis that has been gathering force for decades

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2 w. ago 7 deaths linked to faulty glucose monitors put in people’s arms, FDA says

About three million devices are affected, though many may be expired or already used

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2 w. ago Death of Irish mother in ‘free birth’ reveals how poor maternity care is pushing women towards extreme influencers

Women in Ireland and the UK linked to Free Birth Society among scores around world to have suffered loss or serious harm after birthsFull story: How the FBS is linked to baby deaths around the worldOver a weekend in late June 2024, Emilee Saldaya, the leader of the Free Birth Society, hosted a festival on her 21-hectare (53-acre) property in North Carolina. It was a celebratory gathering for FBS, a multimillion-dollar business that promotes a radical approach to giving birth without medical support.Promotional footage from the Matriarch Rising festival shows Saldaya dancing beside her private lake, wearing a crown. That same weekend, more than 3,000 miles away, in Dundalk, a town on the east coast of Ireland, Naomi James, bled to death after freebirthing her son. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Police officer 'seriously injured' in alleged violent brawl at Oldham pub

“Our major concern is that an officer in the line of duty was seriously hurt"

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2 w. ago My son, 23, fought in a white collar boxing training camp... minutes later he collapsed in the toilet

The heartbroken family of a young man who died while training for a white-collar boxing charity match have spoken out in fury at an events company that has now been linked to four deaths.

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3 w. ago Experts say strict new FDA protocol for vaccine approval is ‘dangerous and irresponsible’

Lead FDA vaccine regulator announced new approval process after claiming Covid vaccine had killed 10 childrenThe leading vaccine regulator at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a far stricter course for federal vaccine approvals, following claims from his team that Covid vaccines were linked to the deaths of at least 10 children.Experts suggest the announcement will make the vaccine approval process significantly more difficult. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Emmerdale fans predict shock death as they 'rumble' crossover link with Coronation Street

Emmerdale fans are gearing up for a crossover with Coronation Street and are now worried that the special programme could result in a shock death for a fan favourite

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