6 h. ago Welsh school to close after death of beloved teaching assistant

Rhyl High School will be closed for the funeral of alleged murder victim Angela Shellis, who has been described as a 'valued member of staff'

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18 h. ago Mammoth series two review – it is a subversive thrill to laugh at these offensive jokes

This old-school sitcom about a PE teacher who wakes after being frozen since the 70s is an impeccably deadpan send-up of masculinity. But it hits hardest when this unreconstructed man turns out to be right about life todayYou can lay the demise of political satire at the door of stranger-than-fiction governmental turmoil. You can attribute the disappearance of pop culture pastiche to a fractured zeitgeist and the thinning out of the artistic mainstream. Yet there’s no obvious reason for the scarcity of jokes about contemporary society in comedy. Maybe it has something to do with the decline of the sketch show; perhaps it’s simply because there’s far less funny stuff on TV in general (during the 2010s, the BBC’s comedy output almost halved). Whatever the reason, when we get a chance to laugh at modern mores, we should probably take it.Re-enter Mammoth, an old-school sitcom from the Welsh comedian Mike Bubbins. The 53-year-old stars as the eponymous Tony Mammoth, a PE teacher who was ...

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3 d. ago Oxford University professor and partner are prosecuted for cruelty to pet rabbit that was found ridden with maggots and close to death

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Professor Anders Kock, 41 and his partner Xiaoyu Tian, 40, were found guilty of one offence under the Animal Welfare Act 2006.

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3 d. ago School teacher dies one day after her baby girl as tributes pour in to tragic mum

Heartbreaking tributes have poured in for a beloved school teacher who died the day after her newborn baby - this is a breaking story

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2 w. ago The Kessler Twins sisters Alice and Ellen die together aged 89

German pop duo who last year said their wish was ‘to leave together’ had joint assisted death at their home in GrünwaldAlice and Ellen Kessler, the pop singing sisters who were famous in Europe in the 1960s, especially in Italy where they were credited for bringing glamour to the country’s TV network, have died aged 89.The identical twins had chosen to have a joint assisted death at their home in Grünwald, close to Munich, on Monday, said Wega Wetzel, a spokesperson for Deutsche Gesellschaft für Humanes Sterben (DGHS), a Berlin-based assisted dying association. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Our Novichok nightmare: Former Russian spy and his daughter targeted by Putin in Salisbury poisonings relive hell of hallucinations 'like LSD' that left them close to death

Sergei Skripal, a double agent who had passed intelligence to MI6 , and his then 33-year-old daughter Yulia nearly lost their lives in the attack by Russian assassins in Salisbury in 2018

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2 w. ago Veterans outrage as £10million Falklands War museum inflates death toll by almost five times

One display at the museum in Bariloche, Argentina, says the British death toll 'could be close to 1,200, given that British military reports remain secret and will not be revealed until 2072'

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2 w. ago Jimmy Kimmel's childhood friend Cleto Escobedo's cause of death revealed

Cleto Escobedo III worked alongside Jimmy Kimmel from the show's inception in 2003, with the TV host sharing his heartbreak following the death of his close friend

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3 w. ago 'Angel of death' nurse who killed 60 babies came close to being released from prison

'Monster in scrubs' Genene Jones is one of the US's most infamous serial killers, but her crimes went unchecked for years

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3 w. ago Pharmacist reveals the medications to NEVER mix with alcohol: 'Patients have felt close to death... it's serious'

A leading pharmacist has revealed the medications that you should never mix with alcohol -warning that it's not worth the potentially dangerous side effects.

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3 w. ago The one change that worked: I was burned out and stressed – then I found a steamy solution

After a bereavement and world events left me struggling to cope, I tried medication, yoga and therapy. But it was my local sauna that helped me find peace and purposeEarlier this year, I was approaching burnout. I felt as though my career as a freelance journalist was on permanent life-support, I was juggling a hectic family life, and I was consumed with worry about a world seemingly hellbent on self-destruction. I was struggling, too, with the death of a close family member and an old school friend. Grieving had become a default status. Despite support from family and loved ones, I needed to find a way to cope with this nearly overwhelming sense of loss.I tried meditation, yoga and therapy, which all helped. Then I heard of Community Sauna Baths, a not-for-profit project in London designed to make saunas accessible and affordable for everyone. From my very first visit, I felt something change. A sense of peace came over me. It immediately felt like a sanctuary, a pocket of calm in ...

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3 w. ago The Osbournes pay an emotional tribute to late Ozzy as they announce 2026 Grammy nominees in 'categories close to their hearts' after his death

Sharon, Kelly and Jack presented the Best Rock Album and Best Metal Performance nominees in honour of the Black Sabbath frontman who passed away in July.

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3 w. ago Body of man found near Scots cycle path as cops probe unexplained death

COPS have launched a probe into the ‘unexplained’ death of a man who was tragically found dead close to a cycle path in a Scottish village. Emergency crews raced to the path just off the A82 road in Ballachulish, Lochaber, this morning. Shortly after they arrived, the body of a 52-year-old man was found just...

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4 w. ago 'I've been close to death multiple times thanks to accident in 2011'

Amani suffers with ongoing physical, mental, cognitive, and emotional challenges

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4 w. ago Police make urgent plea to public as Welsh primary school is closed following threats

Officers remain at the primary school while enquiries into the incident continue

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