8 h. ago Who was Fauja Singh? World's oldest marathon runner dies in road accident

Tributes to Fauja Singh have been streaming in since his death

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13 h. ago World's oldest marathon runner, Fauja Singh, dies at 114 after being hit by a car

Fauja Singh, known as the Turbaned Torpedo and believed to be the world’s oldest marathon runner, has died at 114 after being hit by a car in India

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14 h. ago Fauja Singh, ‘world’s oldest marathon runner’, dies in road accident aged 114

Singh’s east London running club confirms death in India of athlete thought to be first centenarian to run a marathonThe runner Fauja Singh, believed to be the oldest person to complete a marathon, has died in a road accident in India aged 114.The athlete, who lived in Ilford in east London, was hit by a car and suffered fatal injuries while trying to cross a road in his birth village of Beas Pind, near Jalandhar in Punjab, on Monday, according to reports in India. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago British man who was world’s oldest marathon runner dies aged 114

Fauja Singh was hit by a car while trying to cross a road in his birth village Beas Pind

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19 h. ago Fauja Singh: World's oldest marathon runner, 114, from east London dies in road accident in India

Fauja Singh’s London-based running club and charity, Sikhs In The City, said their upcoming events in Ilford will be a celebration of his life

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27 h. ago British marathon runner Fauja Singh dies in road accident aged 114

His London-based running club and charity, Sikhs In The City, said their upcoming events in Ilford, east London, will be a celebration of his life.

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4 d. ago Diogo Jota: Liverpool CEO confirms tribute plans to honour tragic star at matches

Liverpool striker Diogo Jota tragically died at the age of 28, while his younger brother, Andre Silva, also lost his life, during a road traffic accident in northern Spain

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8 d. ago A9 crash: Major Scottish road restricted following early morning accident

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1 week ago Diogo Jota's wife arrives at chapel where tragic star's coffin is taken for private wake

Diogo Jota's grieving family have arrived at the chapel for a private wake after the Liverpool star was tragically killed in a road traffic accident on Thursday

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1 week ago Diogo Jota was in a 'happy moment' during final hours in heartbreaking last phone call

Diogo Jota, who tragically passed away following a road traffic accident on Thursday (July 3), was in a "happy moment" as revealed by his final phone call

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1 week ago Champion jockey Oisin Murphy handed fine and driving ban after crashing car while drunk

Jockey Oisin Murphy pleaded guilty after giving a breath test which was nearly twice the legal alcohol limit, seven hours after he was arrested following a road traffic accident

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1 week ago Liverpool star Diogo Jota dies in car crash at age of 28 less than two weeks after wedding

Portuguese forward killed in road traffic accident alongside brother

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1 week ago Liverpool star Diogo Jota, 28, dies in tragic car crash just days after his wedding

Liverpool have released a club statement confirming the tragic news that Diogo Jota has died aged 28 after being involved in a road accident in Zamora

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Aaron Liddard who has played with Amy Winehouse, Prince, Bob Geldof and Beverley Knight, feared his musical career was over after he was badly injured in a horror road accident

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2 w. ago Oisin Murphy clear to continue riding after being charged with drink driving offence

The reigning champion jockey is due to appear in court next week in Reading after being charged over a road traffic accident in which a car hit a tree in April

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3 w. ago How can RFK Jr ‘Make America healthy again’? He is ignoring the two biggest killers of American children | Devi Sridhar

The US health secretary’s latest report is more interested in vaccine scepticism than the brutal toll inflicted by guns and road traffic accidents“Make America healthy again”. We can all get behind this slogan and agree that much more could be done to improve the health of people living in the US. Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health and human services secretary, recently released a report detailing the challenge of the US’s health. About 90% of it outlines the high rates of obesity, mental health issues and chronic disease, 10% covers vaccine scepticism, and 0% looks at solutions or any discussions of the systemic social and economic issues that drive much of the US’s health problems.But what surprised me more was a notable omission of the two biggest killers of American children. American children aren’t just unhealthier. They’re more likely to die in the first 19 years of life because of guns – both homicides and suicides – or in a road traffic accident than children in comparable ...

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