6 h. ago VJ Day 80: Remembering the brothers who died as Prisoners of War

Ahead of the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, historian Geoff Pugh has tracked down the graves of every person called Pugh who died in WW2 and WW1 including two brothers who were Japanese Prisoner of War.

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9 h. ago South Carolina trooper dies days after being hit by a truck on an interstate

A South Carolina trooper has died three days after being struck on the side of an interstate by a box truck

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11 h. ago Widow whose husband died three days after wedding believes he ‘held on’ to marry her

Terminally ill Dean Dunphy was told it would be a ‘miracle’ if he made it to the ceremony

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14 h. ago Man makes 'unexpected' hospital visit with infection and dies just 13 days later

Ben Boyle, 37, died just days after he was admitted to hospital with what had been a urine infection - it turned into sepsis which resulted in kidney failure

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15 h. ago Death of man who jumped from Aberdeen flat to escape torture campaign to be probed by Sheriff

Jamie Forbes, 37, died after he endured two days of torture at the hands of Lee Smith, also 37, at the property in Aberdeen last year.

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33 h. ago Dale Webster, surfer who rode waves for 14,642 consecutive days, dies aged 77

Surfer rode waves daily for over 40 years straightStreak reached 14,642 consecutive surfing daysGuinness record-holder dies at age 77 in CaliforniaDale Webster, the Northern California surfer who paddled out every day for more than 40 years, has died at the age of 77. News of his death was shared on social media by friends and fellow surfers. No cause of death was given.Known as Daily Dale and Daily Wavester, Webster holds a Guinness world record for the longest streak of consecutive days surfed: an extraordinary 14,642, a stretch that began in 1975 and ended in 2015. His feat required him to surf at least three waves a day, rain or shine, in sickness or in health, through frigid Pacific waters and the shark-rich lineup off Sonoma County. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Teen dies after frustrating delay blocked cops from being able to enter her flat

Alex Duce died days after she'd been found by police officers on the afternoon of September 11, 2022. She was only 18 years old.

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44 h. ago Skegness beach horror as man dies being pulled from sea days after woman's death

Emergency services raced to a Lincolnshire beach on Tuesday after the HM Coastguard rescued a man from the sea - tragically he was pronounced dead at the scene in Skegness

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48 h. ago Bhim Kohli’s teenage killer to have sentence reviewed at Court of Appeal

Mr Kohli, 80, was attacked with a shoe and died the following day.

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55 h. ago Parents who advised daughter against chemotherapy warned over inquest behaviour

Paloma Shemirani, 23, collapsed last July and was taken to hospital where she died five days later having earlier declined cancer treatment.

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55 h. ago Teenager died after police were called to her flat, but could not be saved after 'frustrating' delay

As police tried to find clues as to what could have happened to Alex Duce she was inside her flat. When she was found later that day she had hanged herself and died days later in hospital

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60 h. ago Man released after arrest in connection with death of 'popular' Aberdeen man

Austin Ironside was found badly injured at a property in the city and died in hospital two days later.

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65 h. ago Father died three days after his wedding from ‘an old man’s disease’

Dean Dunphy, 33, was diagnosed with stage 4 brain cancer after experiencing stroke-like symptoms and muscle twitching

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67 h. ago Athlete dies after collapsing while competing at the World Games in China

Debertolis, 29, was found unconscious during an orienteering event on August 8 and died four days later.

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3 d. ago Europe's red alert HELL: Boy, four, dies of heatstroke in Italy as temperatures hit record highs in France and masses are evacuated in the Balkans as wildfires tear through

The four-year-old Romanian died on Monday just days after being found unconscious in the family's car in Sardinia.

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3 d. ago Man died days after being locked up as jail staff made massive error

One staff member thought there was no indication the prisoner was at risk of suicide as he was 'laughing and joking'

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3 d. ago Half a cup of sugar a day? Scientists take on the latest controversial health trend

Going against decades of ingrained health education, Leanne Ratcliffe, who found internet fame in the 2010s eating 50 bananas a day as part of her fruitarian diet, has found a new cause to get behind. Kyle MacNeill speaks to the health influencer on her controversial lifestyle – and asks experts what they make of it

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4 d. ago Man arrested after Central London quadruple stabbing leaves father and son dead

The Metropolitan Police has confirmed that 31-year-old Hassan Cevik has been charged with murder after Terry McMillan, 58, and his son, Brendan, 27, died in a daylight mass stabbing

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4 d. ago Widow's appeal after 'fit and vibrant' husband fell suddenly ill with leukaemia

Lorna Newbrook says: 'It was incomprehensible that something like this could happen. Mike was a 6ft 4in policeman in the riot squad... he was one of life's good guys'

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4 d. ago ‘Irreparable loss’: Two Japanese boxers on same card die from brain injuries

Hiromasa Urakawa passes days after Shigetoshi Kotari died Pair had been injured in fights at same event in Tokyo on 2 AugustTwo Japanese boxers have died days after suffering brain injuries in separate fights on the same card, boxing associations and media reports said.Shigetoshi Kotari died on Friday and Hiromasa Urakawa on Saturday after being injured in their fights at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on 2 August, Japanese media said. Continue reading...

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