8 h. ago Elderly woman, 89, hit and killed by recycling lorry as driver arrested

An 89-year-old woman has died in Llandudno, north Wales, after being hit by a recycling lorry - the driver was arrested and taken into custody while police taped off the scene

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16 h. ago Woman killed in her own home died from 'multiple sharp force injuries including a cut throat'

A man admitted to police that he had killed Lisa Fraser in Pembroke Dock, but was found hanged in a prison cell two weeks later. An inquest into the death of Mrs Fraser has now been opened

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18 h. ago Haunting final texts of mother who told her family she was going on holiday... only to secretly die in a Swiss euthanasia clinic: Friend reveals anguish that drove woman to take her own life

Maureen Slough, 58, of County Cavan, Ireland, sent a string of haunting final messages from inside the controversial Pegasos facility in Basel where she had quietly paid £13,000 to end her life.

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23 h. ago Woman loses 38 stone on 'lion's diet' and now needs £6,500 surgery

Danni, 37, was inspired by the bodybuilder's diet after she hit almost 50 stone

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24 h. ago Baby dies of whooping cough after pregnant woman was not vaccinated

Dr Gayatri Amirthalingam, UKHSA deputy director, says the death reminds everyone how ‘severe’ whooping cough can be for young babies

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38 h. ago Brit woman stabbed to death in Cambodia after she's 'caught up in love triangle'

Jessica Cariad Hopkins, from Hertfordshire, tragically died after being stabbed in Cambodia, authorities have said. A woman from DR Congo has been arrested on suspicion of murder

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40 h. ago Woman dies after being hit by falling tree branch on busy south Manchester road

Emergency services were called to West Didsbury at around 7.15pm on Saturday evening after calls about a woman who was stuck under a fallen tree branch after it 'snapped'

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40 h. ago Woman, in her 40s, dies after being hit by 'massive' tree branch that snapped in windy weather

The woman, in her 40s, died on Barlow Moor Road in West Didsbury, Manchester, when the branch plummeted onto her on Saturday evening, Greater Manchester Police have confirmed.

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42 h. ago Manchester horror as woman killed by huge tree which suddenly 'snapped'

Emergency services were called out to West Didsbury following the shock incident but were unable to save the woman, in her 40s, who died at the scene despite their best efforts

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43 h. ago Woman, 25, dies after falling from block of flats in Southampton

The murder investigation was launched after the tragedy unfolded on Cuckmere Lane in the Hampshire port city on Thursday.

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3 d. ago Hurricane Katrina victim identified 20 years later: ‘finally where she belongs’

Guardian US partner WWL Louisiana called in Ray Theriot, who used utility bills, driver’s licenses and property recordsA woman who died at home during Hurricane Katrina in a community outside New Orleans, but who remained unidentified for nearly two decades, has finally been named before the storm’s 20th anniversary on Friday.The woman, who was identified with the help of New Orleans’s CBS affiliate, WWL Louisiana, has been named as Dorothy Virginia Driggers Taquino, 81. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Woman dies after 'assault' at Scots home as man arrested following 'disturbance'

Restalrig Avenue in Edinburgh remains closed off while enquiries are carried out.

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4 d. ago Edinburgh crime: Edinburgh woman dies after early morning 'disturbance' at property on Restalrig Avenue

Police closed Restalrig Avenue after a 'disturbance'.

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4 d. ago Molly Cuddihy, 23, dies seven years after getting infection in hospital as a teen

Molly Cuddihy, 23, died at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, seven years after she developed septic shock while being treated for a rare cancer at the hospital

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6 d. ago Man 'raped unconscious woman outside front of church' just hours before she died

WARNING: GRAPHIC DETAILS - Mohamed Mohamed, 39, from Tennessee, is charged with four counts of rape on an unconscious woman outside the Nolensville Pike Church

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6 d. ago Teenage girl dies while boy and woman are rushed to hospital after falling ill at UK festival

Police have launched a probe into the sudden death of a girl - in her late teens - at the Emerge dance music festival.

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7 d. ago Rescuers 'give up last hope' of reaching Russian climber stranded for 13 days 22,000ft up mountain with a broken leg

Rescuers today gave up hope of reaching a brave woman mountaineer 'left to die' on a 24,406ft peak.

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7 d. ago Teenage girl dies while boy and woman are rushed to hospital after falling ill at British festival

Police have launched a probe into sudden death of a girl - in her late teens - at the Emerge dance festival, which is held at Boucher Playing Fields in the south of the Northern Ireland capital.

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8 d. ago 'I spent £25 on trinkets at car boot and you won't believe how much it got me'

Becky was on the lookout for cute little home decor items to add to her new home, and was over the moon when she found a seller who had "everything she could want"

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9 d. ago Woman, 21, dies and another hurt after being hit by car outside shopping centre

A 21-year-old woman died and another was injured after being hit by a car outside a shopping centre in Sutton Coldfield - two men have been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving

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