56 m. ago What happens to the human body in 49C heat? Australians are finding out

Doctors warn there are biological limits to temperatures we can survive, and exposure to extreme heat can provoke a heart attackFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s southern states are scorching in extreme heat that could break temperature records in Victoria and South Australia on Tuesday.January and all-time records were forecast to be set in both states, with temperatures approaching 50C across inland areas, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Pregnant woman would pray for her unborn baby to survive as boyfriend attacked her with weapons

Maisie Henderson was subjected to horrific violence by her partner who she had first met when she was 17

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32 h. ago Woman forced to drink twisted ex's blood feared her unborn baby wouldn't survive attacks

Freddy Smith assaulted Maisie Henderson with weapons, including a razor blade, a metal weightlifting pole and a sword. He has been jailed for six years.

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33 h. ago Woman forced to drink boyfriend's blood would pray unborn baby survived attacks

Maisie Henderson met her abuser when she was 17 and was attacked by him while she was pregnant with his baby

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35 h. ago Woman forced to drink ex's blood feared unborn baby wouldn't survive weapon attacks

Maisie Henderson, 24, was pregnant with Freddy Smith's child as he attacked her with weapons including a sword, razor blade and metal pole. Smith was jailed for six years

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35 h. ago Pregnant woman forced to drink boyfriend's blood as she prayed baby would survive attacks

Freddy Smith attacked Maisie Henderson with 'a variety of weapons', including a razor blade, a metal weightlifting pole and a sword - the young woman has spoken out after finally escaping the bully

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5 d. ago I survived a shark attack. Here are some valuable lessons I learned

Shark attacks usually occur very quickly and are all over in 15 seconds or less

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6 d. ago Councillor says "prison is better than NHS" after suffering heart attack

EXCLUSIVE: Labour's George Redmond paid tribute to the NHS staff who cared for him, but he criticised the poor infrastructure at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary and blamed the SNP Government.

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1 week ago Five crucial steps to survive a nuclear attack according to survival expert

A TikTok survival expert has shared five essential steps that could save your life in a nuclear attack, from what to do in the first second to how long you need to shelter

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1 week ago Survival expert's one action you must take 'in the first second' to survive a WW3 nuclear attack

A survival enthusiast has shared five essential steps which could help save lives in a devastating nuclear strike, including something you must do in the first second of a blast

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1 week ago Girl, 15, miraculously SURVIVES gruesome shark attack on idyllic family holiday

During a family holiday, Lulu Gribbin was attacked by a shark in shallow waters off the coast of Seacrest Beach in South Walton, Florida, in scenes akin to a horror movie

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2 w. ago How Manchester Arena attack survivors are using their trauma to help Southport victims

An initiative has been launched to support teachers

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2 w. ago Man survives brutal shark attack by making genius tourniquet from wetsuit

A Hawaii spear-fisher has encountered a blacktip reef shark attack and lived to tell the tale – the shark mauled his thigh but he survived using his wetsuit as a tourniquet

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2 w. ago Jacob Bethell plays starring role in Ashes Wars Episode 5: A New Hope | Barney Ronay

A brilliant hundred against an elite attack on a wearing pitch shows this England team can survive and evolveEt in dystopia ego. In the midst of death, we are in life. On a throbbingly hot deep blue afternoon in Sydney, as this ghost ship of an England Ashes tour creaked towards its final dock, the fourth day of the fifth Test produced an unexpected late plot twist. Something good happened.Jacob Bethell batted for six hours from mid-morning to close of play and scored a hundred of rare beauty at the SCG. It was an easy, crisp kind of beauty too, all classical lines and symmetry, an innings of layers and gears, of comforting rhythms, shot through with moments of balletic power. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago BBC settles with 7 October survivors for filming home ‘without permission’

Horenstein family say crew did not seek consent to film inside their home days after it had been wrecked by HamasThe BBC has said it has reached a settlement with a Jewish family who survived Hamas’s 7 October attacks on southern Israel after a news crew filmed inside their destroyed home.The crew, which included senior correspondent Jeremy Bowen, entered the Horenstein family’s home in the days after the attacks in 2023. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago BBC pays out £28k to survivors of October 7 attack after filming inside their destroyed Israel home

"It was another intrusion into our lives"

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