3 h. ago Woman hit by car in seaside town taken to hospital with serious injuries

The road was closed as police carried out their investigation and one person has been arrested in connection with the incident

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33 h. ago Why can’t women enjoy Heated Rivalry without being treated with contempt? | Zoe Williams

The TV hit has cracked open a rich seam of misogyny: romance is written off as a weird thing that women like, and the audience is dismissed as ‘wine moms’I’ve never heard anything more sexist in my life than the (mounting) reasons why women supposedly love the hit TV drama Heated Rivalry. Quick recap: if you’re a woman, or even if you’re not and don’t yet love it: Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) are two professional ice hockey players on rival teams. It matters that they’re hockey players, beyond the athletic perfection of their “insanely oiled, slick bodies” (as my friend, Eve, who’s 21, put it). And it matters that Rozanov is Russian, because the obstacles are real: he cannot be gay – think about the sponsorship, think about the fans, think about the oppressive patriarchal regime. Think about it for two seconds and this can not happen; and it achingly doesn’t, and almost does, and does, then doesn’t happen, over years.Heated Rivalry dropped in C...

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9 d. ago Woman stabbed one boyfriend, hit another with lamp and warned she'd 'splatter' her step mum

But Rachel Tinsley was freed from prison on the eve of her 40th birthday

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1 week ago Woman arrested and hit with £100 fine after 'feeding pigeons in park'

London Wildlife Protection said their member, who was feeding the birds in Wealdstone Square, in Harrow, London, was arrested by 11 Metropolitan Police officers

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1 week ago Mystery woman somehow gains entry to pro tennis tournament and can barely hit the ball

The bizarre match saw the 21-year-old win just three points as she was told where to stand on the court by her opponent

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2 w. ago World Darts Championship star will miss seaside walks and car trips with John McDonald after legend’s retirement

ROB CROSS will miss long seaside walks and car trips after John McDonald hung up his microphone. McDonald, 65, will call time on 21 years as PDC Master of Ceremonies after the World Championship final. Cross, 35, was called world champion by McDonald in 2018 and 2019 — memories he will cherish for ever. Not only...

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2 w. ago Switzerland resort fire latest news: 40 dead and 115 injured in Crans

Police have ruled out an attack on Le Constellation bar as investigation starts into cause of fireOfficials at the press conference are asking for “prudence” from those in the town, reminding them not to make unnecessary demands on hospitals, which are overwhelmed.Please leave investigators to do their work, they say. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Switzerland resort fire latest news: ‘several dozen’ dead in Crans

A further 100 people were injured in the bar early on Thursday morning, but police have ruled out an attackOfficials at the press conference are asking for “prudence” from those in the town, reminding them not to make unnecessary demands on hospitals, which are overwhelmed.Please leave investigators to do their work, they say. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Switzerland resort fire latest news: ‘several dozen’ dead after blast at ski town of Crans

About 100 people were injured in the bar early on Thursday morning, but police have ruled out an act of terrorismOfficials at the press conference are asking for “prudence” from those in the town, reminding them not to make unnecessary demands on hospitals, which are overwhelmed.Please leave investigators to do their work, they say. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Irish man found dead at famous Whitehaven beach among three deaths on Australia’s east coast

A woman also died after being hit by a wave near a tidal rock pool in Sydney, after the body of a man was found near Palm Beach on NYEGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn Irish national has died at Whitehaven beach near the Great Barrier Reef, with two other people found dead and grave fears for two more after seperate incidents in waters off Sydney during a horror New Year period.Queensland police said that emergency services received reports that a 35-year-old Irish man had been found dead in the water at the popular beach in the state’s north at about 11am on Wednesday. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Woman dies after being swept into ocean from Sydney beach in early hours of New Year’s Day

Police said 25-year-old woman hit by a wave near a tidal rock pool at Maroubra, and another swimmer missing at CoogeeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman has been found dead after being swept out into the ocean from a Sydney beach in the early hours of New Year’s Day.And later in the morning another swimmer went missing in the water at Coogee. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Woman in hospital after Christmas Day house fire in Scots town

Emergency services, including three fire engines, raced to the blaze on Christmas Day.

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3 w. ago Woman, 20s, dies in horror crash on M2 motorway on Christmas Eve

The woman’s car hit the central reservation and overturned

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4 w. ago Woman killed on country road named as Green Party stalwart who ran to be Greater Manchester MP

Vicki Attenborough and one other woman died after being hit by a car

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