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Small plane carrying 80-year-old pilot, his wife, and two grandchildren suddenly vanishes during flight from Bahamas to Miami as desperate family appeals for help: ‘We need to bring them home’
A South Florida family endured an anguishing search after Mario Lamar, 80, an experienced pilot of 40 years, disappeared with his wife Lili, 79, and grandchildren Sofia Sosa, 28, and Christian Sosa, 22, while flying their Piper PA-34 Seneca from Great Harbour Cay in the Bahamas to Miami. The light aircraft, which departed at 10:13am…
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Newcastle admit they started planning for Eddie Howe’s exit at start of year
Newcastle United’s sporting director, Ross Wilson, has revealed the club had been quietly planning for Eddie Howe’s exit for eight or nine months before the manager stepped down in late July, meaning the switch to Matthias Jaissle could be executed swiftly despite the surprise timing just weeks before the new season. Wilson said the process…
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Better Go Mad in the Wild review – boozing, bantering hermits impart their spiritual wisdom
Miro Remo’s documentary Better Go Mad in the Wild follows František (“Franta”) and Ondřej (“Ondra”) Klišík, twin brothers living an isolated, off-grid existence in a cabin in the Czech Šumava mountains. The film, narrated in part by a slaughtered bull and adapted from a short story by Aleš Palán, blends observational documentary with surrealist flourishes…
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The Newer World by Sebastian Barry review – a near-miracle of storytelling
Sebastian Barry’s novel The Newer World completes a loose trilogy exploring America’s civil war and its aftermath through the lens of formerly displaced or enslaved characters, this time narrated by Tennyson Bouguereau, a formerly enslaved man rebuilding his life in postbellum Tennessee. The book follows Days Without End and A Thousand Moons, which centred on…
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Residents flee Gold Coast apartment tower as balcony fire erupts
Residents evacuated an apartment tower on Queensland’s Gold Coast on Tuesday morning after a fire broke out on a seventh-floor balcony. Emergency crews were called to the Pacific Keys Central Building on Hooker Boulevard in Mermaid Waters just after 10am, with the blaze contained to a single unit and extinguished within around 20 minutes, preventing…
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Newcastle were ‘preparing for months’ for Howe departure
Newcastle United sporting director Ross Wilson has said the club spent up to nine months preparing for Eddie Howe’s departure before it was announced in July, insisting the exit was not “chaotic” despite the manager originally intending to stay on this season. Howe, who ended the club’s 70-year wait for a domestic trophy with the…
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Qantas flight is evacuated before takeoff at Sydney Airport
A Qantas Airbus A220 was evacuated at Sydney Airport on Monday night after smoke filled the cabin before takeoff, though the source was traced to exhaust fumes from a ground tug rather than the aircraft itself. The incident is notable mainly for its timing, coming just days after another Qantas flight suffered a suspected engine…
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TV tonight: Paul C Brunson looks at dangerous red flags in relationships
Tonight’s TV highlights include a new relationship series on U&W and a National Television Awards ceremony celebrating standout shows of the past year. The Guardian’s TV guide also flags a range of other programmes across BBC, ITV and Channel 4/5, alongside two Champions League football fixtures. Paul C Brunson fronts a new U&W series examining…
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Plaque for scientist who helped saved millions
A plaque has been unveiled at the University of Sheffield honouring Cecil Paine, a scientist whose team was the first to successfully use penicillin as a therapeutic treatment, in 1930. The achievement came two years after Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, and Paine’s work is credited with helping pave the way for a treatment that has…