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F-16 crashes into field in Midwest fireball, as local claims pilot is ‘conscious’
An F-16 fighter jet crashed in a field near Alpena, Michigan during training exercises on Thursday, injuring the pilot but causing no deaths. The pilot successfully ejected from the aircraft before impact and was reported conscious and receiving medical treatment at a local hospital. The crash sparked an evacuation of residents within a one-mile radius…
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Pink Sweat$ on the Music That Keeps Him Moving | Billboard x Planet Fitness
In a promotional video for the “Artist in Motion” series, presented by Billboard and Planet Fitness, R&B singer Pink Sweat$ discusses how music underpins his daily routine, sense of self and wellbeing. He describes protecting his morning ritual with water and calming music before explaining the origins of his stage name and how movement and…
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The bosses who didn’t want to know: Families blame hospital staff for not stopping three Lucy Letby murders
A public inquiry into NHS nurse Lucy Letby’s crimes has found that senior managers at the Countess of Chester Hospital could have prevented three murders and seven attempted murders had they called in the police sooner. Lady Justice Thirlwall’s report concluded that hospital executives prioritised protecting the institution’s reputation over investigating a spike in infant…
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Gunner Jaysley Beck, 19, was ‘let down’ by senior Army officers who tried to cover up a sexual assault on her before she took her own life, court hears
A court martial has heard that Gunner Jaysley Beck, 19, was let down by two senior Army officers after she reported being sexually assaulted at a training exercise, five months before she took her own life. Colonel Samantha Shepherd and Major James Hook are accused of failing to treat her allegation seriously, with Shepherd allegedly…
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The HYROX pooper’s defiant message to ‘haters’ reveals a disturbing truth about modern fitness culture. We all know an amateur ‘athlete’ who’ll hate me for saying this: AMANDA GOFF
An Australian HYROX competitor, 22-year-old Joanna Wietrzyk, has sparked controversy after continuing to compete during a race in Beijing despite losing control of her bowels, with other athletes then having to use the soiled equipment. The incident has drawn criticism over hygiene and fairness, while also being held up by columnist Amanda Goff as symptomatic…
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Hyrox athlete triggers debate over how far people should go after soiling herself on way to victory
Australian Hyrox competitor Joanna Wietrzyk, 22, won a fitness event in Beijing at the weekend despite suffering bowel incontinence partway through the race, with images showing her continuing to run, perform burpees and carry weights while visibly soiled. The victory has triggered a backlash, with rival athletes accusing organisers of allowing a biohazard to persist…
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Eritrean illegal migrant raped woman on night out after being freed from jail after previous sex attack instead of being kicked out of the country
Radiet Meles, a 35-year-old Eritrean national living in the UK illegally, has been convicted of raping a woman on a night out after previously being freed from prison rather than deported following an earlier sex attack conviction. A jury at Cardiff Crown Court found him guilty of rape and assault by beating following a five-day…
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Tartuffe (Remixed) review – Mark Rylance sinks his false teeth into Molière’s trickster comedy
Mark Rylance stars in Darren Raymond’s Tartuffe (Remixed), a modern update of Molière’s 1664 comedy about a religious fraudster who infiltrates a devout household, now transplanted to the eve of a Jamaican-Nigerian wedding at London’s Marylebone theatre. The production continues a trend of relocating the play’s central hypocrite figure to new cultural settings, following earlier…
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He’s One of Just 50 People With Olive Garden’s Lifetime Pasta Pass. You Choose What He Eats Next
Braden Sinclair, a 33-year-old father of two, is one of only 50 people worldwide to hold Olive Garden’s Lifetime Pasta Pass, a gold card giving him unlimited pasta, toppings, breadsticks and soup or salad at the Italian-American chain for as long as he lives and it operates. He secured the pass in 2019 after upgrading…
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Family of fitness fanatic, 34, left paralysed after doctors dismissed his deadly brain condition for a virus sue NHS
The family of a 34-year-old fitness enthusiast left with locked-in syndrome are suing the NHS after doctors at Warrington Hospital dismissed his life-threatening brain condition as a virus. Oli Coppock, from Warrington, Cheshire, has spent over two years unable to speak, eat or move, communicating only through eye movements, after staff failed to order a…