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Coroner’s warning after ‘exhausted’ NHS consultant died in hospital of overdose following his ninth 13-hour night shift in a row on top of private work
A coroner has issued a warning after an “exhausted” NHS consultant died from a drug and alcohol overdose following his ninth consecutive 13-hour night shift, raising concerns about doctors’ cumulative workloads across NHS and private employers. Dr Naeem Ahmed, a 50-year-old consultant in anaesthesia and pain medicine, was found dead in an on-call room at…
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Moment furious Notting Hill resident bats away Carnival reveller with her walking stick as CCTV catches him relieving himself outside her £600k property
CCTV footage has captured a Notting Hill resident furiously swiping her walking stick at a Carnival reveller as he urinated against her wall over the bank holiday weekend, highlighting the ongoing problem of anti-social behaviour affecting homeowners near the festival route. The anonymous homeowner, whose £600,000 flat requires professional cleaning each year, said the smell…
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‘Eklipse’ Mixes the Autobiographical and Fictional to Explore AIDS Taboos and Fear of Social Exclusion
Austrian filmmaker Manuel Wetscher’s feature debut “Eklipse” premieres in the Horizons section of the 83rd Venice Film Festival on 5 September. The drama draws on Wetscher’s own experience of only learning years later that his father had died of AIDS in 1993, and explores the taboos and fear of social exclusion surrounding the disease through…
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Four Seasons Launches Refresh of Hotel Danieli
The Danieli, Venice, a Four Seasons Hotel has reopened following a restoration timed to coincide with the Venice Film Festival, with further work continuing on adjacent palazzos and a new spa. The relaunch marks a significant refresh of one of Venice’s most storied hotels, a gothic landmark on the Riva degli Schiavoni overlooking the lagoon,…
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Airlink drops stadium flypast, Range Rover goes electric, Galliano pulls out of Met Gala
Also: Nick Searcy quits LA for Nashville, Olivia Rodrigo launches Daisy Chain Fields, Hackett and Rothery release an album, and Diane Warren adopts viral piglet Wilbur.
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Forget ‘Days of Thunder 2,’ This Tom Cruise Classic Deserves a Legacy Sequel
Tom Cruise has embraced legacy sequels to his classic films, with Top Gun: Maverick already released and a Days of Thunder follow-up featuring Anne Hathaway now in the works. This piece argues that one of his other defining 1980s roles, the 1986 pool hustler drama The Color of Money, is more deserving of a similar…
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Aussie boy, 6, dies from scurvy: Parents say they had no idea he suffered from incredibly rare 19th century disease until it was too late
A six-year-old boy with Down syndrome has died in Queensland, Australia, from scurvy, a vitamin C deficiency disease historically associated with 19th-century sailors and now exceedingly rare in developed countries. Deputy state coroner Stephanie Gallagher published non-inquest findings into Connor Dean’s death, noting his parents said they were unaware he had a vitamin C deficiency…
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UMusic Hotel Set to Open in London in 2026: Here’s Where It’ll Be Located
UMusic Hospitality & Lifestyle (UMHL) and Outernet London announced a partnership under which UMHL will open UMusic Hotel Denmark Street in central London during the fourth quarter of 2026, marking its first hotel in the UK and second in Europe after Madrid, which opened in 2022. The deal matters because it brings a major music-industry…
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Roger Howard Dies; Glaser Weil Lawyer Steered Jason Reitman-Led Directors Coalition’s Purchase Of Iconic Westwood Village Theater
Roger Howard, a senior partner at entertainment law firm Glaser Weil, has died aged 81 after a battle with cancer. Over 35 years at the firm, Howard built a career as a corporate, real estate and mergers and acquisitions lawyer, representing studios, producers, filmmakers and Los Angeles County, and his legal work is credited with…
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Attempted murder arrests over air rifle shooting
Three people have been arrested, two on suspicion of attempted murder, after a woman was seriously injured in a suspected air rifle attack in Thurnscoe, Barnsley. South Yorkshire Police were called to Windsor Street shortly before 10pm on Tuesday following reports of a person with a suspected firearm, and the victim remained in a stable…