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Scotland in the grip of a ‘cancer timebomb’ as cases rocket in a decade
Official figures show Scotland recorded 37,657 new cancer cases in 2024, a 15 per cent rise on a decade earlier, prompting warnings of a “cancer timebomb” and renewed calls for wider screening and action to tackle rising rates. The sharpest increase was in prostate cancer among men, up 50 per cent over ten years and…
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New low for Portland as one-of-a-kind 1970s racecar is stolen while being sold to raise cash for co-owner’s Parkinson’s treatment
A rare, one-of-a-kind racecar dating from the 1970s has been stolen in Portland while it was being sold, with the sale intended to raise money for one of its co-owners’ Parkinson’s disease treatment. The theft has been described as a new low for the city, highlighting how the crime has disrupted an effort to fund…
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One woman is dead and another in hospital after being stabbed on London street: Man, 48, is arrested
A woman has died and another woman has been taken to hospital after a stabbing on a street in London, with a 48-year-old man arrested in connection with the attack. The incident is being treated as a serious violent crime, and further details of the circumstances have not been disclosed in the report. The available…
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Landlord killer deemed too insane for prison flees to TAJIKISTAN after being given permission to leave Virginia mental hospital for 48 hours
A man convicted of killing his landlord in Virginia, but found too mentally unwell to be held criminally responsible, has fled the United States for Tajikistan after being granted a 48-hour release from the psychiatric hospital where he was being held. The case, involving patient identified as Abdullai Toshpulodzoda, raises serious questions about the vetting…
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Paris Jackson remembers perforating her septum from “snorting drugs”
Paris Jackson has opened up about permanently perforating her septum through drug use, revealing she can see “straight through” her nose as a result. The singer, now six years sober, shared the reflection ahead of releasing her second album, “Happiest Day Of My Life”, underscoring how far she has come since her struggles with addiction.…
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Cruise ships with the worst CDC sanitation scores revealed, see which vessels failed inspection
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published a list of the cruise ships that received the lowest scores in its latest round of health and sanitation inspections. The findings come from the CDC’s Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP), which carries out periodic, unannounced checks on cruise ships docking at US ports to assess…
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ESPN Founder Bill Rasmussen Dies At 93
Bill Rasmussen, who founded ESPN in 1979 with his son Scott as the world’s first 24-hour sports television network, has died at the age of 93. He passed away on Tuesday at his home in Florida following complications from Parkinson’s disease, ESPN confirmed. Rasmussen conceived the idea after being fired as communications director of the…
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Drug-smuggling influencer out of prison after just 16 weeks
Scottish influencer Ellie Crampsie, jailed in April for smuggling £150,000 worth of cannabis into Edinburgh Airport from Thailand, has already left prison after serving just 16 weeks of her 16-month sentence. She was released under Scotland’s Home Detention Curfew scheme and has since posted images of herself at a music festival, prompting criticism that the…
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Rally cheers, siege standoff, Golden Boot heats up
Reporting on 18 August brought together sharply different scenes: in Jakarta, demonstrators marched against government policies and raised concerns about living costs, corruption and the expanded role of the military in civilian affairs. Police blocked roads during the protest and brief scuffles were reported. Separately, attention remained on Qusra in the occupied West Bank, where…
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Tomodachi Life Player Recreates An Iconic SNES RPG: ‘How is this even possible?’
A Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream player has recreated Onett, the starting town from the 1995 Super Nintendo classic Earthbound, within the life-simulation game, drawing praise online for its faithful and creative execution. The build, shared by Reddit user u/sokas98 in the r/earthbound community, showcases how far players can push the game’s island-creation tools when…