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Teacher fighting for life after 'being stabbed repeatedly by pupil"
3+ hour, 46+ min ago (337+ words) An art teacher was fighting for her life in France today after being stabbed "three or four times" by a teenage pupil. The 60-year-old woman, who has not been named, was set upon by the 14-year-pupil at La Guicharde middle…...
Garbage star Shirley Manson: 'We need artists to criticise power"
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (1151+ words) Shirley Manson has spent the last 30 years being an outspoken member of the music community, but she's urging more people to take up her rallying cry. It's hard to imagine Garbage without instantly thinking of the iconic frontwoman, with her…...
Man dies after New Year's Day swim at Brighton beach
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (396+ words) A 51-year-old man died after getting into difficulty in the sea off Brighton Beach on New Year's Day. The man, from Kettering, Northamptonshire, was pulled ashore west of Brighton Palace Pier at around 10.35am on Thursday. He was pronounced dead at…...
Teenager missing and man dead after boat overturns at Australian beach
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (510+ words) A man has died and a 14-year-old boy is missing after a boat capsized on an Australian beach. Emergency services winched a third person to safety and are now searching the Palm Beach area, Sydney for the teenager. Responders swooped…...
Tourist, 25, plunges from 20ft cliff sparking dramatic rescue mission
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (308+ words) A 25-year-old woman was rescued after slipping 20ft from a cliffside at a popular beach in Australia. The tourist, from Austria, was found unconscious and choking on water when emergency services were called to Bushrangers Bay in Melbourne to rescue the…...
Car with ‘Happy Chanukkah’ sign 'firebombed' in Melbourne
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (517+ words) A car with Hanukkah decorations was firebombed in Melbourne on Christmas Day. The suspected anti-semitic attack took place in the early hours'in the suburb of St Kilda East, just 11 days after the Bondi beach terror attack. The car, which had…...
Man, 55, shot dead on residential street with urgent hunt on for gunman
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (286+ words) A murder investigation is underway after a 55-year-old man was shot dead in northwest London last night. Police were called to reports of a shooting on West End Close in Stonebridge shortly after 9.30pm on Friday. The victim died at the…...
10 adventures in and around Melbourne you can’t miss
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1004+ words) Visiting a new city is easy. You buy the guidebook, you stand in line for the observation deck, and you eat at the restaurant with the menu in four languages. But getting under the skin of a place like Melbourne…...
Garbage's Shirley Manson apologises to fans after 'glorious beach ball' rant
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (303+ words) Shirley Manson has "humbly" apologised to fans who were upset after her unexpected beach ball rant went viral last week. While performing at Melbourne"s Good Things Festival, Garbage"s set was derailed after fans threw beach balls in the…...
Woman critically hurt after being stabbed in neck in 'unprovoked attack"
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (113+ words) A woman is in a critical condition after being stabbed in the neck in what police have say was an "unprovoked attack. West Midlands Police were called to Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham, shortly before 9pm on Friday after reports of a stabbing....