All news by author: Rachel Hagan

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Brit mum screamed 'run, go!' before gunman opened fire and killed daughter, 11
Solaine Thornton, 11, was killed on Saturday after what's believed to have been a dispute between neighbours in the village of Saint-Herbot in Brittany turned deadly
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Two soldiers killed and three injured after being shot 'by teenage army trainee'
An 18-year-old suspect fired a rifle at his colleagues during a military shooting exercise in Japan, killing two and wounding three others, including a 25-year-old soldier
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Dad's double tragedy as wife and daughter among 10 killed in wedding bus crash
Nadene 'Nads' McBride and her daughter Kyah McBride were two of the ten guests who died after the bus they were travelling in from a wedding reception crashed in Australia
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Mum of British girl killed in France shooting 'touch and go' after being hit too
Mum Rachel Thornton and her husband Adrian were both severely injured when a 71-year-old neighbour allegedly opened fire on them during a barbecue in their garden in France
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Belarus receives nuclear weapons more powerful than Hiroshima bomb from Russia
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told Russian state TV that his country has begun receiving some of the weapons which are three times more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima
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Mum horrified after picking baby up from nursery to find his face scratched
The mother, who wants to stay anonymous, claims the childcare centre told her it was an accident that happened while her newborn baby was briefly unsupervised during a nappy change
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Two Brits killed in boat inferno 'decided to sleep in on morning of blaze'
Sources told local news that the three deceased a woman and two men, were inside their rooms on the boat at the moment that the fire broke out on Sunday morning
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Two young children left orphaned after both parents killed in wedding bus crash
Lynan Scott and her husband Andrew Scott both died in the wedding bus crash in Australia, leaving behind two children under the age of five
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Knifeman who stabbed kids in playground was member of Assad militia
The 32-year-old knifeman served in warmonger Bashar al-Assad's military from June 2011 to December 2012, which is why his asylum application in Sweden was refused
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Victim of deadly wedding bus crash recently beat cancer before tragedy
Zachary Bray, 29, was on the bus with 34 others when it rolled on its side and hit a guard rail in heavy fog in New South Wales, Australia late on Sunday
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Shark attack victim's remains found inside 10ft man-eating beast
The beastly tiger shark was caught and clubbed to death on the beach in Egypt before specialists dissected it and found the man's remains in its intestines
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Mum 'comes back to life' after spending four hours in a coffin ahead of burial
Bella Montoya was placed in her coffin at 2pm, but about four hours later her relatives opened the coffin to change her clothes - only to discover she'd "come back to life"
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Hero man fought through pain to help others in wedding bus crash that killed 10
Groomsman Brandon Stafford suffered a broken jaw in the Australia wedding bus crash that killed 10, but selflessly tried to help others before he was taken to hospital
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Chilling audio of last moments before bus of wedding guests crashes, killing 10
Just hours after a wedding, 10 guests were tragically killed - and many more were injured - at about 11:30pm when the bus rolled in foggy conditions at a roundabout
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What happens next to kids who survived 40 days in Amazon
The key to the four siblings' remarkable survival in the Amazon jungle teeming with animals, insects and snakes was their familiarity with the rainforest's fruits
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Three missing Brits dead after diving boat bursts into flames on Egypt coast
British passengers on a diving boat that burst into flames on the coast of Egypt have died, travel company Scuba Travel has confirmed, claiming the guests "perished in the fire"
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Tourist beaches on lockdown after viral video of man being eaten alive by shark
Authorities in Egypt said the sea will remain off-limits with a ban on swimming, snorkelling and other water sports after the horrific death of Vladimir Popov was caught on camera
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Brit girl, 3, stabbed in France attack 'sitting up in bed and watching TV'
French president Emmanuel Macron met with the family of the three-year-old at Grenoble Hospital, where three of the children were taken after the attack in Annecy
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French stabbings: Backpack-wearing hero who chased knifeman meets Macron
President Emmanuel Macron has met with the man who was filmed chasing a knifeman after four children and two adults were injured in a horrific attack in Annecy on Thursday
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Man sued after leaving his blind date in a restaurant with her 23 relatives
The pair arranged to meet at a popular restaurant in northeastern China, but to the man's surprise, his date arrived at the restaurant accompanied by 23 of her relatives
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Brit tourist, 27, dies in pal’s arms after crash on ‘first holiday abroad’
The Manchester man died in his best friend's arms after a collision on a scooter while on his first holiday abroad in Turkey, it has been reported
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France stabbings: wife of knifeman breaks silence to condemn 'terrible' attack
Speaking to French media outlets in the aftermath of the attack, the knifeman’s ex-wife revealed he has a daughter the same age as the British victim
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Killer shark circles man and eats him alive before it's beaten to death by mob
The Russian man had gone swimming off one of Egypt’s Red Sea resorts when a tiger shark emerged in the waters near the city of Hurghada and grabbed him then mauled him to death
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Ex-Liverpool star caught in knife attack as 4 kids stabbed and he's told "run!"
Anthony Le Tallec's usual morning jog in his town of Annecy turned into a nightmare when he witnessed the bloodbath unfolding at a bucolic lakeside park
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Canada wildfires mapped as millions told to wear masks and avoid outdoors
Over the past six weeks, massive wildfires have spread across Canada, burning more than 3.3 million hectares of land - an area 12 times the 10-year average for this time of year