Mia Farrow's adopted son has died at the age of 27. Thaddeus was reportedly found "suffering from a life threatening injury" on Wednesday and later passed away in hospital. According to TMZ , Connecticut police responded to a call at Roxbury, Connecticut, at around 12:45pm and found Thaddeus "gravely injured in his car along Route 67". [...]
Brian Rohan of EMBRACE FARM has welcomed a Teagasc initiative launced at today's National Ploughing Championships that will provide a service to families affected by such farm accidents and tragedies to assist them cope in the immediate aftermath.The service will be on a case-by-case basis and can be accessed by the family contacting their local [...]
Rushing to finish plastering a new house, he fell through a broken wooden plank and suffered a traumatic brain injury. “When I woke up first, I didn’t know my wife, my family, didn’t know I had cows or a farm or what I had,” he recalls in an online video. A positive attitude and the [...]
Hollyoaks bosses have been forced to deny allegations that an upcoming storyline, focussing on dangerous events at a fairground, is insensitive to victims of the Alton Towers 'Smiler' accident. Here's how it all went down... Earlier today, The Sun suggested that sources on the Channel 4 soap complained about the story, reasoning that airing it would be disrespectful to victims injured from when 'The Smiler' crashed in June 2015. [...]
As she skied down the mountain slopes on a bright sunny day with the wind in her hair, Kathryn Taylor-Barnes couldn’t have felt more elated. On a break in Switzerland, the 45-year-old GP from Richmond, Surrey, was just thinking how perfect the conditions were. Ahead of her was her fiancé Michael. They had come on [...]
Passengers trapped in cable cars high over the slopes of Mont Blanc are being brought back to an altitude station after repairs to tangled cables were completed successfully, the cable car operator said. Emergency workers scrambled at first light to rescue 33 people, including one child, who were stuck in the cars overnight. The cable [...]
Glowing tributes have poured in for a champion Irish athlete, who sustained serious head injuries in a freak fall, just hours after celebrating winning a bronze medal at the FISU World University Rowing Championships, in Poznan, Poland. Ailish Sheehan, (23), from Kildimo, Co Limerick, accidentally fell on a footpath last Sunday evening. Hours earlier she and [...]
A BBC investigation has uncovered a catalogue of safety concerns at the UK's most hazardous nuclear site. Panorama found parts of Sellafield regularly have too few staff to operate safely and that radioactive materials have been stored in degrading plastic bottles. The programme was told that parts of the facility are dangerously rundown. Sellafield says [...]
Sauber boss Monisha Kaltenborn says she believes her driver Felipe Nasr was not to blame for the incident that ended his race, as well as Renault’s Jolyon Palmer. The Renault & Sauber were racing together on Lap 2 of the race when they exited the first chicane in close proximity. With the Sauber slightly in front, [...]
Paisley Park – Prince’s 65,000 square foot compound outside of Minneapolis – is becoming a museum. In October, guests will be able to tour through his recording studios, video-editing rooms, rehearsal rooms and the performance hall. They’ll also get glimpses of more personal items: his wardrobe, dozens of instruments, motorcycles, artwork and rare music. “It [...]