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☆ 'Until I Kill You' tells the story of a woman who survived the so-called 'Scalp Hunter' killer. Here's what happened to them.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"Until I Kill You" is about Delia Balmer's relationship with the so-called Scalp Hunter killer, John Sweeney. Advertisement"Until I Kill You" tells the story of a nurse who survived being attacked by her ex-boyfriend, a serial killer known as the "Scalp Hunter." ITVXAs seen in the series, which is based on Balmer's book, Sweeney and Balmer started dating in the early 1990s. Sweeney went on the run and remained at large for six years until February 2001. Police arrested him in London and he was given four life sentences for attempting to kill Balmer.

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☆ UK Conservatives suffering 'terrible' night with local election losses
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Andrew Macaskill | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REUTERS/Peter CziborraLONDON, May 5 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservatives were facing a bleak set of local election results with voters punishing his party over political scandals, sluggish economic growth and high inflation, early results showed on Friday. The Conservative Party suffered a net loss of 144 seats on local councils that were up for re-election, the early results showed. Johnny Mercer, a member of parliament for the area, said it had been a "terrible" night for the Conservatives. The Labour leader Keir Starmer visited Plymouth and Stoke-on-Trent during local election campaigning as the party threw resources into winning back control of the councils. The last time most of these local election seats were contested was in 2019 when the Conservatives lost more 1,300 seats, shortly before the then prime minister Theresa May was forced to resign, which had been expected to help limit the losses in these elections.

☆ Fighter jets escorted a plane into a London airport after it lost communications and may have caused a 'sonic boom'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-04 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Fighter jets escorted an aircraft to an airport in London after it lost communications, per BBC News. This came shortly after people heard a "loud bang," which some thought was a sonic boom. Some plane spotters believe it might have been a sonic boom caused by the fast movement of the RAF jets. Essex Police tweeted that a plane heading from Iceland to Nairobi, Kenya was escorted into Stansted at about 12.50pm UK time. Departures from another London airport were reportedly suspended for around 15 minutes, per BBC News.

☆ Captain of Thai 'cave boys' soccer team dies in Britain
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Duangpetch Promthep introduces himself during the news conference in Chiang Rai, Thailand July 18, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File PhotoBANGKOK, Feb 15 (Reuters) - One of 12 boys dramatically rescued after two weeks trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand in 2018 has died in Britain where he was attending a soccer academy, his former teacher said on Wednesday. Duangpetch Promthep, better known as "Dom", was captain of the "Wild Boars" team whose seemingly impossible extraction by international divers and Thai navy SEALs captured huge global attention. The news was shared on social media by a Buddhist monk who taught the boys in Thailand's northern Chiang Rai province. Once rescued, the boys were invited to attend a Manchester United match and their story was the subject of books, documentaries and films, and most recently, the Netflix (NFLX.O) series "Thai Cave Rescue".

Bulloch a interpretat rolul vânătorului de recompense Boba Fett în filmele „The Empire Strikes Back” (1980) și „Return of the Jedi” (1983). Anunțul decesului a fost făcut de agentul său: „Anunțăm cu tristețe moartea actorului Jeremy Bulloch. Jeremy a avut o carieră lungă și fericită de peste 45 de ani. A fost devotat soției sale, celor trei fii și celor 10 nepoți cărora le va lipsi foarte mult. Bulloch, originar din regiunea Leicestershire, Anglia, a interpretat roluri și în filme din seria James Bond și în câteva episoade ale serialului Doctor Who.

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☆ Actorul Jeremy Bulloch, interpretul personajului Boba Fett din franciza „Star Wars”, a murit la 75 de ani
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-18 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

"Jeremy a avut o viaţă lungă şi fericită în calitate de actor şi era cunoscut mai ales pentru rolurile sale din filmele 'Summer Holiday', 'Star Wars' şi 'James Bond'", precizează acelaşi mesaj online. A devenit cunoscut mai ales cu rolul Boba Fett, un personaj preferat al fanilor francizei "Star Wars", pe care l-a jucat în filmele "Imperiul contraatacă" şi "Întoarcerea lui Jedi". Mai mulţi colegi din distribuţia filmelor "Star Wars" i-au adus un ultim omagiu prin intermediul unor mesaje publicate pe reţelele de socializare. "Jeremy Bulloch era chintesenţa gentlemanului englez", a declarat Mark Hamill, interpretul personajului Luke Skywalker, într-un mesaj pe Twitter. Billy Dee Williams, care a interpretat personajul Lando Calrissian, a publicat următorul mesaj pe aceeaşi platformă de microblogging: "Astăzi, l-am pierdut pe cel mai bun vânător de recompense din galaxie... Odihneşte-te în pace, Jeremy Bulloch".

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