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Intentional? Brazil Woman Slammed for Bungee Jump Video at Bridge Where Tragedy Killed Tourist Days Earlier

A viral video shows a woman attempting a stunt at a Brazilian bridge linked to a recent fatal rope-jumping incident, sparking online outrage and raising safety concerns.

International Business Times UK

After bungee tragedy, another Brazilian hiker dies in 100-foot cliff fall

A tragic weekend in Brazil saw two fatal incidents. A 59-year-old hiker, Rosemary Suzart Garcia, fell to her death from a 100-foot cliff while applying insect repellent. Just a day prior, a 21-year-old bungee jumper, Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, was pushed from a bridge without a safety rope by…

The Times of India

Who Are the Men Charged Over Maria Eduarda's Fatal Bungee Jump? Inside the Instructors at the Centre of Brazil Horror

Three instructors have been charged after Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas died in a fatal bridge jump in Brazil. Here's what investigators allege

International Business Times UK

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Rope jumper died after instructors failed to attach cord, investigators say

The three instructors have been arrested and could face manslaughter charges

The Independent UK

Twenty experts on the book that got them through their 20s – part one

Your 20s can be an intense decade. In the words of Taylor Swift, those years are “happy, free, confused and lonely at the same time”. Many of us turn to literature to guide us through the highs and the lows of this formative era. We asked 20 of our academic…

The Conversation

A man charged in a 2013 Pennsylvania campus sex assault hires a lawyer to review possible plea deal

An American who was extradited from France this year to face charges in a 2013 campus sexual assault case has hired a private lawyer to review a potential plea in Pennsylvania

The Independent UK

Ferrari Challenge | Imola, Shell AM Europe, Race 2: Cheung wins again, Skrimpias champion

Race 1 winner Eric Cheung dominated proceedings once again at Imola to take another win in the second and final encounter of the 2024 Ferrari Challenge Coppa Shell AM season. The Canadian, at the wheel of a Ferrari 296 of the Formula Racing team, got off to a perfect start…

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Women’s prize for fiction 2024: six expert reviews of the shortlisted books

The Women’s prize for fiction has been championing women writers since it launched in 1996. It is one of the most influential and popular literary prizes in world with writers like Zadie Smith and Andrea Levy, among its past winners.

The Conversation

Remembrance Day: five beautiful novels about war commemoration

Every autumn, the UK participates in an astonishing commemorative practice: the annual charity drive of the Poppy Appeal. From its origins during the first world war to the purple poppy commemorating animals in wartime, the artificial poppy has become a fragile but enduring symbol of remembrance.

The Conversation

All The Secrets Of The Italian 777 Hypercar

At just 1,984 pounds and with a naturally aspirated, non-electrified V8 engine – this is the 777 Hypercar.

Motor1

Andrea Levy’s notes on Mary Seacole brought to light by IT experts

The writer’s scripts for a TV series about the nurse were among those recovered from her old computer by the British Library

The Guardian - UK

Home truths: literature’s enduring love affair with landlords

From Orwell’s ‘horribly observant’ Mrs Wisbeach to Andrea Levy’s benign Queenie – how writers portray landlords tells us much about about changing society through the ages

The Guardian - UK

Campus assault suspect eludes arrest for 2 years, after "So I raped you" Facebook message

It's been two years since officials in Pennsylvania armed with a startling Facebook message that said, “So I raped you,” filed charges in a 2013 sexual assault at Gettysburg College

The Independent UK

How the Windrush generation changed stories of Britain forever – ten recommended reads

The 800 West Indians who walked down the gangway at Tilbury to make new lives in England in June 1948 had been encouraged to think of the country as their motherland. The literary contribution of the Windrush generation is just one example of how Caribbean-British people enriched the nation, but…

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777 Hypercar Is A 730-HP Racing Experience Based At Monza

Created by Andrea Levy's 777 Motors, it costs 7 million euros and includes a simulator, exercise gear, and 14 track events

Bristol Post

Reaction as JK Rowling missed from Queen's Platinum Jubilee author list

Dr Liam Fox says brands omission as "disgraceful and cowardly"

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