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A man who was attacked with acid in his own home has died in hospital, police have said. Danny Cahalane, 38, who was described as an “outstanding father and son”, was attacked in Lipson Road, in Plymouth, on 21 February. He died on Saturday, Devon and Cornwall Police said. Mr Cahalane’s family said in a...

Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images Mike Peters fought cancer three times and was recognised for his advocacy and charity work Mike Peters, front man of Welsh rockers The Alarm and a long-standing cancer campaigner and fundraiser, has died aged 66. His band was formed in 1981 in Rhyl, Denbighshire, out of the punk era and had a...

A man suspected of carrying out an attack involving a crossbow which left two women injured in Leeds has died, police have said. Owen Lawrence, 38, was arrested and taken to hospital with a self-inflicted injury following the incident on the popular Otley run pub crawl in Headingley on Saturday. Counter Terrorism Policing North East...

Drag star Bianca Castro-Arabejo, who performed as Jiggly Caliente, has died aged 44, her family has said. The performer, who found fame on the fourth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, had part of her leg amputated on Thursday after suffering a “severe infection”. Caliente had served as a judge on the show’s Philippines spin-off, and...

A murder investigation has been launched after a woman died following an incident in Kingsbridge, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were called to a reported collision involving a vehicle and pedestrian at New Bridge on the A379 Embankment Road in Kingsbridge at about 04:45 BST on Wednesday. Police said the pedestrian,...

Former Australia batter Keith Stackpole has died at the age of 84. The right-handed opener from Victoria played 43 Tests between 1966 and 1974, scoring 2,807 runs at an average of 37.42, including seven centuries. Stackpole also played in the first ever one-day international, picking up three wickets with his leg-spin against England at the...

Reuters Tsereteli was known for his larger-than-life sculptures, including this one of Russian President Vladimir Putin Georgian-Russian artist Zurab Tsereteli, known for his gigantic and often controversial monuments, has died aged 91. The Tbilisi-born sculptor, painter and architect divided opinion with a series of large-scale projects in Moscow, including a massive 98m (321ft) monument to...

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