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‘The cost is terrifying’: why some young people are putting off learning to drive
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I have just turned 17 and I face a dilemma: should I learn to drive? Gaining a driving licence is seen by many as a passage to adulthood and maturity: it represents freedom and can be a vital asset when looking for wo...
Terrifying Women: the trio of ‘horror fiends’ embracing stage fright
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Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, Abi Zakarian and Sampira are self-professed horror fiends. All three grew up addicted to ghost stories and gorefests, but as playwrights they have found it frustrating to see the form so often di...
Wellington women call for change after ‘terrifying’ accounts of sexual harassment
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Wellington women have been sharing their experiences of sexual harassment and assault following anecdotal reports of a “shocking” Saturday night and a wider discussion about safety in the city. Malina Momcilovic, an 1...
Mare of Easttown: terrifying, riveting TV that’s a wonder to witness
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Warning: this article contains spoilers to episode five of Mare of Easttown on Sky Atlantic/HBO. Please don’t read on if you haven’t watched I get through so much television that my twist-spotting abilities are now at...
‘A terrifying precedent’: author describes struggle to publish British army history
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In the summer of 2015, journalist Simon Akam was thrilled when Penguin Random House (PRH) imprint William Heinemann won a five-way auction to publish his book, The Changing of the Guard. It promised to be an “explosiv...
‘It’s terrifying’: parents’ struggle to get help for children with long Covid
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On Christmas Day, Gail Jackson’s 16-year-old daughter said she was in so much pain she thought she would die. Liliana had been briefly admitted to hospital with Covid in September. Her symptoms never went away and, as...
Texas anti-abortion law shows ‘terrifying’ fragility of women’s rights, say activists
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The new anti-abortion law in Texas is a “terrifying” reminder of the fragility of hard-won rights, pro-choice activists have said, as they warn of a “more aggressive, much better organised [and] better funded” global ...
‘It was terrifying’: Gazans describe the Israeli bombardment of their homes
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To the north of Gaza’s Beit Lahia, before the border wall with Israel is reached, lies an area of agricultural land and villages that curls around the tip of the coastal strip. In times of conflict, its fields and sca...
Restaurants and hotels facing ‘terrifying’ 18% inflation, MPs told
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Restaurants and hotels are wrestling with “terrifying” inflation running as high as 18%, bosses have warned, as supply chain disruption and labour shortages wreak havoc in the hospitality sector. Ian Wright, chief exe...
Woman held at Sarah Everard vigil condemns ‘terrifying’ Tinder contact by police
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A campaigner whose photograph during her arrest became the defining image of the vigil for Sarah Everard has said she felt afraid after about 50 police officers and security guards then “liked” her profile on the Tind...
Three-year-old girl hospitalised after ‘terrifying’ kangaroo attack in NSW
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A three-year-old girl has been flown to hospital after suffering head wounds during a “terrifying” kangaroo attack in the New South Wales northern tablelands. Emergency crews from NSW Ambulance were called to a reside...
Stalkers review – Stacey Dooley is perfect in this utterly terrifying documentary
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“It’s not really about feeling safe,” Katie explains as she installs the CCTV camera outside her house. Those days are, in essence, behind her. The comfort the cameras offer is that now “if anything happens, there’ll ...
‘Stalking is a unique kind of trauma’: The woman who turned her 13-year ordeal into a terrifying podcast
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There is something crucial missing from most true-crime podcasts: the voice of the victim. That is not true of Stories of the Stalked, a six-part Audible series from the award-winning film-maker and dancer Lily Baldwi...
‘It was terrifying’: Amber Heard testifies Johnny Depp hallucinated in collapse of sobriety – video
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Johnny Depp was hallucinating and his sobriety had completely collapsed in the final months of their marriage, his ex-wife Amber Heard testified Monday in the civil lawsuit between the two. Heard was back on the stand...
‘It was terrifying’: Amber Heard testifies Johnny Depp hallucinated during fight
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Johnny Depp was hallucinating and his sobriety had completely collapsed in the final months of his marriage, his ex-wife – fellow actor Amber Heard – testified on Monday in the civil lawsuit between the two. Heard was...