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Oran McConville death: Britain’s Got Talent star dies, aged 18

Teenager was killed just six weeks after his father ‘suddenly’ died

The Independent UK

The week in classical: Death in Venice; Giant; Angela Hewitt review – five-star Britten and more

Britten’s yearning swansong blazes and beguiles in Welsh National Opera’s new production. Elsewhere, the sad tale of ‘Irish Giant’ Charles Byrne, and an enterprising orchestra for all

The Guardian - UK

Giant review – medical ethics and 18th-century freakshows create a compelling new opera

Sarah Angliss and Ross Sutherland’s taut tale of an 18th-century ‘giant’ and the doctor who wants his body for research is vividly realised in this Aldeburgh festival opener, with tenor Karim Sulayman towering in the lead role

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From Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse to Anselm Kiefer: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether it’s Marvel’s multiverse or the German artist’s Joycean dreamworld, our critics have you covered for the next seven days

The Guardian - UK

Tooth transplants and pickled penises: inside the revamped Hunterian

The new look museum still contains John Hunter’s curiosities – from giant skeletons to toad births – but now acknowledges the ethical issues they pose

The Guardian - UK

From foetuses to penises: anatomical museum reopens in London

Hunterian Museum collection amassed by 18th-century surgeon-anatomist John Hunter includes body parts of humans and animals

The Guardian - UK

British Legion tells PM: Help Afghan war heroes who helped us

The charity, which represents 180,000 British veterans, commends The Independent’s campaign to stop deportation of Afghan pilot

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London museum could face legal action over skeleton of Irish giant

Campaigners say ‘let stolen 7ft 7in Charles Byrne finally rest at sea’

Evening Standard

‘He did not want this’: one man’s two-decade quest to let the ‘Irish Giant’ rest in peace

Researchers spurred by injustice explain why 18th century Irish man famed for his exceptional height deserves burial he wanted

The Guardian - UK

Queen's death is reminder of disappearing WWII generation

The long good-bye for Queen Elizabeth II is a reminder of a broader truth playing out with little fanfare across Britain: The nation is bidding farewell to the men and women who fought the country’s battles during World War II

The Independent UK

Queen's death is reminder of disappearing WW II generation

The Independent UK

Royal British Legion apologises for past LGBTQ+ discrimination

Head of veterans’ charity responds to criticism levelled by human rights campaigner 15 years ago

The Guardian - UK

Schoolgirl Who Played Dead To Escape Killer Who Stabbed Her Mom Suffers From PTSD, Family Say

She has “vivid nightmares and is scared that someone will hurt her again.”

Zenger

Man, 25, who killed model ex before dumping her body in river jailed for life

Charles Byrne killed his ex-partner Christina Rowe while seriously mentally unwell and he then proceeded to dump her body in the River Severn not far from where he lived at the time

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