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The Drowning Channel 5, Monday-Thursday Rating: The Investigation BBC2, Friday Rating: And so on to what feels like the 768th missing-child thriller of recent years, and this time it’s The Drowning. It starred Jill Halfpenny as Jodie, whose four-year-old son, Tom, drowned a decade ago during a family picnic at a park lake but no … Read more
A first look at a gripping new four-part drama set to air on Channel 5 promises to have viewers on the edge of their seat as Jill Halfpenny stars as a grieving mother who believes she’s found her son nine years after losing him. Halfpenny (Three Girls, Dark Money, Liar) plays Jodie, a mother who … Read more
Cornwall recorded the highest number of drowning deaths of any UK region over the past five years, the latest figures reveal. Data shows 80 people drowned in the county during this period, the equivalent of more than one every month, followed by 55 in Devon and 54 in Kent. The figures from The National Water … Read more
Sweet moment dog saves her 14-year-old blind pit bull sister from drowning after she falls into swimming pool Surveillance video from a home’s backyard in Argentina captured the moment a family dog saved their blind pit bull after she fell into their pool December 19 Luna, who is 14-years-old and happens to be blind and … Read more
‘Covid-19 got me’: Heartbreaking suicide note financial adviser, 55, left his family before drowning himself in River Ouse after lockdown destroyed the business he built up over 30 years Nick Gunnell was described as a ‘hidden victim’ of the virus after his suicide Restrictions had caused his business problems and he suffered, inquest told His … Read more
A British diplomat has been hailed as a hero in China after jumping into a river to save a woman from drowning. Stephen Ellison, the newly appointed British Consul General in Chongqing, was visiting an ancient town on Saturday when another tourist accidentally fell into the water. Mr Ellison, a 61-year-old champion triathlete, leapt into … Read more
Heartwarming moment fishermen save exhausted monkey from drowning and give it a ride on their oar They spotted the tired howler monkey in Tres Vendas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil They helped the monkey by using an oar and left it near a tree branch Howler monkeys are endangered species of Central and South America By Aliki … Read more
He has had some of the most dramatic scenes on Home and Away since appearing on the show for the last four years. But James Stewart’s character almost loses his life in an upcoming episode of the show. The actor was pictured filming intense drowning scenes for the popular soap on Friday. On set: Home … Read more
Incredible moment disabled man leaps out of wheelchair and into sea to save drowning man… while he’s filming documentary about how he became paralysed by jumping off SAME pier Nikita Vankov leaped from his wheelchair to assist three men in the sea The licensed paradiver was filming on the pier in Anapa, Russia, on October … Read more
Seventeen years ago, freshly commissioned British officer Robert Campbell dived into the sort of stinking, polluted river you wouldn’t let your dog swim in, to try to save an Iraqi teenager. But far from being lauded for his selfless, though futile, rescue attempt, this highly decorated former major in the Royal Engineers has been subjected … Read more