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‘Masterpiece’ detective thriller The Devil’s Throat is streaming for free now

‘Masterpiece’ detective thriller The Devil’s Throat is streaming for free now

Published by Daniella Wilson

Calling all detective drama fans! The dark and twisted crime thriller, The Devil’s Throat, has just landed on Channel 4 via its offshoot streaming service Walter Presents – and it sounds seriously bingeworthy.  Set against the stunning backdrop of the Rhodope Mountains, the 12-part Bulgarian mystery follows a local police officer and a security agent as they hunt down a killer in a sleepy mountain town. If you love gritty, atmospheric thrillers with a dynamic crime-solving duo, this one deserves a spot on your watchlist this week.  © Channel 4/Walter PresentsTeodora Duhovnikova stars as Miya in The Devil’s Throat Keep reading to find out all you need to know before pressing play.  What is The Devil’s Throat about?  Set in a remote town deep in the Rhodope Mountains, where “ancient myths still cast a long shadow,” the series kicks off with a string of chilling murders. Recommended videoYou may also likeWATCH: The best TV shows to watch in June Local police officer Philip (Vladimir Karamazov), and sharp witted profiler Miya (Teodora Duhovnikova) team up to …

Mum-of-two found with ‘throat slashed’ named locally after brutal hotel attack | UK | News

Mum-of-two found with ‘throat slashed’ named locally after brutal hotel attack | UK | News

Published by Sam Flores

A mum-of-two has died after her throat was allegedly slashed outside a hotel in Ireland – with revelations emerging that she had previously expressed fears about her suspected killer to police. She has been identified as 31 year old Masuma Sohrabi, an Iranian woman known locally in Galway as Atijafari. She was discovered dead with horrific neck injuries outside an International Protection Accommodation Service centre in Co Galway after being reported missing on Wednesday (May 27). The tragedy occurred near Galway Road in Clifden on Thursday. Police, known as Gardaí, were summoned to the scene by staff at the accommodation centre. A man, also in his 30s, has been arrested and is currently undergoing medical treatment. Both individuals are believed to be foreign nationals. An Garda Síochána has confirmed it is not searching for any other person regarding this incident at present and is pursuing a definite line of investigation. The victim, whom most friends knew simply as ‘Athija’, leaves behind a five year old daughter and nine year old son – both pupils at …

New wearable uses light and AI to turn silent throat movements into audible speech

New wearable uses light and AI to turn silent throat movements into audible speech

Published by Jenni Sidey

Speech usually seems simple. Air moves, vocal cords vibrate, sound comes out. But the act of speaking leaves behind another trace, one that never reaches the ear. Tiny muscles in the throat tense and shift. Skin stretches by fractions so small they are easy to miss. Those motions, a team of researchers found, may carry enough information to rebuild spoken words. This is true even when no sound is made at all. That is the idea behind a new wearable system developed by researchers at POSTECH, or Pohang University of Science and Technology. Led by Professor Sung-Min Park and Dr. Sunguk Hong, the team created a neck-mounted device that reads subtle throat movements with light. Then, it uses artificial intelligence to decode those patterns and turn them back into speech in the user’s own synthesized voice. The concept targets a stubborn problem. In loud places, clear communication breaks down fast. Factories, construction zones, battlefields, and even some clinical settings can make spoken words unreliable. Traditional silent speech interfaces have tried to solve that by measuring …

Bizarre reason man kept 12cm chopstick stuck in throat for 8 years | World | News

Bizarre reason man kept 12cm chopstick stuck in throat for 8 years | World | News

Published by Sam Flores

This is the incredible X-ray of a man in China showing a 12cm-long chopstick he had stuck in his throat for an astounding eight years, because he was terrified of surgery. The man, who it’s reported had the surname Wang, only eventually went to hospital in March after finally having enough of the oesophageal interloper. Chinese site Daxiang News reported Mr Wang swallowed the unruly utensil eight years ago when he was drinking alcohol and eating. It’s said he did feel an initial pang of pain but did not suffer any breathing problems. Initially Mr Wang, who was an alcoholic, thought the discomfort was down to his drinking. After some time Mr Wang began to feel something was amiss and he visited doctors who suggested they could make an incision in his neck to remove the chopstick. Worried what would happen if it went wrong, Mr Wang declined. Eventually however Mr Wang decided to undergo surgery and had the chopstick removed at Dalian Municipal Central Hospital in northeastern Liaoning province in early March. X-rays of …

Flirty birds inflate throat pouch to attract a mate

Flirty birds inflate throat pouch to attract a mate

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. From butt-loving baboons to peacocking spiders, animals boast an array of flirting techniques. Male frigatebirds attract potential mates by inflating a large, hairless, red throat pouch and shaking their wings like the DJ just started spinning “Yeah!” by Usher. The US Fish and Wildlife Service recently shared a video of the horny avians in action: Shot by USFWS volunteer Dan Rapp on the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, you can see the birds shrieking while expanding their 7- to 8-foot-long wings with enthusiasm. Frigatebirds mating displays occur in large groups, with up to 30 male birds gathering on treetops to catch the eye of females flying above. The female birds typically only mate every other because chick rearing can take 6-18 months, one of the longest durations amongst bird species. Frigatebirds mate monogamously for the season and nest in colonies of up to 100 birds. Their mating performance is considered the most elaborate amongst seabirds.   2025 PopSci Best …

Man who slit woman’s throat hospitalised days after release from prison

Man who slit woman’s throat hospitalised days after release from prison

Published by Sam Flores

A man who slit a woman’s throat after meeting her on a dating app has been hospitalised days after his release from prison. The individual was just 15 years old when he attacked Stephanie Ng in Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, in December 2017. Now aged 23, the man walked free from custody after serving nine years of an 11-year sentence for attempted murder. READ MORE: ‘Doctors repeatedly told me I was fine – the truth was very different’ He had remained behind bars since the attack took place, but following standard remission, he was released from Wheatfield Prison in Dublin on March 26. And just days after his release, he presented himself to a Garda station in Dublin city centre expressing fears that he would hurt someone, DublinLive reports. The man had been residing in a Dublin hostel and claimed he had the “urge” to kill and expressed concern that he might harm somebody once more. Sources said that the man – who cannot be named for legal reasons – was actively seeking help, and made …

Russia brutally mocks Trump over Middle East war – ‘Iran has Trump by the throat’ | World | News

Russia brutally mocks Trump over Middle East war – ‘Iran has Trump by the throat’ | World | News

Published by Sam Flores

Trump is under pressure over his war in Iran (Image: Getty) Russia has brutally mocked US President Donald Trump over his war in Iran, claiming Tehran has the President “by the throat.” The Russian daily paper, Kommersant, reported today: “Trump wanted to strangle Tehran, but he’s tightened the noose around his own neck,” with several other Russian media outlets mocking the American leader’s Middle East strategy. Russian Editor Steven Rosenberg translated the Kommersant article as: “He messed up, and destroyed everything around him, but he wants someone else to clear the rubble and create a new structure. This is, of course, all about him, Donald Trump. The US president pinned Iran to the wall and practically forced it, for its own survival, to block such a key global transport artery as the Strait of Hormuz.” After doing what the paper calls a “strange political flipflop”, it now says that Trump demands that other countries such as the UK, Germany and China engage in solving in the problem in the form of an assault on Iran. …

The common medications that could be damaging your throat

The common medications that could be damaging your throat

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the Well Enough newsletter with Harry Bullmore for tips on living a healthier, happier and longer life Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Every year, people around the world take an astonishing 3.8 trillion doses of medicine. Most of these medicines are swallowed rather than injected or inhaled, because the oral route is the easiest, safest and most familiar way to take a drug at home. But even something as routine as swallowing a pill can sometimes cause harm. Pill-induced oesophagitis occurs when a tablet or capsule gets stuck in the narrowing at the lower end of the oesophagus, where it meets the stomach. If a pill lodges there and begins to dissolve, it can release its active ingredients directly onto the delicate tissue. These substances are often acidic or alkaline, and that chemical burn can quickly cause pain and inflammation. Although considered uncommon, studies suggest it has an estimated incidence of 3.9 per 100,000 population per year. It may be under-reported because mild …

‘A sore throat led to incurable cancer diagnosis – I didn’t think I’d see my kids grow up’

‘A sore throat led to incurable cancer diagnosis – I didn’t think I’d see my kids grow up’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Sign up to our free Living Well email for advice on living a happier, healthier and longer life Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter A mother of two, who once feared she would not live to see her children grow up after a persistent sore throat led to an incurable blood cancer diagnosis, has expressed profound gratitude to be alive 16 years later. Deb Gascoyne, 50, from Hagley, West Midlands, was just 34 when a precautionary blood test in July 2009 detected smouldering myeloma, an early form of blood cancer. Mrs Gascoyne, who shares her home with husband Nick, 50, and their children, Rebecca, 21, and Sam, 19, credits a nurse’s last-minute decision to take blood samples that day with an early diagnosis that potentially saved her life. Despite experiencing two relapses over the years, Mrs Gascoyne has celebrated numerous significant family milestones. She has also dedicated herself to fundraising, aiming to raise £250,000 to …