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Firefighters called out when Tinder date gets stuck upside down in poo mishap
- Yes you read that correctly. The world’s worst Tinder date has inspired perhaps the world’s best crowdfunder as a Bristol student more than reached his £300 appeal to replace a window smashed by firefighters after a Tinder date went awry. The postgrad student who asked to remain anonymous posted the following on a Go Fund Me appeal: "I recently took a girl I met on tinder to Nandos. We had a lovely evening, and enjoyed each others company very much....
High-performance sportscar recovered from side of a house
A high-performance sportscar was recovered from the side of a house today (Tues) after it dramatically crashed through a wall and injured a man sat on his sofa. The white £20,000 VW Golf R was pulled from the dented three-bed semi after creating a picture-postcard snap of a Grand Theft Auto (GTA) video game stunt. A white VW Golf R is removed from the house it crashed into in York, which left one man seriously injured and three other people...
Killer behind tragic school stabbing revealed for the first time
This is the face of the killer who stabbed a fellow school pupil to death and can legally be named for the first time after turning 18-years-old. Daniel Stroud was found guilty of stabbing Bailey Gwynne to death in the corridors of a high-achieving secondary school as an argument took a dark turn for the worse. Daniel Stroud while on trial for murdering Bailey Gwynne, at the High Court in Aberdeen Stroud regularly brought knives with him to Cults Academy...
Prince Charles and Camilla lookalikes struggling to find work due to Will and Kate effect
The 'Royal Family' has fallen on hard times, after the boss of one of Britain's lookalike modelling companies revealed nobody wants to hire Prince Charles or Camilla - or even the Duke of Edinburgh. Prince Charles and Camilla have plunged down the pecking order of royal lookalikes since Kate and Wills burst into the public eye, and have not been booked for a public appearance at all this year. And nobody has bothered booking a Prince Philip spit at all...
Sanctuary uses IKEA bags to rescue its swans
Swans are being rescued using big blue IKEA bags after hundreds were donated to a refuge for suffering animals. The Secret World Wildlife Rescue centre appealed for the trademark Frakta bags on Facebook to help them carry the majestic birds. Swans rescued by Secret World in Somerset - with the help of some Ikea bags. Staff at the IKEA Reading store spotted their post and sent over 300, attaching a heart-warming letter. "It's been talked about, made into dog-ponchos, used...
Mum nearly fed banana containing nest of spider eggs to baby
A shocked mum told how she nearly fed a banana containing a nest of spider eggs to her baby. Debbie Campbell - who has a fear of spiders - says she spotted a clump of white eggs on the fruit as she was about to feed 18-month-old Albie. The beauty therapist screamed when she suddenly realised the white mark on the fruit looked identical to nests laid by the world's most venomous spider, the Brazilian Wandering Spider. Shocked mum Debbie...
Teenager who can only paint using eye movements has artwork placed in exhibit
A wheelchair-bound teenage girl, who struggles to use her arms and hands and can only paint using eye movements, has had her artwork exhibited. Greta McMillan, 13, spent years trapped in a quiet world with communication limited to a sequence of blinks - for yes and no - tiny facial expressions and small sounds. The teenager was limited by her Cerebral Palsy but is now able to communicate after the local community rallied round to fund an "eye tracker" computer...
800 years of additional imprisonment imposed on prisoners in a YEAR
Almost 800 years of additional imprisonment were imposed on prisoners found to have broken prison rules last year, as jails across England and Wales descended further into chaos. Research by the Howard League for Penal Reform reveals today (Monday 4 September) that prisons are routinely and increasingly resorting to draconian punishments in a counter-productive attempt to regain control. It shows that almost 290,000 additional days of imprisonment were handed down to prisoners during 2016 – a 75 per cent rise...
Watch – Woman blasted M&S after slippery slippers caused her to fall down a flight of stairs
Marks & Spencer are selling potentially deadly SLIPPERS, according to a customer, after she slipped down a flight of stairs because of the comfy footware. Vasantha Narayanswami was left with a broken foot, vertigo and partial deafness after falling down a flight of stairs due to faulty slippers, she claims. And scores of other customers have blasted the £15 slippers, because there is an unsupported heel, that doesn't have enough grip. Vasantha Narayanswami holding a cruch and leg brace that...