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‘County lines’ gangsters who used kids as young as 14 jailed in modern slavery trial
They forced "vulnerable" south London teenagers to sell crack and heroin for them
Meat-eating beast larger than polar bear with skull bigger than rhinoceros once roamed Eastern Africa
The massive mammal larger than any big cat stalking the world today was the top predator 23 million years ago when early apes and monkeys were struggling to survive
Scientists have brought back to life pigs’ brains…four hours after death
The "Frankenschwein" Easter 'resurrections' offer hope humans could one day return from 'the other side'.
Once near-extinct red kite spotted descending on feeding station in Wales
More than 150 of the birds visit Bwlch Nant-Yr-Arian, a feeding station near the village of Ponterwyd in Aberystwyth, every afternoon for 15 minutes
Woman holding baby smashed by massive wave as she stood on edge of pier
Photos taken in Seaburn in Sunderland show waves crashing onto a pier and spraying a family walking past
Yoga master has not had cold in almost twenty years…because he snorts cup of his own wee
Sam Cohen, 41, has used a cup to funnel wee into his nostrils every time he goes to the loo for the last 19 years, and says he has never had a cold.
Moment teenager collided with police van in a park
The shocking clip shows the van zooming across the grass, prompting more than a dozen kids to disperse and run away in Edinburgh
DWP paid £315,000 for this Gogglebox advert
The Department of Work and Pensions has been accused of wasting taxpayer’s money after they paid £315,000 for a single Gogglebox advert. A Freedom of Information request submitted by Alex Tiffin using the website WhatDoTheyKnow.com revealed the production company of the Channel 4 programme was paid hundreds of thousands of pounds for their work with DWP. The governmental department defended the outlay saying it is an “effective way to communicate with workers”, but Shadow minister Laura Pidcock has hit back...
Viper’s fangs are so deadly because of angle of their tip
It is the distinctive shape that delivers the massive dose of venom - rather than the staggering size, say scientists