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Former Arsenal ‘Invincibles’ star and Real Madrid footballer Jose Antonio Reyes has died in a car crash.
Former Arsenal striker Jose Antonio Reyes has died in a car crash, aged 35, it has been confirmed today. His former club Sevilla tweeted: "We couldn't be confirming worse news. Beloved Sevilla star José Antonio Reyes has died in a traffic collision. Rest in peace." Arsenal team mate Freddie Ljungberg tweeted: "Numbed by the news about my former team-mate, Jose Antonio Reyes. Gone far too soon, my thoughts are with his family and friends". The Spanish striker who died in...
Terrifying photos show 11-foot alligator that broke into this woman’s kitchen
Terrifying photos show how a huge 11-foot alligator forced its way into a house in the middle of the night
World’s ‘cheapest dress’ has been unveiled – made out of 2,500 Venezuelan banknotes.
The colourful garment comprises currency once worth around £5,000 - but is now virtually worthless due to the country's economic crisis.
As the government abandons Dubs kids, these UK teens headed out to help them
As reports emerge that the Home Office is slashing a scheme to bring vulnerable unaccompanied children to the UK, four British children the same age as many of the children homeless in Northern France gave us their response after helping their counterparts not fortunate enough to have been born in the UK. Labour peer Lord Alf Dubs, who came to the UK as a Jewish child refugee on the Kindertransport, urged the UK Government to take its fair share of...
Moment smoke and flames burst from a woman’s mouth as she exploded in hospital
Doctors think the poison she injected reacted with the air or her stomach gases to produce an explosion
Antarctica ice now unstable as glaciers melt five times as fast as in the 90s
Coastal communities across the planet will be affected.
Home Office reveals more refugees feel forced to risk dangerous channel crossing
The Home Office has released figures revealing that British and French authorities encountered 562 people attempting the crossing across the Channel from France in small boats in 2018 and 177 in the first two months of 2019. With the humanitarian situation for many sleeping rough around Calais deteriorating and the summer coming, figures are expected to rise. - Though the figures are still a drop in the ocean, compared to the 625,000 people who moved to the UK last year,...
US state passes bill banning abortion even in case of rape or incest
The US state of Alabama have just passed the strictest abortion law in the US. The state Senate passed the law by 25 votes to six, which does not allow exemptions for rape or incest. This vote makes it the most restrictive anti-abortion measure passed since pro-life campaigners were defeated in the landmark Roe v. Wade case in 1973. Abortions are banned at any stage of pregnancy, with exceptions only if the pregnancy could severely damage the health of the...
Octopus goes viral as it fights back vlogger trying to eat it alive
Why a Chinese vlogger thought it a good idea to livestream herself eating an octopus alive is a mystery. But as you can see the octopus didn’t intend to make it easy for her and fought back using the suckers on its tentacles – which tend to stick to stuff. Tentacles have hundreds of suckers which can stick onto objects powerfully enough to open shellfish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=43&v=9qvl8HDO1Nc The video of the food vlogger known as ‘seaside girl Little Seven’ went viral...