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Killjoy council orders father to tear down the ‘magical’ treehouse he built with his autistic nine-year-old son
A father in Cheltenham has been ordered by his local parish council to demolish a treehouse he built with his autistic nine-year-old son, which the pair describe as their “special safe place”. Pete Phipps, 51, an artist and sign writer from Leckhampton, Gloucestershire, constructed the structure with his son Cooper to encourage the boy, who…
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Passenger is ‘sucked out of Ryanair plane window up to his shoulders and has to be pulled back in by other travellers’ during flight to Germany
The Daily Mail reports that a passenger was reportedly partially sucked out of a window on a Ryanair flight bound for Germany, becoming lodged up to his shoulders before fellow travellers managed to pull him back inside the aircraft. The incident is presented as a dramatic mid-flight emergency, though the accompanying page text does not…
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California seizes 63,000 pounds of illegal cannabis worth $104 million in major crackdown
California authorities have seized more than 63,000 pounds of illegal cannabis worth over $104 million during a three-month crackdown on organised criminal networks operating across the state. The operation, which ran between April and June, also netted firearms and cash, and forms part of a wider effort by Governor Gavin Newsom’s administration to disrupt the…
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Fans’ fury as millions at work face missing British wildcard Arthur Fery’s historic Wimbledon semi-final after BBC led calls to show match at 1.30pm to avoid clash with World Cup
British wildcard Arthur Fery is due to play the biggest match of his career, a historic Wimbledon semi-final against Alexander Zverev, but the fixture has been rescheduled to an earlier slot and moved many fans into an outcry. Rather than occupying the second Centre Court slot from around 5pm, the match will now open proceedings…
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Sheffield MP Louise Haigh says Starmer tried to ‘knock my character down’ after she left Cabinet
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Moment drivers repeatedly smash into bollards too slim for cars – as fed-up homeowner calls for slimmed-down road to be widened
Ring doorbell and CCTV footage has captured drivers repeatedly crashing into bollards on Woodmere Avenue in Watford, Hertfordshire, where a long-standing width restriction was installed to stop lorry drivers using the road as a rat run. Resident Tim Vigor, who overlooks the restriction, has now called for the slimmed-down road to be widened, saying the…
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Exit strategies: how and why 25% of World Cup coaches have left their jobs
A quarter of the 48 head coaches at the 2026 World Cup — twelve in total — have either been sacked or left their posts, an unusually high turnover that underlines the pressure and volatility surrounding international management at the tournament. The departures span teams eliminated in the group stage and the knockout rounds, and…
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Ukraine’s drone revolution shows Russia is dangerously unprepared. But, so is America
This Fox News opinion piece argues that Ukraine has gained a decisive advantage in its war with Russia through the large-scale use of AI-enabled drones and long-range cruise missiles, which Russia has so far been unable to counter. The author contends that this “drone revolution” has exposed how dangerously unprepared Russia is, and warns that…
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Siblings who went into neighbour’s garden and hacked down their 33-foot Leylandiis set to lose childhood home after being handed £209,000 court bill
Three siblings face losing their childhood home after being ordered to pay a £209,000 court bill over a long-running boundary dispute with their neighbours in Nazeing, Essex. Robert McCarthy, 59, and his wife Amanda, 61, had lived in “relative harmony” with Foulla Bowler, 61, and her siblings until a “fence war” erupted in 2018, culminating…
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Loyalists torch ‘sickening and cowardly’ Northern Ireland bonfire with replica mosque on top before police can move it to take it down
Loyalists in the Northern Ireland village of Moygashel, Co Tyrone, have been widely condemned after setting alight a bonfire topped with a cardboard replica of a mosque before police could remove it. The display, which also carried signs reading “Secure our borders” and “End the threat of radical Islam”, was lit a night earlier than…