A terrified mother watched helplessly as the driver shut the door in her face and drove off after claiming the vehicle was full – with her five-year-old daughter on board. Claire Raddon frantically shouted after the bus as it drove into the distance with little Jessica, who excitedly jumped on first, still on board. Claire [...]
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Bus leaves with girl, 5, on board
Published:November 17, 2009
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Britain's tallest schoolgirl
Emma Cahill is the schoolgirl everyone looks up to – because at 6ft 5in she is Britain’s tallest teenage girl. Proud Emma, who has size 14 feet, towers above her classmates and teachers. She has her clothes specially made in the US but claims she wants to keep growing to catch up with her dad [...]
Published:November 5, 2009
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Driver has lucky escape
A grandma had a miraculous escape after a giant tree fell during high winds and collapsed on her car. Lucky Chris Challinor narrowly avoided death when the 65ft beech tree toppled on the bonnet of her VW Polo. The stunned gran of six had to be extricated by fireman but amazingly walked away from the [...]
Published:November 3, 2009
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Have-a-go-hero pensioner
A brave pensioner stormed into his local newsagent and disarmed a hooded gunman. Derek Armiger, 65 wrestled the yob to the ground at the shop in Frome, Somerset, before sitting on him and calling the police. During the struggle, the gun discharged, narrowly missing Mr Armiger’s head and smashing the shop window. He was later [...]
Published:October 31, 2009
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Double Duck
A farmer was shell-shocked when spotted twin ducklings from the same egg. Roger Olver saw the two beaks poking out of the shell, Romulus and Remus are thought to be the first recorded twin ducklings to hatch and survive in the UK. The cute animals were kept as pets on Roger’s farm in St Austell, [...]
Published:October 26, 2009
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My coat belonged to the Queen
A woman was stunned when she spotted her favourite £10 silk coat bought from a jumble sale 48 years ago on the front of a TV magazine being worn – by the Queen. Gaynor Andrews, 57, inherited the turquoise coat from her mother Margaret who snapped up the garment at a Sea Cadets jumble sale [...]
Published:October 14, 2009
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Hero gives £10,000 reward to rape victim
A Good Samaritan who received a £10,000 reward for helping catch a rapist hit the headlines when he gave the money to the victim. Lloyd Gardner, 22, handed the cash to the woman, who was left crippled by the vicious attack, because he felt she deserved it more. Lloyd, who only earns £20,000 a year [...]
Published:October 10, 2009
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Pet cat terrifies postmen
Royal Mail bosses threatened to blacklist a couple because after their postmen became terrified of the families vicious pet cat. Posties claimed the pet moggie Magic burst through the cat flap and mauled them every time a piece of mail drops through the letterbox. Owners Sam and Tariq Enan-McKinnon said their pet is a placid, [...]
Published:October 9, 2009
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That's pants
A headteacher infuriated parents by banning tight-fitting trousers at school. Children at the school had been wearing the ”Miss Sexy’ brand for three years but were threatened with suspension if they refused to change. Parents refused to fork out £16.99 on ”official” trousers because they were identical to the banned ones. The story appeared in [...]
Published:October 7, 2009
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Miracle cancer mum cheats death
A woman who was sent home to die with five brain tumours stunned the medical world by surviving. Miracle mum Carole Budding, 47, had just weeks to live and was even told to arrange her own funeral. But just a year later she made an incredible recovery after four of her five malignant tumours had [...]
Published:October 6, 2009
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