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Bronze Age wheel discovered at 'British Pompeii'Bronze Age wheel discovered...

Archaeologists in the UK have made a fascinating new discovery at the edge of a brick quarry near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. Mark Knight, the excavation site director, said: "What the...

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Teen wins six-figure sum after getting E.coli on Turkey holidayTeen wins...

A teenager who contracted a potentially deadly strain of E.coli on a family holiday to Turkey has been awarded a six-figure payout. Bradie Perkins had his hopes of joining the Navy dashed when...

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BBC staff forced to retrain after 'faking' nature showsBBC staff forced to...

Staff at the BBC Natural History Unit will have to complete training before they are allowed to work on nature documentaries after scenes in BBC2 series Patagonia: Earth's Secret Paradise...

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Woman holds 'scary' passenger's hand on train, pic goes viralWoman holds...

The moment a woman on a train in Vancouver tightly gripped an "aggressive" passenger's hand has gone viral. Passenger Ehab Taha witnessed the kind act and shared a photo on...

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Zoo staff disciplined after otter's deathZoo staff disciplined after otter's...

Two employees at Calgary Zoo will be disciplined after a 12-year-old otter drowned in its enclosure. The zoo found that a pair of trousers, an "unauthorized enrichment item," had been...

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Scary moment plane blows sideways in 50mph winds at Madeira AirportScary...

Passengers arriving at Madeira Airport experienced a dramatic landing when their flight was blown sideways during 50mph crosswinds. In a video, the plane is seen making a tricky landing and...

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Giant sculpture moved after texters kept bumping their headsGiant sculpture...

A 20ft-high sculpture outside Salisbury Cathedral had to be removed after members of the public bumped their heads on the installation while walking and texting. The Kiss, by artist Sophie Ryder,...

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Flight instructor blinded by laser forced to land planeFlight instructor...

A pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in Cambridgeshire after a laser was shone at the light aircraft he was flying. The flight instructor was flying a Cessna 172 near St Neots when he...

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Pickpockets wearing Mickey Mouse ears rake in £6k a day at Disneyland...

Police have revealed that a Romanian pickpocket gang wearing Mickey Mouse ears targeted tourists at Disneyland Paris and pulled in £6,000 a day. The child pickpockets would pose as...

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Weird fish with bug eyes pulled from deep seaWeird fish with bug eyes pulled...

A strange devil-like deepwater fish was pulled off the coast of Victoria in Australia. The Endo's Goosefish, also known by some as 'monkfish,' is a deepwater member of the...

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YouTuber arrested after showing how to get weapons through airport...

Police in Spain have arrested a YouTube user who created videos showing viewers how to pass weapons through airport security. A number of banned weapons, explosives precursors and a home-made...

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The Queen sells her Jaguar X-Type Sovereign for £15,000The Queen sells her...

The Queen has sold her seven-year-old Jaguar X-Type Sovereign to a buyer who didn't know it was owned by the monarch. It sold for £15,000 and comes complete with heated seats,...

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Burger King won't be selling beer at London train stationsBurger King won't...

Burger King has been refused a licence to sell beer at two major train stations in London. The fast-food chain wanted to serve alcohol at Victoria and Paddington stations from 10am to 11pm,...

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Aircraft noise: Cameron told to stop flight path trialsAircraft noise:...

Campaigners have called on David Cameron to launch a review and moratorium on controversial new flight path trials amid reports of aircraft noise blighting communities. More than 20 groups from...

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Passenger plane ends up on grass verge at Birmingham AirportPassenger plane...

A passenger plane went off the runway and ended up on the grass verge after landing at Birmingham Airport on Sunday. The Airbus A320, carrying 98 people, "manoeuvred" off the tarmac...

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Network Rail to sell off 18 of the UK's biggest train stationsNetwork Rail to...

Network Rail is planning to sell off 18 major train stations, including Waterloo, Leeds and Reading, according to an Independent on Sunday report. It is preparing to sell to developers and retail...

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Can you see the leopard hidden in the picture?Can you see the leopard hidden...

Julia Sundukova may have been tasked with photographing the wildebeest migration in Tanzania but she also managed to capture another wild animal in these pictures. Yes, it may just look like a...

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Man pulls shark from sea to pose for pictures (video)Man pulls shark from sea...

A beachgoer in Florida was filmed pulling a shark from the water and holding it against the sand as he had his photograph taken with the animal. SEE ALSO: Child confesses to killing dolphin with...

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Polar bears meet for first time and become instant friends (video)Polar bears...

The moment two polar bears at Yorkshire Wildlife Park met for the first time and hit it off right away was captured on camera. Nobby and Nissan, both two years old, appeared delighted to see each...

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Passenger hilariously live Tweets flight from hellPassenger hilariously live...

If you thought your last flight was awful, read this and feel lucky. One woman's flight from the Dominican Republic was delayed by an entire day. The flight from Punta Cana to New York...

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