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- The Telegraph
Rats, pigeons and water buffaloes massacred in world’s largest animal sacrifice
Blood oozed across the dry, dusty earth as the high priest of Gadhimai raised his traditional khukuri knife and beheaded the five animals before him, triggering a frenzy of killing in the early hours of a foggy Sunday morning.
- BuzzFeed
13 Hard Truths About America That Europeans Are Finally Ready To Admit To Us, And Sheesh, They Didn't Hold Back
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- Lancashire Telegraph
Police stop car that was travelling too fast and make surprising discovery
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- The Telegraph
Dog charity trustees used funds to buy £7,000 Rolex and ‘live rent-free’
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- CNN
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At first glance, the assassin seemed too meticulous to be an amateur and too careless to be a professional.
- OK! Magazine
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- CityAM
All hail Rayner, destroyer of NIMBYs
Since Christmas is a time for hope, it’s worth appreciating the good news when we see it. The business community’s frustrations with Labour are well documented and easy to understand, but even its fiercest critics tend to concede that one area stands out as a bright spot in an economic landscape marred by tax increases:
- People
Who Is Luigi Mangione? What We Know About the Ivy League Grad Suspected of Shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
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- Manchester Evening News
'I've got a sick attraction... yes, I'm a stupid idiot'
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- PA Media: UK News
Man who assaulted protester during Middlesbrough riots ‘feared for local mosque’
Ameer Khalile was one of a group of Asian men who ran towards the victim shouting ‘you white scum’ before kicking him as he lay in a ditch
- The Telegraph
Florida woman who flew to Australia for clown school jailed over 24ct gold pistol
An American woman who arrived in Australia to attend clown school with a gold-plated pistol in her luggage has been jailed for a year.
- Bournemouth Echo UK
Met Office forecasts late December snow - could UK be set for a white Christmas?
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- PA Media: UK News
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- PA Media: UK News
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- The Telegraph
The £10bn ‘monstrosity’ giving Sadiq Khan a housing headache
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- Wales Online
Cocaine-dealing brothers made more than £300,000 - one only has to pay back £1
The Hafeez brothers were running a cocaine dealing operation from their home in Swansea
- The Northern Echo
Police uncover drugs farm after residents complain town 'smells like cannabis'
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- People
Parents Accused of Leaving Toddler in Closet Overnight with Space Heater On. She Was Found Dead the Next Day
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