All news by author: Benedict Tetzlaff-Deas

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ChatGPT 'goes crazy' as robot begins speaking 'spanglish' and issues threats
Puzzled ChatGPT users joked that the AI tool had finally 'gone crazy' after it began providing random, nonsensical responses to questions. Developers say they are monitoring the issue
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Woman's fury after XL bully that mauled boy, 7, and teen ordered to be put down
Amy Legemah’s XL Bully will now be destroyed after a court heard the dangerous dog carried out two attacks in just 11 days, with one of the victims being a seven-year-old boy
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Moment police pull 'body of Clapham chemical attack suspect' from the Thames
The body thought to be that of 35-year-old Clapham chemical attack suspect Abdul Ezedi was pulled from the River Thames by police on Monday following weeks of searches
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Mum throws kid from top floor in fatal fire as she yells 'we're going to die'
Inas Himedan, a 33-year-old from Huddersfield, has described the moment she threw her child from a top floor window after waking up to find their home engulfed by flames
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Alexei Navalny was killed by a 'KGB trademark' single punch to the heart
An old KGB tactic was used by authorities to kill Russia's opposition leader Alexei Navalny, according to a human rights campaigner who said he had spoken to sources inside the penal colony
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Terrifying Met Office map shows huge wall of rain heading straight for UK
A large rainy weather front will sweep across the UK on Tuesday, according to the Met Office, with all four nations expected to be hit by the end of the day as a new phase of unsettled weather begins
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Water firm fined 0.39% of profits for pouring 240m litres of raw sewage in river
The £2million fine is the equivalent of just 0.39% of Severn Trent Water's profit before tax for the most recent year - and comes after it poured millions of litres of raw sewage into a river
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Police issue update on missing boy, 2, who fell in water after dive teams search
The two-year-old boy has been missing since falling into Aylestone Meadows in Leicester, with police dive teams searching the area as members of the public are urged to stay away
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Chihuahua killed in the street by dog - and owners are left with £8,500 vet bill
Steve Riley-Hobbs was walking chihuahuas Kylie and Dannii down the street when they were suddenly attacked by two other dogs - and has been left with a £8,500 vet bill
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Ryanair passengers forced off plane on runway as fire crews scrambled to jet
Passengers on the Ryanair flight were forced to leave and wait for another flight at Edinburgh Airport after a 'technical issue' saw fire crews scrambled to the plane
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Police issue heartbreaking update after three kids found dead inside home
Police said three children found dead in a property in the Sea Mills area of Bristol were seven-year-old Fares Bash, three-year-old Joury Bash and nine-month-old Mohammed Bash
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UK councils' £1m plan to dim street lights to save money 'putting women at risk'
Councils across the UK have detailed their plans to dim or completely turn off streetlights during the early hours of the morning - but the move has been criticised for putting women's safety at risk
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Two of world's first desktop computers found during house clearance
The pair of half-a-century-old desktop computers were discovered during a routine house clearance - and turned out to be an important and rare piece of computing history
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Maps show all the places it will snow next week as UK faces fresh arctic blast
Snow is set to return to the UK in a matter of days, according to new forecast maps, as an unseasonably warm 16C spell begins to make way for chilly Arctic winds
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New weather maps show exactly where and when 'polar' blast will bring -7C freeze
Brits have enjoyed unseasonably mild weather this week - but new weather maps show a dramatic shift back to chilly -7C lows in the days ahead, thanks to a burst of Arctic air
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Lidl urgently recalls popular cookies over fears they may 'contain metal'
The cookie brand is facing a recall from Lidl stores in the UK and Ireland over possible traces of metal, with customers affected urged not to eat the products and return them in-store
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New maps show where all 115 flood alerts are in England - check your area
Flood alerts have been raised in 115 parts of the UK by the Environment Agency as a new front of heavy rain at the weekend threatens to hit already-swollen rivers
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Fury over plans to build 'noisy' 115ft Ferris wheel metres from Windsor Castle
Plans to build a 'noisy' 115 ft Ferris wheel near Windsor Castle have been slammed by local people, who claim the school holiday attraction will spoil their views of the royal residence
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Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner mocks cops ahead of trial
Convicted paedophile and Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner has hit out at police in new comments ahead of a trial for three rapes and two indecent assaults in Portugal
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Teen killed by train after woman found stabbed to death in car, inquest hears
The two inquests into the deaths of Mayawati Bracken, 56, and Julian Bracken, 18, heard how the teenager was found dead on railway tracks just half an hour after she died from a stab wound
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Couple bought designer clothes and kitchen after raking in £100k on Encrochat
Alan Roberts, 39, played a leading role in supplying cocaine and cannabis to the North West area between February 2019 and June 2021 after using the encrypted communication network Encrochat
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New weather maps show only four regions spared from huge storm to blast UK
Another big storm looks ready to hit the UK in the days ahead, according to the latest weather maps, with an unsettled picture emerging after an unseasonably warm 16C spell
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Home goes on the market and people can't get over its incredible interior
The interior design choices for the three-bed semi-detached property have drawn a huge reaction online, with the repeated use of the Chanel logo and pink colour scheme not proving popular
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Tributes to Brit skier, 47, killed in plunge off ‘world’s most difficult’ slope
A 47-year-old British man who died after a fall down one of the world's most dangerous ski slopes in Switzerland has been named as Grahame Carter from Chichester, West Sussex
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King Charles' estate vandalised by thugs as he recovers from cancer treatment
Police have launched an investigation after the land on King Charles' estate was targeted by vandals, with the monarch understood to be staying just a few miles away during his cancer treatment