All news by author: Ryan Fahey
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Dad held daughter, 17, in his arms as she died in car crash on her way to prom
Schoolgirl Kiea McCann, 17, died on impact after the car she was riding in with her 16-year-old pal, Dlava Mohammed, crashed into a tree just outside Clones, County Monaghan in Ireland on Monday night
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India's first openly gay prince says family sought 'brain conversion surgery'
Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil is the son and heir to the Maharaja of Rajpipla's throne in Gujarat, but his royal parents sought to have his brain surgically altered to get rid of his sexuality after coming out to them in 2006
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4 airmen feared dead after military chopper crashed into ocean during exercise
The MRH-90 Taipan helicopter went down near Lindeman Island, a Great Barrier Reef tourist resort, at about 11pm on Friday, exercise director Australian Army Brigadier Damian Hill said
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Brit pensioner, 80, to visit space after paying eye-watering sum
Jon Goodwin, 80, who also suffers with Parkinson's Disease, bought a ticket on Virgin Galactic's first space tourism flight back in 2005, and hopes his adventure will inspire people to take on extraordinary feats
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Toddler drowns after wriggling free from harness on boat as parents cooked
Māhina Toki, from New Zealand's Great Barrier Island, was on holiday on her family's yacht which was docked at Fiji's Musket Cove when she wriggled free of her harness and fell in the water
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Locals watch elephant stroll along motorway to 'reach supermarket' in Italy
In hilarious footgae, the mighty creature could be seen just a few feet from the Eurospin supermarket in Calabria, southern Italy, before its circus owners retrieved it and brought it back "home"
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Magaluf hotel security guard hailed a hero for telling off rowdy Brit tourists
The video, which been viewed 8.5million times since it went viral on TikTok on July 20, shows the Magaluf hotel security officer taking the mick out of the rowdy group of Brits abroad as he scolds them for being too loud at a family resort
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Family of elderly woman beaten to death at care home told of attack in an email
Joan Hobbs, 89, was on July 17 beaten 'black and blue' with a walking frame by a male resident at the IRT Thomas Holt Aged Care Centre in the southern Sydney suburb of Kirrawee
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Guinea diplomat proudly shows off his shirt patterned with Putin's face
Guinean embassy worker Lama Jacques Sevoba was spotted draped in a t-shirt covered with the face of Russia's tyrannical leader, Vladimir Putin, who is on a charm offensive trying to shore up support for his brutal war in Ukraine among African leaders
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Mystery as estate agent vanishes after holding open home event
Yanfei Bao, a real estate agent working in Christchurch, New Zealand disappeared five days ago, the same day she was set to walk a potential buyer through a property in Hornby on the outskirts of the South Island's largest city
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Surfer savaged by great white shark - before swimming 2,000ft to shore
Leaking blood and carrying an enormous bite gash on his leg, a Western Australian man managed to swim an incredible 2,000 feet back to shore - where an off duty nurse gave him first aid before the ambulance arrived
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'I was rushed to hospital with Bali belly and couldn't believe the cost'
The holidaymaker, who usually lives in Perth, Australia, was visiting Gili Air in Indonesia when he began to suffer traveller's sickness, most commonly known as "Bali Belly" - but a doctor's visit ended up costing AUD$700 (£367)
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Moment killer tornado rips through Swiss town at 135mph in seconds
In a matter of seconds, the skies over La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland turned black and a tornado tore through, uprooting trees, sending debris flying and destroying entire neighbourhoods with its 135mph gusts
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Hiker comes up with hilarious brainwave to 'scare away' fearsome wild bear
Iain McAllister, 60, was around 10 hours in to California's massive 2650-mile Pacific Crest Trail when a bear suddenly appeared. Iain had a brainwave and blasted out the BBC Radio Scotland Breaking the News podcast on full whack
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Cadaver dogs brought in for search for French boy missing for two weeks
Seventeen days ago, little Émile vanished from his grandparents' garden in the sleepy village of Le Haut-Vernet in southern France, but a several-day search over 1,000 hectares was fruitless with absolutely no sign of the two-year-old boy
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Gran Canaria hit by wildfires with vital air traffic control kit at risk
Spain's airport operator, AENA, said that despite forest fires scorching 200 hectares of woodlands overnight, Gran Canaria's international travel hub on the east coast will remain open for now
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Diver sets two new records plunging 442ft - and he can breath for 5 minutes
Free diver Alexey Molchanov broke two world records after diving 442ft in four minutes and 42 seconds, which he said "felt good" but left him extremely "tired" following the dive at Dean's Blue Hole in the Bahamas on July 21
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Grandad punches shark in the head after beast bites him during horror attack
Richard Stubbs, 77, from Dunsborough, south of Perth, was snorkelling with a group of people nearthe Yallingup Lagoon, in southwestern Australia on Saturday when he was attacked by a suspected wobbegong shark
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One dead and 'many' injured from burning 18,500-tonne cargo ship in North Sea
One crew member died and others were injured after a fire broke out on a freight ship carrying cars in the North Sea, the Dutch coast guard has said
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Plane crashes and bursts into flames while fighting wildfires in Greece
It comes as Greece battles a third successive heatwave tearing through its islands, where temperatures have breached the lethal 40C mark for the eighth day
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Europe facing second heatwave bringing 46C inferno as wildfires continue to burn
Europe was first blasted with the Cerberus heatwave, which saw temperatures soar into the 40s over recent weeks, but now the Charon weather front is set to push the mercury up to 46C
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'I fell in love with the man who mugged me - he stole my phone and my heart'
A Brazilian man says he nicked his now girlfriend Emanuela's phone while she was walking down the street because he was "going through a difficult situation" due to not being in a relationship
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Fishermen spend four days at sea floating in plastic boxes after boat capsizes
The three Malaysian fishermen set off with another three colleagues on July 18, but though they were supposed to return the following morning their vessel was shipwrecked by the choppy conditions
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Belarus leader claims Wagner group in 'bad mood' and are keen to march on Poland
Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Belarus dictator Alexander Lukashenko sat down this weekend to discuss the exiled Wagner Company - who are staying in Belarus after trying to topple Putin's military
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At least 11 killed as girls' volleyball team crushed when roof of gym collapses
According to China's state media outlets, many of the 11 victims were children, though an exact number is still to be confirmed - with only eight of the 19 people inside the gym having survived the freak tragedy
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