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Erewash Canal bridge to be removed to make way for replacement

2+ hour, 45+ min ago  (271+ words) Work to dismantle an ageing footbridge over the Erewash Canal in Long Eaton will begin on Monday. Engineers will begin bringing down the metal Broad Street footbridge, which Erewash Borough Council said was more than a century old and so…...

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Izabela Zablocka death: Woman guilty of missing partner's murder in 2010

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (117+ words) A woman has been found guilty of murdering her partner before cutting her body in two and burying her remains in the back garden of a house more than 15 years ago. Izabela Zablocka was first reported missing in 2010, and her…...

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Monkeys on the loose in St Louis, Missouri after four-day search

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (491+ words) Image source, Kimberly Brinker via Getty Images Multiple monkeys are on the loose in St Louis, Missouri, sparking confusion and concern from the city's animal control officials, who said they do not know where the primates came from. The monkeys…...

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Inside historic King's Lynn concrete building

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (991+ words) At first glance, it might not look like much. Few passers-by would suspect the building now part-occupied by a Kwik Fit garage is the work of an architectural pioneer. Not only is Number 33-39 St James Street in King's Lynn, Norfolk,…...

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Moment officers wrangle 600lb alligator from Florida road

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (431+ words) Seven officers and a skilled trapper were needed to remove a 14ft (4.2m), 600lb (272kg) alligator from a Florida road. Deputies encountered the reptile after it was blocking the roadway, and additional personnel were called in when it became clear more manpower was needed....

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Watch: Moment officers wrangle 600lb alligator from Florida road

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (431+ words) Seven officers and a skilled trapper were needed to remove a 14ft (4.2m), 600lb (272kg) alligator from a Florida road. Deputies encountered the reptile after it was blocking the roadway, and additional personnel were called in when it became clear more manpower was needed....

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Man dies after becoming trapped under machinery in Ellistown

3+ mon, 2+ day ago  (102+ words) A man has died after becoming trapped under machinery at an industrial site in Leicestershire. Police said they were called to premises in Whitehill Road, Ellistown, near Coalville, at 07:18 GMT on Thursday. Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service and East Midlands…...

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Watch a Utahraptor pack leader fatally distract a Gastonia

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (355+ words) A Utahraptor pack leader distracts a member of'a Gastonia herd,'allowing another raptor to flip a Gastonia over and kill it. This clip is from the BBC series Walking With Dinosaurs. Jim Worden, Chief Investment Officer at Wealth Consulting Group,…...

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Mississippi mum says she shot dead one of remaining escaped monkeys

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (396+ words) One of the monkeys that escaped after a truck overturned in Mississippi last week was shot dead by a woman who said she feared for the safety of her children. The monkeys were being housed at Tulane University's National Biomedical…...

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Four Norfolk sisters buy MX5s and number plates for parents

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (384+ words) Four sisters are hoping to keep the memory of their parents alive after each buying the same model of car, along with nearly identical number plates. Glynis Jenkins, 62, from Stoke Ferry, in Norfolk, is the youngest of four siblings who…...