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19-year-old with Down's syndrome, Lloyd Martin has amazingly set a world record at the London Marathon after completing the 26.2-mile race with only five months of training. After several years of being turned away by sports clubs, his mom took it upon herself to train the young athlete. Upon completing the race, Martin was promptly awarded a certificate from the Guinness World Records for being the youngest in his disability category to finish the marathon. During a Good Morning Britain interview, Martin said it was important to "always have your dreams be with you. Be yourself and always liv...
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Britain's new law allowing the deportation of undocumented asylum seekers to Rwanda is sparking fear among migrants who have come to France in the hope of crossing the Channel to England. Incredulity and trepidation spread in a makeshift camp at Loon-Plage, a town near Dunkirk on the northern French coast, where migrants were waiting for a chance to cross the water. Many said they realised that even if they reached their destination, they could quickly find themselves bundled onto a flight to Africa. "They're really going to send people to Rwanda?" said Sultan, a 20-year-old Afghan who gave on...
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday promised that deportation flights of asylum seekers to Rwanda will begin in "10 to 12 weeks", as the plan entered its final stage in parliament. "We are ready, plans are in place and these flights will go, come what may," Sunak told a Downing Street news conference, hours before parliament is set to approve the contentious proposal. Sunak says it is essential to deter record numbers of asylum seekers crossing the Channel to England from France in small boats and has made it a key pillar of his Conservative party's pitch to voters. Sunak said that parliam...
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that those who are unemployed and fail to find work within a year will lose their benefits. In what can be described as the most significant overhaul of the welfare system in a generation, Sunak stated his intention to ensure that individuals do not view living on benefits as a "lifestyle choice." The PM laid a new "moral mission" to get Britons back into the workforce. In a report, he also emphasised that a concerning number of young people grappling with mental health conditions like anxiety and depression are being "written off" and emphasised the...
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Many people from the United States move to live in the U.K., whether for work relocation, studying, family, or other reasons. Going from the U.S. to the U.K. can shock those who have made the change due to the significant differences between the two countries. Three American women now residing in the U.K. have been documenting their experiences adapting to their new home. Andrea Celeste, Helene Sula and Aurora Lofton have expressed their personal opinions through posts on their TikTok accounts. One significant aspect that shocked Californian-born Celeste was the smaller scale of cars, highways...
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When birds started to become pests for farmers, they installed scarecrows to imitate humans and spook the wildlife into refraining from eating the crops. Now, an airport in Fairbanks, Alaska, is drawing inspiration from those scarecrows and is set to deploy a small robotic dog camouflaged as a coyote or fox to scare wildlife away from its runways, Knewz.com has learned. Anchorage Daily News reported the robodog, named Aurora, would “enhance & augment airport safety and operations.” Aurora will imitate movements similar to predators in an effort to prevent birds and other wildlife from settling...
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Authorities arrested four correctional officers on Wednesday they allege helped five inmates escape from a jail in Yazoo, Mississippi last weekend. Knewz.com has learned that the case is still under investigation, and Yazoo County Sheriff Jeremy McCoy said they hope to soon “have the whole ring. It’s a whole mess.” WLBT3, a local news outlet for Jackson, MS, reported that four of the five escapees had been recaptured, with three of them finding freedom for a few days before they were caught. A fourth inmate was caught quickly after trying to escape. One escapee, Glen Bassett, is still on the r...
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Authorities arrested four correctional officers on Wednesday they allege helped five inmates escape from a jail in Yazoo, Mississippi last weekend. Knewz.com has learned that the case is still under investigation, and Yazoo County Sheriff Jeremy McCoy said they hope to soon “have the whole ring. It’s a whole mess.” WLBT3, a local news outlet for Jackson, MS, reported that four of the five escapees had been recaptured, with three of them finding freedom for a few days before they were caught. A fourth inmate was caught quickly after trying to escape. One escapee, Glen Bassett, is still on the r...
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Authorities arrested four correctional officers on Wednesday they allege helped five inmates escape from a jail in Yazoo, Mississippi last weekend. Knewz.com has learned that the case is still under investigation, and Yazoo County Sheriff Jeremy McCoy said they hope to soon “have the whole ring. It’s a whole mess.” WLBT3, a local news outlet for Jackson, MS, reported that four of the five escapees had been recaptured, with three of them finding freedom for a few days before they were caught. A fourth inmate was caught quickly after trying to escape. One escapee, Glen Bassett, is still on the r...
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A court in Oklahoma canceled the execution of James Ryder on Thursday, who was given the death penalty for his 1999 murder of a mother and her son. Knewz.com has learned that a stay on the execution was set to expire on March 31, and that Ryder had exhausted all of his avenues for appeal. “The Court is of the distinct opinion that Mr. Ryder has ‘raised substantial doubt as to his [competency] to be executed,’” the court wrote in its order. According to court documents, an interview with Warden Jim Farris created significant doubts for the court about whether Ryder was competent to be executed....
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