A man has been charged for causing a car crash that killed his 14-year-old son. The crash happened when the van he was driving left the highway and hit a tree.
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Ryan Liam Morgan, a 14-year-old boy, died in a car crash.
The crash happened on the M6 highway when a van hit a tree.
Ryan's dad, Daniel Burba, was driving the van.
Daniel Burba was seriously hurt in the crash and went to the hospital. He's out of the hospital now.
Lancashire Police have charged Daniel Burba with causing his son's death by driving dangerously.
Daniel Burba didn't have a driver's license or car insurance.
He's now in jail and is going to court on Monday.
The police aren't looking for any other cars that might have been part of the crash.
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British athlete Sam Ruddock, who competed in the Paralympics, has gone missing in Las Vegas. He was there to watch a wrestling event and has not been heard from since April 16.
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Sam Ruddock is a British athlete who competes in different sports like shot put, cycling, and sprinting in the Paralympics.
He traveled to Las Vegas in the United States to watch a wrestling event.
He was last heard from on April 16.
Sam's friend, Lucy Hatton, has said that his disappearance is unlike him.
Before his disappearance, he was staying at a hostel in Las Vegas.
After Sam's disappearance, his mom and friend reported him as missing to the UK police and United States police.
The hostel where he was staying said he didn't check out but left his stuff in his room.
The police are now looking for Sam.
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The British Ministry of Defence found out about a safety leak where the names of some special soldiers got put on the internet for more than ten years. The leak has been fixed and the soldiers who were affected have been told and looked after.
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The names and ranks of at least 20 special British soldiers were put online for more than ten years.
The Ministry of Defence learned about this and took action to fix the leak.
All the important personal information that was online has been taken away.
The affected soldiers, which is only a small number, have been told what happened and are being kept safe.
The information was in two army documents that were accidentally made public.
The documents should have been just for army people and had names and secret army words.
While the documents didn't say exactly which group these soldiers were in, other people could figure it out.
The documents were last updated a few months back, which means some soldiers named could have been on missions when the leak happened.
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Two women got seriously hurt in Leeds by someone using a crossbow. They were taken to the hospital, and so was a man who probably did it, because the police found him with his own injury. The police also found a crossbow and a gun at the spot where it all happened.
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Two women were seriously hurt in an attack using a crossbow in Leeds.
A man, who also got hurt, is thought to have done it.
The attack happened on a street called Otley Road.
The police found two weapons at the scene: a crossbow and a gun.
The man who is suspected of attacking the women is 38 years old.
All three of them - the two women and the suspected man - were taken to the hospital for their injuries.
The police are not looking for anybody else involved in the incident.
They are still trying to figure out why the man might have done this.
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Southern England may reach a temperature of 27 degrees Celsius (81 degrees Fahrenheit) this week, which will be the highest April temperature since 2018. This warm weather will also be seen in other parts of the UK, but it is not expected to be an official heatwave.
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The weather in southern England may become as warm as 27 degrees Celsius.
This will be the highest temperature in April since 2018.
Other parts of the UK will also get warm, but it won't officially be a heatwave.
The sea around the UK is still pretty cold, so places near the beach might feel cooler.
Not having enough rain recently could lead to more wildfires.
This warm time will help pollen levels increase, which can make hay fever worse.
Even though it will be the warmest weather of the year so far, April can often have big changes in temperature.
The last time April got this warm was back in 1949.
If it doesn't rain enough, river levels in some parts of England may get very low.
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Pope Francis, who passed away at 88, was buried in a private ceremony at the Santa Maria Maggiore church in Rome. Earlier, a public funeral was held, and people have been paying their respects at his tomb since Sunday.
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Pope Francis died at the age of 88.
He was buried in a private ceremony at the Santa Maria Maggiore church in Rome.
Before this private ceremony, there was a public funeral.
Many people have been visiting his tomb to pay their respects since Sunday.
The Santa Maria Maggiore church is one of the big churches in Rome that Pope Francis often visited.
This church is not located in the Vatican where popes usually get buried but is a place Pope Francis liked a lot.
His funeral was attended by leaders from around the world.
After Pope Francis, a new pope has to be selected. This could start around 5 or 6 May.
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Actor Jack Lowden talked about his upcoming roles in different projects. He will play a character called Mr Darcy, who has red hair, in a new version of the book 'Pride and Prejudice'. He also mentioned that he is acting in a play with Martin Freeman and the Netflix show 'Slow Horses'.
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Jack Lowden is an actor who will be playing a character named Mr Darcy in a new show based on a book called 'Pride and Prejudice'. This character will have red hair.
He will be acting in this TV show for Netflix.
He is looking to other actors who have played this character before for inspiration.
He is also going to act in a play with Martin Freeman. The play is called 'The Fifth Step' and will open on May 12.
In the play, the two characters have not met before they start their roles as an alcoholic and his Alcoholics Anonymous guide.
In the Netflix show 'Slow Horses', Jack Lowden learned something about spying from a former MI6 officer.
Martin Freeman has also acted in famous projects like 'The Office' and 'The Hobbit' movies.
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Tigst Assefa from Ethiopia won the women's race at the London Marathon and set a new world record. In the men's race, Sebastian Sawe from Kenya crossed the finish line first.
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Ethiopian runner, Tigst Assefa, won the London Marathon's women's race.
Assefa set a world record for a women's only field in marathon running. Her time was two hours, 15 minutes, and 50 seconds.
Kenyan runner, Joyciline Jepkosgei, who won in 2021, came in second this time.
Kenyan runner, Sebastian Sawe, won the London Marathon's men's race.
Jacob Kiplimo from Uganda, who holds the half-marathon world record, finished second in the men's race.
This was the first full marathon for Sawe and Kiplimo.
The top British runner in the women's race was Eilish McColgan, who set a Scottish record.
For the second year in a row, Catherine Debrunner from Switzerland won the women's wheelchair race and Marcel Hug also from Switzerland won the men's wheelchair race.
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Aylett Nurseries in St Albans, Hertfordshire, a family-run garden center, is celebrating its 70th anniversary. Horticulture student Roger Aylett, aided by his wife Hazel, started it in 1955 and it continues to be managed by their daughter and son-in-law.
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Aylett Nurseries was started by Roger Aylett and his wife Hazel in 1955.
Originally, the business focused on growing flowers for trade.
Over time, the business shifted to selling plants in pots, which became popular among customers.
The business is now managed by their daughter and son-in-law Julie and Adam Wigglesworth.
The garden centre currently employs 150 staff members.
The centre was the first in the country to use bar codes.
The business also uses new technologies such as solar panels to power 30% of its operations.
Tony Day, the nursery manager, has been with the company for 50 years.
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Archaeologists found an unopened Victorian-era soft drink bottle from the 1890s in a Cambridge car park. The car park is being dug up as part of a plan to convert the Grafton shopping centre into labs and offices.
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The bottle was discovered in a Cambridge car park which is being redeveloped.
The archaeologists think the area may have been a blacksmith's workshop in the past.
The soft drink bottle, believed to be from the 1890s, was found in one piece, which is rare.
Normally, these types of bottles are broken by children to get the small marble housed inside.
The archaeological dig is also helping to give insights about the people who once lived there and their social status.
The redevelopment project plans to transform the Grafton shopping centre into a science hub with labs and offices.
The bottle still contained the marble, which was used to keep the fizz from escaping.
The archaeologists found evidences of a forge and an anvil, indicating that part of the area may have been a blacksmith's workshop.
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Learner drivers in the UK are having a tough time booking their driving tests due to a backlog (which means a line of things waiting to be done). The wait times are so long that some people have started using apps that let them know when new test slots become available.
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Many learner drivers are struggling to book driving tests because there's a big backlog.
Stephen Dawes, a 26-year-old learner driver, was number 11,000 in the online queue to book his test.
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) releases new test slots at 6:00 a.m. on Mondays, which is when many learners rush to book.
An analysis found that the average waiting time for a driving test across all test centers in Great Britain is 22 weeks.
The Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander, plans to decrease the wait time to no more than seven weeks by 2026.
Some learners are even paying for apps that tell them when new test slots are open.
Some learners are having to pay for extra lessons because their test date is so far in the future.
Learners are worrying about their theory tests expiring, as they only last for two years and are needed to take the practical test.
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The Catholic Apostolic Church in Albury, Surrey, has been sealed off from the public for years in anticipation of the Second Coming in Christianity. The church is meticulously maintained but no one is allowed inside – it is awaiting the return of Jesus Christ.
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The Catholic Apostolic Church in Surrey has been closed off to the public for an extended period.
The Church has been kept in top condition in preparation for the Second Coming, a Christian concept about the return of Jesus Christ to Earth.
Historian Trevor Brook emphasized that the property is not available for secular activity, but is preserved for the appropriate time.
This Church was established in 1839 by Henry Drummond, a banker and MP who believed the Victorian society was on the brink of collapse.
The church once expanded to over 900 locations worldwide.
After the church's original 12 apostles died, the church went into a "time of silence" in 1901 and this is slated to last until the Second Coming.
Despite the closure of the church, there is a caretaker who maintains the property.
Only a few black and white photos of the church interior exist; the building is kept at a constant temperature of 10°C to preserve its condition.
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Former footballer Patrice Evra, who used to play for Manchester United and France, is set to make his mixed martial arts (MMA) debut at PFL (Professional Fighters League) Europe Paris on Friday, 23 May. Evra, who left football in 2018, has been preparing for this new venture since 2016 with the help of PFL star, Cedric Doumbe.
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Patrice Evra is a former footballer who played for Manchester United and France.
He retired from football in 2018.
Evra will make his mixed martial arts debut at PFL Europe Paris on Friday, 23 May.
He has been training for his MMA career since 2016 with PFL star Cedric Doumbe.
The opponent for Evra's first fight has not been announced yet.
Evra had a successful football career, winning multiple titles and playing 379 times for Manchester United.
After retiring from football, Evra worked as a TV pundit.
The Professional Fighters League, where Evra will debut, is the second largest MMA promotion in the world.
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The person in charge of the McVitie's chocolate digestives factory, Anthony Coulson, says we've been eating these biscuits the wrong way. He explains that these special cookies were designed to be eaten with the chocolate side facing down.
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Each year, McVitie's factories in Stockport and London make about 80 million packets of chocolate digestives.
The factory in Stockport started making biscuits in 1917 and introduced the chocolate digestive eight years after that.
According to Anthony Coulson, the general manager at the factory, the chocolate digestives should be eaten with the chocolate side facing down.
The chocolate digestives were introduced 25 years after the plain digestives.
The chocolate on the digestive biscuits is actually on the bottom, not the top, because the plain biscuits are dipped into a pool of chocolate.
Lynn Loftus, a worker at the McVitie's factory for 36 years, believes the biscuit will continue to be popular for many more years.
Craig Leech, who has been with McVitie's for 21 years, says he knows the products inside out. He first worked in the factory by adding the chocolate to the biscuits.
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The article provides information about an Oscar-winning movie called "The King's Speech." This drama tells the true story of Prince Albert, Duke of York, who worked with an Australian speech therapist to overcome his stutter so he could speak publicly.
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"The King's Speech" is a movie that won an Oscar.
The film focuses on Prince Albert, Duke of York.
Prince Albert had a stutter that made public speaking difficult.
An Australian speech therapist helped him with his speech.
The movie was first shown in 2010.
It will be available to view for 11 more days.
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A by-election for the constituency of Runcorn and Helsby, triggered by the resignation of Mike Amesbury, is set to take place on 1 May 2025. Fifteen different candidates will participate, and the constituency population is required to provide photo identification for in-person voting.
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The by-election in Runcorn and Helsby is due to the departure of Mike Amesbury.
The election will happen on 1 May 2025.
The constituency includes the towns of Runcorn, Frodsham, and Helsby, and is mostly rural.
The total population of the constituency is 93,520.
The constituency was newly formed in July 2024.
Fifteen candidates from various parties will be running in the by-election.
To vote in person, voters will need to show a valid photo ID.
Free voter authority certificates are available for those without photo ID, and the final date to apply for these is 23 April.
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The article describes a new BBC Sport game called "Uefa Champions League Squares", which is played in conjunction with live Champions League football matches. The aim of the game is to correctly answer trivia questions and subsequently edit a bingo-style gamecard according to real events during the football matches.
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"Uefa Champions League Squares" is a new game introduced by BBC Sport.
The game is played alongside live football matches of the UEFA Champion's League.
The game begins at 7:00 AM on each Champions League match day.
Players first answer four trivia questions in order to earn 'edit tokens.'
These tokens are then used to make changes to a randomly generated bingo-style gamecard.
The game can only be played by users within the UK.
The edit process ends at around 5:00 PM on game day, after which the gamecards are locked.
For the knockout stages, extra time on the match card is accounted for, but not penalty shootouts.
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