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Parents of UK tourist fatally struck by helicopter rotor lash ‘glaring errors’

Jack Fenton was dismembered after getting off a chopper flight from the island of Mykonos to Sparta. Now his parents have spoken out about the tragedy.

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Fenton’s parents are distraught by their loss and said ‘its a scary, scary path’ now laid in front of them ‘forever’.

‘I am here to kill the Queen’: Man with crossbow breaks into Windsor Castle

Carrying a seriously dangerous crossbow with the safety catch off, the former supermarket worker stormed the grounds while the Queen was inside.

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A man in a hood and mask and armed with a crossbow appeared at Windsor Castle on Christmas Day. (AP PHOTO)

The UK has approved a combination Omicron vaccine. This is what it means for Australia

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Moderna's bivalent vaccine has been approved as a COVID-19 booster shot for UK adults. (AP PHOTO)

Drought declared across huge areas of England amid driest summer in 50 years

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Satellite image shows parched areas of southern and eastern England, where a drought has been declared.

Archie Battersbee’s mum did ‘everything I promised my little boy I’d do’

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Hollie Dance, mother of Archie Battersbee, said she fought as hard as she could to keep her son alive, before he died following the ruling by British courts.

Fairground fatality: 14-year-old boy dies after sneaking on to ‘Body Count’ ride

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GVs of scene at a fairground in Pencester Gardens, Dover, Kent, shortly after 7.30am today (Aug 3, 2022), where a teenage boy died. See SWNS story SWBNfairground. A teenage boy has been confirmed dead after a tragedy at a funfair. Emergency services were called to the attraction in Pencester Gardens, Dover, shortly before 7.45am today. The boy is understood to have suffered fatal injuries after becoming trapped in a fairground ride. A South East Coast Ambulance Service spokesman said: "We were called at 7.42am this morning to a serious incident at Pencester Gardens in Dover.