2 h. ago YouTube survival show contestant goes missing in forest sparking huge manhunt

The 36-year-old woman could be seen frantically waving to search and rescue helicopters after she got lost in a deep forest for 18 hours, having gone out in search of water

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9 h. ago Miraculous moment police helicopter finds missing survival challenge contestant in remote Michigan woods

A 36-year-old California woman went missing in Michigan's Pigeon River State Forest during a YouTube survival challenge. She was found 18 hours later by a Michigan Police helicopter.

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15 h. ago Frantic YouTube survival show contestant rescued from Michigan forest after going missing for 18 hours

Michigan State Police found the woman 18 hours after she went missing

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3 d. ago Ray taught Dezi Freeman about the bush. Later, he watched in dismay as his friend became ‘radicalised’

Accused Porepunkah killer’s former bushwalking companion speaks out as survival experts say Freeman’s chances of evading capture are waningFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLast month Dezi Freeman fled into the thick bushland of Victoria’s high country. Despite 450 police officers, members of the Australian defence force, paramilitary vehicles and helicopters tracking the fugitive, he has managed to keep hiding.On Tuesday, it will be two weeks since Freeman disappeared into the Mount Buffalo national park, after allegedly shooting and killing two police officers and injuring a third at his residence on Rayner Track in Porepunkah, 300km north-east of Melbourne. The funeral for Sen Const Vadim de Waart-Hottart, 35, was held on Friday at the Victoria police academy, with hundreds of mourners including the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, and premier, Jacinta Allan, attending. A funeral service for Det Leadi...

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6 d. ago University Challenge viewers have A LOT of complaints about contestant they're convinced is 'an undercover BBC producer'

The BBC programme sees the best young minds in the UK compete in a knockout tournament, answering questions on a wide range of cultural and academic topics.

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6 d. ago Alarm after FBI arrests US army veteran for ‘conspiracy’ over protest against Ice

Legal experts say charges against Afghanistan war veteran Bajun Mavalwalla II mark an escalation in the Trump administration’s crackdown on first amendment rightsThe arrest of a US army veteran who protested against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has raised alarms among legal experts and fellow veterans familiar with his service in Afghanistan.Bajun Mavalwalla II – a former army sergeant who survived a roadside bomb blast on a special operations mission in Afghanistan – was charged in July with “conspiracy to impede or injure officers” after joining a demonstration against federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) in Spokane, Washington. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Swimmer's late night dip sparks major emergency response off Welsh coast

Police, the Coastguard, an RNLI lifeboat and a rescue helicopter, were scrambled to the scene, after reports of a person in the water

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1 week ago Beach returned to First Nation after 170 years following Canada legal battle

Stretch of Lake Huron shore was promised to Saugeens in 1854 treaty with Crown but wrongly omitted from mapA stretch of beach will be returned to a First Nation in Canada 170 years after it was mistakenly omitted from its reserve. The sandy sliver of land measures less than two miles long, but has nonetheless sparked an outsized battle, with a nearby resort town claiming the case sets a foreboding precedent for property rights in the country.Canada’s supreme court said on Thursday that it would not hear a challenge from the town of South Bruce Peninsula, which is contesting a lower court’s ruling that the Saugeen First Nation’s reserve was erroneously smaller than promised. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Dim dad who lied about shining laser at police helicopter was found by cops under sofa

A dad faces charges after dazzling a police helicopter with a laser pen in County Durham, caught on camera and saying 'I’m f****' when cops found the device under his sofa

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1 week ago In idyllic Porepunkah, a manhunt this huge feels ‘surreal’ – and the alleged killer could be anywhere

A peaceful Victoria town has been rocked by the fatal shootings of two police officers, leaving locals shuttered indoors and police scouring bushland for the suspectWho is Dezi Freeman? Porepunkah shooting suspect called police ‘terrorist thugs’ and tried to arrest magistrateHow a police search warrant at a rural Victorian property ended in a day of tragedyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIt would have been idyllic were it not for the sound of a police helicopter reverberating over the valley.By late afternoon on Wednesday the rain had slowed to a drizzle in Porepunkah. Mist curled around the foothills of Mt Buffalo. Cows and sheep grazed under a grey sky, unperturbed by the massive manhunt around them. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 'I haven't done nowt!' Moment man dazzles police helicopter with laser

A reckless man who aimed a laser pen at a police helicopter was swiftly tracked down and arrested - learning the hard way that the sky isn't the limit when it comes to the law. 

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1 week ago Names of victims of Isle of Wight helicopter crash confirmed by police

The fourth person in the helicopter, a man aged in his 30s, was airlifted to hospital in Southampton where he remains in a stable condition.

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1 week ago Helicopter crash couple pictured after flying lesson ended up 'spiralling'

Police confirmed that three people in a helicopter died after a tragic crash, with one couple on a private flying lesson for the day, given as a birthday present

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1 week ago Who is in the cast of The Great British Sewing Bee? Full list of contestants for series 11

The Great British Sewing Bee will challenge the contestants to bring out their ‘artistic-side’ this week 🧵

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1 week ago The Inheritance's Robert Rinder makes huge confession over his will

In The Inheritance, Robert Rinder portrays The Executor, watching over contestants as they battle it out through explosive challenges. The role came with a sobering reality.

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1 week ago Three dead in Isle of Wight helicopter crash and fourth in 'serious condition'

Hampshire and Isle of Wight police confirmed four people were onboard the helicopter which crashed into a field in the middle of a 'flying lesson' just 9am this morning

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2 w. ago University Challenge's most memorable players: From irritating habits to disastrous blunders and wise cracks, the BBC boffins who stole the show and divided fans

Since landing on the BBC in 1994, University Challenge viewers have seen several memorable contestants walk through its doors. 

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2 w. ago Police helicopter pilot 'did nothing wrong' by flying aircraft only feet off the ground during chase of 'stolen' scrambler bike, chief claims

Footage shared on social media showed the National Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopter dramatically pursuing a motorcyclist through fields near Carr Mill Dam in Merseyside on August 13.

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2 w. ago Police helicopter crew to face no action after chasing suspect at low altitude

The National Police Air Service (NPAS), which operates the helicopter, said the crew had upheld safety procedures

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2 w. ago University Challenge contestant steals show with blunt responses

A University Challenge contestant stole the show on Monday's (18 August) of the BBC show with her blunt responses and confidently answering a question even though she didn't hear it fully.

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