6 h. ago Moment man falls to his death from hot air balloon in harrowing footage

The tragedy unfolded during the First Balloon Festival, in Zacatecas, Mexico, on Sunday.

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7 h. ago Harrowing footage captures moment man falls to his death from hot air balloon

Horrifying footage showed flames consuming the lower half of the balloon mid-flight, with thick black smoke pouring into the sky - and a lone figure dangling desperately from a rope before falling

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8 h. ago Horror moment man falls to his death after dangling from burning hot air balloon

Horrifying video footage captured the shocking moment a man fell to his death after dangling on a rope from a hot air balloon.

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3 d. ago Blue Peter legend reveals the shock moment she accidentally flashed strangers in a hot air balloon while sunbathing topless on her balcony

A Blue Peter legend has recalled how she once accidentally flashed some hot air balloon passengers, while sunbathing topless on her balcony.

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2 w. ago Terrifying moment tourists scream as packed hot air balloon slams into another during take off after powerful gust of wind

The horrifying incident took place in the Dutch village of Luttelgeest, located north-east of Amsterdam, on Sunday.

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2 w. ago Class act: can Harrow sell an elitist British boarding school fantasy to New Yorkers?

The private school will open its first US campus in Long Island. Will it assimilate Americans into the upper crust – or is it more about branding?This fall, the British boarding school Harrow will open its first offshoot in the US: a lush 170-acre waterfront campus in Long Island. For $75,000 a year, parents can wave away their children to the prestigiously named school, renowned for its centuries-old traditions (such as calling teachers “beaks” and bad behaviour “skew”). Classes will take place in the Bourne mansion, the opulent former home of a wealthy American businessman, around which modern facilities will be built.A shiny teaser video paints an idyllic picture of an anglophile life at Harrow New York. “The school is like an oasis,” says Nick Page, former deputy head of Harrow UK, as drone footage pans out over pristine lawns and lakes, where ducklings and deer roam wild. “Yet so close to this huge metropolis of New York.” (The new school is almost equidistant from New York Cit...

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3 w. ago Influencer’s horror final months ‘unable to keep food down’ after illness on party island

28-year-old travel vlogger Vanessa Konopka spent her final months bedbound in a hospital after falling ill while visiting a popular island - documenting her final moments online in harrowing footage

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4 w. ago Gene Hackman's heartbroken dog watches over musician wife in harrowing footage

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT - A bodycam captured the moment officers discovered the lifeless body of a musician in the bathroom of reclusive actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa's New Mexico home

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4 w. ago Harrowing footage from inside Gene Hackman's home shows beloved dog's final act for Betty

Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead inside their New Mexico home with bodycam video capturing the couple's beloved German shepherd by their side

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