27 h. ago The real reason I'm terrified of peeping toms at my swimming pool

I've always been a keen swimmer, but I chose the pool I use carefully. The changing areas are separate and clearly marked male and female.

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63 h. ago Barry Ferguson terrified me for all the right reasons and he’ll be a nailed

Thomas Reilly was always terrified of letting him down while he played under Fergie at Kelty Hearts

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2 d. ago JB Gill's pet pig 'stops terrified bandmates visiting farm' for one wild reason

JLS singer JB Gill's pet pig lives on the singer's farm but the beast has stopped his friends from visiting the rural location after a run-in with the star's porky pal

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6 d. ago Grateful Livingston mum jumps at the chance to thank Ronald McDonald House for fantastic support

Jade Aitken's baby son was critically ill in Edinburgh's children's hospital

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1 week ago Terrifying reasons why McDonald's clown Ronald McDonald suddenly vanished

You may remember his painted face, perma-shocked expression and red wig from your childhood, but when was the last time you saw Ronald McDonald in public? Your Daily Star explains all

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2 w. ago How a tiny village in a deserted part of Spain became a centre for gay weddings

A couple of hours’ drive from Madrid, Campillo de Ranas has played a huge role in promoting same-sex marriage – and revived the fortunes of the ‘black villages’ of GuadalajaraDriving north-east out of Madrid on the A2 motorway, the industrial sprawl seemed as never-ending as the roaring river of traffic. The change, when it came, was sudden and complete. After Peñarrubia the heavy traffic vanished, and with it the industrial estates and dull dormitory towns. We were now in Guadalajara, a province of Castilla-La Mancha which, with an average of just five inhabitants per square kilometre, has been described as “the largest demographic desert in Europe”.The Spanish call places like this la España vaciada. The word for “empty” is vacío, but vaciada means “emptied”, as if there were something deliberate about the way the fabric of rural Spanish society has been worn threadbare by depopulation and underdevelopment. Continue reading...

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