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Family is reunited with grandfather's WWI watch

Family is reunited with the watch their grandfather was awarded for bravery in WWI – after burglars stole it then granddaughter saw it in lost-and-found Facebook post eight years later Sergeant Walwyn Oram – known as Jack – was given the timepiece for gallantry  He stayed behind enemy lines in the Battle of Passchendaele in Belgium in 1917  Burglars stole […]

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Uber loses $2 billion in market cap as IPO lockup period ends

Uber loses $2 billion in market capitalization as IPO lockup period ends and disappointed early investors sell their shares, flooding the market The lockup preventing early investors from selling their shares in Uber after its initial public offering expired Wednesday Early investors  and employees had bought their stock at $45 and the May IPO had a market valuation of $82 […]

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Escape tunnel underneath Berlin Wall opens to public

An escape tunnel underneath the Berlin Wall has been opened to the public for the first time amid celebrations of the 30-year anniversary of the opening of East Germany’s border. The tunnel at Bernauer Strasse, near the main Wall memorial, was opened Thursday by Mayor Michael Mueller. He thanked those who started digging the 100-meter-long (yards) tunnel in late 1970, […]

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Hero dad who rescued girl, 7, from being raped in a dance studio toilet wishes paedo ‘pain, darkness and misery’ – The Sun

A HERO dad who rescued a schoolgirl, seven, after she was savagely raped in a toilet has wished her attacker a life of "pain, darkness and misery". Brave Nick Gilio kicked depraved pervert Anthony Sampieri  in the head – despite the armed rapist slashing him from ear-to-ear in an Australian dance school. Sicko Sampieri, 55, has pleaded guilty to three […]

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Three people arrested on suspicion of modern-day slavery charges as cops swoop on nursing homes – The Sun

THREE men have been arrested today as cops investigated claims staff at two care homes were victims of modern-day slavery. Gwent Police carried out warrants on Danygraig Nursing Home and Ashville Residential Care Home this morning. A 53-year-old man and 64-year-old man, both from Newport, and a 43-year-old man from the Surrey area, were arrested. They remain in custody. Police […]

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Chilean police accused of torturing protesters

Santiago: A Chilean prosecutor is seeking court approval to investigate 14 police officers for allegedly torturing protesters during almost three weeks of intense unrest and rioting in the country. A demonstrator shouts slogans near a police vehicle near Costanera shopping mall in the business district of Santiago on Wednesday. Credit:Getty Images The protests over deep-seated inequalities in one of Latin […]

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