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Woman flew to Sweden for 12 hours to try Swedish meatballs for just £44
A woman flew to Sweden for just 12 hours to try Swedish meatballs - for just £44. Adelina Popa, 28, is a self-proclaimed "extreme day-tripper" and often visits European cities in just one day. Her most recent trip saw her visit the city of Malmö, in the south of Sweden, on September 23, 2024. Adelina flew from Bristol Airport to Copenhagen on a £44 return flight at 8:40am. She then got a 25 minute train across the border to Malmö - costing £20 for a return. Adelina spent her 12 hours in the city indulging in Swedish delicacies, visiting the castle gardens and local parks before spending a couple of hours on a beach. She arrived back in the UK at 11pm - in time for work the next day.
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Nearly half of pet owners cancel plans to stay home with their pet
Almost half of pet parents have canceled plans just to stay home with their pet. That’s according to a new survey of 2,000 cat and dog owners, Conducted by Talker Research on behalf of dog and cat food brand Nutrish, which found that not only have 48% bailed on plans with friends and family, they’ve done so an average of five times in their pet’s life. Another 30% even admit they’ve called out of work just to stay home with their pet — averaging four times since they’ve brought them home. Almost all respondents (97%) agree that their pet is a member of their family and another 99% believe it’s important to show them love and appreciation every single day. To show their love, pet parents chat with their four-legged friends an average of 11 times per day, as well as average 10 cuddle sessions and 10 instances of giving them scratches or a massage. Respondents reported that on average, they also play games with their pet seven times per day, call them nicknames 10 times and even sing to them about five times.
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Moment cyclist collides with cow on trail in Austria
This is the moment a cyclist tried to do an emergency stop - before colliding with a cow. Mike Burgbacher, 23, from Germany, was enjoying a vacation in Sölden, Austria, on August 9, 2022, when the unexpected encounter occurred. He said “My friend and I were riding down the track as usual when suddenly a cow was just standing right in front of us. “My friend pushed the cow to the side, trying to stop me from hitting it, but I still ended up colliding with it.” Fortunately, both rider and cow escaped injury.
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"I was told I had period pain - it was endometriosis, two uteruses and cervixes"
A woman who spent five years being told she just had "period pain" discovered she had endometriosis, two uteruses and cervixes and 40 cysts on her ovaries. Ashley Garrett, 24, has always struggled with heavy and painful periods but was told it was "normal" despite bleeding through her pants. She took herself to the doctors aged 16 and was put on the contraceptive pill which helped regulate her blood flow but didn't help with her pain. At aged 20 she was told she was possibly infertile and had PCOS - a common condition that affects how a woman's ovaries work. Ashley continued to go to the doctors and was eventually given an ultrasound which revealed she had two uteruses - which were heart-shaped - and two cervixes.
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Pre-baby preparations? Top things parents do to get ready for a baby
How early should you have everything ready to go before the baby arrives? According to a new survey of 2,000 American parents with kids aged five and under, everything should be ready to go five weeks before the baby is due. Parents’ top checklist items, pre-baby, were having the hospital bag packed (82%), setting up the baby’s nursery/sleep space (75%) and stocking the home with everyday essentials, like toilet paper and laundry detergent (74%). Conducted by Talker Research in partnership with Safety 1st for Baby Safety Awareness Month in September, the study found that safely baby-proofing the home was also a top priority during the third trimester (43%).
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Car smashes through front of bungalow while "parallel parking"
A car smashed straight through the front of a bungalow after the driver had a mishap while "parallel parking". CCTV shows the Jaguar I-Pace pull up, appear to start to park, before shooting forwards at speed, towards home. Locals in Holgate, York, said it was a lucky escape for the resident who was in the home at the time of the smash. The whole front wall of the property caved in, and utility providers were on site trying to make it safe for a further 12 hours, an onlooker said. Fire, ambulance and police attended the scene following the crash around 11am on Friday (20).
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Russian drone may have breached Romanian air space during overnight attack on Ukraine
A Russian drone may have breached the national airspace of NATO member Romania for "a very brief period of under three minutes" overnight during an attack on neighbouring Ukraine, the Romanian defence ministry said on Friday. The drone attack on the southern Ukrainian town of Izmail, just across the Danube river from Romania, killed three people and injured 14, Odesa regional prosecutors said on Friday. The Ukrainian air force said it had shot down 24 of 32 drones.
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Europe’s 12 best wine regions to visit – and three vineyard holidays to book
As wine lovers in the UK, we’re in the enviable position of being a hop, skip and a jump away from Europe’s great wine regions. Bordeaux, the world’s most popular wine destination with 6.8 million visitors a year, is less than a two-hour flight away, while the home of everyone’s favourite bubbly, Champagne, can be easily reached by rail.
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Brewing a cold beer on a warming planet is hard. Germany uses education to fight climate change
MUNICH (AP) — The keys to combating the climate change that's wreaking havoc on Germany's beer industry could lie inside a plant nursery — nicknamed "our kindergarten" — at the Society of Hop Research north of Munich.
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Trump says he will meet Zelensky despite campaign criticism
The last-minute meeting comes amid Trump's increasing criticism of US funding for the war in Ukraine.
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Battle Lines: Israel prepares for ground offensive in Lebanon
On today’s episode of Battle Lines we speak to the Telegraph’s Adrian Blomfield in Beirut, and photographer Heathcliff O’Malley in Tel Aviv about the possibility of a ground war in Lebanon. The Israeli Defense Forces top general has told his troops to be ready to enter Lebanon to fight Hezbollah on their own turf for the first time since 2006. While American diplomats rush to broker a ceasefire, the Middle East stands on the brink of unlikely peace or an even bloodier war.
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Schools and roads closed after more flooding
More heavy rain hits Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire overnight, leading to flooding.
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Mom's terminal brain tumor symptoms dismissed as postpartum anxiety
A mum has told how her terminal brain tumour symptoms were dismissed as postpartum anxiety. Kelsey Stokstad, 31, got pins and needles in her arm while cleaning windows and went to hospital but turned down a CT scan because she couldn't afford it. Doctors put her symptoms down to postpartum anxiety but when the tingles spread to her leg and ended in a seizure, she had tests. The content creator was diagnosed with a grade three astrocytoma tumour in her brain and given two-to-five years to live. But after 33 rounds of radiotherapy and 12 rounds of chemotherapy she was handed a lifeline when she qualified to trial a new drug. Vorasidenib, or Voranigo, specifically treats brain and spinal cancer, and is set to make her condition manageable.
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Woman flew to Sweden for 12 hours to try Swedish meatballs - for just £44
A woman flew to Sweden for just 12 hours to try Swedish meatballs - for just £44. Adelina Popa, 28, is a self-proclaimed "extreme day-tripper" and often visits European cities in just one day. Her most recent trip saw her visit the city of Malmö, in the south of Sweden, on September 23, 2024. Adelina flew from Bristol Airport to Copenhagen on a £44 return flight at 8:40am. She then got a 25 minute train across the border to Malmö - costing £20 for a return.
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Meet mini ponies touring hospitals and schools to give therapeutic cuddles
Meet the pint-sized ponies visiting hospitals, schools and care homes - providing therapeutic cuddles for those in need. Owner Sarah Woodland, 42, was gifted two mini Shetland ponies in the summer of 2022 by a friend. Poppy, 16, and Tinks, 17, stand at just 30 inches tall and love being stroked and fussed over. Sarah started doing private one-to-one enrichment sessions with the pair before deciding to visit a local care home with them to encourage residents connect with the animals. The session went so well she decided to make them both therapy ponies - to provide comfort and interaction to people who need it - and now she takes them into special schools, hospitals and care homes.
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Grandmother says her tortoise stops traffic when people see her take him to pub
Grandmum Jackie Leek has struck up a remarkable bond with a giant tortoise which she takes everywhere with her - including down the pub. Jackie, 58, first bought the African sulcata tortoise she calls Mr Miyagi for company when recovering from cancer 18 months ago. Since then the pair have become inseparable and she has taken the eight-year-old tortoise on holiday in her caravan and for regular strolls on the beach. He weighs around three stone (19kg) and is expected to be around 10 stone (63kg) when he gets older.
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Giant veg on display at the Malvern Autumn Show
Contestants show off their vegetables during the Malvern Autumn Show Giant Veg at Three Counties Showground. Video filmed 26/09/24.
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Pet owner delighted after cat brings home winning scratchcard - worth £10
A pet owner was left delighted when her cat brought home a winning scratchcard - bagging her £10. Megan Christian, 33, says one-year-old Monkey often arrives with unusual items. She's previously dragged home a Wetherspoons menu, a coffee sachet and chicken from KFC.
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Is the tailgate more important than the game?
Seven in 10 tailgaters look forward to tailgating season just as much, if not more, than the holiday season, according to new research. A survey of 2,000 adults looked at sentiments around tailgating and found that for many, tailgating is the best part, as a quarter have attended a tailgate without even having tickets to the game it was associated with (24%). Similarly, 22% have attended a tailgate where they had tickets to the game, but stayed at the tailgate instead. This year, nearly a third of respondents plan on attending a tailgate (29%). Conducted by Talker Research in partnership with The Finnish Long Drink, the survey explored what the perfect tailgating experience would look like. On average, respondents believe that tailgates should begin two hours before the game starts, leaving about an hour to spend with fellow game-watchers beforehand. Timeliness is especially important for the 36% who think it’s rude to show up after the game has already started.

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