Son kept mother’s body in freezer for three years, claimed £78,000 pension; jailed in UK | World News

Christopher Phillips/Image: Sky News A 60-year-old man has been jailed after concealing his mother’s body in a chest freezer at their home for almost three years while continuing to claim more than £78,000 in her pension and state benefits.Christopher Phillips, from Porthcawl, Wales, was sentenced to two years and four months in prison after admitting…

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‘Killed her, took bank card, put body in a suitcase’: Chilling details of the murder of aid worker who helped refugees in Greece, Afghan building cleaner arrested

26-year-old Afghan man arrested on charges of murdering British woman Elisabeth Ross in Greece where Ross used to help migrants. Two weeks after 38-year-old Elisabeth Ross was found stuffed inside a suitcase in central Athens, police arrested an Afghan suspect over the death of the British woman who was an aid worker who used to…

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California approved a State Farm insurance settlement after proposed increases reached 52%; the deal is estimated to save consumers about $530 million

State Farm Settlement Saving California Consumers Approximately $530 Million Receives Final Approval California insurance regulators have officially approved a settlement with State Farm General after the insurer requested premium increases of up to 52 per cent. The deal is expected to save homeowners and renters across the state about $530 million (£395 million), reports the…

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An 82-year-old Australian grandfather and his 18-year-old grandson cycled 5,300km through deserts and headwinds, raising $65,000 for MND support

Bob Montgomery and Tom Malcolm crossed the finish line on Sunday (Picture: MND NSW) An 82-year-old grandfather and his 18-year-old grandson have completed a nearly 5,300-kilometre cycling journey across Australia to raise money and awareness for motor neurone disease (MND), a condition that has deeply affected their family.Bob Montgomery and Tom Malcolm crossed the finish…

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California woman was swept down the Kern River and found clinging beneath a rock; rescuers pulled her from the rapids

Photo credit: Kern County Sheriff/YouTube A woman was pulled to safety after falling into California’s Kern River and being carried downstream by the fast-moving current, in a rescue that was captured on dramatic video over the weekend. First responders found her partially submerged beneath a rock outcropping near a steep cliff before using a life…

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Bill Gates’ $650 million hydrogen superyacht, built for silence, sparked online protests after a loud party disturbed an Italian village | World News

A superyacht designed to redefine luxury through silence and sustainability has unexpectedly found itself at the centre of a noise controversy. The 390-foot (119-metre) hydrogen-powered Breakthrough, originally commissioned for Bill Gates before being sold to Canadian billionaire Patrick Dovigi, reportedly sparked online complaints after an onboard party disturbed residents of a quiet Italian village. Anchored…

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In 1986, Alan Watson Featherstone promised to restore Scotland’s ancient Caledonian Forest, and by 2012 one million native trees had been planted | World News

In 1986, at a conference on the global ecological crisis held in Findhorn, Scottish ecologist Alan Watson Featherstone stood before hundreds of delegates and made a public commitment. He promised to begin restoring the ancient Caledonian Forest, one of Britain’s last remnants of native pine woodland. At the time, the idea was ambitious. Much of…

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Quote of the day by Arnold Schwarzenegger: “What is the point of being on this Earth if you…” – a timeless lesson on being unapologetically yourself | World News

Quote of the Day by Arnold Schwarzenegger (AP photo) People are often taught, from a young age, to fit in quietly, follow the path already laid out, and avoid standing out too much. Arnold Schwarzenegger built his entire life pushing back against that instinct. “What is the point of being on this Earth if you…

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Florida Attorney General threatens catholic schools over vaccine mandate policy, says accept exemptions or lose funding | World News

Florida AG James Uthmeier. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has urged Catholic schools across the state to recognise religious exemptions from mandatory vaccinations, warning that failure to do so could put their access to state-funded education voucher programmes at risk.In a letter sent to the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops on Friday, Uthmeier argued that…

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In 1972, a millionaire built an artificial island in the Pacific to create a tax-free country, but it disappeared before becoming a nation | World News

Republic of Minerva, Image: AI Generated What if you could build your own country, write your own laws and never pay taxes again? That was the extraordinary vision behind the Republic of Minerva, a self-declared nation founded on an artificial island in the South Pacific in the early 1970s. Backed by wealthy investors and libertarian…

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