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Award-winning council houses compared to a 'multi-storey car park'

10:17, 20 Oct 2024, updated

11:46, 20 Oct 2024



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Olivia Allhusen

Locals have flocked to the defense of a prize-winning block of council houses after they've been slammed as ‘utterly hideous' and compared to a ‘multistorey car park’ online.

Despite receiving a prestigious award for its unique architecture - Chowdhury Walk in Hackney wasn’t spared a barrage of criticism on social media - with one person going as f...
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Liam Payne fans join thousands at candlelit vigils across the globe

21:08, 20 Oct 2024, updated 21:09, 20 Oct 2024 By Olivia Allhusen and Katherine Lawton and Megan Howe and Noor Qurashi

Emotional fans of Liam Payne joined candlelit vigils across the globe tonight to remember the One Direction star.

Liam, 31, tragically plunged to his death from the balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday.

Heartbroken fans came together throughout the day to pay their respects at vigils around the world, including one at the Peter Pan Statue in...
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Woman lets ivy cover her millionaire's row home for 25 years

By Olivia Allhusen Published: 11:11, 6 October 2024 | Updated: 11:31, 6 October 2024 A woman who allowed ivy to completely take over her £4m townhouse for 25 years has finally decided to chop it down.Clare Kitchen, 58, said her mother planted the reddish creeper in the garden of her home in upmarket Parliament Hill near Hampstead Heath, west London in 1999.It has run riot since, covering windows and becoming a a social media sensation, stopping passersby in their tracks with its striking...
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I snapped my spine while surfing world's biggest waves - but I won't quit

A BRIT who ditched a "soul-crushing" job to surf the world's biggest waves revealed how despite breaking his back he won't quit.Andrew Cotton, 42, is a professional big-wave surfer who gave up a career as a plumber to spend his time hunting down terrifying swells.The daredevil has suffered “numerous” injuries and close calls during his risky venture and once nearly paid the ultimate price.A particularly near miss saw Andrew “rag-dolled around” underwater before rising to the surface in “excrucia...
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Oldest animal to walk earth has lived through 40 presidents & met late Queen

THE OLDEST animal walking the earth has lived through eight British monarchs, 40 US presidents and could be even older than first thought.Meet Jonathan, the giant tortoise who is 192 years old - at the “absolute” minimum.The “gentleman tortoise” is thought to have hatched around 1832 at the latest in the Seychelles, since living through the reign of eight British monarchs.He was brought to Saint Helena when he was "fully mature" - a label given to tortoises when they are at least 50 years old -...
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Incredible tale of sailor who survived 438 days at sea on turtles & bird BLOOD

THE story of a castaway who survived 15 months at sea by living off blood from birds is true, a former US ambassador has said.Many had doubted the tale but Tom Armbruster told The Sun how he was one of few people to meet with the survivor and said there’s "no credible reason" he would lie.José Salvador Alvarenga had left Mexico with a pal in December 2012 for what was meant to be a two-day fishing trip - but he ended up spending 438 days adrift in the Pacific Ocean after his boat lost power. Tom...
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Roswell investigator revealed 2nd UFO crash site with alien 'still breathing'

THE lead investigator of the infamous Roswell crash revealed a second UFO site where an alien "was found still breathing", according to his grandson.77 years after the incident that sparked wild alien conspiracies around the world, Jesse Marcel spoke to The Sun about what his grandfather found in the New Mexico desert. Jesse Marcel Snr was the first military officer tasked with investigating the 1947 Roswell incident - where "flying disc" debris was found near a New Mexico ranch. But after Marc...
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I worked world's most dangerous job - fear of fatal fall never stopped me

A "NOMAD" who worked the most dangerous job in the world insists it was worth it for the huge pay cheque - despite the risk of plunging to his death.Brandyn Wood scaled monstrous 1200ft structures to fix internet and data towers and change lightbulbs to fund his dream of travelling the globe.The 33-year-old Floridian used to be a tower climber - a perilous career choice which claims hundreds of lives per year.Stomach-churning images show the dare-devil donning dark shades as he hangs in a harnes...
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Vid shows lonely manatee banging head against tank as experts blast 'torture'

Watch the heart-breaking video of the manatee in solitary confinement

ALL ALONE Tragic video shows ‘world’s loneliest manatee Buffett banging head against aquarium tank’ as experts blast ‘torture’

A TEAR-JERKING video shows the world's loneliest manatee repeatedly banging his head against his tank as experts slam aquarium staff for "torture".

The mammal, known as Buffet, is 37 and has been living alone at Mote Laboratory and Aquarium in Sarasota, Florida for the past year.

Disturbingly, Buff
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I was butchered by surgeon who went on holiday before sewing up fist-sized hole

A MUM claims she was butchered by a cosmetic surgeon and "left to rot" with oozing fist-sized holes in her tummy.

When Victoria Michaels woke from the tummy tuck procedure, she said she was left in "excruciating pain" and the surgeon was nowhere to be seen.

Victoria had hoped to wake up with her dream figure - but instead, she was confronted with a "horrendous" mutilated body.

The 30-year-old has slammed her doctor saying the woman "almost killed (her)" and gave her the "worst treatment ever"
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We know apocalypse is coming - we've hoarded YEARS worth of weapons & food

A COUPLE preparing for an apocalypse revealed how they stockpile years' worth of food and weapons to survive the end of the world - and they are encouraging others to do the same.

Montana residents, Colton and Carrie, told The Sun how they're professional "preppers" and will go to extreme lengths to defend their supplies should disaster strike.

As Russia continues its relentless onslaught in Ukraine and Israeli bombs pummel Gaza, the threat of WW3 is closer than ever before.

Carrie and Colton
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I died for 6 minutes after I was crushed by concrete…pals held my head together

A DAD who died for six minutes after his head was crushed by a concrete block has told how his friends held his skull together to keep him alive.

Mike Wolo, 52, was working when a 10,000lb slab of stone fell onto him - squashing his face to just three inches wide and blowing one of his eyes out of its socket.

He was left so disfigured that pals couldn’t find his mouth to perform CPR and witnesses said his head resembled a "mushroom ready to erupt”.

Mike’s lifeless body hung limp as he was pin
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I work in world’s deepest oceans - you can make £700 a DAY but it’s dangerous

DEEP DIVE I work in world’s deepest oceans – you can make £700 a DAY & get free accommodation but it’s not for the faint-hearted

A SAILOR who has worked in the world's deepest oceans has revealed how she rakes in the cash and lives a life of luxury - but it's not for the faint-hearted.

Larkin Bohn, 44, has sailed the seven seas for more than 12 years and has even visited the notoriously treacherous North Sea and the hair-raising Mariana Trench.

Although the "dangerous" job involves "greasy an
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I probed ‘Nazca mummies’ DNA proves they're REAL, claims investigator

THE 'Nazca alien mummies' are real and DNA evidence proves they co-existed with humans, an investigator has claimed.

Jois Mantilla, who worked closely with the mummies to identify their origins, believes he's made a breakthrough DNA discovery that could "change the course of history" and is more important than the moon landing.

Several mysterious extraterrestrial-looking mummies - dubbed the "Nazca mummies" - have been found across Peru in a set of chilling discoveries.

Jois Mantilla, a Peruv
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I ditched luxury to live in one of world’s biggest slums with love of my life

Watch our exclusive interview with Leni and Vinn from their home in Kenya

SHANTY LOVE I ditched luxury to live in one of world’s biggest slums with love of my life – we didn’t even have a toilet

AN influencer who quit her life of luxury to live in a slum with the love of her life has revealed how they are now local celebs earning thousands a month.

Leni Weise, 24, met her now husband Vinn Pacbro, 23, on a work trip in Kenya - and dropped everything to move 6,000 miles across the world to be w
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Mum's warning as Brit son left unable to speak after horror crash in Thailand

A MAN who was trapped in Thailand after a horrific bike crash left him in a coma has finally returned to the UK.

Adrian Wallace, 34, was hit by a car while he was on holiday in Phuket and his distraught family didn't have the funds to bring him home.

The 34-year-old was flown home after spending two months in a hospital in Thailand.

He was accompanied by medics for the 23-hour journey to the UK and taken by ambulance from the airport to the Royal Sussex County Hospital.

Although Adrian is no
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Mum left vomiting after trying 'speed-toading' trend dubbed 'miracle cure'

A MUM has opened up about the dark side of "speed-toading" that left her vomiting and struggling to breathe.

Samantha Gonzalez, 37, was expecting to experience an "orgasm of light and love and beauty" - but she was left terrified.

"Speed-toading" is a term used for smoking a potent drug made from toad venom through a pipe.

Although it's become a popular choice of "healing" recently, the substance - also called bufo alvarius - has been known about since the Middle Ages.

Celebrities such as Mi
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Dad forced to make crushing choice after bear tore face off in horror attack

A DAD has told how he was left picking up pieces of flesh from the ground after his face was ripped off by a grizzly bear.

Jeremy Evans was so sure he wouldn’t survive that he tried to end his life "on his own terms" as he lay with a mutilated face and his fingers "broken and going different directions".

The 38-year-old had recently become a father and gone on a hunting trip in the remote Alberta Rockies, Canada - a regular hobby for him.

But this time, he was viciously attacked multiple time
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I created Spain's 'hottest woman' - haters slam her for being 'too perfect'

A NEW type of influencer has been taking the internet by storm earning big bucks and racking up a “phenomenal” 250,000 Instagram followers in just six months.

Aitana Lopez is a sight to behold and with her luscious pink locks, snatched waist and flawless skin she is envied by many - but she has one astonishing secret.

The 25-year-old - who models for Spanish fashion agency The Clueless - is a state-of-the art AI creation designed to save the company money and time.

Despite her computer-genera
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I set world 'death diving' record - one mistake would have killed me

A MAN dubbed "the last viking on earth" cheated death when he smashed the world record by plunging 40 metres off a cliff into freezing water.

In a video viewed over 20million times, Ken Stornes threw himself off a platform above a deep Norwegian river - arms and legs flailing - and disappeared into the depths below.

Ken told The Sun what it took to pull of this incredible feat and revealed that he “expected to almost die”, knowing if he messed up “everything would go dark”.

Built like an Ox,
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I get job-shamed for my inappropriate outfits…but it won't stop me

A SCIENTIST who wrestles crocodiles and deadly beasts on a daily basis has hit back at cruel trolls slamming her "unprofessional" bikini shots.

Rosie Moore, 27, says she faces inappropriate behaviour at work - but it won't stop her pursuing her dream and wants to inspire young girls to get into science.

She told The Sun: "It's really interesting to see how polarising just my image is.

"Some people think it's the coolest thing ever that I model and do science, but then there are other people t
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I live off-grid in a jungle home we built by hand - I've saved thousands

A REAL-LIFE Tarzan has revealed what life is like to live off-grid in a tree house in the middle of the Hawaiian jungle.

Alison Teal has lived with her parents all her life - and although it might be unusual - her home is very different from the image that springs to mind when you think of a tree house.

The explorer has had an unconventional upbringing and in her early years she lived in a tent pitched anywhere from Mount Everest to the Rajasthan desert.

And, when her adventurer parents decid
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Anorexia battle nearly killed me - now I'm a record-breaking base jumper

THE BRAVEST JUMP I weighed 5st and couldn’t walk after anorexia battle nearly killed me – now I’m a record-breaking base jumper

A WOMAN who once weighed just 5st while battling anorexia has told how she bravely turned her life around to become a record-breaking base jumper.

Daniela Dragan entered the fight of her life when anorexia took hold, but after conquering the cruel disease, she now cheats death in a different way.

The daredevil has soared to new heights in recent years performing deat
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I was gun-toting gangster age 12 & earned £40k a MONTH…now I'm a prison minister

GANG HELL I was a gun-toting gangster in notorious LA mob age 12 and earned £40k a MONTH…now I’m repenting as a prison minister

A MINISTER who spent his childhood in one of Los Angeles' notorious gangs has told how he turned his life around to become a preacher in prisons.

Johnny Chang, 34, was recruited into the Wah Ching gang aged just 12 and spent more than a decade in and out of prison.

From being involved in armed robberies and kidnappings to watching his friend die in his arms, Johnny h
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