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Edd Dracott
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JD Vance joins world tributes to Pope Francis after Easter Sunday meeting
French President Emmanuel Macron said Pope Francis wanted to ‘unite people with one another and with nature’.
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Edd Dracott
21 Apr 2025
UK
‘LemonAid’ boys, seven, thirsty for more success after £100,000 charity campaign
‘We can’t just do this on our own, because we are just two little kids.’
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Edd Dracott
28 May 2021
UK
An apology from Cummings ‘isn’t going to cut it’, says bereaved son
Mert Dogus joined a number of people who lost loved ones to Covid in condemning what they had heard from Dominic Cummings.
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Edd Dracott
26 May 2021
UK
A movement not a moment: Britons pay tribute to George Floyd a year since death
Demonstrators have said they hope to ensure the Black Lives Matter movement is ‘not just a moment’.
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Edd Dracott
25 May 2021
UK
Immigration detentions protester warns Home Office ‘shouldn’t act like mafia’
Mohammad Asif was one of hundreds of people who acted to stop an enforcement van in Glasgow’s southside on Thursday.
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Edd Dracott
14 May 2021
UK
‘BoJo of Blackburn’ Tiger Patel wins election seat after viral campaign video
Mr Patel beat the incumbent councillor by more than 100 votes after a campaign video showed him giving peace signs next to X-rated graffiti.
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Edd Dracott
7 May 2021
UK
Pilot raises funds to buy and ship 30 oxygen concentrators to India
Chris Hall, who works for Virgin Atlantic, hopes to fly the machines over himself.
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Edd Dracott
4 May 2021
UK
Cancer patient cycles hundreds of miles as public join Captain Tom challenge
Frank McEwan has a terminal diagnosis but has committed to 100 laps of Rutland Water.
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Edd Dracott
2 May 2021
UK
Captain Tom challenge: Man counts to 100 for first time since stroke
Gary Yates, 58, has been practising his counting for weeks and raised more than £1,000 for charity in the process.
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Edd Dracott
2 May 2021
UK
Art exhibition showcases homeless people’s photos throughout lockdown
Six homeless people were paid to fill disposable cameras during the UK lockdowns, with the images now going on display in an exhibition in London.
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Edd Dracott
28 Apr 2021
UK
‘Calm’ eight-year-old praised after directing emergency services to house fire
Cody Peterson dialled 999 and successfully guided three fire crews to the scene in Watford.
By
Edd Dracott
26 Apr 2021
UK
Relatives of black and Asian war dead call for change to national curriculum
Descendants said the Commonwealth War Grave Commission’s racism findings should be ‘just the start’.
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Edd Dracott
23 Apr 2021
UK
Disabled nine-year-old wears bowler hat and tie for duke’s funeral
Noah Wall, who was born with a rare brain condition, said he felt ‘proud to be British’.
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Edd Dracott
17 Apr 2021
UK
Author receives date offers after mum announces ‘he’s single’ to book conference
Menachem Kaiser’s mother Judy told more than 100 viewers ‘the answer many of you may be wondering’.
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Edd Dracott
14 Apr 2021
UK
Scary trousers and a beard barb – public share memories of meeting Philip
‘He looked at me… and said, ‘well, you’re going to have to learn to grow a better beard than that!’
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Edd Dracott
10 Apr 2021
UK
Woman follows ‘childhood dream’ to become a foster parent during pandemic
Sarah Smith had little idea what was in store when she applied to be a foster carer in February 2020, but is encouraging others to follow suit.
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Edd Dracott
6 Apr 2021
UK
Easter-inspired restaurant owner offers burglar a job after break-in
Carl Wallace said he wants to ‘break the cycle’ of the burglar’s criminal actions.
By
Edd Dracott
4 Apr 2021
UK
Fireball stuns onlookers in Seattle as SpaceX rocket burns in atmosphere
The second stage rocket was briefly confused for a plane and ‘aliens’ by some onlookers.
By
Edd Dracott
26 Mar 2021
UK
Brothers, three and five, send hundreds of thank you cards to frontline workers
‘Kindness is our religion,’ the boys’ mother said.
By
Edd Dracott
23 Mar 2021
UK
‘Speechless’ hiker spots rare Brocken spectre weather phenomenon in Wales
The rare weather quirk was spotted by Liam Roberts on a mountain in North Wales.
By
Edd Dracott
22 Mar 2021
UK
David Attenborough writes ‘beautiful’ reply to reassure concerned four-year-old
Otis Allen had written to Sir David asking if humans will one day become extinct ‘like the dinosaurs’.
By
Edd Dracott
17 Mar 2021
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