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Dalibor SenticDalibor Sentic only had limited details to help him track down Claire and PeterA man forced to flee war in Croatia as a child has used social media to find and thank the siblings from Wales, who sent him a Christmas present more than 30 years ago.Dalibor Sentic was 10 when in the early 1990s his family fled the newly independent country – which had recently become involved in the Balkan war – for Stockholm, Sweden.Dalibor had received a gift from two young siblings, eight-year-old Claire and Peter, six, from Mold, Flintshire, and had hoped to track them down…
BBC/Kevin ChurchAfter five heatwaves and plenty of advice on how to stay safe in what is set to become the UK’s hottest summer on record, many people continue to find it a challenge to stay cool – particularly in their homes.This is perhaps no surprise. More than half of homes in the UK are already at risk of overheating and at current rates of climate change this will rise to 92% by 2050 if we do not adapt.But in south London, on a 35C day, one 1960s ex-council house with no air-conditioning is managing to beat the heat. Marion Baeli’s…
Watch: Taking a 180mph spin round America’s birthday Grand Prix racetrackThe Freedom 250 Grand Prix is part of the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations and the first major auto race in the US capital in more than 24 years.13 hrs agoUS & Canada
ReutersThe boy was found alone on Japan’s highest mountain A father has been reprimanded by police after leaving his son on Japan’s highest mountain for several hours with just a soft drink and snack, local media report.The seven-year-old was spotted sitting on a bench on Mount Fuji in foggy and rainy conditions, at a point situated at over 2,000m (6,500ft).His father, 48, reportedly told him to “wait here” after the boy complained he was tired – and continued the climb with his elder son.Staff at a mountain hut found the child near the sixth station of a hiking route towards…
Instagram: sydney_marathonThe medal design appears to show Munich’s Allianz Arena on the bottom-rightOne week out from the world-renowned Sydney Marathon, organisers face questions about whether designers etched the wrong city’s stadium on the participation medal. The medal appears to feature a stadium carved in the likeness of Allianz Arena in the German city of Munich, rather than Allianz Stadium in Sydney – which the 42.2km (26.2 mile) course runs past.The BBC has reached out to Sydney Marathon for comment.Some 40,000 runners will be taking part in the event on 30 August, after more than 120,000 ballot entries.They continued: “A beautiful…
Getty ImagesHayden Panettiere’s death at the age of 36 was announced earlier this weekHayden Panettiere was 16 when drugs first arrived in her life in Hollywood.Ahead of a red carpet event for the hit series Heroes, she has said someone on her team handed her a pill to help amp up her energy. The hit sci-fi NBC series had catapulted the teen into a household name – and that brought with it intense pressure and exhaustion she says felt overwhelming.”Within minutes, a wave of energy washed over me, like I’d just woken up from the most refreshing night’s sleep of…
Reuters/GettyPrince Harry and six other public figures face paying up to £34.5m to the publisher of the Daily Mail after a High Court judge imposed an exceptional order for legal costs over their failed privacy case.The seven claimants, also including Sir Elton John and Liz Hurley, must pay an initial £9.54m by Friday of next week to Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL).The judge ruled that the case was a rare one in which the claimants should have to pay far in excess of the costs that had been agreed before trial, criticising how they presented their claims as “unreasonable to a…
‘Quiet, quiet, quiet!’ – What triggers Trump to shut down reporters?As the US president insults a journalist again, the BBC looks at the questions he does not like to answer.3 hrs agoUS & Canada
ReutersThe Duchess of Sussex is in talks to return to acting with a role in Netflix series The Gentlemen, the BBC has learned. Discussions are in their early stages but this would be Meghan’s first significant acting role since her marriage to Prince Harry.Much of the two previous series of The Gentlemen, which was created by Guy Ritchie, have been filmed in the Cotswolds – the area it is rumoured Harry and Meghan will set up home when they return to the UK later this month. The Gentlemen, starring the actor Theo James, is a comedy series about a duke…
Getty ImagesWarning: This story contains distressing details and discussion of attempted suicideLindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mum who has been charged with murdering her three children, was suffering from a “command hallucination” at the time, a forensic psychiatrist has told the jury in her trial.The defence, which rested its case on Friday, does not dispute that Clancy carried out the killings but say she has pleaded not guilty to murder charges because she was experiencing postpartum psychosis.Forensic psychiatrist Phillip Resnick, the defence’s final witness, testified about the effects of postpartum psychosis.Lindsay Clancy’s trial puts postpartum psychosis in the spotlight”My opinion is…