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Pets

‘I lost all my pets’: Cyclone leaves man barely with anything

Paul Anderson is trying to save three family homes in the Hawke’s Bay settlement of Pakowhai. Photo / RNZ / Phil Pennington By Phil Pennington, RNZ Paul Anderson is standing in the rain, crying. “I lost all my pets,” he said. His family have lived for decades in three houses in a row – his […]

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UK

CCTV shows horrific moment driver ploughs into crowd outside pub

CCTV footage shows the horrific moment a driver deliberately crashed into a group of people gathered outside a pub on a Saturday night last year. Gavin Chesterman, 31, from Pontypool, Wales, was jailed for 40 months for the incident which took place on January 29 last year, WalesOnline reports. Disturbing footage from a nearby video […]

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Gaming

Uber and Lyft driver pay isn’t keeping up with soaring fares,

You’ve probably noticed a steep increase in the ridesharing fares you pay, but your drivers haven’t necessarily received the benefits. UCLA Labor Center researchers have published a study indicating that median Uber and Lyft fares increased by 50 percent between February 2019 and April 2022, but media driver pay only climbed 31 percent. The companies’ […]

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Automotive

Furious driver gets revenge on neighbour for stealing parking

Much of the UK has been dealing with freezing temperatures this winter, with the morning commute being made harder by the need to clear frosty windscreens. One man has taken this much further by getting his own back after his neighbour stole the parking spot he had cleared. Taking to Reddit, the man set the […]

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Canada

Driver arrested after city bus hits daycare in Laval, Que., at

One person was arrested after a city bus hit a daycare on Wednesday morning in Laval, Que., just north of Montreal, injuring at least five people.  A Laval police spokesperson said a bus from the Société de transport de Laval hit a daycare in the Sainte-Rose neighbourhood, on Terrasse Dufferin around 8:30 a.m.  Quebec Transport Minister François Bonnardel said […]

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UK

Driver killed after lorry catches fire in horror motorway crash

A lorry driver has died after their HGV caught fire following a horror motorway crash. Two HGVs collided on the M62 near Warrington, Cheshire, in the early hours of the morning. Emergency services rushed to the scene, near junction 10 for the M6 and found one lorry ablaze. The driver of that vehicle was declared dead […]

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Automotive

Car erupts into flames after driver uses blankets to keep battery

A motorist’s vehicle erupted into flames after they used blankets and towels to keep their car battery warm after a journey. Unsurprisingly, the fire service issued a statement warning people against doing this. On their social media channels, West Midlands Fire Service wrote: “Please don’t try this at home – or anywhere! The driver used […]

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UK

Six people injured in hit and run as police hunt fleeing driver

A hit and run in the north London borough of Harringay has left six people suffering injuries, with four having to be taken to hospital. The Met Police are now trying to trace the driver who failed to stop for the pedestrians. Officers rushed to the scene on Green Lanes, near to the junction with […]

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Automotive

Driver suffers McDonald’s ‘parking hell’ after he receives two

McDonald’s on Newmarket Road in Cambridge is a popular destination for drivers. However, there have been reports recently from shocked customers who’ve dined and parked their cars at the restaurant only to discover later that they’d been given fixed penalty notices. Shapour Meftah was one unlucky customer who had a particularly expensive dining experience. When […]

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Technology

DevOps Will Be a Dominant Driver In The Cloud Computing Arena In

DevOps will be a dominant driver in the cloud computing arena in 2023, according to leading data and analytics company GlobalData, as enterprises advance their app modernization strategies. This prediction came about as part of research by GlobalData Technology Analyst Charlotte Dunlap, who notes that significant innovations in sophisticated application architectures will usher in new serverless deployment […]