InstagramStrictly Come Dancing winner Dianne Buswell has given fans a rare glimpse into her £3.5million mansion[/caption]
PAIt came after she scooped the show Glitterball with comedian Chris McCausland[/caption]
Instagram/joe_suggShe shares the huge home with boyfriend Joe Sugg[/caption]
It was Dianne‘s first BBC One show win and the pair also made history with Chris being the first blind contestant to scoop the title.
With her hectic Strictly training routine now over for the year, Dianne has been eager to hunker down in the Sussex countryside.
She clutched her Glitterball trophy as she struck a pose in her huge hallway, which was adorned with celebratory balloons, glitterballs and a 2024 winner banner.
Fairy lights had been attached to the modern glass-walled staircase while a huge Christmas tree could be seen behind her in the open plan living space.
Dianne stood on a snug rug at the centre of the wood-floored room which featured a large pine cabinet.
At the top of the stairs, white walls give a fresh appearance while a modern piece of art showed Dianne and Joe enjoying a kiss.
The happy couple – who met on Strictly – then posed for a cute picture looking up at their decorations.
HAPPY CHAPTER
The duo have been in a long-term relationship for six years, after they met on set in 2018.
They now share the stunning home, fit with a handy home-gym and luxurious decor, which set them back a cool £3.5M.
With chic interior throughout, the home boasts a contemporary neutral colour palette with an array of comforting textures like fur chairs, a natural rug and soft couches.
In the living room, the scene is set with a crackling open-fire and a large flat screen TV, with a plush sofa for guests to lounge on.
Above the dining table, Joe and Dianne have made sure they don’t miss a thing and have included an atmospheric, modern chandelier above a large solid wood table, with room for nine guests.
At every corner there are thoughtful decorations and soft furnishings like an incense burner, house plants and draped throws.
All your Strictly Come Dancing winners
Strictly first kicked off back in 2004, and over the years has crowned 21 winners.
Lewis, 31, bought the sprawling West Sussex property for £787,500 in 2016, and listed it last year for £3.5 million, reports the MailOnline.
InstagramThe duo have an open plan living space[/caption]
InstagramThere’s snug sofas and cosy cushions throughout[/caption]
InstagramTheir rural pile features a huge garden[/caption]
The announcement also means that the AFC North clash between the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals has been moved from Fox to CBS – that will stay in its 1pm ET timeslot.
Week 16 will see two games on Saturday with four of the AFC’s top teams all meeting in what will be a big day in the playoff race, while the Denver Broncos and Los Angeles Chargers meet on Thursday Night Football.
The Houston Texans and Kansas City Chiefs go head-to-head at 1pm ET on NBC, before the Pittsburgh Steelers attempt to seal the AFC North title against the Baltimore Ravens at 4.30pm on Fox.
Bills fans had a scary moment on Sunday afternoon when star quarterback Josh Allen took a hit.
He was sent for an X-ray for a potential shoulder injury after the game, but later confirmed he was fine.
After the game, Allen said: “Just took a funky fall. More peace of mind than anything.”
Head coach Sean McDermott confirmed the good news on Monday, adding: “Josh is all good.
“He had some of those tests after the game. He’s all good.”
Allen is the frontrunner for the MVP race with 25 passing touchdowns and 11 rushing TDs – adding two of each against the Lions.
He has three games to four total touchdowns to reach 40 combined for the fifth consecutive year.
Allen is already the only player in NFL history to do it in four straight seasons.
The Patriots slipped to 3-11 after a 30-17 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.
Quarterback Drake Maye said: “Yes, it is definitely deflating.
“You want to get down there and put the defense in a good spot, get some points on the board and get down there and stall out.
“Getting a holding call, which you have to look back. I think it was a holding, I’m not sure what penalty it was, but some unfortunate things happened the whole game really.
“They had a basically a video game, Madden like touchdown in the corner of the end zone, the lineman falling on it.
“They had the interception that was a questionable call, but the refs called it.
“We have to live with it on the interception that we had.
“At the end of the day, I don’t think really any of that matters. I think we just have to execute better.
“Not let those things kind of just decide the game.”
6 days agoUSA UpdateComments Off on Shoppers are ‘obsessed’ with Dollar Tree’s new line of $1.25 cleaning products – and fans urge customers to stock up
STOCKING up your cleaning caddy can often set you back significantly but it doesn’t have to break the bank.
A Dollar Tree shopper shared the range she came across that leaves surfaces sparkling and your home smelling amazing.
TikTok user Kayla showed her followers the budget-friendly cleaning supplies she picked up at Dollar TreeTikTok/@kaylaasmothersKayla advised her audience to pick up the cleaning products, which only cost $1.25 eachTikTok/@kaylaasmothers
In her viral video, TikTok user Kayla (@kaylaasmothers) showed her followers the budget-friendly cleaning products she picked up.
“Dollar Tree is straight up killing it and I swear if I share this with you guys and I can’t find it because it sells out, I’m going to be so sad,” she told her audience.
However, the TikToker added that the new brand is “too good not to share.”
While she pointed out that the range “doesn’t actually have a name,” Kayla held up each of her buys for her viewers to see.
First, she showed off the multi-surface wipes, which she picked up in a tub but that also come in “baby wipe packaging.”
According to the packaging, the tube includes 30 cleaning wipes.
The Dollar Tree fan also held up a spray bottle, which she explained was a granite and marble cleaner.
However, Kayla revealed that she has used the product on a most of the surfaces in her home.
“I’ve literally used it for everything because it smells so good,” she said.
She also pointed out that the range also includes a scented dish soap.
And no matter what your personal preference is, they probably have it in stock.
“The dish soap makes me actually want to dishes because it smells fantastic and actually works,” Kayla said.
She opted for a scent that left her house smelling festive for the holiday season.
“I got the peppermint sage, it is so good, I am obsessed,” she explained.
“They also had a lavender and a couple of other scents but I’m a peppermint girly.”
Dollar Tree pricing
Despite the name of the store, Dollar Tree recently added items that cost more than $1 to its inventory.
Most items at the store cost no more than $1.25, but items in the Dollar Tree Plus section cost up to $5.
Dollar Tree introduced Plus aisles to 100 locations in 2019 as part of an effort to diversify its products.
By 2022, Dollar Tree had added the items to over 1,500 locations.
“We believe testing additional price points above $1 for Dollar Tree products will enable us over time to expand our assortments, introduce new products and meet more of our customers’ everyday needs,” president and CEO Michael Witynski said in a statement.
“Our brand promise is that customers get great value for what they spend at Dollar Tree. We will continue to be fiercely protective of that promise, regardless of the price point.”
She joked that the scent was so nice that it “actually makes me want to clean.”
“It makes my house smell so good and any surface, the smell actually stays for a good while,” Kayla added.
The TikToker pointed out that the scent usually doesn’t linger for long with other cleaning products.
She revealed that each of the products only cost her $1.25.
“I have used all three of these the past two days and have fell in love,” she concluded.
The shopper revealed that she used the cleaning wipes on every surface in her home because they smell so goodTikTok/@kaylaasmothersKayla joked that her fellow Dollar Tree shoppers better not buy out the entire range (stock image)Getty
6 days agoUSA UpdateComments Off on Orlando Magic star Janis Timma, 32, shared tragic final post before falling to his death in Russia on ex-wife’s birthday
A FORMER NBA player shared a somber final video days before he was found dead in Russia on his ex-wife’s birthday.
The body of Janis Timma, 32, was uncovered on the entrance stairway of a high-rise residential complex in central Moscow on Tuesday.
InstagramFormer NBA player Janis Timma shared a somber video of him playing basketball in the rain days before his death[/caption]
In the video, Timma records a short clip of himself shooting jump shots in the pouring rainInstagramJanis Timma played on the Orlando Magic’s Summer League squad before the start of the 2021-2022 NBA seasonGetty Images - Getty
In an Instagram post shared five days before his death, Timma records a short clip of himself shooting jump shots outside in the pouring rain.
Timma did not caption the post but added the song Boombastic by Jamaican reggae artist Shaggy in the background.
“Boombastic, Tell me fantastic, touch me on the back, She says I’m Mr. Ro-Mantic,” the lyrics in Timma’s video say.
An official cause of death for Timma, who played on the Orlando Magic‘s Summer League squad before the start of the 2021-2022 NBA season, has not been determined.
However, a preliminary cause of death has been ruled as suicide.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text Crisis Text Line at 741741.
More to follow… For the latest news on this story, keep checking back at The U.S. Sun, your go-to destination for the best celebrity news, sports news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures, and must-see videos.
6 days agoUSA UpdateComments Off on Chilling timelapse shows mass graves where ‘100,000 bodies’ of Assad’s enemies were crammed near Damascus
A HARROWING timelapse has exposed the devastating transformation of a once-unremarkable site near Damascus into one of Syria’s largest mass graves.
It was at the site in Al-Qutayfah where tens of thousands of bodies are believed to have been buried under Bashar al-Assad’s barbaric regime.
GettyThe Syrian Civil Defense conduct a work at a separate mass grave in Adra[/caption]
The Al-Qutayfah mass grave, located 50 kilometres northeast of the capital, reveals chilling evidence of the systematic disappearance of Assad’s perceived enemies during the height of the civil war.
Before the outbreak of war in 2011, Al-Qutayfah appeared to be nothing more than open land.
But satellite imagery and witness testimonies suggest the site became a graveyard of atrocities as early as 2012.
By 2013, long trenches — up to 50 meters in length — were dug under strict military supervision, hidden from the public eye.
And over the next several years, refrigerated trucks carrying bodies began arriving under the cover of darkness, dumping human remains into these pits.
Eyewitnesses described horrifying scenes.
Mohammad Abou al-Bahaa, a teacher performing military service in Al-Qutayfah, recalled the “worst smell you could ever smell” emanating from the area.
Soldiers told him it was from “carcasses,” though it quickly became clear these were human bodies, victims of detention centre torture, disease, and execution.
“I would see refrigerated trucks filled with bodies, some in plastic bags and others uncovered,” he told The Times.
One local told Channel 4 News of when he saw a female gymnast among the dead, still wearing her sports clothes, moments before she was buried.
Another, meanwhile, recounted how the fire brigade was once called to thaw over 100 bodies that had frozen together, enabling soldiers to separate and bury them.
“Blood would be pouring out the bottom of the trucks,” said a gravedigger near the site.
For years, civilians were forbidden from approaching the area, their questions silenced by threats.
The timelapse shows how the grave expanded dramatically between 2013 and 2015.
GettyRemains of thousands of bodies of civilians killed by the ousted regime of Bashar al-Assad were found at the Adra mass grave[/caption]
GettyThe Syrian Civil Defense and local authorities pictured digging out more bodies on December 17, 2024[/caption]
GettyThe corpses found at Adra were then loaded onto trucks for further examination[/caption]
Historic satellite images reveal the creation of a 10-acre burial site, which was later surrounded by high walls and bulldozed to erase evidence.
In recent years, the area has been repurposed as a Hezbollah base, with army vehicles and communication equipment scattered across the grounds.
And beneath it, an unthinkable number of bodies remain abandoned and unidentified.
Mouaz Moustafa, executive director of the Syrian Emergency Task Force, told Channel 4 News: “Where are the forensic teams? Where are the experts to exhume and identify the remains? My friends and even family members could be buried here.”
Al-Qutayfah is not the only location to bear witness to the regime’s mass killing.
The nearby Adra graveyard, located in a Damascus suburb, tells a similarly grim story.
The mass burial ground was constructed following the United States’ infamous “red line” warnings in 2014.
In response to Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapon attacks on civilians, President Barack Obama declared that further use of such weapons would trigger military intervention.
Yet, weeks after Assad’s supposed renunciation of chemical weapons, satellite imagery reveals the construction of Adra’s purpose-built mass grave began in July 2014.
Rows of meticulously planned trenches and roads designed for body-filled lorries soon appeared, suggesting a chilling level of organisation.
GettyAn aerial view of the Adra mass grave, where countless persecuted enemies of Assad were carelessly buried[/caption]
GettySeveral of the abandoned bodies still remain unidentified[/caption]
The burial site, located near a government office, expanded systematically over the years, with grave lines appearing in successive satellite images until as recently as 2021.
The timing of the site’s construction coincided with Assad’s contested election victory, which saw his third presidential term inaugurated on July 16, 2014.
At the time, the international community widely condemned the election as illegitimate.
William Hague, then British Foreign Secretary, remarked: “Assad lacked legitimacy before this election, and he lacks it afterwards. This election bore no relation to genuine democracy.”
Despite the regime’s claims of normalcy, Adra’s graveyard became yet another tool of mass terror.
Witnesses interviewed by ITV say that the bodies buried at the site belonged to civilian victims of the Assad regime.
Blood-streaked trucks delivered corpses under the watchful eyes of soldiers, mirroring the practices described at Al-Qutayfa.
The Assad regime’s systematic disposal of bodies reflects the brutal scale of Syria’s conflict.
Of the 136,000 forcibly disappeared Syrians, at least 105,000 remain unaccounted for.
The sites at Al-Qutayfa and Adra represent just a fraction of the fallen regime’s hidden atrocities.
What were Obama's red line warnings?
THE “red line” warnings referred to a statement made by U.S. President Barack Obama in August 2012.
During a press conference, he warned that the use or movement of chemical weapons by Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria would cross a “red line” for the United States, potentially triggering military intervention.
The former US President said at the time: “We have been very clear to the Assad regime… that a red line for us is if we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilised.
“That would change my calculus. That would change my equation.”
This warning came as Syria’s civil war intensified and there were growing concerns over Assad’s stockpile of chemical weapons.
However, the “red line” gained global significance in 2013 after the Syrian regime carried out a large-scale chemical attack in Ghouta, a Damascus suburb, killing over 1,000 people, including civilians.
The attack, widely attributed to Assad’s forces, violated international norms and the US red line.
While military intervention appeared imminent in response to the attack, Obama ultimately backed away from strikes, opting instead for a diplomatic solution brokered by Russia.
In the resulting deal, Assad pledged to dismantle his chemical weapons arsenal and allow international inspections.
The agreement, formalised in 2013, was seen as a temporary resolution, though critics argued it emboldened Assad.
By 2014, Assad was still in power, and evidence suggested continued atrocities, including alleged chemical attacks and mass killings.
The “red line” moment became a symbol of perceived US inaction, sparking criticism that it allowed the Syrian regime to continue its brutal crackdown with little consequence.
6 days agoUSA UpdateComments Off on Ukraine delivers DEADLY Xmas gifts to Putin as vids show Santa & reindeer toys strapped to drones going in for the kill
The video shows Ukraine’s Special Forces swapping the sleigh for a unmanned drones to deliver deadly strikes on Vlad’s thugs – who are firmly on the naughty list.
Twitter/XRudolph is not too keen on soldiers fighting for dictators, it seems[/caption]
Twitter/XSanta swapped his sleigh for a drone to deliver the deadly presents to Putin’s forces[/caption]
Twitter/XA Ukrainian drone zeroing in on one of Putin’s fighters[/caption]
The drones are kitted out with reindeer, penguins and other festive toys that can be seen soaring over the battlefield and hunting down the enemy.
The POV footage shows the drones plunging towards the feckless fighters – sending them scattering and tripping over each other in terror.
They are painfully visible amongst the barren landscape – making it easy to pick them off.
Most of the action is happening in snow-covered fields and forests identified as the Kursk region.
The footage is from the 8th regiment of the Ukrainian Special Forces, which has been engaging North Korean soldiers after they were deployed to the front line this week.
The Ukrainian military said: “The soldiers of the 8th regiment of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine organized a warm welcome for North Korean troops in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.
“Over the course of three days, SSO operators destroyed 50 enemy soldiers and wounded another 47.
“Also during this period, the SSO soldiers hit two armoured vehicles, two cars and one enemy ATV.”
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed this week that “the Russians have begun to use North Korean soldiers in their assaults”, and a number of videos have been released by the military claiming to show active North Korean fighters.
The first clear image of a North Korean fighter’s face in RussiaA video that Ukrainian sources claim shows dead North Korean and Russian soldiers’ bodies stacked together
Ukrainian reports suggest Russian troops are covering up the deaths by placing masks on the faces of fallen North Korean soldiers – or even “burning” their faces to erase identifying features.
Zelenksy condemned Putin’s exploitation of North Korean soldiers, referencing a macabre image that seems to show the face of a body being torched.
He said: “Russia is not only involving North Korean soldiers in assaults on Ukrainian positions but also trying to hide the losses of these people.
“After the battles with our guys, the Russians are also trying to… literally burn the faces of the killed North Korean soldiers.
“This is a demonstration of the contempt that now reigns in Russia—contempt for everything human.
“There is no reason for Koreans to fight and die for Putin.
“And even after their death, all that awaits them from Russia is mockery.”
Even if the president has sympathy for the North Koreans, shipped to fight 4,000 miles from home, it will not stop his forces from unleashing their full firepower on the soldiers.
A picture that Ukraine has claimed shows Russian soldiers torching the face of a dead North Korean soldierTwitter/XEven a penguin joined in the fun in the skies over the Kursk region[/caption]
Twitter/XPutin’s forces scatter as the Ukrainian drone swoops down towards them[/caption]
6 days agoUSA UpdateComments Off on Ukrainian agents ‘tracked Putin general’s routine & swapped scooter battery with BOMB’ in most brazen assassination yet
UKRANIAN agents tracked a top Russian general and swapped an electric scooter battery out for explosives before he was assassinated, a security expert claims.
Putin’s military man Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, 54, was blown up outside of his Moscow home after a device detonated outside the building today.
East2WestLieutenant General Igor Kirillov, 54, was killed in an electric scooter blast outside his Moscow apartment[/caption]
Darren FletcherSecurity expert Will Geddes claimed the general could have been tracked before his death[/caption]
East2WestA bomb outside the Russia’s Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Defence Forces was detonated on Tuesday[/caption]
Kirillov, the head of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Defence Forces (NBC), was assassinated just a day after he was charged with war crimes by Kyiv.
The SBU charged the general in absentia stating he was “responsible for the mass use of banned chemical weapons”.
Ukraine has denied the country had any involvement with the shock assassination inside Putin’s capital.
Despite this, a source from Ukraine’s security service (SBU) told Reuters it was behind the killing.
The insider said Kyiv regarded Kirillov as a war criminal and an “absolutely legitimate target”.
Security expert Will Geddes claimed this type of attack could reveal General Kirillov was spied on in Ukraine’s alleged most brazen killing yet.
Geddes said: “What we can probably determine from how this attack was undertaken was that a period of surveillance, covert surveillance, and reconnaissance was established to determine General Carrillo’s pattern of life, as we would call it.”
The security expert explained that persistent surveillance could have allowed assassins to know when they could strike.
Geddes also explained potentially why explosives were planted in an electric scooter and not elsewhere.
The security expert revealed how a part of this “everyday item” would allow it to turn into a death machine.
He said: “For example, a lithium battery would be held that allows for a considerable amount of explosives to also be concealed, possibly replacing that lithium battery.”
“So to the human eye, you would only see a scooter that was tethered to a lamppost.
“But the reality for an assassin is that this particular electric scooter was packed with explosives that could be detonated the moment Kirilloff left his apartment.”
While it’s unlikely that Ukrainian officials will ever reveal how the assassination took place, let alone take responsibility, Geddes’ expert insight sheds a light on how the bold attack may have taken place.
The specialist claimed assassins could have detonated the device using a phone or a remote.
He said: “It would be safe to say that whoever triggered or detonated that explosive was having a line of sight on Kirilloff when he left the building to ensure that that assassination was going to be successful.”
Law enforcement officials have reportedly claimed a camera with a view of Kirilloff’s apartment could have been propped up in a vehicle parked nearby.
This supposed lens would have had a view of the building’s front door, allowing the bomb to be triggered remotely.
East2WestA blown up electric scooter was discovered at the explosion site[/caption]
East2WestA video reportedly shows the moment a bomb killed Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov[/caption]
East2WestA huge blast was reportedly caught on CCTV footage outside of his apartment building[/caption]
Who is Putin's 'Radioactive Man' Igor Kirillov?
NOTORIOUS Russian general Igor Kirillov is the most senior Russian military officer to be assassinated inside Russia by Ukraine in the latest humiliating blow for Putin.
Dubbed Putin’s radioactive man, Kirillov was yesterday charged with masterminding the use of banned chemical weapons against Ukrainian soldiers.
Charging him in absentia with war crimes, the Ukrainian SBU said he was responsible for more than 4,800 documented cases of Russian troops using chemical munitions since the start of the war.
Kyiv accused the lieutenant general of directing the use of K-1 grenades loaded with banned irritant agents, CS and CN.
Unsuspecting Ukrainian soldiers were forced out of trenches and into direct fire when they were deployed by FPV drones.
At least 2,000 of Kyiv’s troops have been hospitalised since the start of the war as a result, the SBU said.
Kirillov was appointed as Putin’s Chief of the Russian Armed Forces’ Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Defence Troops in 2017.
Born in July 1970 in riverside city Kostroma, Kirillov went on to attend Kostroma Higher Military Command School of Chemical Defence.
He served as a platoon commander in the Western Group of Forces in Germany and the Moscow Military District.
After graduating, he held several posts in Russia’s nuclear, biological and chemical defence forces – becoming the chief in 2017.
Kirillov notoriously helped develop the TOS-2 Tosochka heavy flamethrower system.
In October, he was sanctioned by the UK for using riot control agents in Ukraine after multiple reports of the use of the toxic choking agent chloropicrin during the war.
The UK government said Kirillov was “responsible for helping deploy these barbaric weapons”.
It also accused the general of being “a significant mouthpiece for Kremlin disinformation, spreading lies to mask Russia’s shameful and dangerous behaviour”.
He famously accused American biolabs in Ukraine of developing drones containing thousands of mosquitoes carrying infectious diseases.
The war criminal alleged there were plans to deploy the drones to infect Russian troops – and ultimately kill them.
Images showed how the electric scooter blast was powerful enough to rip the windows and doors off the front of the building.
It is believed around 200 grams of TNT were used to blow the general up.
This attack was significant as the killings of senior officials have been carried out in Russia but assassinations inside Moscow are rare.
Geddes revealed the slaying of such a high-level military official was a significant move.
He said: “Kirilloff is one of probably the most senior, military officers in Russia to have been targeted within Russia, which in itself is a very serious, statement being made by the party or parties behind it.”
The general served as the Chief of the Russian Armed Forces’ Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Defence Troops since 2017.
He took part in the creation and adoption of the TOS-2 Tosochka heavy flamethrower system.
He was also known for spreading conspiracy theories about Western use of chemical and biological weapons in Ukraine.
He claimed in March 2022 that American biolabs in Ukraine were developing plans to spread biological weapons using bats and birds.
Pictures showed how windows and doors were blown off the front of the buildingEast2West
GLHF / RockstarTwo games from GTA The Trilogy have been removed from Netflix[/caption]
Rockstar GamesSan Andreas is still available via Netflix[/caption]
Vice City and GTA 3 have been removed however.
Unlike subscriptions, such as PS Plus and Xbox Game Pass, Netflix doesn’t add a huge list of games that are coming and leaving each month.
Instead, most games are added periodically with some huge names like Hades, Sonic Mania, and Monument Valley.
Games are also removed from the service less often than PlayStation and Xbox though it does happen from time to time.
This time it’s the turn of Grand Theft Auto, as two games from the series are leaving Netflix.
Both GTA 3 and GTA: Vice City have left Netflix after a year of being available on the service.
The Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy was added to the service late last year, and one game is still available via Netflix.
If you are subscribed to Netflix, you can still play Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, but there is no word if and when this game will be gone too.
As the other two games were removed from Netflix with no warning people should be cautious that San Andreas could disappear at any point.
If you have Netflix and are interested in playing GTA: San Andreas on mobile, it’s a good idea to start playing sooner rather than later.
Grand Theft Game
Netflix adds more games to its mobile gaming library than it removes, but it’s not unusual for some games to disappear.
Grand Theft Auto is one of the most popular games in the world, and we wouldn’t be surprised if it was on a year-long licensing agreement from Rockstar.
We think that San Andreas will likely follow suit, though Netflix might have decided to keep at least one GTA game on the service.
Either way, there are still plenty of games to grab, so you won’t be short of something to play.
6 days agoUSA UpdateComments Off on Shock moment giant 180ft ‘floating’ Christmas tree COLLAPSES during storm killing one worker & injuring two
THIS is the shocking moment a massive 180ft Christmas tree collapses during a storm – killing one and injuring two.
The bizarre floating structure, mounted on a lagoon near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, came crashing down into the water yesterday afternoon.
The tree fell at a rapid rate, tragically killing onex.com/choqueix.com/plantaobaixadaaThe massive structure completely collapse from the storm[/caption]
x.com/choqueiThe tree fall caused a ginormous splash[/caption]
Footage shows the tree propped up in the sea while the wind blows at deadly speed – visible by the palm tree dramatically swaying.
Suddenly the structure starts to slowly fall forward in front of the dark grey sky.
Other footage shows workers jumping into the water and trying to swim away from the deadly tree.
But its fall soon picks up speed, with the structure appearing to completely collapse before plummeting into the sea – causing a ginormous splash.
The Christmas tree accident resulted in the death of one person and injured two others.
The three casualties were workers who had been doing the tree ahead of its official Christmas opening.
They were tragically trying to reach safety after officials issued a bad weather alert when it collapsed.
The man who tragically died has been named locally as 21-year-old Vinicius dos Santos Abreu.
He was rushed to Conde Modesto Leal Hospital in Marica, a municipality in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, but was sadly pronounced dead on arrival.
The two men who were hurt were taken to another hospital where they are said to be “out of danger.”
A police investigation into the tragedy continued today.
The 360,000 lights on the Christmas tree were due to be switched on an official opening ceremony on Wednesday as one of Marica’s principal tourist attractions.
Town hall chiefs said in a statement overnight: “Marica Town Hall deeply regrets the tragedy that occurred yesterday afternoon at Araçatiba Lagoon, when one person died and two were injured after the structure of the Christmas tree that was being assembled collapsed.
“The Town Hall is providing full support to the victims and their families, as well as investigating the causes of the accident.
“As soon as Civil Defence issued a warning of heavy rain at 3.45pm yesterday, the company hired to assemble the tree began to remove workers from the area.”
The statement explained that in the moment, “they were surprised by a storm, with strong winds and heavy rain, which brought down the structure in a few seconds.”
It added: “The victims were immediately rescued by emergency responders who included firefighters and medical staff.
“One of the employees was taken to the Conde Modesto Leal Municipal Hospital, where he was unable to overcome his injuries and was pronounced dead.
“The other two people, who were treated at the Doctor Ernesto Che Guevara Municipal Hospital, are out of danger.”
x.com/plantaobaixadaaOnlookers watched on in horror at the tree collapse[/caption]
The three casualties were workers who had been doing the tree ahead of its official Christmas opening
6 days agoUSA UpdateComments Off on People are ‘heartbroken’ over M&S slipper review as as man offers up a spare shoe after losing his leg
A MAN has left people in tears after offering up a spare Marks ans Spencer’s slipper, which he no longer needs after losing his leg.
M&S is one of the UK’s most popular retailers during the festive period, with many Britons flocking to stores to pick up their Christmas presents.
M&S is a fan favourite for Christmas presentsAFPThe review was left on a pair of slippers on the M&S websiteTwitter/@JayneSharpIt was later shared on Twitter[/caption]
And one shopper has left people heartbroken after leaving a review under a pair of £19.50 FreshFeet men’s slippers.
The man shared that he had unfortunately lost his right leg, meaning that he could only wear one slipper.
He added that he was willing to give away the unused shoe to anyone else in a similar situation.
The man gave the comfy pair of slippers a five-star rating and started his review with: “Very comfortable size 8 r/h slipper seeks owner.”
He continued: “I felt like a change having worn the same style of M&S slipper for over forty years. These looked modern, they are certainly warm and very comfortable too.
“Five years ago I lost my right leg so I never wear the right slipper.
“So if you are missing a left and take a size 8 slipper and need a right slipper I am allowing M & S to give you my email address and you can have one for free, just contact me…”
The candid review has been shared on Twitter by writer Jayne Sharp who spotted it while browsing the site for a present for her dad.
Sharing a screenshot, she wrote: “Just looking at slippers for dad for Christmas & came across this review on @marksandspencer’s website.
“I think I’ve got something in my eye.”
The post has racked up dozens of comments from people choked up by the sweet gesture.
One wrote: “Not just the spirit of Christmas, that’s the spirit of humanity. Somehow the smallest of gestures make the most impact.
“Whoever you are, you have my utmost respect.”
Another said: “Ohhhh!!! I’m not crying…put away those onions.”
