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Rather than putting up new threads, some other stories that are pretty remarkable...

Firstly

Wealthy NFL players wanted for armed robbery

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52675230

About $12,000 (£9,850) in cash and watches worth up to $25,000 were taken.

All three then made off in separate vehicles - a Mercedes Benz, a Lamborghini and a BMW.

If this story is correct, then what drove the to do that is utterly baffling...
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Also this bizarre tragedy took place near us in Holland

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... etherlands

For 5 to die in the same session shows that even the most experienced can get things wrong. You could understand 1 or 2, but 5 instructors and lifeguards in one go. That is pretty shocking.
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What is the matter with the police in the US? How many times does this happen?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52806572
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Bend it like Repka wrote: Sat May 16, 2020 9:56 am

If this story is correct, then what drove the to do that is utterly baffling...

Some people are just crooked mate. Doesn't matter how much wealth they have .
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Bend it like Repka wrote: Tue May 26, 2020 7:50 pm What is the matter with the police in the US? How many times does this happen?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52806572
Kneeling on the blokes neck ffs. Just beggars belief.
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^^^That article has now been updated, four police officers have been fired and the FBI is investigating.
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Bend it like Repka wrote: Sat May 16, 2020 9:56 am

If this story is correct, then what drove the to do that is utterly baffling...
Their attorneys say they were set up. Mouthpieces going out of their way to praise the lead detective suggests there is more to the story. Neither player had a history of anything worse than bad practice habits. Some of the informants are considered questionable characters. Bail terms fairly generous considering the severity of the charges. Will wait to see what happens next before drawing any conclusions.
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Johnny Byrne's Boots wrote: Tue May 26, 2020 11:52 pm ^^^That article has now been updated, four police officers have been fired and the FBI is investigating.
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Remember that Megan Markle moved back to the US to get away from the terribly racist British folk

She is much safer in America

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... eneurs-gym
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In a world of endless misery, if ever there was a story this thread was made for, then say hello to this one.

"They had been hired to carry out a client's fantasy of being tied up in his underwear and stroked with a broom."

Brilliant. :)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-52843846
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Bend it like Repka wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 10:22 am Remember that Megan Markle moved back to the US to get away from the terribly racist British folk

She is much safer in America

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... eneurs-gym
She’ll be fine. And in a year or two when she divorces him, she’ll pop back to the UK where the kid was born, knowing she’ll get a much better settlement deal here.

Played a blinder, that lass.
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82 years old, probably been sacred to death of Covid 19, killed by cows instead. :(

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-y ... e-52869060
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We ****ing won last night.
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Govt tells cops to prosecute shoplifters stealing under £200 worth of goods after complaints smaller thefts are ignored

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12058189/ ... 0-smaller/

I had no idea that cops didn't prosecute shoplifters unless they stole over £200 worth of goods in tbe first place!
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They may as well set up camp in the carpark of Asda in Dagenham, it'll save a fortune on petrol.........
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A beluga whale has been spotted off the coast of San Diego. There’s lost and then there’s lost, and this is lost.
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