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October 5, 2026

In 2019, a Thornbury couple won £1 million on EuroMillions while Natalie was eight months pregnant; days later, daughter Poppy arrived about a month early: ‘She wanted to join us for it all’

October 5, 2026

In 2015, a Kansas neighbour building a boundary fence cut 133 trees, some as far as 70 feet inside the adjoining land; 11 years later, an appeals court has upheld the landowner’s $6,500 damages award

October 5, 2026

Scientists found a new way to make hydrogen from water using light; the material avoids an expensive metal catalyst and could make clean hydrogen production cheaper

October 5, 2026

France school protests: 15-year-old student loses hand after picking up police stun grenade

October 5, 2026

Oklahoma’s Ames crater was linked to a 470-million-year-old event; zircon dating suggests it may be nearly 370 million years old, near an extinction

October 5, 2026

Operation ‘Yemen Dawn’: Saudi-led coalition joins fight to wrest Red Sea from Houthis

October 5, 2026

Pennsylvania data centre developer offers 4,500 households $10,000 each; residents refuse, saying money isn’t enough

October 5, 2026

The creator of Squishmallows paid $26 million for a Bel-Air mansion in 2023 and is now asking $37.995 million; the three-level home was bought as an investment and was never his residence

October 5, 2026

Federal prosecutors say a Louisiana group rented homes, insured them and caused about 13 residential fires between 2019 and 2026, then filed claims for fabricated losses; seven people have now been charged

October 5, 2026

A Texas man used this Civil War relic as a paperweight for years; bomb experts later found it was actually a live explosive