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Sea Beast of…NEVADA – large mouthed fish was top predator after mass extinction
A sea monster that hunted "like the great white shark" more than 250 million years ago has been dug up... in the Nevada! The six foot long beast had huge jaws and three parallel rows of razor sharp teeth - with several smaller ones inside its enormous mouth. Palaeontologist Dr Carlo Romano said the creature hunted similarly to the modern great white shark. It would have pursued its prey, then bitten it - before swallowing the hapless fish whole. Scientists...
FIVE pythons have been found slithering around a London park
Animal rescuers have found five PYTHONS slithering around a park - in LONDON. 'Monty', a four-foot-long royal python, was found on Wednesday night in Battersea Park, south London - making it the fifth foreign snake found there in as many weeks. Last month three juveniles and an adult were discovered, prompting concern from animal welfare officers. The python is native to sub-Saharan Africa and is a non-venomous constrictor and can grow to 5ft long. Animal rescuers have found five PYTHONS...
Controversial vicar said words such as ‘Pride’ and ‘Gay’ are being hijacked by the LGBT community
A vicar says words such as 'pride' and 'gay' are being "hijacked" by people who "seek to normalise LGBT activity as part of mainstream life". Reverend Melvin Tinker, slammed his fellow clergy for hosting a special service to mark Pride and LGBT 50 celebrations and said: "where there is light, there tends to be a shadow and so coinciding with this is a Gay Pride rally." Reverend Melvin Tinker. A vicar says words such as 'pride' and 'gay' are being...
‘VOODOO’ HORROR – Three-year-old died after victim of ‘black magic’ ritual
A toddler has died after doctors discovered she had been pierced with seven PINS - as part of a sick ‘black magic’ ritual. The unnamed three-year-old was taken to hospital after her distraught mother discovered she had been allegedly sexually abused. Medics in Kolkata, West Bengal, in India, removed seven two-inch-long pins from her body - some of which had punctured her organs. Horrifying X-ray pictures show at least seven two-inch long pins stuck inside a three-year-old girl by a...
Incredible images show wreck of ship which was buried beneath sand in River Severn
These photographs show the ghostly wreck of a steamship which sank on Christmas Eve 117 years ago. Lodged in the sands of the Severn Estuary, the remains of the boat were captured by sonar imagining for the first time. It was thought to be cargo vessel The Brunswick, which overturned in deep fog when she ran aground on a sandbank. Sailors who escaped with their lives eventually managed to retrieve the bodies of three men who were in the cabins...
Academy changes term times so kids can have cheaper holidays
A school has become one of the first to change its term times - so parents can take advantage of cheaper out-of-season HOLIDAYS. Kids at Severn Vale School are still at their desks this week despite the rest of the country's pupils beginning their summer holidays. Staff have cut short the summer break by a week so they could add an extra seven days holiday to the half-term break in October. Headteacher Richard Johnson said the shift in term dates...
A flesh eating winged dinosaur that roamed Earth at the same time as T. Rex sported a spectacular head crest
A flesh eating winged dinosaur that roamed Earth at the same time as T. Rex sported a spectacular head crest... which it used to woo the ladies. And it was a colourful beast with a blue face and unusually long, pink flamingo-style neck, according to an artist's impression. The weird new species had huge, razor-sharp claws and a stout but powerful toothless beak that ripped smaller animals apart. Looking like a giant turkey on stilts, it stood about 10 feet...
How many trans-gender people actually serve in the US military?
Donald Trump has landed himself in hot water once again after announcing that transgender people will not be allowed to serve in the US military. The President cited analysis carried out last year that care for transgender people in the military would add $8.4 million to the total medical costs of all active duty service member. He said the US military "cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs" of transgender service members, even though it's about 0.0014 percent of...
Brexit voters twice as likely as Remainers to say gay sex is ‘unnatural,’ poll finds
A poll in Pink News in conjunction with You Gov has found some shocking news on the UK's views on homosexuality. YouGov asked 1,609 adults between July 23 and 24 on their political and social views. Shockingly it found 42% of those who gave an opinion said that personally speaking, "gay sex is not natural". The survey also found supporters of the Conservatives and Brexit were more likely to oppose gay rights than Labour or Remain voters. Among Brexit voters,...