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Texas school principal writes mortifying letter to  staff and parents disowning teacher husband after he was arrested over stash of child porn

Baltimore's Key bridge is blown up in controlled explosion and sends trusses stuck on grounded Dali container ship plummeting into water

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Newcastle Airport plane landing: Couple had a four-hour near death experience

Iconic Melbourne store Enoteca Sileno that helped introduce gelato to Aussies to close its doors after 70 years in business

UK weather: Brits face wet and cloudy week as temperatures plummet after mini-heatwave

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Charlise Mutten murder trial told of schoolgirl's heartbreaking nine words she told her grandfather about her alleged killer

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan slams $100,000 in damage at Chinese museum and Buddhist monument at Bendigo as 'senseless and disgraceful' - as cops hunt for couple driving a silver Toyota

A besotted husband and country walks: Maxine Carr’s life after prison

DWP rules for State Pension inheritance and payment after spouse or partner dies explained

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