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Hundreds attend funeral of ‘unique’ boy, 7, who died in crash

Hundreds of people gathered to watch the funeral of a seven-year-old Manchester United fan who was killed in a suspected hit-and-run. William Brown sadly died when he was hit by a car while trying to collect a football from a road in Kent on December 6.
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Who is Jamie Allen's football team as Love Island bombshell leaves job for fame
four new bombshells into the villa and one of them is professional footballer Jamie Allen.Jamie entered the villa last night alongside Reece Ford, Lacey Edwards and Nathalia Campos.Talking about his competitive edge before making his entrance into the villa, Jamie said: "I play football every single day and in terms of stepping on people's toes, we are all in there for the same reason so I wouldn't have a problem upsetting a few people."I am coming in a bit later so I probably will upset a few lads, but you gotta do what you gotta do."Jamie might be excited for his time in the villa, but his club and fans aren't best pleased about his venture into reality TV.Here's what club Jamie plays for and what they've said about him joining the cast of Love Island.Jamie Allen plays for Halifax Town FC.He plays as a forward for the club and has been with them since 2019.Allen also plays internationally for Montserrat.Jamie started his footballing career at Fleetwood Town in 2012.The footballer also played for Barrow and AFC Flyde before going on to sign for Stalybridge Celtic in 2015.He then moved to Southport and in 2017 signed with Dover Athletic.He was at Dover for two years before signing with Halifax Town.Jamie renewed his contract with Halifax Town just two weeks ago.The club announced that he had "committed to his future" to the team.In a statement announcing the signing on Twitter, they said: "Good morning Shaymen fans, how about a new deal…"FC Halifax Town are delighted to announce that Montserrat international Jamie Allen has committed his future to the club!"The upcoming season will be Allen’s fourth at The Shay."Despite signing a new deal with Halifax Town just weeks ago, Allen has jetted off to the Love Island villa
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Brit smashes Guinness World Record for heaviest deadlift with a finger - lifting 129.5kg
Guinness World Record that had stood for a decade after deadlifting nearly 130kg with just one finger, and he's got his sights set on 150kg. Steve Keeler, 48, a retail manager, from Shepherdswell near Dover in Kent, managed to lift 129.5kg with just his middle finger for eight seconds, beating the previous record of 121.7kg.Mr Keeler only came up with the idea when he was “playing around” with some weights with a pal in a home gym he had built during lockdown.READ MORE: 'First human to live past 150 years has already been born', claim scientistsHe explained: "In lockdown we were doing some gym work and after messing about with some of the weights I moved a weight that was quite heavy with one finger."We set challenges to see how heavy we could get and I wondered what the world record was."It wasn't much more than what I'd lifted."Mr Keeler began training for the challenge and managed to lift 7.8kg heavier than the previous record, which had stood for 10 years and was held by Armenian Benik Israyelyan.His strength training consisted of lifting six iron weight discs at the same time: a smaller one measuring roughly 10 kg, one 20 kg, three measuring a little over 25 kg each and one measuring 26 kg.He said: "It’s incredibly painful, but my fingers are strong and I am proud of my lift.To get more stories from Daily Star delivered straight to your inbox sign up to one of our free newsletters here . “It's not the weight that's the hard thing to lift, it's getting through the pain and if you can do that then you're fine."It's such a random record but it is mine.
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Amsterdam stag do buy bikes to make 230-mile journey home after easyJet cancellation
the Mirror.So, the group of lads spent the afternoon buying bicycles from locals in Brussels and Lille by running into shops and looking on Facebook.13 of the 14 managed to buy a bike in just three hours – at a total cost of more than £1,300.Arriving in Calais, the last member of the group convinced a young couple to let him into their car for the crossing.This meant all 14 arrived safely in Dover in the early hours of Sunday just 12 hours after their flight had been cancelled.Groom-to-be Alex Sisan, 29, said: "We had the craziest day, but we just wanted to get home - we ended up spending €1,540 (£1,300) on bikes!"At the time it didn’t feel like fun, but I had two of the best days of my life with 13 best friends and this just topped it off."Looking back, the experience was so stressful and like something from a movie or a Top Gear challenge."But it was so much fun and a brilliant story that I will be telling at the wedding, and hopefully to my kids - and then their kids."The stag do arrived in Amsterdam on Thursday and stayed in a hotel in the city centre.They were then booked onto an easyJet flight to return from Schiphol airport two days later, and arrived five hours early to beat the queues.But, after standing in line for security for hours, they were dismayed to find out their flight had been cancelled.After trying to reach easyJet for help, it was decided that leaving the airport was the best option at that time.Fruitless attempts at renting a car and getting Eurostar tickets ensued, before it was suggested that a ferry to Dover would be viable.We've done the leg work for you and searched out some of the best holiday deals for 2022 - check out our top picks below.
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Easter travel chaos sees Dover gridlocked as airport says drop bags day before flight
Easter bank holiday usually means more family time, but unfortunately for millions of Britons it also means travel chaos and extra disruption this year.With the long weekend comes travel pandemonium and Stansted Airport is already urging flyers to drop off their luggage at the airport the day before their flight to avoid getting stuck in queues.UK airports have been rocked by a sudden influx of passengers travelling through the airports, and a shortage of staff.Major airlines are cancelling flights due to this disruption, with British Airways and easyJet scrapping another 80 flights between them that were due to depart today.Between March 28 and April 12, a total of 1,236 flights in the UK were cancelled by airlines. Stansted has taken extreme measures, encouraging passengers to check their luggage in a day before their flight.It is possible for passengers on British Airways, easyJet and TUI Airways flights to drop off their bags the evening before, as stated by Gatwick.Heathrow Airport has also implemented this plan.The situation has been so bad recently at Manchester Airport that a child was sick from "dehydration and exhaustion" and huge queues meant people were relieving themselves into bags, according to one witness.Flyer Jack Mackin told the Manchester Evening News: "Kids were having to pee in the plastic bags that you'd usually put liquids in.
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