The US Sun

A MUM has spilled the beans on the costs of her temporary council housing after being evicted from the previous property. Mum-of-four Beth Owen was forced to seek help after her family was evicted from their private rented house. The brood, from the UK, found themselves ''homeless'' for a whopping...

I lived in council homeless accommodation with my family for a year – we paid £200 a month just to get kids to school

Shaun Conaghan says he will not accept offers of accommodation unless he can keep his cat Marley.

Homeless man cannot find housing due to pet cat

Jules Brown says he feels abandoned by the care system and is determined to support others.

'I was thrown in a children's home and cast aside'

Americans tend to think that our culture is the default. But plenty of aspects of our culture are unique to the United States or at the very least totally weird to almost every other country. Someone asked the people of Reddit to share the things that are considered totally normal in the U.S. that are seen as extremely bizarre in other places. If you are American, some of these might shock you.

10 things Americans think are normal that are so weird to the rest of the world

THE summer is full of opportunities to make easy side money as a teen. A social media user has revealed a way to make some extra cash on the side during these hot months - and it doesn't take too much time to get started. TikTok user Mark (@financeunfolded) posted...

I’m a teen and made over $2,100 with my ‘easy cleaning’ side hustle – it takes 40 minutes & I advertised on Facebook

The truth is that if these tools (and others like them) are passed down from generation to generation, then maybe it nullifies the need to keep producing new tools at all. They’ll last forever and provide construction power until the end of time. So in actual fact, the people...

30 Things That Make People Say, “They Don’t Make Them Like They Used To”

A man has been found guilty of raping a child under 13. A jury at Winchester Crown Court found Alexander Franczyk, of Pritchard Close in Swindon, guilty of 13 sexual offences on Tuesday. The charges included multiple incidents of rape, one incident of attempted rape, multiple assaults by penetration and...

Man found guilty of raping child

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2 ways you could get a ticket just by passing a slow cop

New York Post

Hasta la vista, baby!

A TikTok influencer was “catfished” on a vacation after booking what she thought was a hotel with a scenic seaside view — only to discover she’d been epically scammed. 

“We were screwed so hard,” said Sonja Dennig, 28, while recalling the dupe in a video with over 3.6 million views on TikTok, Newsflash reported.

The content creator, who boasts nearly 480,000 followers on the platform, had reportedly booked the accommodation in Westerland, on Sylt, an idyllic island in Germany’s North Sea for a weekend getaway. 



Alvin Bragg’s deacon pal under investigation for allegedly scamming church members out of...

I thought I rented a hotel room with a seaside view — but I was royally scammed

TENANTS living in nightmarish accommodation amid chicken corpses have accused their landlord of trying to double their rent. The couple also got so fed up with the lack of running water or power at the garbage-strewn property that they now live in a trailer. Kurt and Holly Doerfling told CBC News that after moving to […]

Our landlord tried to double rent to $900 for home that had ‘chicks coming out of floor’ – now we live in a trailer

Los Angeles, CA

Seeing dogs cope with shelter conditions is always a heartbreak, but seeing one just being surrendered to a shelter is beyond words. Macaroni, a one-year-old Pug mix, faced that destiny when her family brought her to a shelter in Los Angeles, California, and left her there. Her whole life turned upside down once she realized that she was saying her very last goodbye to her loved ones.

Dog Realizing Her Family Is Leaving Her For Good Is The Hardest Thing You’ll Watch All Day

The company says it cannot make eco-friendly changes to its products in time for a UK deadline.

Wet wipe factory closure sees 200 jobs lost

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The LA Insider

Sometimes life throws you curveballs, and other times, it throws you into a Walmart parking lot at 2 AM. For those of us who have ever found ourselves contemplating a night in our cars amidst the comforting glow of the Walmart Supercenter sign, this story might hit close to home.

Sleeping in a Walmart Parking Lot: An Unintended Staycation Adventure

Shin

In the age of viral challenges and mukbangs, where individuals indulge in excessive amounts of food for entertainment, the dangers lurking behind seemingly harmless acts can be easily overlooked.

Woman Almost Died From Brain Damage After Ingesting A Gallon of Pickles For Her Mukbang Followers

Bold guests can book a one-night stay for free in Ibiza, but there’s a catch: The walls are glass.

Margaret and Corey Bienert, two travel bloggers who run the popular TikTok page “A Pretty Cool Hotel Tour,” dared to stay in the completely glass room constructed in the lobby of the Paradiso Ibiza Art Hotel, but they were “unprepared for the experience.”

“I thought it was such a funny idea,” Margaret said in a video posted earlier this week. “So of course I wanted to try it.”

But the hotel wasn’t transparent about the amenities in the room or what the experience would...

We got a hotel room for free — but we were unprepared for these sleeping arrangements

Denver, CO

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David Heitz

On the night in January 2023 when volunteers counted people experiencing homelessness in Denver, no shelter beds were available for individuals or families, according to data provided by the National Alliance to End Homelessness. More than 2,500 individuals and 181 families slept outside, the data showed.

State of homelessness in Denver: Full shelters, surge in older adults

A COUPLE have revealed how they quit their previous life to travel the world in a van. Nik and Yas, both aged 29, ditched their 9-5 jobs and stable home to live in a pimped up caravan that cost them £11,000. The pair revealed that they were inspired to...

We quit our 9-5 jobs and home to live in a £11K van – it halved our rent and bills but there are downsides too

Coffee County, GA

Daily Coffee Press

Last week, two individuals from Coffee County were charged with trafficking methamphetamine following a search at a residence on Willacoochee Highway. On August 13, detectives with the Coffee County Drug Unit conducted an operation involving Charles Black, which led to a search of his residence on Willacoochee Highway. According to the report, Black left his residence before the warrant was served and was subsequently detained.

Two Charged with Trafficking Methamphetamine After Search in Coffee County

A 21-year-old has revealed that she moved into a caravan at the bottom of her parent's garden, as she couldn't afford to move out. Savvy saver Mollie, shared a tour of her caravan home to TikTok. She said: "I've recently moved into my first home, and I'm working to make...

I couldn’t afford to move out so moved into a caravan at the bottom of my parent’s garden – I don’t pay a penny in rent

Polk County, FL

Fort Meade, FL

Uncovering Florida

The Polk County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest after conducting an investigation into a case of credit card fraud involving 28-year-old Burger King employee, Kellyn Miley. The incident was discussed in detail during this morning's briefing with Sheriff Grady Judd.

Burger King Employee Caught Using Customer's Credit Card for Food at Former Job

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'Being homeless doesn't stop you doing anything'

When Amanda Wall and her two children were evicted from their home, the council said she would have to spend one week in temporary accommodation. But...

'Being homeless doesn't stop you doing anything'

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