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IT’s BARELY 6am on and I’m in a deep, deep slumber. When suddenly, my dreams are pierced by a frantic beeping sound, coming from the direction of my bedside table. 4I’m not a morning person so I decided to test three fancy alarm clocks to help me wake upCredit: Supplied I reach out, trying to identify it’s source, but my hand meets thin air. Yet the blaring, beeping sound continues – and it seems to be moving. With a loud thump, the object rolls off my bedside table and starts whizzing around my room. Barely awake, I stumble around the…

A UKRAINIAN pilot who trains the country’s fighter aces has fumed his country shouldn’t have to “beg” for the aid they need to defeat Putin. Tim Fatkullin, 30, is a Ukrainian professional pilot who teaches Kyiv’s best Top Guns how to perform complex manoeuvres to avoid missiles. 8Tim Fatkullin was a former stunt pilot – now he trains Ukrainian fighter acesCredit: Instagram 8Ukraine’s air force have been fighting the much larger Russian militaryCredit: Alamy 8Ukrainian pilots have been key in battling back Russia – stopping them gaining air superiorityCredit: Reuters 8The smouldering remains of a Russian fighter jet shot down…

A DAD who gulped up to two litres of Monster energy drink a day feared for his life after collapsing and being rushed to hospital. Andy Hammond has sworn off energy drinks for life since being rushed to hospital on Christmas Day after collapsing at home. 7Andy drank 2 litres of Monster every day for two yearsCredit: Kennedy News 7The dad-of-two’s energy drink addiction began when he was just 16Credit: Kennedy News The 36-year-old began consuming the drinks as a teenager as he thought they were “cool” – but ended up guzzling them every day for the last two decades.…

A TOURIST couple is feared dead after three escaped prisoners hijacked their yacht in the Caribbean. Sailors Ralph Hendry and his wife Kathy Brandel were last spotted on Sunday afternoon by a boating neighbour as they were on their way to a restaurant on Grenada. 4Kathy Brandel and Ralph Hendry have been missing since last weekCredit: JESSICA MAUSE/GOFUNDME 4Police have linked Ron Mitchell (L), Trevor Robertson (C) and Atiba Stanislaus (R) to the possible murders of the coupleCredit: ROYAL GRENADA POLICE FORCE 4The couple’s ransacked yacht, SV Simplicity, was found on Wednesday by a sailing captainCredit: Suellen Desmarais The American…

A DRUG that can help “reverse” balding may also help cut your risk of heart disease and lower cholesterol, a study suggests. Men who took finasteride — which is also used to treat enlarged prostates — had cholesterol scores that were 30 points lower on average than those who didn’t. 2Balding pill finasteride may also help cut your risk of heart disease and lower cholesterolCredit: Alamy 2Former president Donald Trump has taken the drug, according to his doctorCredit: Getty US researchers surveyed 4,800 men from 2009 to 2016 to see if taking the drug had an effect on their levels…

THREE women have been stabbed to death in a brothel as a knifeman went on a rampage. Cops have arrested a suspect after the horrific deaths of three women in the red light district of the Austrian capital Vienna. 4Police stand guard at the crime scene at Asia Studio In Vienna 4The venue was a massage parlour and brothel The knifeman is believed to have roamed from room-to-room in the Asia Studio in the horrific massacre. The suspect, a 27-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, was arrested nearby and found with a knife suspected of being the murder weapon. He was tasered…

GROUCHY? Short tempered? Feeling blue? It’s normal to have days where your mood is far from happy. 1Three experts have shared the real reason behind your bad moodsCredit: Getty But when it continues over several days or weeks, it can be annoying not just for yourself, but for those around you, too. Although there are times when mood is influenced by poor mental health, there are several other reasons that can be addressed without professional help. These experts share the real reason behind your bad mood, and tips on how to beat the blues. 1. It’s your gut What goes…

THIS is Ukraine’s abandoned Hostomel Airport, a war-torn airstrip that thwarted Russia’s seizure of Kyiv in the early days of Putin’s brutal invasion. Now home to the wreck of the world’s largest plane, fragments of other aircraft, and a non-functional landing strip, the airport’s battle scars tell the tale of Russia’s worst blunder. 12The Airport in Hostomel was Putin’s first point of attack in his brutal invasionCredit: Rex 12Ukrainian servicemen photographed in Hostomel on April 2, 2022 after expelling Russian troopsCredit: AP 12The world’s largest cargo aircraft was destroyed in the battleCredit: Getty 12A Ukrainian soldier looks over the burned…

BRAVE Evie Green, 4, has been in hospital for over a year – and she has just one wish. The “sassy” little tot first went into hospital in February 2023, in need of a heart transplant. 7Evie Green, 4, has been in hospital for over a year waiting for a heart transplant 7She was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy at just four months old 7her mum Chloe, pictured with dad David, wants to get people talking about the taboo subject of child organ donation She is being kept alive by a machine after being diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy – a condition…

VEHICLES owned by Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner in Portugal when she vanished there were taken to Germany and scrapped. And our exclusive picture shows a white Mercedes Sprinter van — like the one cops said he had in the Algarve — parked at a creepy woodland site he later bought. 7Brueckner is on trial for rape and child abuse charges which have emerged as part of the Madeleine McCann investigationCredit: Dan Charity 7Our exclusive picture shows a white Mercedes Sprinter van parked at a creepy woodland site he later boughtCredit: Dan Charity 7Brueckner bought the abandoned factory in the…