Play 'Free Bird,' man: Signs point to Skynyrd crash monument

A California man ended up in a brawl with a bear to save his best friend – a pit bull named “Buddy,” according to reports. Buddy was playing outside Kaleb Benham’s Nevada County home the day before Thanksgiving when Benham heard a growl and saw a bear had the dog in its mouth, CBS 13 Sacramento reported.

straight to your inboxSummer signing Diego Rosa has said his farewells to Gremio ahead of a January move to the City Football Group.Manchester City and the CFG agreed a move in August for the midfielder, but couldn't complete the transfer until he turned 18 in October. The Brazilian under-17 World Cup winner signed for an initial £2.65million with another £1.75million to be paid when the deal is completed in January.

As Fair City’s dodgy loan shark Ger, actress Tina Kellegher is relishing being cast as a Carrigstown baddie.

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The bonus is a one-off, tax-free £10 payment which is made to people who are in receipt of certain benefits during the qualifying period - usually the first full week of December.

Phillip Schofield has revealed he is at "breaking point" now over the restrictions on families seeing each other at Christmas. The This Morning host told viewers he has "had enough" of the rules that mean people might not be able to visit each other during the festive season, as new tier levels were announced in England today.

When Chip Matthews heard the mail truck arriving on his sixth birthday, he rushed out — not knowing that he’d come back with a treasure. Outside the house, which was decorated with birthday balloons, mail carrier Tawanna Purter held a pile of boxes.

straight to your inbox every day for freeDimitar Berbatov says Sergio Ramos could be a Thiago Silva-like signing for Manchester United.Silva has impressed in the Premier League after joining Chelsea in the summer following his release from PSG, acting as an experienced head in the Blues' defence.Meanwhile, there are once again question marks over Ramos' future at Real Madrid, with the 34-year-old's contract at the La Liga champions set to expire at the end of the season.United have been

hereBus passengers were warned to expect delays until traffic returned to normal.A spokesman for North West Ambulance Service said: "We were called at 7.09am to reports of an RTC between a car and a motorbike."We sent two rapid response vehicles and an ambulance."We took a man in his thirties with leg injuries to hospital."

straight to your inboxOwen Hargreaves believes that Phil Foden will soon become 'undroppable' at Manchester City.City secured their place in the Champions League knock-out stages on Wednesday night with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Olympiacos in Greece. Foden who grabbed the winner in the first-half, calmly slotting the ball into the bottom corner after latching onto Raheem Sterling's clever back-heel.

The theater industry’s pandemic-shortened season seems to have opened up the Grammy playing field for cast albums, as only two of the six just-announced nominees for the 2021 awards represent the usually-dominant Broadway.

An Alabama man diagnosed with terminal lung cancer confessed Wednesday to killing another man 25 years ago, solving a cold case murder that had "nothing else to follow up on," according to authorities.

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Fair City‘s Yates is working on another potential Carrigstown crime.Sunday night’s episode sees the detective try to crack the coded information in Ger’s ledger, as he is convinced that it contains evidence of dodgy dealings and is determined to figure out what she has been up to.During the episode, it’s Carol who reveals the identity of the ledger’s owner and warns Nora against becoming friends with Ger.

Pale Waves’ Heather Baron-Gracie has reflected on the tour bus crash that her bandmates were involved in earlier this year, saying that “it’ll be something that will stay for them forever”.Three of the four members of Pale Waves — Ciara Doran (drums), Hugo Silvani (guitar) and Charlie Woods (bass) — were on the bus that suffered a near-fatal accident back in February.

A 65-year-old Florida man found dead in Jackson County this week had been mauled by a pack of stray dogs, according to local police.  Donald Ray Allen's body was found on the side of a road in the Bascom area near the Alabama state line. Allen was reportedly out for a walk when he was attacked, according to the Tallahassee Democrat.