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A devastated father who lost his teenage daughter in a horror crash has forgiven the car's driver in a gut-wrenching speech at her funeral. Jason Alexander, the father of 17-year-old Tayla, said the driver 'was just a teenage boy himself' and had made a 'silly mistake'.  Tayla, from Ashburton in New Zealand, was killed after the car she was in veered off the road and burst into flames in Port Hills, near Christchurch last week. Tayla, 17, (pictured) was killed when the car she was in veered off the road and burst into flames in Port Hills, near Christchurch, in a crash which left her 15-year-old sister in a critical condition In a double tragedy for the family, her younger sister Sunmara, 15, is still fighting for her life in Auckland Hospital.     The driver, understood to be a 19-year-old man, has not been named. 'I'd like to say right here and now that the driver was just a teenage boy himself and as teenagers, we all make silly mistakes,' Mr Alexander told … [Read more...] about Shattered father FORGIVES the driver in fiery crash that killed his daughter, 17, and left her sister clinging to life as she is farewelled at tearful funeral

Talented footballer Suel Delgado has been named as the "lovely lad" who died after allegedly being driven at by a car in Brighton during a fight on the seafront on Sunday morning. Suel, a former pupil at Thomas Bennett Community College, suffered serious head injuries and was taken to hospital where he died as a result of his injuries on Monday. The 20-year-old from Crawley in West Sussex, was a promising footballer who played in the Southern Combination Football League for Loxwood. He also previously played for Alfold, Broadbridge Heath and Three Bridges. Police were called to the seafront following reports of a large group of people fighting with weapons at 5.20am. As officers made their way to the scene three of the group were then struck by a car being driven at them on Marine Parade. The two others struck by the vehicle were an 18-year-old man and a 22-year-old man. They were also seriously injured and remain in a serious condition in hospital. A BMW X6 is reported to have been … [Read more...] about First pictures of talented footballer’ killed in crash on Brighton seafront

The past is another country … In the 1980s action-comedy Fletch, Chevy Chase’s Irwin M Fletcher puts in a dream order at a Los Angeles country club. Particularly dreamy as, on the sly, it is going on another member’s tab. “I’ll have a Bloody Mary, a steak sandwich,” he ponders, “and a...steak sandwich.” Fast-forward 34 years and those double-steak-sandwich days are OVER. We stand on the precipice of the minimal-meat era, as we all do our bit to stop the planet burning up into a blackened, carbonised husk, like a sausage that has dropped through the grill on a galactic-sized barbecue. Consequently, on the (increasingly rare) occasions when we do eat meat, we need it to be incredible. That is where How to Eat – the series identifying how best to eat Britain’s favourite foods – can offer assistance. This month, HTE is considering the steak sandwich. An item which, at its best, seems to exist in the sublime but which, far … [Read more...] about How to eat: a steak sandwich

Syrian rebels shot down a Russian fighter jet and killed the pilot after he ejected, safely landed on the ground and shot at them while resisting capture. Dramatic video clips posted online show the warplane being shot out of the sky - apparently with a portable surface-to-air missile - before crashing in a huge fireball. The Su-25's pilot parachuted to the ground in territory controlled by al-Qaeda-linked militants, and used his pistol to fire at rebels who tried to capture him alive. The pilot was then shot dead, Russia's Defence Ministry and rebels in Syria's northern Idlib province confirmed. The jihadist group Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham - which formed in a merger including the al-Nusra Front and has been designated a "terror group" by Russia and the US - claimed responsibility for downing the plane. Afterwards, Russia retaliated with air strikes on the area where the plane was shot down, killing at least 30 "terrorists", the Defence Ministry said. Russia, with help from Turkey, was … [Read more...] about Syrian rebels shoot down Russian fighter jet and kill pilot as he pulled out gun and resisted capture