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Jeremy Curtis' proposal in the sand to his girlfriend Jennifer Ayris. See SWNS story SWSAND: A romantic boyfriend asked for his girlfriend's sand in marriage - by writing out his proposal in 15ft letters on a BEACH. Loved-up Jeremy Curtis, 39, scouted remote coastal spots across the UK before coming up with the ideal location. He then enlisted a team of volunteers to help carve the massive message in the dunes - complete with giant love hearts. Girlfriend Jennifer Ayris, 31, spotted it from a clifftop overlooking Petit Port beach on the Channel Island of Guernsey and immediately said yes.

It's a shore thing as lover writes proposal in the sand

For Jennifer Ayris love wasn't written in the stars – but in the sand along a remote beach. Her boyfriend, Jeremy Curtis, enlisted a team…

Wills: I’m taking flight from Wales

Prince William has said farewell to Wales by confirming he will be leaving his home in Anglesey…

epa03824739 A handout picture provided by National Police of Peru on 14 August 2013 shows Irish Michaella McCollum Connolly (L) and British Melissa Reid (R) when they were detained allegedly with 11 kilograms of cocaine on their way to Madrid, Spain, at the international airport Jorge Chavez in Callao, near Lima, Peru, 08 August 2013. EPA/NATIONAL POLICE OF PERU HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY

'Drug mule' parents will travel to Peru

The parents of two girls arrested in Peru on suspicion of drug trafficking say they intend to travel there…

FROM JOHN JEFFAY AT CASCADE NEWS LTD 0161 660 8087 / 07771 957773 john@cascadenews.co.uk Syndicated for Bexley News Shopper Carole Karawaiez (56) and her husband Norman (61). A HOMELESS family of four have been sleeping in their car for a year because they canít get a council house. Norman Karawaiez, 61, his wife Carole, 56, kip in the silver Toyota Avensis he drives as a minicab, together with son, 21, Lewis and daughter Lamase, 20. The couple had their home in Sidcup, Kent, repossessed 10 years ago, and split up. Carole and the kids went to live a cousin, and Norman started living in his car. They got back together a year ago and have been sleeping in the car ever since.

Last chance saloon – family of four forced to live in car

A family of four have been sleeping in their car for a year because they do not qualify for a council home…

Weird

I was on my way home for my birthday party when I stopped at the lights on Chester road and captured this evil looking mushroom cloud face over Manchester . Pretty creepy. Please let me know if you print as I would like to see the comments people make about it Many thanks Adam burke adam burke <adamburke82@icloud.com>

Captain Jack? Cirrusly?

This is the day a photographer almost caught Cpt Jack Sparrow – or maybe it was an evil mushroom…

Copyright Ben Lack Photography Ltdn16 year old public schoolboy Cameron Cleland who has been jailed for seven years for the attempted murder of a 12 year old girl he became infatuated with. Words Mark Lister.nPic Ben Lack 07970 850611n£150 minimum use, irrespective of any previous use. Not for internet use. This picture is submitted for print publication only.

Infatuated A-star pupil tried to kill girl, 12, ‘like a pig’

A public schoolboy tried to kill a 12-year-old girl by ‘gutting her like a pig’ after she rejected his advances, a court has heard…

epa03824580 Ships bunker at Algeciras Bay, Spain, 14 August 2013. According to reports, the Spanish government has announced that it will impose higher sanctions on floating petrol stations in the Special Conservation Zone (ZEC), citing environmental concerns over the practice of 'bunkering' - refuelling at sea. The move could affect Gibraltar-based businesses. Spain has long claimed sovereignty over Gibraltar, a small outcrop on its southernmost tip, which has been under British rule for three centuries. EPA/A. CARRASCO RAGEL

Spanish in bid to halt Gibraltar’s ship trade

Spain has opened up a new front in the Gibraltar dispute as it tightened its stranglehold on the Rock…

Weird

Dave skating through Australia where he travelled 3,618 miles on a SKATEBOARD. See Masons story MNSKATE. A fed-up graphic designer who gave up his job, house and girlfriend has traveled more than 17,000 miles around the world - entirely on man-powered machines. Dave Cornthwaite, 33, had a successful career, a long-term partner and a mortgage when a snowboarding trip inspired him to quit his "ordinary" life. After packing his "safe" domestic life into boxes Dave jetted to Australia where he travelled 3,618 miles on a SKATEBOARD. Since then he has kayaked 1,500 miles down Australia's longest river, the Murray; cycled 1,396 miles from Vancouver to Las Vegas on a tandem, and; sailed 2,404 miles down the Mississippi - on a stand up paddleboard. Dave has also sailed 3,156 miles from Mexico to Hawai; travelled 1,000 miles from Memphis to Miami on a bikecar; and swum 1,001 miles down the Lower Missouri River. Most recently the adventurer has peddelled 3,000 miles through western Europe on an elliptigo - a bike pedalled like a crosstrainer. It means in total the adrenaline junkie has powered himseld an incredible of 17,051 miles around the globe. But bizarrely Dave, from Warwick, claims he is terrified of taking risks.

Around the world – and I only used man power

Many people talk of getting itchy feet when they’re bored with life and work. But few get it out of their system by clocking up…

Scottish fan arrested for dancing naked in fountain

One Scotland fan fell foul of the law when he left his kilt, and the rest of his clothes, behind to dance in a fountain…

Children may have to pay to be in care

Children could be asked to pay towards their own social care in proposals put forward by one Conservative-led council…

Royal Navy warship used in £100million drugs bust near Puerto Rico

Navy warship used in £100m drugs bust

A Royal Navy warship has been used to claim a haul of cocaine worth around £100million in a drugs bust near Puerto Rico, the Ministry…

Baby has 13cm cyst 'that looked like second head' removed

Baby has 'second head' removed

A mother who thought a cyst on her son's neck was a second head has spoken of her relief after he had the 13cm growth…

Man arrested on suspicion of abduction and rape as 13-year-old girl found a week after going missing

13yo girl's disappearance: Man held on suspicion of rape

A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of abducting and raping a 13-year-old girl…

Hemel Hempstead voted ugliest town in the UK

It boasts a pretty Norman church, an attractive marina and is set in the comfortable Home Counties region of Hertfordshire. But Hemel Hempstead has still…

Ed Miliband pelted with eggs

Labour leader Ed Miliband has been pelted with eggs at a market in south London…

Red Bull tells Redwell brewery in Norfolk to change its name to avoid confusion

Red Bull tells tiny Norfolk brewery Redwell to change its name

Energy drink maker Red Bull has told a small Norfolk brewery to change its name, claiming consumers will confuse the pair…

Peru cocaine pair due in court as they claim gangsters held guns to their head to force them to smuggle drugs

Peru cocaine women due in court

Two women who claim they were ordered at gunpoint by Colombian gangsters to smuggle £1.5million worth of cocaine out of Peru are due in court…

Cat DNA database helps convict killer

A database of cat DNA has helped put a killer behind bars. The database of 152 cats was created from scratch as part of the…

Taxpayers get stuck with £7m parliament bar bill

Taxpayers forked out more than £7million last year to subsidise bills at parliament’s bars and restaurants…

Money

Unemployment: 2.5m still out of work

Unemployment fell by just 4,000 in the three months to June, official figures revealed today…

Tories and Lib Dems give spinster's bequest to Treasury

The Conservative Party has joined the Liberal Democrats in giving its share of a spinster's £520,000 bequest to the Treasury…

4% rail fare rise 'is just doing your bit'

Rail passengers were told last night they have to ‘do their bit’ after being hit by another round of above- inflation fare rises…

Diabetes cases hit three million

The number of Britons suffering from diabetes has soared by a third in six years to 3million, costing the NHS £764million in prescriptions…

Britain to file complaint with Spain over 'unacceptable' delays on Gibraltar border

UK to take Spain to task over Gibraltar border delays

Britain is set to take Spain to task over 'unacceptable' delays on the border with Gibraltar, which saw some motorists facing a five-hour wait to…

'Living nightmare' for families of women held in Peru

The families of two women being held in Peru on suspicion of trying to smuggle £1.5million worth of cocaine out of the country say they…

Special needs kids told they would 'spoil' journeys of first class passengers

Old teapot valued at £120 fetches fortune

'Unique' medieval panels stolen from Devon church

Man survives flesh-eating bug due to excess fat

Armed thieves raid café to satisfy quiche craving

Facebook app Fraxinus wants gamers to save the ash