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England garden towns 'threaten countryside'

Campaigners have criticised plans to build about 40,000 new homes in garden communities in England.

The government supports the developments as a way of tackling the country's shortage of housing.

28 October 2017

Alex Goulding is mid-air jumping off the floor after doing a push-up in a plank position. He is wearing a dark green tank top, shorts and white trainers. He is performing the push up in front of a red curtain.

Watch man defy gravity with plyometric push-ups

Alex Goulding claims another world record for the most plyometric 180-degree push-ups in 60 seconds.

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Car with badly damaged wheel on the M1.

Watch: Car missing a wheel driven on M1 after crash

Motorway cameras capture the car hitting the central reservation before continuing badly damaged.

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Police officer unconscious in hospital.

CCTV captures moment police officer knocked unconscious by headbutt

The attack took place in hospital, where the man had been taken after his arrest over a car crash.

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A women in a hospital bed wearing a blue and white gown.

Woman reveals pain of living with endometriosis

"People have horrendous periods and think they just have to live with it... [but] you don’t," she says.

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Police 4x4 drives through deep flood water in a field of bushes and other flora. Tyre tracks are visible on the edge of the water and the police vehicle appears to be following them.

Watch: Police track stolen pickup to flooded field

Police had to drive through deep floodwater to find the Toyota Hilux hidden close to the A421.

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A group of women in aprons and themed outfits run down a street while holding frying pans with pancakes, taking part in The Olney Pancake Race. Spectators line the roadside, watching and taking photos in a residential neighborhood.

Watch: Runners sprint for Olney Pancake Race glory

Running at speed and flipping a pancake like your life depends on it is all part of the tradition.

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A woman holding a pan run towards the finish line. She is surrounded by onlookers and photographers. The picture is in black and white.

Archive video shows historic pancake race in 1956

Olney Pancake Race in Buckinghamshire has been held since 1445 and claims to be the world's oldest.

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Resurfacing equipment on the tarmac of an airport runway. The shot is taken from a low angle so you can see the tarmac, the machines, workers in yellow high vis and the sky at night. It's all lit up by a big light in the air.

Timelapse captures resurfacing of Luton Airport runway

Crews have just a few hours overnight to resurface the runway so planes can take off in the morning.

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A man in gym clothes pictured mid-air between two towers of foam blocks about a metre high.

'Active lad' claims plyometric push-ups record

A trainer breaks a Guinness World Record for the number of push-ups-with-a-difference in a minute.

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White van drives down A421 at night at speed overtaking a red car and approaching a lorry

Van speeds away from pursuing police at 120mph

Police say they arrested a driver after the chase from Bedford to Luton.

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A group of vibrant green parrots cling to a red brick wall, scattered across its vertical surface in various poses.

Parakeets feeding on barn wall display Amazonian behaviour

Ornithologist Jack Baddams says the video is "really cool".

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Three ostriches cluster together in a field next to a wooden fence, all looking towards a zookeeper. She stands on the other side of the fence with her head turned away from the camera towards the birds. She wears a forest green hat and jacket and is writing on a clipboard.

Extra special stocktake of zoo animals begins

Staff say they were given a last-minute surprise, after a white rhino was born on New Year's Day.

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An eel arranged in a circle in a roasting tin, with herbs and oil on it. A hand is pouring the marinade over it.

Watch: How Italians in Bedford celebrated Christmas 40 years ago

Eels, a capon, and a Nativity scene taking over a living room, as seen on BBC Nationwide.

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Water gushes on to a flooded railway track.

Watch: Gushing water turns railway 'into a river'

Fast-flowing water from a burst sewer main is seen pouring into a flooded railway station.

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A large explosion with a enormous plume of dark smoke rising upwards into the sky

The first 999 call made after Buncefield explosion

"There's been an explosion," a woman tells a 999 operator following the blast on 11 December 2005.

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Two police officers are pulling a man out of a BMW crashed into a lamppost near a red bus

BMW driver jailed after crashing into lamp-post

Cameron Saddique is handed a driving ban for more than three years following the crash in September.

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Woman shouting in a front garden while a workman watches on in the background.

Watch: Neighbours row as workers dig up front lawn

Videos of the dispute are watched more than four million times after being shared on TikTok.

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Two squirrels moving around inside a cylindrical drain

Family of rodents found living in drain system

Other items discovered in roadside drains around Hertfordshire include a trampoline and grenade.

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A man on a mountain bike is flying through the air as he makes his way through a truck with an empty load

Watch: Mountain biker jumps through moving lorries

Organiser Red Bull says it was a "world-first" jump in which "every element had to align perfectly".

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A car is passing over a zebra crossing. It is blurred, and the people around the car are also blurred or out of focus.

Car narrowly misses pupils and lollipop woman

Drivers face penalties including points on their licence or mandatory speed awareness courses.

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