A group of pub drinkers have been hailed heroes after heaving a car into the air to free a four-month-old baby trapped underneath following a horror crash. The seven men leapt into action after a car ploughed into Jackie Stephens as she pushed a buggy containing her grandson Luke Stephens. After the black Ford Fiesta mounted the curb Jackie, 61, was left lying in the road with serious injuries and Luke was trapped under the chassis. Six men then hoisted the car into the air and one of them managed to free the baby - who miraculously escaped with minor cuts and bruises. Luke - the son of Jacqueline’s son Colin and wife Sam - suffered only cuts and bruises and was released from Derriford Hospital in Plymouth the next day. Loot | Jobsite | Homes & property | London jobs | FindaProperty. read more

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A baby girl is in a critical condition in Starship children's hospital and her toddler sister has been removed from their parents. Counties-Manukau Detective Senior Sergeant Dave Lynch said the baby's parents, who are in their twenties, took her to hospital on Friday. Police began an investigation that night after being alerted by medical staff. An Auckland District Health Board spokeswoman said last night that the baby remained in a critical but stable condition in Starship's intensive care unit. The baby's family was cooperating with police, he said. But the investigation was being hampered by the fact many of the people police needed to interview were on holiday. read more

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TOKYOâ”The frozen carcass of a 37,000-year-old baby mammoth unearthed this summer in Siberia arrived in Japan today for tests that researchers hope will shed new light on the internal structure of the ancient beasts, an official said. The 4-foot gray-and-brown carcass arrived at Tokyo International Airport on Saturday afternoon, said Mitsuyoshi Uno, an official with the joint Russo-Japanese mammoth-study project that is overseeing the research. Discovered in May by a reindeer herder in northern Siberia’s remote Yamal-Nenets region, the frozen mammoth’s trunk and eyes are virtually intact and it even has some fur, but its tail and ear were apparently bitten off, Russian officials said. The mammoth, which was initially thought to be about 10,000-years-old, is bound for Tokyo’s Jikei Medical University, where it will undergo a computed tomography scan, Uno said. Researchers hope the scan will provide more information about the animal’s organs and internal structure. read more

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