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A MAJOR search has been launched for a missing 13-year-old who disappeared near a river.

Mylo Capilla, 13, was last seen at around 9pm on Thursday, wearing a dark t-shirt and trousers.

Mylo was last spotted near Ingleby Barwick, also known as The Muddies, close to Stockton-on-Tees.

The public have been urged not to enter the water for their own safety.

Police have launched an appeal for the publics help tracing the missing school boy.

A major search operation has been launched with dozens of groups of residents out searching for the missing lad.

Cleveland Police said: “While searches are ongoing, officers are reminding members of the public in the area to liaise with them directly and for their own safety not to enter any water.

“If you have information that will assist officers please call 101 quoting reference number 117649.”

A North East Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We are currently on-scene at an on-going incident in Ingleby Barwick in Stockton.

“We received the call at 21:29 and currently have one ambulance crew, one duty officer and three crews from our Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) on scene and we are being supported by our colleagues at the police and fire services.”

A Tees River Rescue spokesperson said: “Our crews were called out at around 9:15pm on June 26 2025, to assist with searches along the river Tees. 

“We would like to reiterate to any public who may be assisting with the search do not enter the water and do not get too close to steep banks.

“We deployed 2 boats and our welfare vehicle with 8 volunteers in total, we will continue to provide support as requested. We will provide no further details.”

AT least 29 students have been killed and 250 injured after an explosion resulted in a stampede at a high school.

Students were in the middle of an exam on Wednesday when an electrical transformer exploded in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic.

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At least 29 students have been killed and 250 injured[/caption]

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Students were in the middle of an exam on Wednesday when an electrical transformer exploded[/caption]

The incident occurred at Barthelemy Boganda High School, where over 5,300 students were gathered for the second day of their national baccalaureate examinations. 

Most of the victims including 16 girls died at the scene after the explosion resulted in a stampede, while others were confirmed dead at the hospital, the Ministry of Health said in a statement.

According to the Ministry of National Education, the explosion happened as technicians were working to restore a faulty electrical transformer on the school grounds.

Authorities believe panic from the blast triggered a chaotic stampede, which caused most of the fatalities and injuries. 

Emergency responders arrived promptly and transported the injured to nearby hospitals.

President Faustin-Archange Touadéra has declared a period of national mourning in honour of the victims. 

Investigators are currently working to determine the precise cause of the explosion and whether any safety protocols were breached.

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A MOTHER has shared how she made £5 supermarket cakes look Pinterest-worthy.

So if you can’t afford to splash the cash on a posh birthday cake from a bakery, then you’ve come to the right place and will need to take notes. 

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TikTok / @aysha.ijaz

TikTok / @aysha.ijaz

Aysha Ijaz, a savvy mum who regularly shares cooking clips on social media, recently demonstrated how she turned two Ms Molly’s Chocolate Cakes, which you can buy from Tesco for just £5.25 each, into a stunning drip cake.

Posting online, Aysha wrote: “Make £10 grocery store cake Pinterest-worthy.” 

To kick off the process, Aysha started by scraping the icing off of the two cakes.

She then cut the cakes into smaller circles and used chocolate buttercream to stack them on top of each other.

Once this was done, Aysha coated the outside and top of the cake with more of the chocolate buttercream. 

She then shared her simple hack for the perfect DIY drip and it couldn’t be easier.

Aysha confirmed that she used melted chocolate, which she applied to the cake using a piping bag, enabling her to get incredibly neat-looking drips. 

Following this, the foodie used American buttercream to decorate the cake and finished it off with Ferrero Rocher and some gold spray. 

Aysha confirmed that while she paid £10.50 for both cakes, she spent less than £5 on buttercream and £6 on Ferrero Rocher.

As a result, it cost her just £21.50 in total for the jaw-dropping birthday cake.

Not only was the total cost much cheaper than buying a personalised cake from a professional, but we think it looks incredible too. 

The TikTok clip, which was posted under the username @aysha.ijaz, has clearly left many open-mouthed, as it has quickly amassed 753,300 views. 19,100 likes and 107 comments.

That looks amazing!

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Social media users were impressed with Aysha’s DIY birthday cake and many eagerly raced to the comments to express this. 

One person said: “Excellent job.” 

Another added: “That looks amazing!” 

A third commented: “It looks delicious.” 

Meanwhile, someone else gushed: “I’m 100% doing this for my husband’s birthday in November. I’ve saved the video.” 

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WIMBLEDON star Alejandro Davidovich Fokina branded an umpire as the “worst I’ve seen” and called for their supervisor after being given a code violation at Eastbourne.

Davidovich Fokina had just gone 5-4 down in the second set against Jakub Mensik when he smashed his racquet on the floor.

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Alejandro Davidovich Fokina was left fuming at a code violation after he smashed his racquet to the floor[/caption]

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He aggressively argued with the umpire before asking him to call his supervisor[/caption]

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He labelled the umpire the ‘worst I’ve seen’[/caption]

The umpire subsequently handed the 26-year-old a code violation for unsportsmanlike conduct.

That, predictably, did not improve his mood.

And Davidovich Fokina then lost his temper towards the umpire and refused to accept the decision.

During the change of ends, the Spaniard aggressively protested against the decision.

He argued his racquet had been thrown down outside the baseline, saying: “Call the supervisor, I don’t accept that warning.”

After sitting down, he then yelled: “You’re the worst umpire I have seen.

“The worst. I don’t know how you can sit there. I threw it three times and you didn’t say nothing.

“I did it outside, outside the baseline. Video review it. Why you put a warning? It was outside the baseline.”

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ATP supervisor Jerry Armstrong was called out in an attempt to resolve the situation and informed Davidovich Fokina that throwing a racquet on a grass court was not allowed.

After cooling off, the world No28 regained his composure to win three games in a row and advance in a straight sets 6-4 7-5 against third seed Mensik.

He is now due to play American Taylor Fritz in the semi-final on the south coast ahead of Sunday’s final.

Davidovich Fokina has been ranked as the No26 seed for Wimbledon, which begins next Monday.

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Davidovich Fokina managed to beat Jakub Mensik 6-4 7-5[/caption]

JAKE PAUL has claimed the UFC is “DYING” in a brutal blast at Dana White following the promoter’s latest comments about him.

Veteran promoter White inadvertently renewed his war of words with Paul last week when he claimed he didn’t know the YouTuber-turned-boxer would be back in action this weekend.

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Paul has brutally hit back at the UFC supremo’s latest jibe at him[/caption]

Ex-Disney star Paul will throw down with former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr early on Sunday morning at the same time the UFC hosts its annual International Fight Week card in Las Vegas.

And Paul has responded to White in blistering fashion, saying: “[The] UFC is dying”

“They don’t have any current stars, they have skilful fighters, but it’s all boring wrestling.

“Where the Dagestani fighters are winning everything by taking everyone to the ground.”

Paul, who hasn’t shied away from taking shots at White down the years, is adamant the MMA mogul was fully aware of his upcoming fight.

“He can say whatever he wants, but you told him about the fight, right?” he continued. “So now he knows.

“That’s what press and media is. We’re selling the pay-per-views.

“So maybe people don’t know about it today or tomorrow, but on Saturday they’re all going to know.”

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Paul’s clash with Chavez Jr is – on paper – the biggest of his five-year-long professional boxing career.

And he’s vowed to add the son of Mexican boxing great Julio Cesar Chavez Sr to his list of knockout victims.

He roared at his open workout: “I, Jake Joseph Paul, will knock out Julio Cesar Chavez Saturday, June 28.”

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Thailand is on the edge of a crucial trade deadline with the US, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira announced today that he will be heading to the US next week for urgent trade negotiations. With Thailand facing a 36% tariff on its exports unless a deal is struck, time is running …

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SIPPING a glass of red on a garden bench as the sun sets over the neighbouring chateaux, mum Nicola Glover relishes the silence bar the therapeutic sound of evening crickets.

It’s a world away from her former life in Cambridgeshire, where she felt constantly stressed in her job working “ridiculous” hours as a primary school teacher to cover off her £1,000-a-month mortgage and rising bills.

“In 2020, I split with my first husband and was re-evaluating my life and what I wanted to do,” Nicola, 50, tells The Sun. 

“I wasn’t happy in my teaching job I’d been at for 14 years – I was very stressed and worked ridiculous hours with deadlines and performance targets that seemed impossible at times. It was always busy.

“I felt like I was on a hamster wheel and was longing for a more slow-paced life.”

A few months after her marriage ended she began chatting to a man called Pete, now 58 and originally from Kent, in a Facebook community group for people considering a move to France.

With Pete, an HGV driver, having also tired of the daily grind in the UK, the pair bonded over their love of the country.

They began dating in August 2020, and decided to pursue their pipe dream to move across the Channel to start a new quieter, rural life together.

“I used to go to France every year as a child, and went to Strasbourg University,” Nicola explains. “I’ve always loved everything to do with France.

“Pete was working as an HGV driver with very early starts and long days. He was fed up with traffic jams and the conditions of the roads.

“So we explored different areas of France to see which area we’d like to move to, and figure out what we could do as a business.”

The couple eventually settled on the traditional French village of Affieux in the southern Corrèze region – a relatively undiscovered spot that’s less popular than the neighbouring, touristy region of Dordogne. 

Primarily populated with native French people, Nicola adds: “It has a rainforest vibe – it’s green with lots of lakes. Although we do get quite a lot of rain, it’s very hot in the summer.”

Prior to moving the couple outright bought a 19^th century stone cottage with an acre of land and five bedrooms for €175,000 (£149K) in April 2023.

They used their combined savings to purchase the house and used the sale of Nicola’s house in the UK to fund renovations to the property, turning it into a boutique bed and breakfast.

“It’s in the heart of the village of Affieux,” Nicola says. 

“It’s rural and very quiet, with amazing views. The architecture and buildings are medieval and stunning.”

All you can hear are cows in the field behind the house and crickets

Nicola Glover

It took nearly a year to sort out the paperwork – visas, business plans, and police checks – before the couple finally moved to France in February 2024, both quitting their jobs in the UK. 

Nicola says: “There is so much stuff that needs to be done before you can move over.

“You get a visa for 12 months initially, and once you’re here you have to re-apply every 12 months to the local prefecture unless you get a multi-year visa. 

“To get the multi-year visa, you have to meet certain criteria, which I managed to get.”

Compulsory French

However, with Pete’s French language level not as high as Nicola’s, his visa was only renewed for an extra year.  

“Pete spoke relatively little French when we moved here but has since passed his A1 level French after receiving compulsory free lessons from the government,” Nicola explains. 

“Everyone on a working visa is assessed on their French level when they move here and if your French isn’t good enough you will be assigned free lessons. 

“He is still continuing with French learning: online, books and apps.”

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The Corrèze region in France has a ‘rainforest vibe’ according to Nicola[/caption]

In her previous life Nicola says she was constantly on the go commuting, working, shopping, ferrying teenagers around, fitting in a social life, sorting admin and cleaning.

Since moving to France, Nicola has loved the “calm and quiet” of the old-school village she now calls home. 

“All you can hear are cows in the field behind the house and crickets,” she says. 

“There is hardly any traffic. It’s all country roads unless you’re going to one of the big cities.”

She reckons this slow pace of living is in part due to French culture. 

“I think the French put more importance on downtime,” she says. “It’s not all ‘work, work, work’. 

“As soon as we go back to the UK we feel stressed. Everyone seems like they are in a rush. 

“Here it’s very slowed down. Everyone shuts for lunch, and hardly anywhere is open on a Sunday. You have to plan your day around it, which has taken some getting used to.”

Community feel

Nicola and Pete have the full support of their grown-up children, who now often visit for holidays. 

The couple married in September 2024, and now feel they have much more time for themselves and each other, alongside running their bed and breakfast. 

“We play golf, go for walks, explore the area, and cook together,” Nicola says. 

“We both love renovating and I do a lot of upcycling furniture. We spend time together in our garden, our allotment, and then work on the house.”

The community feel of Affieux has been a much-loved benefit of the move, Nicola adds.

“There is always a village fete, festival, or evening event. Our neighbours have all been really welcoming. 

“We’ve been around to theirs for drinks in the evening, and lunch. They talk to us about our lives.

“They don’t speak in English – we have to integrate in French. They’ve all been so helpful with any information I’ve ever needed.”

Although most costs are similar to the UK, Nicola says the house prices in the Corrèze region are cheaper, as she was able to get much more for her money. 

Her bills are also cheaper, especially given her house in France is considerably bigger than the small home she had in the UK. 

Her water bill is £200 a year cheaper, council tax is £400 cheaper, gas and electricity is £1,500 a year and her weekly shop is two thirds of the cost it was back in Blighty.

Wine is also a lot cheaper, with a basic cheap bottle costing just over a euro, and a nice bottle setting them back just €4. 

For a “fancy” three-course lunch, Nicola would expect to pay no more than €25. 

Nicola says: “We only buy food that’s in season here, and we waste less food. We also grow a lot of our food now, which we didn’t do in the UK.

We only buy food that’s in season here, and we waste less food. We also grow a lot of our food now, which we didn’t do in the UK

Nicola Glover

“We have room for our own allotment on our land here and have a 30ft polytunnel in our garden. We’re currently growing all sorts which will save us even more money.

“People in France generally rely less on ready meals and convenience foods than in the UK, most meals are prepared from scratch.

“If fruit and veg is not in season it’s generally more expensive – I’ve seen cauliflowers out of season for sale at €5.99 in one supermarket!

“In the UK, we are so used to getting anything at any time. They don’t do that here.

“Seafood is much cheaper though – 12 large tiger prawns cost me €2.25 yesterday!”

Nicola and Pete brought their own car to France and had it registered there, something that proved quite costly.

“We wanted to keep a right hand drive vehicle and cars are more expensive here than in the UK,” Nicola says. 

“This was a long-winded process though and cost quite a bit as we had to change the headlights.”

Car insurance is much the same as in the UK, but they don’t pay an annual tax on cars in France, and MOTs are done every two years. 

Another thing that Nicola says is more expensive in France are clothes – but outside of the big cities she’s noticed there isn’t an emphasis on fashion, so she doesn’t feel pressure to keep up with the latest style. 

“It’s very casual – jeans, trainers, top and blazer,” she says.

“There aren’t many charity shops like there are in the UK. People hold onto their clothes forever.”

There aren’t many charity shops like there are in the UK. People hold onto their clothes forever

Nicola Glover

With the increased number of sunny days in France compared to the UK, Nicola spends lots of time outside with her dog or in her allotment. 

“It’s nice to be outdoors more,” she says. “The blue sky and sunny days help with your mental health.”

Although she misses her twin daughters, both at university in the UK, as well as Marmite and Dairy Milk chocolate, Nicola can’t see herself moving back to the UK and would recommend rural France to anyone seeking a slower pace of life. 

“I haven’t thought that far ahead, but we’re happy where we are right now,” she says.

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The couple now feel they have much more time for each other[/caption]

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