Dramatic moment a flying swan smashes into van's windscreen
Image by: Emily Keady
This is the terrifying moment a swan flew into a moving car - and shattered the windscreen.
Professional dog walker Emily Keady, 21, was driving through a suburban housing estate when the bird descended towards her on-coming vehicle.
It smashed into the windscreen directly in front of the driver's seat - causing a huge indent in the splintered glass.
The incident on December 23 was captured on a dash cam in her Citroën Berlingo van.
She can be heard screaming in terror while her passenger shouted "oh my God".
Despite shattering the windscreen, the swan was unharmed and waddled off around the village.
Emily - who was driving from her home to a job in Holyfields, Newcastle upon Tyne, when the incident happened - was also shaken but unhurt.
Image by: Emily Keady
Image by: Emily Keady
Image by: Emily Keady
Image by: Emily Keady
Her dad Andrew Keady, 56, said: "She was pretty shaken-up but she was more concerned if the swan was ok.
"You do usually see the swans in a nearby park but we've never seen anything like that.
"She gave me a call so I could help collect the van.
"It was just walking up and down the street by time I got there. It didn't seemed at all bothered.
"We got in contact with the RSPCB and RSPCA but they said there was nothing they could really do.
"If it was up walking about pretending like nothing had happened then I suppose it was alright.
"It didn't do too much in the way of damage. She was able to replace the screen the next day."
World-famous 'French Spiderman' free-climbs 475-foot tower in just 25 minutes
Image by: Adam Lockwood
This astonishing video shows a world-famous free-climber, known as 'The French Spiderman', scale the side of a 475-foot tall building in just 25 minutes.
Alain Robert, 57, is famous for his free solo climbing, scaling skyscrapers using no climbing equipment except for a small bag of chalk and his climbing shoes.
The daredevil has climbed a whopping 165 buildings without a safety cord, including the 1,000-foot tall Eiffel Tower in Paris, and Dubai's Burj Khalifah, which stands at a whopping 2,700 feet tall.
And on Wednesday, 24/03/20, Alain was spotted scaling the Agbar Tower in Barcelona, Spain, which stands 475-foot tall (144 metres).
It took the Frenchman just 25 minutes to make it up the building and back down again - watched and filmed by his friend and fellow free-climber Adam Lockwood, 18.
Adam, from Manchester, is also currently in Barcelona to free-climb, and he supported Alain from the roof of a neighbouring building, The Arts Hotel - Barcelona's tallest building, at 505 feet tall.
Image by: Adam Lockwood
Image by: Adam Lockwood
Image by: Adam Lockwood
Adam said: "I knew Alain was here and was going to climb the Agbar Tower, so I climbed to the top of The Arts Hotel last night [Tues] and slept on the roof to watch him.
"It took him about 25 minutes to go up and back down again. When he got back down he got put in the back of an ambulance, and then driven off in a police car.
"Last time he did this he got escorted out the country. I don't know if that's going to happen again now."
Adam added that he has known Alain for about a year - but that Alain has been free-climbing "all his life".
It was the Frenchman's fourth time climbing the Agbar Tower - having previously scaled the 38-storey building in 2006, 2007, and 2016.
Mysterious face has appeared in a cliff following a landslide - and locals claim it could be the head of a mythical GIANT that stalked the area
A mysterious face has appeared in a cliff following a landslide - and locals claim it could be the head of a mythical GIANT that stalked the area.
Louise Coe, 45, was walking the coast path at Bedruthan Steps when she noticed a pair of eyes and a nose staring back at her.
NHS worker Louise and her husband walk the route near Padstow in Cornwall regularly but had not been recently - due to recent landslides that closed the steps.
She suspects the face was caused by the landslides - creating a remarkably detailed carving of a face.
The 'steps' are a natural rock formation said to have been created when the 'Bedruthan Giant' used them as stepping stones to cross the bay.
Some locals have even claimed the face could be that of the mythical giant.
Louise said: "My partner and I were just out walking with the dog when we spotted it.
"We're National Trust members so we quite often walk along the coast near the Bedruthan Steps.
"There had been some rock falls recently we think, but suddenly my partner and I just noticed that the rock face looked like a face looking out to sea.
"The steps are actually closed at the moment because of rock falls, so it might be a new formation - it looks very different.''
Dangerous landslides have been reported there both in December 2019 and on New Year's Day 2021.
Former Tory Minister Rory Stewart claims Boris Johnson is leaking negative stories about Rishi Sunak - because he feels threatened by him
Former Conservative Minister Rory Stewart claims Boris Johnson is leaking negative stories about Rishi Sunak - because he feels threatened by him.
Stewart, 49, a former Tory leadership contender, says the PM is ''probably quite enjoying'' the criticism aimed at the Chancellor and his wife.
Stewart says Sunak is aware the recent ''smear campaign'' is not just from journalists - and ''No.10 is feeding quite a lot of this''.
He says ''it's perfectly possible that people inside No.10 are quite enjoying dripping this stuff through''.
Stewart was speaking on Alastair Campbell's 'The Rest Is Politics' podcast.
He said: "My guess is Boris Johnson is probably quite enjoying this.
I think he feels threatened by Rishi Sunak.
"Rishi was the big challenger to him, and I think when Rishi Sunak is saying it's a bit of a smear campaign, he's not just talking about journalists going after him.
"I think he suspects that No.10 is feeding quite a lot of this.
"I think it's perfectly possible that people inside No.10 are quite enjoying dripping this stuff through.
"Suggesting he's going off on holiday in California, when he probably isn't...
"Drawing people's attentions to questions they might ask about his tax, asking about the green card etc.
"Because I think apart from Rishi Sunak it's difficult to see who really is in a position to challenge Boris Johnson."
Sunak's wife has been slammed for her 'non-domicile' status in the UK.
Both Sunak and Murty have also been criticized for holding US green cards.
Sunak studied at University in California but is a British citizen and was born in the UK.
Stewart added: "Rishi Sunak, I'm not particularly fond of. He's not a guy I particularly got on with while I was in Parliament.
"But I do feel there is something very very disturbing about this sort of political life and what it means psychologically.
"He now in an instant has found his wife under attack, he's basically being accused of being a liar and a criminal when from his point of view he hasn't broken any law at all.
"I was saying to a friend that I felt sorry for him, and my friend just laughed and said that they were enjoying this enormously.
"But obviously as a former politician, I don't enjoy watching this happen to anyone, Labour, Conservative, Lib Dem.
"It's one of the reasons we don't end up with good politicians."
The podcast is here: https://play.acast.com/s/the-rest-is-politics/
