AT LEAST 38 people have been killed in a horror crash after a packed bus collided with a lorry in Brazil before bursting into flames.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva described the fatal smash as a “terrible tragedy” with harrowing images showing the burnt out bus left on the side of the road.
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The burnt out wreckage of the bus after the collisionCredit: AFP
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A car was also trapped underneath the lorryCredit: AFP
Another 13 people were taken to hospital following the crash in the country’s eastern state of Minas Gerais, the local fire department said.
The coach burst into flames when it crashed with the driver among the dozens killed.
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Take a look at these punch stats from Oleksandr Usyk in the four biggest fights of his life.
178 vs Tyson Fury 2 (most by a Fury opponent)
170 vs Tyson Fury (2nd most by a Fury opponent)
170 vs Anthony Joshua 2 (most by a Joshua opponent)
148 vs Anthony Joshua 1 (2nd most by a Joshua opponent)
Who can stop him from landing that left hand at will?
Finally time?
Eddie Hearn is insistent that the fight to make next is Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua.
“There is only one fight for Tyson Fury and it’s Anthony Joshua. Fury is still potentially at the peak of his powers but just wasn’t up to it against Usyk.
“I’d love to see Fury v AJ at Wembley and then maybe come back out here.”
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Usyk’s compatriot Wladimir Klitschko, who lost to Fury in 2015, has also had his say.
“We are lucky to have such an amazing champion. A legend. Just outstanding from the boxing ground. He just made history and that win is extremely important for us Ukrainians, he’s putting Ukraine on the map once again,” he said.
“He’s done it so many times. I don’t know another person who’s been as excellent as Usyk in boxing. You are a true legend.
“Some Ukrainians might not have watched that fight tonight but they will know tomorrow morning that Usyk is a champion.”
JAMES Corden has been hailed a “hero” after rushing to the aid of a woman who broke her arm while Christmas shopping.
The TV host, 46, comforted the injured shopper after she had a nasty fall on Bond Street in London’s West End on Friday evening.
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James Corden has been hailed a ‘hero’ after rushing to the aid of a woman who broke her arm while Christmas shopping
He phoned for an ambulance but was told one wouldn’t be available for an hour, so hailed a black cab to take her to the nearest A&E.
A source told The Sun: “There was a group of people standing around trying to help this woman who had fallen and broken her arm badly while out shopping with her family.
“One guy kept asking what he could do to help and everyone was quite taken aback when they realised it was James Corden.
“He was the one who rang 999 but the operator told him they couldn’t get an ambulance out for at least 60 minutes.
“He said he knew where the nearest A&E was, so he flagged down a cab to take the woman to hospital so she wouldn’t have to wait around in the cold in pain.
“He was an absolute hero. He just wanted to help her – it was a really nice gesture.”
The actor, who ditched LA to move back to London with his wife Julia Carey and three children earlier this year, stayed at the scene until the wounded shopper was safely on her way to hospital in the taxi.
Another passerby lent her skills as a nurse by fashioning a makeshift sling out of a scarf to support the woman’s arm.
A source close to James described the medic’s help as “invaluable”.
He grew visibly emotional as he addressed the ending of the festive special while appearing on The Graham Norton Show with co-star and creator Ruth Jones, 58, earlier this week.
James described filming the last scenes as a “very special day”.
He said: “We really felt like we wanted everybody to be there at the very, very end, and it was just a lot of tears…It’s been a very, very emotional thing to do, really.”
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OLEKSANDR USYK took another controversial decision over Tyson Fury to regain his heavyweight throne.
Seven months on from their split-decision thriller, this time the scorecards were unanimous 116-112 all in Usyk’s favour.
The Gypsy King stormed out of the ring as his promoter Frank Warren was left stunned by the cards.
Here’s how SunSport’s Wally Downes scored the fight…
Round 1
The rules were ignored and Fury arrived at 11:15pm local time with a beard that would make Brian Blessed’s chops feel naked.
If we thought his face fuzz looked overgrown, we were stunned to see the size of his belly when the cameras caught him topless in his dressing room.
His red shorts were so high that you couldn’t even see much of his gut, an inch higher and the 20st beast would have had the option of tucking his nipples down there too.
Fury tried to intimidate Usyk with the final face-off, widening his eyes like a monster but the champ remained ice cold.
They swapped jabs and fenced with their lead hands. Usyk drove left hands into his wobbling belly and then clipped him with a head shot to snatch the opener. Usyk.
Round 2
Usyk lands a scoring one-two to the head as soon as the session starts but then returns to the body and lands lefts, one even makes Fury stumble.
But the Gypsy King lands a treble-jab and then a meaty right hand to take the round.
Still no signs of the body blows and uppercuts that won him the middle rounds of the May fight. Fury
Round 3
Three times Usyk scores with a jab to the body and left hand upstairs.
Fury struggles to deal with the pressure. Fury lands a little check hook and even tries the southpaw stance.
But all his threats to skin and cook the bog-eyed rat or ugly rabbit prove empty. Usyk.
Round 4
Fury makes a bright start with a chopped right hand.
Bit Usyk almost whacks his whiskers off with two left hands that score well.
But Fury pings back with a big right hand that forces Usyk back.
Then that uppercut returns and cuts through Usyk’s guard. Draw.
Round 5
Fury takes control instantly when a right hand is the perfect start to the session
Then the Brit gets warned for rabbit punches as he bids to bully the champ.
Usyk is then walked into a lead left uppercut and then he starts shipping body blows. Usyk scuttles off and has to recover. Fury.
Round 6
Fury in trouble. The challenger’s bloated body starts to sweat and Usyk keeps targeting it with his power-punch left.
Then he goes head hunting and clips Fury’s skull.
The Morecambe giant is buzzed and worried, his head got rocked backwards. He hides the rest of the round. Usyk
Round 7
A quiet round only really features a crisp Fury one-two and a single Usyk left. Draw.
Round 8
A one-two-hook works for Usyk as he pushes all of the pace an pressure and Fury tries to hide his 20st target.
An accidental clash of heads thankfully leaves no cuts.
Fury does launch a limp attack but Usyk smiles back and shakes his shaven head. Usyk.
Round 9
Fury starts to tire, he has so much timber to lug around and lumberjack Usyk loves chopping him down.
He’s too big to dance and rub and counter.
He is playing super-fit Usyk’s game. Usyk.
Round 10
Fury lands a rare uppercut and attacks Usyk’s body. He takes the centre of the ring but then eats a couple of shots.
Fury tries to hold and lean and sap at Usyk’s engine. But he is punished with a left to the cheek.
Big left from Uysk lands and scatters Fury sweat beads off his head.
But Fury cracks back with an uppercut. But Usyk’s pressure and punches win in. Usyk.
Round 11
These could well be the deciding rounds. Usyk is busier, Fury throws an uppercut but it only grazes his guard.
Fury walks onto a tippy-tappy combination but then two serious shots. The wind is coming out of his giant red sails.
Usyk is relentless and bouncing and prodding and punching and Fury is 20st and flagging. Usyk
Round 12
Fury starts like a man who knows he needs at least a lockdown but that helps Usyk counter him.
A combo of three straight punches score for the Ukraine icon.
But Fury keeps swinging and slashing and pulling up the shorts that slip down his back and love handles from all the sweat Usyk has drained out of him.
With a section of the ungrateful crowd booing and whistling they slug it out for the final ten seconds finish. Usyk
Daisy Tullett receives her present from Santa – in the paper she designed for our fundraiser in aid of sick childrenCredit: PP.
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Daisy was crowned the winner of The Suns wrapping paper competitionCredit: Damien McFadden
In an extraordinary twist, she was on a ward at Birmingham Children’s Hospital when Santa brought the gifts — purchased with the proceeds of her winning artwork.
So by sheer coincidence she has become one of the beneficiaries too.
As well as Daisy’s creation, two other winning designs were chosen — reindeer heads by Quinn Jenkinson, 12, from Colchester, Essex, and a drawing of a gingerbread man, Father Christmas and a snowman, by Cassius Greenhalgh, five, from Leigh, Gtr Manchester.
The giftwrap was sold in The Works stores nationwide with proceeds going towards presents and funding childhood cancer research via our charity partner The Azaylia Foundation.
Wearing fun “antlers” and a red Rudolph nose, Daisy, who has been battling a blood cancer called acute lymphoblastic leukaemia since March, beamed from ear to ear as she opened her Lego set gift.
She said: “I can’t believe I am getting a present in the paper I designed. Yes, I am proud. It means a lot.”
Daisy lives in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, with brothers Jacob, ten, and Rory, six, dad Richard, 33, who works for a renewable energy firm, and mum Holly, 31.
Holly, who gave up work as an administrator to care for her daughter, said: “We are so proud. Daisy has been through so much, and Christmas is a tough time.
“The fact she has helped so many other children feel an extra bit of happiness at Christmas is amazing, and raising money for cancer research is just so special too.”
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Santa — with the help of elf Safiyya Vorajee from The Azaylia Foundation — also had a gift for Hallie-Mae Formstone, who is five tomorrow.
She was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia last month.
The chatty youngster, from Shrewsbury, Shrops, will be spending Christmas in hospital. Mum Sophie, 32, a carer, said how grateful she is for the gift.
She added: “What’s happened to Hallie-Mae is every parent’s worst nightmare.
“Our world has been turned upside down but seeing Father Christmas and that smile on her face has been lovely.”
At The Christie Hospital in Manchester, there was excitement too as other young patients received a special visit.
Among them was Esmai Wright- Stanford, three, from Stoke-on-Trent.
She was diagnosed with anaplastic ependymoma, a brain tumour, at the age of seven months and has had surgery plus a year of chemotherapy.
The tot was being monitored when scans in September revealed her tumour had returned.
She is now undergoing a type of radiotherapy called proton beam therapy.
Her mum Chloe, 29, a pub worker, said: “She wasn’t very well this morning, and she was exhausted after treatment.
“But when she heard Santa was coming, she was determined to see him.”
With her hair tied into bunches and wearing a festive dress, Esmai couldn’t wait to tell Father Christmas how “cheeky” Mummy had been.
Chloe says seeing Santa was the highlight of her daughter’s week.
She said: “Hospitals are all she has ever really known. It can be so tough.
“But having a present from Santa and chatting to him is such a special treat.
“We can’t thank everyone enough for making it happen.”
Also facing Christmas at the world- famous centre in Manchester is ten-year-old Aggie Forster.
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Santa with his helper Safiyya VorajeeCredit: PP.
She was diagnosed with ependymoma in October after the sudden onset of headaches.
Aggie from Pershore, Worcs, said: “I had scans and I was diagnosed with a brain tumour.
“I called it Bob and I had an operation to take him out of me.”
She will be at The Christie having proton beam therapy until January.
Her mum Lucy said: “Aggie loves this time of year, and so does her brother George who is 12. It’s been a really tough few months for her. It’s been scary. It’s been lovely seeing Santa.
“I am so grateful to everybody who bought the wrapping paper and helped make this happen.”
‘Really special day’
Also visited by Santa was Matvii Liakh, four, from Colne, Lancs, who was diagnosed with an inoperable high-grade glioma — another type of brain tumour — last month.
Originally from Ukraine, mum Viktorria said: “Matvii started losing his balance and seeing double, then got bad headaches and was sick. He was diagnosed with a brain tumour. We were told it was inoperable.
“He’s having six weeks of treatment to try to shrink it then they’ll see what they can do next.”
Matvii is a big fan of animated TV series Paw Patrol.
“It was so kind of Father Christmas to give him a Paw Patrol toy,” Viktorria added.
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Also visited by Santa was Matvii LiakhCredit: Glen Minikin
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Esmai Wright-Stanford receives her gift from Father ChristmasCredit: Glen Minikin
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Esmai was diagnosed with anaplastic ependymomaCredit: Glen Minikin
“Things haven’t been easy for him so it’s been a really special day.”
Santa also visited kids at Croydon University Hospital in South London, including Teddy Bush, seven.
Teddy was diagnosed with acute T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia in May 2022, and has been in and out of hospital ever since.
Teddy said: “I love Santa and I love Christmas so I’m really happy to see him again. He always gives me lots of hot chocolate.”
Unwrapping a game of Guess Who? with his sister Delilah-Beau, two, sitting next to him, he added: “I love this game. Thanks Santa!”
His mum Lauren Bush, 28, from Forestdale, South East London, said: “It’s been a tough year but he’s always smiling. It’s great he got to see Santa today. I can’t thank The Sun on Sunday enough.
“It’s never easy spending Christmas in hospital so having a boost like this is really important.”
Such was the response, the wrapping paper even sold out online.
None of these visits would be possible without the support of YOU — our army of generous readers — who bought thousands of packs of the paper.
The Azaylia Foundation, which is also benefitting from your kindness, was created by former footballer Ashley Cain and his ex Safiyya in memory of their daughter Azaylia, who died of acute myeloid leukaemia in 2021 at eight months old.
Safiyya said: “Thank you to everyone who has supported this wonderful initiative by The Sun on Sunday.”
A spokesman for The Works added: “We’re overwhelmed and so pleased by the response received for such an amazing cause.
“It is a privilege to be part of something that makes a life- changing impact.”
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Father Christmas also visited kids at Croydon University Hospital in South LondonCredit: Oliver Dixon
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Santa met Teddy Bush in CroydonCredit: Oliver Dixon
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There was also a gift for Hallie-Mae Formstone, who is five tomorrowCredit: PP.
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Aggie Foster will be in hospital having proton beam therapy until JanuaryCredit: Glen Minikin
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Thanks to Sun readers for supporting our Christmas Wrapping For Kids campaign
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CHRISTMAS tractor runs to raise money for charity have been axed after police elf and safety warnings.
Kenn Valley Young Farmers Club in Devon cancelled their annual ride due to take place Sunday claiming police were “cracking down”.
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Shadow Environment Secretary Victoria Atkins said the runs bring “much-needed festive cheer” to rural communitiesCredit: Alamy
Farmers dress their vehicles up in Christmas lights and drive them through local villages for charity.
They said: “This event has raised thousands for charity, however due to police and highways legislation we have been strongly advised not to proceed.
“This event comes with many risks, risks that there have always been ways around.
“However the police are cracking down on safety and after an hour long teams meeting discussing the event- they are not happy.”
River Dart Rotary Club, which organises another tractor run, said they too had to cancel for similar reasons.
Shadow Environment Secretary Victoria Atkins said: “This is a cop out by the police.
“Of course health and safety regulations must be followed but risks can be managed so that people can raise funds for charity and bring some much-needed festive cheer to our rural communities after Labour’s vindictive Budget.”
Mo Metcalf-Fisher from the Countryside Alliance said “After the kick in the teeth farmers received from the Treasury with the family farm tax, this Scrooge like clampdown on festive tractor runs is another blow to farming communities at a time when they need all our support.”
A police spokesman said: “Devon and Cornwall Police take public safety extremely seriously and have a duty to inform members of the public of certain health and safety aspects when organising any public event.
“Advice has been given by police and partners, through the Safety Advisory Group in how events can be ran lawfully and as safely as possible to ensure participants and the public are kept safe, as well as minimising traffic disruption to other road users.”
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