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How completing the World Cup sticker book is like having a second job

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By Sophie Madden Verified
| Yahoo Life Verified
My name is Sophie, I'm a mum, and it's a little after midnight. My partner wants to turn off the light and go to sleep, but I'm still frantically typing on my phone. Is it work or family problems keeping me up late? Instead, I'm in the middle of tense negotiations with a man called Jamie who lives in Bromley, almost 180 miles away from my Shropshire home. We are arranging a swap of 50 stickers for my son's 2026 Panini World Cup album. Filling it has become like a full-time job.
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High Court quashes boy's 1984 inquest verdict

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By Sophie Madden Verified, Andrew Dawkins
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Sophie Madden; Andrew Dawkins - West Midlands Tue, June 23, 2026 at 11:08 AM UTC 3 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An open inquest verdict recorded over the death of a 15-year-old boy in 1984 has been quashed after a 40-year battle by his family. Mark Billington, 15, was last seen alive when he rode out on his bike to fly a kite near his Birmingham home. His body was found hanging in a tree in woodland two months later.
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Volunteers ring falcon chicks to track future flights

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By Sophie Madden Verified
| Yahoo Verified
Volunteers from the West Midlands Ringing Group say they see birds returning to the same site year after year [BBC] Volunteers have climbed to the top of a Stafford office block to ring a nest of peregrine falcon chicks, in order to track their future movements. The four chicks were born in a nesting box on top of the BT Telephone Exchange on Eastgate Street, and are about three weeks old.
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