Welcome to the Mirror’s Daily Digest, where we’ll be pulling together all the best stories of the day from our News, Showbiz, Sport teams and more. This Wednesday we’re featuring everything from our reporter’s eye-opening first-person piece about visiting the Pope lying-in-state, through to Katie Price revealing her latest look.
This evening our news team also brings you the incredible story of how a young girl was rushed to hospital with a broken neck following a ride on a “lethal” zipline in a recently revamped playpark.
Elsewhere, our Showbiz reporters discuss the latest on Katie Price’s changing appearance, and we reveal how homes across the UK soared by a staggering 5.4 per cent in the year up to February – and how you can check house prices in your area using our interactive map!
Our reporters Matthew Young and Elizabeta Ranxburgaj were left shocked at people’s lack of respect for the Pope lying-in-state.
There was no silent reflection for what, ultimately, were just a few brief moments in front of the open coffin – a ritual steeped in hundreds of years of history. When crowds arrived before the body of Francis, they were asked to put selfie sticks away, but phones remained front and centre.
It made it difficult and uncomfortable for those who kept their phones in their pockets and chose moments of silence rather than souvenir pictures and videos.
This Wednesday, we reported how a young girl was rushed to hospital with a broken neck following a ride on a “lethal” zipline in a recently revamped playpark.
Doctors were amazed Lois Crook’s spinal cord was not damaged after she was flung from a zipline that sped “dangerously fast”. The terrified eight-year-old’s mum, Emma Crook, said she was flung “around 10 feet in the air” when the ride rapidly gained momentum and flung her over the bumper at the end.
After taking her to hospital in a panic last month, medics later confirmed Lois had suffered a serious neck fracture, and quickly had a halo brace made for her. Lois’ parents are now campaigning to ensure other children don’t meet her same fate.
Our Showbiz reporters noted Katie Price‘s latest look, as she took a break from her packed work schedule. The former glamour model, 46, is no stranger to going under the knife and has most recently had procedures done, including a facelift and having her ears pinned back during a trip to Turkey.
This week though, the telly star is keeping herself busy and is touring England and North Wales in an Easter pantomime but she made sure to take time out of her day to spend it with her young puppy and made the most of the refreshing sea breeze in Rhyl, North Wales.
A former cop has been jailed for 10 years and six months for the manslaughter of a man and three women who all drowned in an “avoidable tragedy” while out paddleboarding.
Paul O’Dwyer, 42, Andrea Powell, 41, Morgan Rogers, 24 and Nicola Wheatley, 40, all died on the River Cleddau in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, in October 2021 when their paddleboards went over a weir during “extremely hazardous conditions”. Today Nerys Bethan Lloyd, owner and sole director of Salty Dog Co Ltd which organised the tour, was sentenced at Swansea Crown Court.
Finally, homes across the UK soared by a staggering 5.4 per cent in the year up to February, and now you can check house prices in your area using our interactive map. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), this marks the quickest growth rate in more than two years, with the average price in England hitting a cool £292,000.
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