Britain is world’s second most potty-mouthed nation

Britons are the second most prolific swearers in the world, behind only the Americans, a study has found.

Profanity is commonplace in language globally and is often used to emphasise a point, accent a sentence, or as a form of stress and pain relief.

A new analysis of 20 English-speaking nations compared the frequency of swear words in the language and analysed almost two billion words on 1.8 million different websites.

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WARMINGTON: If a grenade doesn’t go off in a crowd, does it mean it wasn’t real?

Hundreds of armed police officers, 56,000 participating in the Walk With Israel, and one pro-Hamas supporter with a hand grenade.

It was quite a sight — and, thankfully, there was no terror attack.

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Liverpool: Van slams into parade goers

Liverpool parade: Car drives into crowd of celebrating football fans – Police cordon in place

A car has rammed through the crowd at the trophy parade celebrating Liverpool’s Premier League victory.

Merseyside Police has confirmed they are attending the scene after the car collided with a number of pedestrians on Water Street.


Liverpool parade live updates as car driven into people

There is a large police presence around Water Street and Dale Street in Liverpool city centre this evening. Pictures show a large number of emergency services vehicles at the scene.

Merseyside Police have confirmed that people have been hit by a car. A police spokesperson said: “We are currently dealing with reports of a road traffic collision in Liverpool city centre.

Suspect was detained.

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Update: 53-year-old British man arrested

Police confirmed that they had arrested a 53-year-old British man.

The force said: “We would ask people not to speculate on the circumstances surrounding tonight’s incident on Water Street in Liverpool city centre.

“We can confirm the man arrested is a 53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area.

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We’re behind the Cannes power cut, boast French anarchists

Two anarchist groups claimed responsibility for a massive power cut that hit the French Riviera over the weekend, saying the sabotage was aimed at “disrupting” the Cannes Film Festival.

Power was lost for five hours on the final day of the festival on Saturday, knocking out traffic lights and ATMs and forcing organisers to use backup generators. Local officials said the causes behind the power cut were a suspected arson attack on a substation and vandalism of an electricity pylon.


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