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1. Ireland crash victim brought 'light, laughter and adventure' as funerals held today

   Mourners gathered today for the funerals of two of the victims of a tragic road accident in Ireland

2. Six arrested after man's hand 'cut clean off' at house party

   The 18-year-old man had been at a birthday party when he suffered the life-changing injury.

3. Man dies from chronic constipation after not pooing for a month

   James Stewart's family claim staff at a group home did not act when he complained about feeling constipated, and he died with 1.4st of impacted faeces stuck in his bowels.

4. Young carers among those set to benefit from Observer festive toy appeal

   Stirling Young Carers are one of the groups who are included in the list of good causes who benefit from the Give A Gift appeal - giving those who offer up their time all year round the chance to open a gift on Christmas.

5. 'I used to work in restaurant and there's quick way to dice potatoes without knife'

   A former restaurant worker has shared a simple potato dicing hack that she deems to be the "fastest and easiest" method to prepare potatoes - and you don't even need a knife

6. In-form Elgin test awaits for slumping Stirling Albion as Binos boss feels heat

   The Black and Whites arrive at Forthbank for the first of back-to-back meetings between the sides over the next fortnight flying high as League Two's form side.

7. Social care worker sanctioned for "aggressive, degrading and patronising" behaviour towards colleagues

   A warning was placed on Ronnie Lowe’s registration for a period of 12 months and a series of conditions imposed on his continuing registration.

8. Adorable Labrador puppy settles into new Bridge of Allan home as part of appeal

   Eccles, a 12-week-old labrador cross golden retriever, is now learning the ropes with her volunteer puppy raisers Sandra McDerment and Judith Midgley.

9. X suffers third major outage in four days as users report global disruption

   Most of the issues were linked to the mobile app, though many users also ran into problems accessing the desktop site.

10. Teenage girl weighing just 2.5st rescued from obese family who denied her food

    The 14-year-old was found severely malnourished inside a "house of horrors".