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Ex-Arsenal star Nicklas Bendtner jailed over taxi bust-up and Day of the Dead celebrations

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Published: 16:44, 2 Nov 2018
Updated: 16:50, 2 Nov 2018

Bendtner faces jail all over a meagre taxi fare

EX-ARSENAL STAR JAILED

EX-ARSENAL striker Nicklas Bendtner has been jailed for 50 days over an attack on a Copenhagen taxi driver that left the cabbie with a broken jaw.

The 30-year-old, who plays for Norwegian club side Rosenborg, has appealed the sentence, his lawyer said.

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DAY OF THE DEAD

UNDER the spooky flicker of candlelight, hoards of mourners flocked to their loved-ones' graves as part of Mexico's world famous Day of the Dead festival.

Men and women painted their faces and wore costumes to honour their lost and beloved during a number of parades throughout the country.

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People stand next to graves on the Day of the Dead to pay homage to their dead relatives at the cemetery of Metepec on the outskirts of Mexico CityCredit: Reuters

FOOTIE OWNER'S FINAL JOURNEY

LEICESTER City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha’s body has arrived in Bangkok.

The 60-year-old was one of five people killed when his helicopter crashed after taking off from the King Power Stadium last weekend.

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Funeral arrangements have begun for the laying to rest of Leicester City's owner in BangkokCredit: EPA

'REAL SUPER MARIO DIES'

THE man who inspired the iconic Nintendo character Super Mario has died aged 84.

Mario Seagle was an Italian-American property developer from the US state of Washington.

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Seagle leased a warehouse of Nintendo of American in the 1980s — Mario Seagle, the 'real Super Mario', has died aged 84Credit: Marlatt Funeral Home

KILLER'S FINAL WORDS

DOUBLE killer Edmund Zagorski has been executed by Tennessee in a "homemade" electric chair.

He was out to death last night at 7.26pm, amid fears it would be botched.