A skydiver survived after his main parachute failed to open properly during a 10,000ft freefall.

He crashed on to a warehouse roof near Tilstock Airfield in Whitchurch, Shropshire. The injured man was rescued from the roof by firefighters.

He was treated for head and neck injuries then flown to hospital, but is not thought to be seriously injured.

An ambulance service spokeswoman said: “The man is reported to have fallen approximately 1,000ft, spiralling to the ground following a 10,000ft skydive.”

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Enviro-Pak by Turbotec is an environmentally friendly way to generate hot water by capturing the wasted heat from a central air conditioning or refrigeration system. Housing Tru-Twist heat exchanger technology allows the Enviro-Pak to proudly join ranks as one of Turbotec’s high efficiency products.

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SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — California rallied from a three-run deficit and got out of a bases-loaded jam without giving up a run.

There’s a well-earned victory celebration upcoming in Chula Vista after a come-from-behind victory to claim the Little League World Series championship.

Bulla Graft’s sharp single scored the go-ahead run in the fourth inning and Kiko Garcia pitched three-plus scoreless innings of relief to lead California to a 6-3 victory Sunday over Taoyuan, Taiwan to win the Little League World Series. (more…)

After Hurricane Katrina flattened New Orleans exactly four years ago, on Aug. 29, 2005, the city emerged as an inadvertent symbol of global warming, the first American victim of climate change. Over 200,000 homes were destroyed during the Category 5 hurricane. But in the years since, the Crescent City has quietly embraced a new and unexpected role as a laboratory for green building. Sustainable development groups that range from the international nonprofit Global Green to earth-friendly celebrities like Brad Pitt descended on New Orleans, determined not just to build the city back, but to build it back green. “It’s going to come back,” says Matt Petersen, the president of Global Green USA. “But we want to build it better than it was before.” (more…)

Kelsey Westbrook, the waitress who adopted the female pit bull, “Sunny,” said the company that owns her Old Louisville apartment will not let her to keep the dog there.

“They’re claiming that they don’t allow vicious breeds on the property, and I have a lease violation by having her on the property,” Westbrook said.

Louisville firefighters rescued Sunny from the Ohio River Sunday after she was dumped off the bridge to the water roughly 80 feet below. Bystanders said they saw a white Chevy Malibu stopped on the bridge in the southbound lanes just before Sunny fell.
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