THIS is the terrifying moment a freak wind blew a bouncy castle 40ft into the air sending children plunging to the ground.

The shocking footage shows children falling from the inflatable as onlookers scream in horror.

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Terrifying footage shows the large bouncy castle take off as stunned onlookers scream in horror[/caption]

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The castle was sent flying into the air[/caption]

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The bouncy castle later landed around 50 feet from where it took off[/caption]

The incident happened when an unexpected gust blew the castle into the sky at a fundraising day at a school in South Africa.

Instead of dropping back down to earth, the video shows the inflatable continuing to spiral upwards over Laerskool Protearif primary at Krugersdorp.

But the most heart-stopping moment comes when two kids fall off the floating castle.

Terrified parents scramble to break their fall as they drop from the inflatable, no longer able to cling on.

While the onlookers managed to form a human crash mat, the two kids are still reported to have been seriously injured.

One of the children is understood to have suffered a fractured skull, and the other a broken arm.

The bouncy castle later landed around 50ft from where it took off.

It is not known if any other children were on it at the time of the incident.

A statement on the school’s Facebook page confirmed that two kids had been taken to hospital following the incident.

The fundraising event was attended by more than 1,000 parents, pupils and friends last Saturday.

The school’s statement reads: “It is with great gratitude that we are happy to share the very good news with you.

“The two children who sustained injuries during the fracture accident at the Protea festival on Saturday were discharged from hospital on 31/5 and 3/6 respectively.

“The necessary trauma-counselling was given to both children, as well as to their co-learners, who experienced the event and thank you all for standing together.

“We thank you very much for everyone’s positive support, help and prayers.”

The school, which has 620 pupils aged 6 to 13, previously hit headlines in 2017 when a tornado blew off its roof and destroyed its buildings.

An eyewitness of the bouncy castle takeoff said: “When they fell I thought they were dead.

“I was watching from a food stall with my girls when I heard screaming and turned around and just saw this blue, green and red thing shooting up to the heavens.

“Then there was a huge scream when first one child and then another fell out but of all the places they could have landed it was right over a group of parents below.

“They reached up their arms to try to catch the falling children and undoubtedly saved their lives or saved them from much worse injuries by cushioning them.

“It was not a very windy day but it seemed this huge gust just came from nowhere and it was said the bouncy castle had not been secured to the ground.”

It is unclear from the footage if the bouncy castle had been securely tethered ahead of the incident.

Melissa Vere Russel of ABC Jumping Castles, which was not the company used, said: “In high gusts a bouncy castle can act like a parachute and the wind can carry it away.

“All castles are manufactured with mechanisms to secure them to the ground and failing to anchor them properly could end in disaster and could be fatal.”

It comes after an Australian bouncy castle operator was found not guilty of failing to comply with safety laws after the tragic death of six children in Tasmania when strong winds blew an inflatable into the air.

The horror incident happened in 2021 when a bouncy castle was blown three feet into the air and landed in a tree 160ft away.

Six children died and three others were seriously injured.

But owner of operator Taz-Zorb Rosemary Gamble was cleared of breaching work safety laws after the tragedy was ruled to be “due to an unprecedented weather system that was impossible to predict and avoid”.

Angry parents reportedly shouted at the bouncy castle owner after the verdict.

Gamble’s lawyer read a statement on her behalf, saying: “I never meant for something like this to happen. And I am just so sorry that it did.

“I am a mother. I can only imagine the pain that other parents are living with each and every day because of this terrible thing that happened.

“Their loss is something I will carry with me for the rest of my life.”

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The fundraising event was attended by more than 1,000 parents, pupils and friends last Saturday[/caption]

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It is unclear from the footage if the bouncy castle had been securely tethered ahead of the incident[/caption]

A LEADING Houston sports anchor has been cut in a surprise decision.

Fox 26 host Will Kunkel was informed he was being dismissed on Wednesday.

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Will Kunkel has left his role with FOX 26 Houston[/caption]

Kunkel initially claimed the entire sports department had been cut in the move.

“Wednesday was my last day at FOX 26 Houston,” said Kunkel on X.

“The station made the decision to cut the sports department— something I never saw coming.

“It was a shock, to say the least.”

Fox have since clarified that the sports department will remain intact.

Erica Keane, the senior vice president of media relations for Fox Television Stations, confirmed the network will still provide sports coverage.

“We did not eliminate the sports department – we eliminated the sports anchor position,” Keane told the Houston Chronicle.

“We’re still going to cover sports extensively both with a reporter in the mornings.

“We’re going to gather and distribute sports content across all sports whenever there’s breaking news.”

Keane admitted the network was not entirely sure how the future would look in the newsroom.

“It depends on how they want to set up their news,” she added.

“Our digital presence in Houston is tremendous, it does very well.

“All of the sports content that’s happening in the market and in Texas is going to be reported on.

“And reporters report on everything, so that’s just how they wanted to set it up.”

Kunkel has served as the sports director at FOX 26 Houston since September 2023.

He also launched a station video podcast called Kickin’ it with Kunkel.

Kunkel led all of the station’s sports coverage.

He anchored the evening newscasts alongside Anthony Antoine, Caroline Collins, and Rashi Vats.

IPHONE users have complained that a mysterious bug is blocking them from accessing their emails.

Numerous people have reported that Apple’s Mail app is crashing and freezing.

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Some say they’re left with a blank screen when trying to access their email[/caption]

It’s thought that the issue may be affecting some iPhone devices with iOS 18.5 installed.

“My mail app is refusing to load anything and just shows a white blank screen,” one person wrote on Reddit.

“I have been having this issue all day. Very frustrating!” another commented.

“This has been happening for a few days now and it’s driving me crazy,” a third yelled.

Apple’s own service status page doesn’t show any problems being investigated currently.

There are some workarounds – though it only appears to work temporary and success is mixed.

Some say simply restarting their iPhone helped for a bit.

Others have had said disabling their iCloud account in the Mail settings worked.

However, this will mean that you can’t access iCloud Mail on your device.

For the time being, it might be better to wait and access your emails manually online via your web browser.

If you have an iCloud Mail account, just go to icloud.com/mail.

For those who have other email accounts and want to try disabling their iCloud Mail from the app for now, go to Settings > Apps > Mail > Mail Accounts.

Just remember you’ll need to add it back again after if you rely on iCloud Mail.

IT’S a hard life being part of Hollywood royalty – and this nepo baby pop star-in-the-making wants to make sure everyone knows it. 

But can you guess who this star’s famous family are? 

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Romy Mars sends up life as an A-Lister in her new single[/caption]

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The 18-year-old is primped by stylists in the clip[/caption]

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The pop singer is the daughter of Francis Ford Coppola[/caption]

In a cheeky parody of life in the limelight, new single A-Listers gives the highs and lows of being rich, from someone who has lived in it from the start. 

Romy Mars, 18, dropped the song and music video this week, with A-Lister’s lyrics talking about how empty fame and fortune actually is. 

She croons in the first verse: “Grant all of my wishes, riches to riches, and one day I’ll be bored with everything that I’ve got.

“Get out of fancy clothes right after they get the shot, Recreate scenes from Titanic on a flying bridge yacht.” 

Romy knows the feeling better than most thanks to her famous family on both sides of her genetic line. 

Her mother, Sofia Coppola, is a film director best known for Lost in Translation and Virgin Suicides. 

She follows in the footsteps of her own father, the legendary Godfather director, Francis Ford Coppola. 

Romy’s father is French musician and Phoenix frontman, Thomas Mars, whom Sofia met on the set of the Virgin Suicides in 1999 but got together with in the late 2000’s. 

The pair have been married since 2011, and have two daughters, Romy and Cosima, both of whom have picked up their creative flair. 

In the accompanying music video, Romy is seen being primped and pampered for a photoshoot, in between scenes of a runaway marriage, fighting through a crowd of paparazzi cameras, and spending a day by a pool in a mansion. 

“I love this golden sunny West Coast, sceney plastic world,” she sings. “I miss being a real girl, sure, but I’m not a real girl anymore.” 

After watching the video, fans commented that it reminds them of Paris Hilton’s music career. 

Her launch into music comes two years after she went viral TikTok, making a vodka pasta sauce while declaring: “I’m grounded because I tried to charter a helicopter from New York to Maryland on my dad’s credit card because I wanted to have dinner with my camp friend.” 

The video racked up millions of views before it was eventually deleted, with her parents banning the then-16-year-old from having public social media accounts. 

She’s since leaned into her privileged image, releasing an EP last year titled Stuck Up. 

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Romy is one of Sofia Coppola’s two daughters[/caption]

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The teen got in trouble at 16 for ‘trying to charter a private jet to see her friend’[/caption]

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Romy got her musical flair from her dad, French musician Thomas Mars[/caption]

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Romy laments on living in a ‘plastic world’ in the song[/caption]

LOVE Island USA fans are pleading with Huda Mustafa to “run” from Jeremiah Brown after telling him about her daughter.

Huda, 24, pulled Jeremiah, 25, to one side on The Dock last night and said she had something important to tell him.

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Love Island USA’s Huda has been urged to ‘run’ from Jeremiah[/caption]

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It comes after she told him a big secret on The Dock[/caption]

Huda explained how she had waited until she “really trusted” him before being “honest” – to which he said he was “spooked”.

“I like for you to get to know me on a deeper level,” Huda said. ‘But I just hope, regardless of whatever I say, I hope that you stay true to your feelings.”

Love Island USA fans tuning in on Peacock noticed that Jeremiah’s face quickly began to change.

Spotting this herself, Huda continued, “You know I really like you…. why are you looking at me like that?”

Jeremiah replied, “I’m spooked but keep going.”

Fitness influencer Huda, who is from North Carolina, asked, “Do you think I’m ending it with you?”

“No, no. Keep going,” he told her.

Huda continued, “Okay, so I did want to bring up something because I wanted to be honest with you and I wanted to make sure that I really trusted you and I really liked you.

“I’m… I am a mom.”

Upon hearing this, Jeremiah tilted his head backward and did a massive sigh.

“Oh my god, hang on. Let me…,” he stuttered.

Huda asked, “You okay?”

“You’re a mom?! And you’re 24? How many kids?” the male model, who lives in Los Angeles, exclaimed.

Huda told him she has one child and that she’d been a mom for four years.

Clearly unimpressed, Jeremiah sighed again and looked down at the floor.

“Look at me,” Huda asked.

But Jeremiah put his hands over his eyes and said, “Hold on, I can’t!”

RED FLAG

Love Island USA fans have been left shocked by Jeremiah’s reaction to Huda’s news and feel it is a red flag.

Some are even warning her to end their blossoming romance now before she gets in too deep.

Writing on X, one said, “Jeremiah’s reaction about the kid told me everything I needed to know. HUDA RUN.”

Another added, “Massive ick from Jeremiah…. Goodbye I don’t like you.”

A third wrote, “Also Jeremiah asking how many kids Huda got…he lowkey might leave her…”

And a fourth chimed in, “The way that man said ‘You’re a mom??? At 24?? How many kids??’ Yeahhhh Huda babygirl I think it’s over withe said enough right there.”

Other viewers of the show have, however, thrown their support behind Jeremiah.

“Let’s not all jump on Jeremiah now,” one fan said. “He don’t need to decide if he wants to be a 25 year old step parent after being coupled for only 3 days.”

Agreeing, another added, “If Jeremiah decides to leave her, no one better judge him fr.

“A child is a huge commitment and responsibility. I’m just so mad that Huda waited for him to have such deep feelings, before saying it.”

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Huda told Jeremiah she is a mom[/caption]

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Jeremiah immediately questioned her age and how many children she had[/caption]

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The model held his head in his hands after hearing Huda’s admission[/caption]

Thailand does not acknowledge the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in its land dispute with Cambodia. Yesterday, the Thai government issued its second statement about the border situation, indicating that since the clash in the Chong Bok area on May 28, both countries have agreed to use existing bilateral mechanisms for resolution. …

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Marine biologists in Phuket are working tirelessly to protect the island’s marine life, with two sea turtle rescues and an investigation into the mysterious death of a dolphin. Yesterday, June 5, the Phuket Marine Biological Centre (PMBC) and the Rare Marine Animal Rescue Network sprang into action after receiving reports of two critically endangered species …

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