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  Solskjær needs more than Jadon Sancho to challenge for the big prizes

  Solskjær needs more than Jadon Sancho to challenge for the big prizes. The Manchester United manager needs funds to buy defenders for his team to compete domestically and in Europe

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  'If I free myself it's magic, if I can't it's tragic': Indian magician drowns attempting underwater Houdini trick

  An Indian magician has drowned after being lowered into a river while shackled by a chain and six locks, police have confirmed.In the attempt to recreate a stunt made famous by Harry Houdini, Chanchal Lahiri, also known as Jadugar Mandrake, jumped blindfolded and with his limbs bound into the Hooghly river in Kolkata, West Bengal state.The 40-year-old was supposed to free himself and swim to safety, but never emerged from the water.His body washed up about 1km from the site of the stunt and was

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  Indian stuntman dies after trying to replicate Houdini river escape

  An Indian magician has died after being lowered into a river while blindfolded and shackled in an attempt to re-create a famous Harry Houdini stunt.

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  Indian magician's body found after tragic Houdini-style stunt

  Chanchal Lahiri, known by his stage name “Jadugar Mandrake”, is prepared for being lowered into the Ganges river while tied up with steel chains and ropes. Photograph: AFP/Getty Indian police have recovered the body of a magician who drowned when a Houdini-like stunt in a river went wrong. Chanchal Lahiri, 42, known by his stage name of Mandrake, went missing on Sunday after a ferry took him towards the broadest part of the Hooghly river in Kolkata at around noon. There, he was lowered by crane

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  Indian magician ‘Wizard Mandrake’ is missing after being lowered into Ganges tied up with steel chains and rope

  An Indian magician is feared dead after diving into a river caged and shackled with six locks and a chain on Sunday.Chanchal Lahiri, also known as “Jadugar Mandrake” (Wizard Mandrake) jumped blindfolded into the Ganges tributary Hooghly river in Kolkata, West Bengal state, with his hands and legs tied up in an attempt to recreate an escape stunt made famous by Harry Houdini.He was supposed to free himself and swim to safety. Before attempting the trick, he reportedly told local photographer Jaya

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  Indian magician Wizard Mandrake feared dead after attempting dangerous Houdini river stunt

  An Indian magician is feared dead after attempting to recreate a stunt made famous by Harry Houdini.Chanchal Lahiri, also known as "Wizard Mandrake", jumped into the Hooghly river in West Bengal state tied in steel chains and rope.He was supposed to escape his shackles while underwater, then swim to safety, but he did not resurface.Spectators who gathered to watch Mr Lahiri perform the trick on Sunday alerted the police, who say they are searching for him.He had been lowered into the river from

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  Abracadabra: London show puts magic props under the spotlight

  The saw-in-half box used by Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee. Photograph: Nils Jorgensen/Rex/ShutterstockTommy Cooper’s fez, a gorilla mask used by Derren Brown and a wooden box and saw that Paul Daniels used to saw Debbie McGee in half have gone on display at a museum best known for exploring science and medicine.“It is so macabre,” said artist AR Hopwood of the saw-in-half box. “It looks like a torture device. There are no foot holes and no head hole so it would have needed an extraordinary feat

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  Arizona man finds magic moments in TV show on uncle Houdini

  PHOENIX (AP) — Growing up, George Hardeen never thought too much about being related to arguably the most famous magician of all time.

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  Uncovering London's secrets on a meandering magic tour

  We’d arranged to meet at a well-known spot in St James’s. I was late, and looking for both the man in question and for a friend who’d agreed to chaperone. I glanced around apprehensively and suddenly there he was: a red-headed gent wearing jeans and a black blazer, with a holdall in one hand. It wasn’t a blind date. This was our personal magician – and historian – for the afternoon, James Pritchard.

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  Photographs of Judy Garland, Dusty Springfield and Bruce Forsyth go on display at the Hippodrome

  Photographs of comedy and musical legends at a legendary West End cabaret club have gone on show for the first time. Archive shots of stars including Judy Garland, Dusty Springfield and Bruce Forsyth, who held the record for the most performances at Talk of the Town, are featured in a month-long exhibition at the Hippodrome Casino, in Leicester Square. Formerly known as The Hippodrome, it opened in 1900 and hosted performers including Harry Houdini and Charlie Chaplin before becoming a cabaret

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