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Teenager pens Yale essay on love of pizza

A teenager secured a place at Yale University after writing an essay on how much she loves Papa John's pizza. Carolina Williams, 18, applied for the Ivy League university and during the process she had to write an essay on 'something that you love to do' and the teenager immediately thought of the greasy cheesy grub, the Mirror Online reports. But it wasn't just her adoration for the pizza chain that got her the spot at Yale - which has an admissions rate of just 6.7 percent for the class of 2021. But it played a significant role in her winning the place.

Tesco to bring in delivery robots

Tesco have announced they will start delivering groceries by robot rather than a truck. After a successful trial, the supermarket delivered a shopping order using a six-wheeled robot, according to the Daily Star. The 4mph battery-powered robots can carry items within a three-mile radius of stores or delivery hubs and customers can track its progress. Each robot is equipped with GPS technology which help it navigate where it's going. However, the introduction of the robots could make delivery drivers redundant.

Mother breaks neck again after laughing at joke

A mother has broken her neck for the second time after she laughed at a friend's joke. Monique Jeffrey, from Australia, was lying in her bed in 2012 when she sneezed which jolted her neck forward and caused the vertebrae to collapse. After spending 14 weeks in a halo brace, the mother-of-one made a full recovery however five years later Monique, 33, was at work and felt a pain in her neck. She thought her neck was unstable and when she was in the staff room she laughed at a colleagues joke and it happened again. Doctors have been left baffled at her injuries, according to the Metro newspaper, and now Monique is recovering from her injuries yet again.