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Manchester United star Angel Di Maria is looking to "transfer" from home to away after his mansion went on sale for an eye-watering 4.1m.

The luxury home has gone on the market within a month of a terrifying raid on the property while he was inside with his family.

Would-be thieves fled empty-handed after triggering an alarm system when they tried in vain to smash patio doors while the Argentinian international was reportedly watching TV with wife, Jorgelina, and their children.

According to the Manchester Evening News, the family moved into a luxury hotel with round-the-clock security in the aftermath of the crime, but now look set to move away for good.

The advert states: "Magnificent mansion set in well-manicured grounds in the heart of Prestbury on a private road.

"Indoor swimming pool with glass panels into the sitting room and hallway which truly envelopes the pool into the heart of the house."

The home also boasts a plush kitchen and family room, with French doors leading to a huge garden.

There is also a sitting room with a drop-down screen, a kids TV room, a play room, an office, a gym, changing room, an indoor pool and jacuzzi and a two-bedroom apartment over the garage.

The fully-furnished home is described as 'very high-spec and high-tech'.

The attempted break was not the only controversy Di Maria, who signed from Real Madrid for 60m in the summer, faced at the home.

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United star Angel Di Maria looks set for a move away after the Prestbury mansion where he lives went up for sale for a staggering 4.1m.

The home is up for grabs just a month after the 26-year-old suffered a terrifying raid while inside with his family.

The Argentinian international was reportedly having dinner with his wife, Jorgelina, and children as crooks tried in vain to smash through his patio doors.

The three would-be thieves then fled empty-handed after triggering an alarm system.

Di Maria and his family moved into a luxury hotel after the incident with round-the-clock security keeping them safe.

They now look set to move away for good, with the luxury mansion up for sale.

The advert on Rightmove states: Magnificent mansion set in well-manicured grounds in the heart of Prestbury on a private road.

Indoor swimming pool with glass panels into the sitting room and hallway which truly envelopes the pool into the heart of the house.

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Money and alcohol have been stolen in a series of late-night raids on licensed premises in Knaphill.

The Crown and Garibaldi pubs, and Italian restaurant La Bella Amalfi, in the High Street, have all been targeted, with the crimes taking place on five consecutive nights.

It has led to calls for extra police patrols in the village.

At The Garibaldi there was an attempted break-in on Sunday night, causing major damage to some doors, and then at around 3.55am on Tuesday (February, 3) the burglar broke in, having broken a lock on a window to the gentlemens toilets.

The burglar was unable to force his way through further doors and into the pub itself, and he ran off empty-handed with the alarm sounding and the bullmastiff dog of Debbie Harlow, a borough councillor who runs the pub and lives upstairs, barking madly.

Repairing the patio doors and window will cost around 500, Cllr Harlow estimated.

Ive been here for 10 years and Ive never had anything like this before, she said. Normally the dog puts people off. Somebody is targeting businesses.

Around 20 minutes later there was a break-in at The Crown, from where a cash drawer containing 180 was stolen. Around half of this was in notes and half was in change and Ade Jones, who runs the pub with his wife Sarah, found a trail of coins in the street outside.

It is not the first time Mr Joness pub has been targeted.

In April last year he had 3,000-worth of wine taken from a garage.

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WIXOM, Mich. (WJBK) - "You don't have to sacrifice comfort for energy efficiency or energy savings," says Bob Chapman, an energy educator at EcoWorks. EcoWorks is a Detroit nonprofit that focuses on energy efficiency.

He shares these four quick tips to reducing your heating bill:

1) Check your patio doors

"Patio doors, or walk-out doors, can often be a real problem because there's so much area that could be leaky. And one of the places that I see it often is at the bottom where, over time, weather stripping wears down," he says.

He suggests putting plastic sheeting over the windows, or keep it covered with heavy drapery, especially if there's no sunlight to warm up the room.

Cold air can also come in the cracks around your front door. Use weather stripping to keep it out.

2) Know when to use your fireplace

Make sure the damper is closed so warm air doesn't escape up the chimney.

"The rule of thumb is this. If it's below 20 degrees, don't use your fireplace because you are going to be losing more energy and more heat than you're gaining."

3) Change your furnace filter

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I do not want to be the big looking glass of civilization but just the small pocket mirror of everyday life. Peter Altenberg

Charlie sort of came into my life sideways. I was living on Sanford Lake and some people I hadnt known very long came to visit and they had picked up a little dog they found in the streets of Saginaw. It was Saturday and the animal control shelter was closed for the weekend. Did I want another dog?

I have a photo of my holding Charlie the day he came to live with me. He was a beagle and part something else. He was mostly brown and he had this little lost look on his face that touched my heart. How could I let this little guy go to the animal control shelter?

I already had Loki, a beautiful part German Shepherd and part something else. Loki came into my life when we were celebrating I Love Animals Week and one of my second-graders brought this little puppy in for Show and Tell. I dont remember saying anything but on Friday of that week, my second-grader came up and said to me, Mrs. Florey, if you dont come and pick your dog up, were taking him to the dog pound.

After the school buses left and we could go home, I went to pick up the puppy, who I was told was named Bruno. I called Dr. Bill Tower, who had been our veterinarian from the time we got Fritz in 1961, and I took Bruno in for a checkup. After examining him, Bill said, You look too good to be put on the reject pile. And that night I drove down to Dick and Jeans to show my new puppy and when Kerry saw him she said, He doesnt look like a Bruno. He looks like Loki, the Norwegian god of mischief. So just like that Bruno became Loki.

We led a relatively peaceful life, the two of us. But now here was a new puppy.

Charlie loved Loki immediately. Loki did not reciprocate the feeling. He wanted nothing to do with another dog who was going to share his home and my attention. Charlie followed Loki all over. Whether in the yard or in the house, Loki couldnt get away from Charlie. The only place that Charlie didnt like was the water. Sanford Lake was an unknown quantity and Charlie wanted it to stay that way.

In the mornings when Charlie woke up, he would waddle to the patio doors until I opened them and he would go out on the patio, stand there looking at the lake and then back into the house as fast as he could move. Loki loved the water. Charlie didnt and no amount of coaxing or the promise of treats could lure him even down to the dock.

And then October came.

It was the sort of October that made you forget that winter was coming. The trees were all gold and red. The lake was rimmed with color. And one morning after breakfast, Charlie wanted outside because Loki was outside.

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POLICE are warning residents not to leave their car keys lying round at night after a spate of burglaries.

Thieves have stolen thousands of pounds of vehicles from houses across Basildon in the past week.

Officers are urging people to be vigilant and to not leave their car keys by the front door or in their coat pockets when they go to bed.

Bizarrely, a number of the break-ins have seen crooks dump the stolen car just yards from the victims home.

It is not known if this was because the cars were out of fuel or the crooks did not know how to drive them.

Sgt Angie Torrance, from Basildon police station, said: A number of these break-ins have involved front and patio doors being forced open. We advise people to ensure they properly lock their doors at night and to consider fitting a door chain and bolt.

While high-value cars are always going to be a target for criminals, we have found it is not solely these vehicles which have been stolen.

All keys should always be hidden away at night.

If members of the public see anything suspicious in their neighbourhood, if they see anyone abandoning a vehicle or acting suspiciously in a vehicle at night, I urge them to contact the police immediately.

The first burglary happened between 3.30am and 8am on February 20, when thieves broke in to a house in Glenmere, Vange, by forcing open the front door.

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