5 hours ago Smile charity offers carers holistic therapy programme thanks to grant

The £15,000 award is allowing the good cause to offer a year of free therapies including reflexology and reiki to carers of children and young people

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5 hours ago M6 crash driver 'went wrong way' down motorway in horror smash that killed two kids

A man driving a car in the M6 crash that killed five people, including two children, was reportedly on the wrong side of the motorway when the horror smash happened

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7 hours ago 'Waterfall' of rubbish cascades down Mount Snowdon including drinks bottles and santa hats

Heartbreaking footage shows 'waterfalls' of 3,000 bits of rubbish including drinks cans and Santa hats left by people on Mount Snowdon.

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7 hours ago 'I found a Kill List on the Dark Web so I started contacting names to warn them'

A group of journalists have opened up about their discovery of a website where people can hire hitmen, including a 'kill list' of hundreds of people who other people wanted dead

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9 hours ago Four die after falling from crowded speedboat off Kos, says Greek coastguard

Two infants and two women were among group of 31 people trying to reach Italy from Turkish coastFour people, including two toddlers, died after falling overboard from an overcrowded speedboat in which they were travelling off the island of Kos, the Greek coastguard has said.After scouring the seas throughout the night, officials confirmed the fatalities on Wednesday, saying the two children aged between two and four and two women who died had been among a group of 31 people trying to reach Italy from the Turkish coast. Continue reading...

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10 hours ago Benwell explosion: Boy, 7, dies and six injured as house destroyed in horror incident in Newcastle

Six flats in a residential road were ‘badly affected’ by the explosion, which happened shortly before 1am on Wednesday

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10 hours ago Newcastle explosion: Boy, 7, dies and six injured as house destroyed in horror incident

Six flats in a residential road were ‘badly affected’ by the explosion, which happened shortly before 1am on Wednesday

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10 hours ago Boy, seven, dies and six taken to hospital after house explosion on Newcastle street

Northumbria Police said the young boy had died at the scene

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10 hours ago Boy, 7, killed in Newcastle house explosion as emergency services swoop area

This is a breaking news story and is being constantly updated by our reporters as the breaking news story develops

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12 hours ago Newcastle explosion: Neighbours crying in the street as true devastation of blast unveiled

Two properties on Violet Close in the Benwell area of Newcastle have been almost completely obliterated following the explosion which happened in the early hours

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