6 h. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Race Across The World: I could win Race Across The World's £20,000 first prize

As contestants neared the finish line at India 's southern tip, after a trek via train, bus and tuktuk from the Great Wall of China , all of them had cash to spare.

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67 h. ago At least 5 killed as passengers fall off overcrowded train in India

Incident occurred when passengers hanging from open doorways of Pushpak Express collided with others doing the same on a train approaching from the opposite direction

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69 h. ago Pensioner driver, 84, killed his passenger and another motorist after falling into a micro sleep

Andrew Nicoll, now 84, was driving home to Whitley Bay after a walk when his Mazda drifted into oncoming traffic on the A69 - slamming head-on into a Skoda Fabia in a horrifying collision.

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9 d. ago Families of Chinook wreck victims to launch legal action against MOD

RAF Chinook ZD576 crashed on the Mull of Kintyre on June 2 1994 - killing all passengers and crew members onboard.

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1 week ago Russia says blasts led to deadly train crashes in regions bordering Ukraine

Investigators say ‘explosions’ caused two bridges to collapse, triggering derailments and at least seven deathsRussian investigators said they believed “explosions” had caused two bridges in the border regions of Kursk and Bryansk to collapse overnight, derailing trains, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens.In Bryansk, which borders Ukraine, a road bridge collapsed on to a railway line late on Saturday, derailing a passenger train heading to Moscow and killing at least seven people. A rail bridge in neighbouring Kursk also collapsed overnight, derailing a freight train and injuring the driver, officials said. Kursk also borders Ukraine. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Russia says blasts led to deadly train crashes in regions bordering Ukraine on eve of peace talks

Investigators say blasts caused two bridges to collapse, triggering derailments and at least seven deathsRussian investigators said on Sunday they believed “explosions” had caused two bridges in the border regions of Kursk and Bryansk to collapse overnight, derailing trains, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens.In Bryansk, which borders Ukraine, a road bridge collapsed on to a railway line late on Saturday, derailing a passenger train heading to Moscow and killing at least seven people. A rail bridge in neighbouring Kursk also collapsed overnight, derailing a freight train and injuring the driver, officials said. Kursk also borders Ukraine. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 7 dead and 30 injured in horror bridge collapse after train derails from tracks

At least seven people have been killed after a bridge collapsed in western Russia, causing a passenger train to derail. The incident occurred in the Bryansk region

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1 week ago Deaths as Russian trains crash in Bryansk and Kursk when bridges collapse

At least seven killed as Moscow-bound passenger service hits overhead bridge that fell on tracks, while a freight train derails as span gives way underneathSeven people were killed and dozens injured after bridges collapsed in two separate Russian regions bordering Ukraine overnight, officials said on Sunday, with rail authorities blaming at least one incident on “illegal interference”.In Russia’s Bryansk region, a road bridge collapsed on to a railway line late on Saturday, derailing a passenger train heading to Moscow and killing seven people. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Revealed: Vile train passenger who threatened women saying 'I'll kill you' is former teen football star about to become father for first time

Electrician Elijah Chilekwa, 27, was filmed allegedly shouting abuse at the women, after they reportedly declined to say who they found most attractive out of himself and two friends.

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1 week ago Marine reveals chilling moment he heroically stopped manic passenger from killing all onboard Houston flight

Jody Armentrout, a sergeant major in the Marines, told how he managed to stop a manic passenger from killing everyone onboard a flight from Japan to Houston, Texas.

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1 week ago Vile train passenger is filmed threatening women as he tells them: 'I'll kill you. I'll kill your boyfriend. I'll follow you to your house'

Footage filmed by the victims shows a man called 'Elijah' shout the threats repeatedly while his friends urge him to stop as they travel between Cardiff Central and Swindon.

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2 w. ago Coast Guard shares surprising everyday item that SURVIVED the OceanGate Titan sub disaster

The Titan suffered a catastrophic implosion in June 2023, which killed all five of the passengers on board - but a few suprising items survived the horrorific incident

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2 w. ago Death in the Yorkshire Dales: How 32 housewives and driver died when coach plunged off 'Devil's Bridge' after its brakes failed in Britain's worst ever road disaster 50 years ago

Fifty years ago today, a packed coach crashed in the Yorkshire Dales after its brakes failed, killing 32 passengers and the driver. It was the worst road disaster in British history.

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2 w. ago Families of Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash victims demand release of sealed documents

RAF Chinook ZD576 crashed on the Mull of Kintyre on June 2 1994 - killing all 25 passengers and four crew members.

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2 w. ago Chilling video shows manic passenger who tried to kill all onboard flight to Houston

A routine international flight turned into a mid-air emergency, forcing an unexpected landing and sparking panic among passengers.

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2 w. ago Passenger 'risks safety of all onboard flight' with terrifying act before emergency landing

The Boeing 777 was just over three hours from landing when the passenger jumped from his seat and allegedly tried to open the emergency exit - he was restrained while th plane made an emregency landing

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2 w. ago Haunting moment Oceangate CEO’s wife hears Titan submersible implode: ‘What was that bang?’

Wendy Rush had just received a text message from Titan when her husband and his fellow passengers were killed in the ‘catastrophic implosion’

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2 w. ago Haunting moment Oceangate CEO’s wife heard the Titan submersible implode revealed in new doc

‘What was that bang?,’ Wendy Rush said, unaware her husband and his fellow passengers had just been killed inside the Titan sub

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2 w. ago Several people dead after small plane crash in San Diego neighborhood

FAA said a Cessna 550 crashed in the early morning, damaging several vehicles and a homeSeveral people are dead after a small aircraft crashed in a neighborhood in San Diego, California, early on Thursday morning, the San Diego police department confirmed, clipping one home and damaging several vehicles.The crash killed the plane’s passengers, Dan Eddy, the assistant San Diego fire chief, said at a Thursday morning news conference. The aircraft could hold eight to 10 people but it is unknown how many were on board. No one on the ground in the military housing neighborhood was injured. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Shortage of overnight truck parking contributed to deadly Greyhound bus crash, regulators say

Federal regulators have ruled that a lack of overnight parking for long-haul truckers contributed to a deadly 2023 Greyhound bus crash in Illinois that killed three of the bus passengers

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