4 h. ago Coney Beach Pleasure Park ride 'derails' as thrillseekers left 'bloodied'

Witnesses said a ride at Coney Beach Pleasure Park suddenly derailed, causing injuries including bloody noses - with police urging members of the public to avoid the area

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4 h. ago Coney Beach Pleasure Park ride 'derails' injuring 13 kids as thrillseekers 'bloodied'

Witnesses said a ride at Coney Beach Pleasure Park suddenly derailed, causing injuries including bloody noses - with police urging members of the public to avoid the area

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56 h. ago Ayrshire crash: Air ambulance called as road closed in both directions after A77 crash

Emergency services remain on the scene.

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56 h. ago Police issue update after horror crash closes main road and leaves two injured

Emergency services raced to the incident in Stockport

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57 h. ago Ayrshire crash: Road closed in both directions after A77 crash

Emergency services remain on the scene.

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58 h. ago Drivers urged to avoid area after serious crash on busy stretch of A77

The A77 is closed in both directions between the Dutchhouse and Sandyford Toll roundabouts following an accident this afternoon.

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58 h. ago M6 live: Long delays after two lanes close following lorry crash

The incident took place this afternoon (August 11)

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62 h. ago Moray crash: Four taken to hospital as road closed after A98 crash involving car and ambulance

Motorists are being asked to avoid the area.

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62 h. ago Moray crash: Road closed after A98 crash involving car and ambulance

Motorists are being asked to avoid the area.

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4 d. ago M5 traffic LIVE: Motorway closed after serious crash involving lorry and bike

The M5 motorway has been closed in part after a crash involving a motorbike and a lorry

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4 d. ago Inmates will get less porridge and other favourites after prison menu overhaul

New guidance published as part of the Prisons Policy Framework says catering teams should avoid cooking the same dish more than once a month – so there’ll likely be less gruel on offer

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5 d. ago Emory University shooting updates: People told ‘RUN HIDE FIGHT’ as active shooter reported

Police have swooped on the scene and urged people to avoid the area

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5 d. ago The more James Gunn’s Superman is a hit, the more the right will want its own Dean Cain of steel

The star of 90s TV series Lois & Clark and wannabe Ice agent has expressed his horror at Gunn’s ‘woke’ hero. Is there a market for Superman: Border Patrol? It’s almost impossible to divide superheroes along political lines. Captain America might seem like a patriotic, commie-bashing lunatic, as he was in the 1950s comics during the McCarthy era, until you remember that he has also spent much of his fictional career telling corrupt government agencies to shove it. And, in the Marvel Comic Universe, at least, he went on the run rather than sign up for an authoritarian superhero registry. Superman was once the square-jawed poster boy for US exceptionalism, cheerfully posing on propaganda comic covers urging readers to buy war bonds, but he’s also been written as a Kansas farm boy so suspicious of concentrated power that in one storyline he renounced his citizenship to avoid being used as a pawn of US foreign policy.Bar a few outliers – Iron Man cheerleading the military-industrial ...

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5 d. ago Ayrshire farm's tourism plan is blocked by East Ayrshire Council

Owners at Blackstone Clydesdales, based at Blackstone Farm, Rigg Road, Cumnock, previously lodged proposals with East Ayrshire Council for consideration.

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6 d. ago Live updates after crash shuts multiple lanes of M4 near Bridgend

There is disruption on the M4 near Bridgend this morning due to a collision. Lanes have since re-opened but delays continue in the area

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6 d. ago B9176 crash: Highland road closed after lorry and motorbike crash near Evanton

Motorists are advised to avoid the area.

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6 d. ago M60 traffic LIVE updates as two lanes closed following crash

Motorists are facing slow traffic in the area

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7 d. ago Birmingham Airport reopens after private plane crash landed in emergency

The plane crash caused travel chaos as Birmingham Airport was closed for hours with passengers stranded at the travel hub and airborne travellers forced to land elsewhere

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7 d. ago Birmingham Airport latest: Flights resume hours after plane’s ‘under

One person has suffered minor injuries with emergency services at the scene

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7 d. ago Birmingham Airport latest: Flights cancelled after plane’s ‘under

One person has suffered minor injuries with emergency services at the scene

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