16 h. ago Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens closed as Storm Chandra brings high winds and rain to city

Edinburgh’s Princes Street Gardens have been closed today as wind and rain batter the country.

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17 h. ago Balaclava thugs batter man in street attack as emergency crews race to scene

Four men wearing balaclavas are said to have attacked a 37-year-old man in Lesmahagow on Saturday evening.

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3 d. ago Brazen thieves smash their way into Yves St Laurent on London's Bond Street and flee with haul of luxury handbags

Footage taken by a passerby shows the balaclava-clad thugs clearing the shelves of the lavish Yves St Laurent store after ramming a car through its window in the early hours of January 23.

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4 d. ago Four people injured in Glasgow house blaze as fire crews race to scene

Firefighters, police and paramedics raced to the blaze at the property at 12.35pm on Friday.

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5 d. ago Barron Trump's perfect response to UK 911 operator calling him RUDE when he was saving friend's life... and how case may shift public perception

The President's youngest son, 19, called the cops after witnessing a savage attack on his friend in London last January, it emerged at a trial in the UK on Wednesday.

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6 d. ago Yacht crew member dies in transatlantic race tragedy after ‘serious accident’

The incident occurred earlier this week during the transatlantic race that began in Lanzarote

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7 d. ago CCTV images of 'double attack' in early hours emerge as police issue investigation update

An 18-year old has suffered a serious head injury

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8 d. ago Emergency crews race to scene near school after girl is struck by car

Police and paramedics were called to the collision in Salford

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1 week ago Ukraine war briefing: Russian attack destroys Kharkiv energy facility as UK pledges emergency support

Response crews at work following strikes in Ukraine’s second city as Britain commits £20m after Zelenskyy declares energy emergency. What we know on day 1,423Russian forces destroyed a large energy facility in Ukraine’s second-biggest city, Kharkiv, the mayor said on Thursday, the latest target of a winter air campaign by Moscow that has plunged millions of Ukrainians into darkness and cold. Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terekhov said on Telegram that emergency crews were working around the clock, while he did not specify what sort of facility had been hit. Regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said officials were assessing the extent of damage.Volodymyr Zelenskyy proceeded with a drive to tackle the damage inflicted by Russian strikes, chairing a meeting aimed at securing quick decisions from regional leaders. The Ukrainian president said there had been new strikes on the capital into the evening. Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said about 300 apartment buildings remained without heat after a 9 Janua...

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1 week ago Fire crews race to 'well developed' blaze at St Andrews University

Emergency services were called to the new technology building on the North Haugh after the alarm was raised at around 2.25pm on Wednesday.

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2 w. ago Road taped off at Stockport as emergency crews race to scene

One person was treated by paramedics at the scene

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2 w. ago Man stabs office worker then holds imitation firearm to receptionist's head

Footage has emerged of 35-year-old Ryan Gee's knife attack on a probation officer

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2 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv struggles to stabilise ruined power grid after major Russian attack

Residents battle bitter winter cold inside unheated apartments; Ukraine confirms UN to hold emergency meeting Monday on Russian ballistic missile attack. What we know on day 1,418Engineers in Kyiv scrambled on Saturday to stabilise a power grid brought to the brink by a campaign of Russian strikes, including one two nights ago. The city’s residents huddled against bitter winter cold inside their unheated apartments on Saturday as engineers worked to restore power, water and heat. Prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko said that the power situation in the capital was still difficult, as the grid was badly damaged and people were using more electric heaters because of the cold.Ukraine’s foreign minister Andrii Sybiha confirmed Saturday the UN security council would hold an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss Russia’s latest large-scale attack on Ukraine, which used an Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile. “The meeting will address Russia’s flagrant breaches of the UN Charter,” Sy...

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2 w. ago Bus bursts into flames in Greenock as fire crews race to scene

Fire crews were called to Inverkip Road in the town after the alarm was raised at around 6.45am on Friday.

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2 w. ago My best mate was brutally attacked by a great white shark and lived thanks to one lucky detail... now I have a plan to save others

The beach town community of Bonny Hills on the NSW coast was rocked in July 2024 when local surfer Kai McKenzie was bitten by a 15-foot great white shark.

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4 w. ago Five people injured after being ‘attacked with crowbar’ in hospital – as cops arrest 20

COPS have arrested a 20-year-old man after five people were reportedly injured in a crowbar attack at a hospital. Officers and emergency services scrambled to the scene at Newton Community Hospital in Newton-Le-Willows, Merseyside, just after noon today. Police said in a statement that the man was believed to have attended the hospital to request...

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