1 hour ago Rail firm fined £1m over death of woman who stuck her head out train window

Great Western Railway (GWR) has been fined £1 million and ordered to pay more than £78,000 in costs after pleading guilty to breaches of health and safety law

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2 h. ago Indonesian school collapse: death toll rises to 14 as crews pull more bodies from rubble

Dozens of students remain unaccounted for at Sidoarjo boarding school as rescuers bring in heavy excavators to clear large slabs of concreteThe death toll from a school collapse in Indonesia rose to 14 on Friday after recovery crews pulled multiple bodies from beneath the rubble. Dozens of students remain unaccounted for and the death toll is expected to rise.Rescuers initially searched by hand for survivors after the building caved in on Monday. But with no more signs of life detected by Thursday, they turned to heavy excavators equipped with jackhammers to help them progress more rapidly. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago LA City Hall evacuated after driver with note addressed to Trump crashes into steps and barricades himself

Officials say Los Angeles’s City Hall was evacuated after a car crashed into the steps of the building

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3 h. ago LA City Hall evacuated and LAPD bomb squad called after car rams into building

The collision happened just after 4pm local time on Friday on Spring Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department, the suspect is now in custody and the LAPD bomb squad is on the scene

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3 h. ago LA City Hall evacuated after car crashes into building's steps

Officials say Los Angeles’s City Hall is being evacuated after a car crashed into the steps of the building

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4 h. ago Rail firm is fined £1million over death of woman who was killed by a tree branch while sticking her head out of an open train window at 75mph

Bethan Roper, 28, died after hitting her head on an overhanging tree branch on a Great Western Railway (GWR) train travelling at 75mph near Twerton, Bath, in 2018.

Economics

5 h. ago Smirking at Tower Bridge, the Chilean burglar whose gang tore open Christmas gifts as they terrorised the Home Counties... and the border loophole that means there's so many others like them

Having met up with two fellow Chileans, Yeico Guzman Fernandez started touring the suburbs looking for flats and houses to break into.

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5 h. ago Mother receiving treatment at New York hospital is beaten to death in her sleep by roommate

A Bronx woman, Cynthia Vann, 55, was beaten in her sleep by her hospital roommate at Lincoln Hospital and died from her injuries two weeks later.

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6 h. ago Kelly Clarkson is 'healed' by a celebrity after admitting she feels intense grief over the death of her ex

Kelly Clarkson discussed grief on Thursday's episode of her eponymous daytime talk show. She welcomed music artist Lionel Richie to promote his new memoir and he shared words of wisdom.

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6 h. ago Enzo Maresca: Liverpool may not fully recover from Diogo Jota's death

The Italian had a teammate pass away while playing for Sevilla in 2007

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7 h. ago Paul Danan's will includes touching gift to son after Hollyoaks star's death

The star died at 46 back in January.

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7 h. ago Enzo Maresca doubts Liverpool will ever fully recover from Diogo Jota’s death

Maresca experienced the death of team-mate Antonio Puerta when he was playing for Sevilla.

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7 h. ago Kansas deputy charged with murder kneeled on inmate for 1 minute and 26 seconds

Court records show that a white Kansas sheriff’s deputy charged with murder in the death of a Black jail inmate shoved his knee into the cuffed man’s back for 86 seconds after he was wheeled back to his cell from the infirmary

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7 h. ago Man found mauled to death at Arkansas campsite after sending photos of bear to family: ‘Evidence of a struggle’

This is the second fatal bear encounter in Arkansas in the last month

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7 h. ago Paul O'Grady's grave finally has a headstone two and a half years after his death and a 'lengthy application process'

The TV presenter passed away aged 67 at his home in Kent, in March 2023 after suffering form a cardiac arrhythmia.

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8 h. ago I did Ricky Hatton's final interview before death – I was left gutted after it ended

Ricky Hatton died in September and the Mancunian boxing champion left a big impression on Darren Barker during his last ever interview that discussed his career and mental health

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8 h. ago First Trips Abroad: From Getting Lost at the Tower of London to Witnessing the Shah Revolution

First Trips Abroad: From Getting Lost at the Tower of London to Witnessing the Shah Revolution  Atlas Obscura

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9 h. ago Man arrested in connection with death of Rangers fan Graham Wright

Police have confirmed they have arrested a 50-year-old man as an extensive probe into the 38-year-old's death continues.

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9 h. ago Inside Anthony Perkins' life from Psycho 'curse' to wife's tragic 9/11 death

Charlie Hunnam plays Ed Gein in Netflix’s new true crime series, but it was the late acting icon Anthony Perkins who played the original Psycho.

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10 h. ago My mum suddenly died of cancer – now the council want to kick me out of our family home

Kyle Rolfe, 25, says Ealing Council is asking him to leave his Hanwell flat because of the UK’s succession rules

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