3 h. ago Prime Minister to be ‘kept up to date’ after child dies in school coach crash

The road where the accident happened will stay shut overnight.

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5 h. ago Child dies as 20 hospitalised after school trip bus slipped 20ft down embankment

The school coach slid 20ft down a bank after it flipped onto its roof.

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6 h. ago Child tragically dies after school coach carrying more than 60 people crashes on Somerset day trip

Emergency services declared a major incident

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6 h. ago Child dies after school coach carrying more than 60 people crashes on day trip

Two other children were taken to hospital by air ambulance, police said.

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6 h. ago Child dies after school bus carrying dozens of people crashes in Somerset

Two other children were taken to hospital by air ambulance following the crash

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6 h. ago Child dies in Minehead bus crash as school coach 'overturns' and skids down ravine

The multi-academy trust said in an earlier statement: "We are working closely with the emergency services and relevant authorities following an incident this afternoon"

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6 h. ago Child dies after school coach overturns on way home from trip to zoo

A major incident was declared in Minehead after a coach carrying more than 60 people flipped onto its roof

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5 d. ago Voices: I don’t just have ‘normal’ worries about my child starting school – I’m scared she could die

For parents of kids with severe food allergies like mine, the rite of passage that is starting primary school is fraught with very real, very deadly fears that they will come to serious harm – or worse, writes Hannah Fearn

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