4 h. ago British schoolgirl, 15, confirmed as victim of Swiss New Year's Day ski resort fire

Charlotte Niddam was one of 40 people killed in the blaze at the Crans-Montana resort's Constellation bar on New Year's Day

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5 h. ago Former British schoolgirl, 15, confirmed as victim of New Year's Swiss ski resort fire

Charlotte Niddam, 15, was one of 40 people killed and over 100 injured in the blaze at the Crans-Montana resort's Constellation bar while celebrating the start of 2026

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6 h. ago Former British schoolgirl confirmed dead after Swiss ski resort fire

The Valais region police force published a statement on Sunday confirming that all 40 people killed in the fire have now been identified.

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6 h. ago Former pupil, 15, at British school named among victims of deadly Swiss ski resort fire

Former Immanuel College pupil Charlotte Niddam has been confirmed among the 40 people killed in the Crans-Montana blaze.

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11 h. ago US' Venezuela operation claims 40 lives as civilians say they 'lost everything' in airstrike

At least 40 people, including civilians and military personnel, have reportedly been killed during a US operation in Venezuela, with residents describing devastation and loss

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15 h. ago Pictured: 'True hero' father who died trying to rescue two people from the icy sea in Withernsea tragedy that killed three

A man who died trying to save two people from the sea in East Yorkshire has been named as Mark Ratcliffe.

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17 h. ago Silent procession of 2,000 people fill the street for mass in Swiss ski resort after New Year fire which killed 40 people

Many of those walking along the main street towards a makeshift shrine outside Le Constellation bar carried flowers as the gathering snaked its way up the hill to the scene of the tragedy.

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19 h. ago Swiss girl, 14, is youngest victim of Ski resort fire as 16 more of the 40 victims are identified

Forty people were killed in the inferno in the ski village of Crans-Montana when a fire broke out at Le Constellation bar during New Years celebrations, minutes after the clock struck 12.

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32 h. ago ITV cuts The Masked Singer celeb from first episode due to 'potential insensitivities' in light of tragic Switzerland NYE fire that killed 40 people

The Masked Singer's Red Panda was axed from Saturday night's episode just hours before it was due to air.

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36 h. ago French manager of Swiss ski bar is seen for the first time since being put under investigation for manslaughter after deadly NYE fire killed 40 people

Swiss authorities have launched a criminal investigation into the managers of a ski resort bar where at least 40 people were killed in a devastating fire.

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37 h. ago French manager of ski bar seen for the first time since being charged with manslaughter after deadly NYE fire killed 40 people

Swiss authorities have launched a criminal investigation into the managers of a ski resort bar where at least 40 people were killed in a devastating fire.

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38 h. ago Swiss authorities open criminal probe into French ski bar managers after deadly NYE fire: Charges include manslaughter and arson by negligence

Swiss authorities have launched a criminal investigation into the managers of a ski resort bar where at least 40 people were killed in a devastating fire.

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38 h. ago Swiss prosecutors place bar managers under investigation after deadly fire

Suspected offences include homicide by negligence, causing bodily harm by negligence and arson by negligenceThe two managers of a bar where a blaze on New Year’s Day killed at least 40 people have been placed under criminal investigation, Swiss prosecutors said.The offences they are suspected of having committed are homicide by negligence, causing bodily harm by negligence and arson by negligence, the prosecutors’ office in the canton of Valais said in a statement on Saturday. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago Families of those missing after fatal Crans Montana fire speak out: ‘The body of my son is somewhere’

The fire at Crans-Montana killed 40 people and injured 119 others, 113 of whom have been formally identified

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41 h. ago Four more Swiss fire victims identified as families give DNA

Families of those missing in the New Year's Eve nightclub fire in Crans-Montana, Switzerland are giving DNA samples to help identify victims due to the severity of burns sustained in the blaze that killed 40 people

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41 h. ago Why has US attacked Caracas and captured Venezuela’s president?

Trump’s unprecedented capture of Nicolás Maduro follows months of military campaign and years of strained relationship• US attacks Venezuela – live updatesOvernight Friday, the US carried out airstrikes across Venezuela, with explosions rocking the capital, Caracas, before dawn. Shortly afterwards, Donald Trump announced that US forces had captured the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, and had flown them out of the country.The stunning attack and unprecedented capture of a sitting president follow months of an intense US pressure campaign against Venezuela. Since September, the US navy has amassed a huge fleet off the Venezuelan coast and carried out airstrikes against alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific and seized Venezuelan oil tankers. At least 110 people have been killed in the strikes on boats, which human rights groups say could amount to war crimes. Venezuelan officials have accused the US of trying to gain access to...

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42 h. ago Four more Swiss bar fire victims identified as families of the missing to give DNA

The four tragic victims were among 40 people killed in the New Year’s Eve nightclub inferno in the tourist ski resort of Crans-Montana, Valais - many families are still waiting for news

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45 h. ago In their words: Survivors and others talk about fatal Swiss Alpine bar fire

In the aftermath of a fire inside a Swiss Alpine bar that killed 40 people celebrating the new year, survivors, friends and family members, the region’s top authorities and even Pope Leo have spoken to the public in remarks in French, Italian, German and English, reflecting the tradition of Swiss multilingualism

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45 h. ago Swiss ski resort in Grenfell link over horror blaze that killed 40

Officials believe the deadly fire killed up to 40 people after it ignited in Crans-Montana, Switzerland on New Year's Day, after it ignited on the ceiling of the Le Constellation bar

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51 h. ago Jailed Islamist killer who won payout under ECHR rules for solitary confinement held prison officer hostage at knife point and told him: 'I've killed two people and I'll kill you'

Drug gangster turned jihadist sympathiser Fuad Awale, 38, used European rights laws to argue that his being locked up alone was unfair - despite the move following his hostage taking terror attack.

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