29 h. ago UK urged to ratify high seas treaty to avoid being shut out of Ocean Cop summit

As international treaty comes into force, bill to make it law in Britain is moving at ‘glacial pace’ through parliamentThe UK risks being shut out of a historic oceans summit because parliament has failed to ratify the UN’s high seas treaty, environmental charities and campaigners have warned.The high seas treaty, formally known as the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, comes into force on Saturday, after two decades of talks. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Cops treating taxi fire as 'wilful' after black cab engulfed by flames in Glasgow

Emergency services were called to Stronend Street in Possilpark, Glasgow, after the alarm was raised at around 2.35pm on Thursday.

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48 h. ago Taxi bursts into flames on Scots street as police launch probe

Emergency services were called to Possilpark in Glasgow after the black cab was found ablaze on Thursday afternoon.

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3 d. ago Black cab serial rapist John Worboys to have public parole hearing after bid to get it held behind closed doors

The 68-year-old serial sex attacker will be considered for release by a Parole Board panel on June 9 and 10, following a successful application for the hearing to be held in public.

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3 d. ago Black Cab Rapist John Worboys parole hearing to be held in public

The serial sex attacker's case sparked an outcry when he was cleared for release in 2018 and led to reforms in the parole system, including the introduction of public hearings

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5 d. ago Fireball erupts as London recycling centre is engulfed in flames

A huge fireball erupted above a recycling centre in London on Sunday (11 January) night.

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9 d. ago Black cab serial rapist John Worboys claims he would be 'intimidated' if parole hearing is heard in public

Worboys - who is believed to have attacked over 100 women - claims he would be intimidated and unable to give 'full' evidence if a bid to make him appear in public at the hearing via video link succeeds.

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1 week ago Mum living in fear after car torched outside home while she and son slept

Courtney McBride, 27, was woken at 2am by her neighbour who smashed down her door to save her and her six-year-old son as flames engulfed her car and spread to her home

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1 week ago Six dogs killed in Aberdeenshire house fire which closed A90 as crews fought flames

The house in Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire, was engulfed in flames and a post on social media reportedly by the homeowner said it was 'completely gone' as six pets perished

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2 w. ago Barry Manilow shares hopeful update after lung cancer diagnosis

‘Copacabana’ singer was forced to postpone several January concerts to undergo treatment

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2 w. ago Witness to Swiss blaze ‘shocked for life’ after seeing victims burning

A witness to the deadly New Year’s Eve fire at the Le Constellation bar in Crans‑Montana says he is “shocked for life” after seeing victims engulfed in flames as the blaze tore through the crowded venue.

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2 w. ago Swiss ski resort fire: Dad branded hero after saving ten youngsters lives

Paolo Campolo rushed to the scene to help rescue trapped revellers from the bar that was engulfed by flames at a New Year's Eve celebration that injured over 100 and killed more than 40

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2 w. ago Champagne sparklers blamed for inferno that cost 47 lives: Survivors tell of panic to escape Swiss ski bar engulfed by flames in seconds

Families face an agonising wait to find out whether loved ones died in the early hours at Le Constellation in Crans-Montana, south-west Switzerland.

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2 w. ago New rule hailed as huge boost for black cab drivers: ‘It is a landmark step for fairness’

The Treasury said online minicab firms were “illegitimately using a niche scheme to avoid tax”

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2 w. ago Around 40 people killed and 115 injured in New Year’s Eve bar fire at Swiss ski resort

Crowds had gathered to celebrate the New year when the bar was engulfed in flames

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2 w. ago Terrifying moment fire spreads through ceiling of Swiss ski resort bar as tragedy leaves 'around 40' dead

Video on social media shows appears to show flames engulfing the wooden ceiling as people try to flee the rapidly-developing inferno

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2 w. ago Heartbreaking tribute to mother killed in Stroud house fire alongside her two children

Tom Shearman attempted to rescue his family but was unable to enter his home in Brimscombe, near Stroud in Gloucestershire, as it was engulfed in flames.

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2 w. ago Wellwishers raise £125,000 for police officer father after his wife and two children died in Boxing Day house fire

Tom Shearman attempted to rescue his family but was unable to enter his home in Brimscombe, near Stroud in Gloucestershire, as it was engulfed in flames.

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2 w. ago Sports hero's house engulfed in flames as 15 fire crews rush to tackle horror inferno

A house owned by NASCAR star Denny Hamlin was engulfed in flames on Sunday evening (December 28) as two people were rushed to hospital in North Carolina, USA

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2 w. ago One person dead and one injured after two helicopters crash in New Jersey

Hammonton police responded to a report of a midair crash that engulfed one helicopter in flames on Sunday morningOne person is dead and another has been left critically injured after two helicopters crashed in a southern New Jersey town.Police in Hammonton, New Jersey, responded to a report of an aviation crash at about 11.25am on Sunday, according to Denise Mazzeo, the town’s deputy municipal clerk. Continue reading...

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