1 week ago Huge M6 fire shuts down motorway as lorry crash inferno captured in shocking CCTV images

A motorway fire forced the M6 shut in both directions overnight as a lorry became engulfed in flames after reportedly crashing onto its side in dramatic images

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2 w. ago Images show charred remains of electric car and charger following fire

Crews spent more than 14 hours at the scene

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2 w. ago Devastating images show scorched moorland in aftermath of huge fire

Crews remain at the scene

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2 w. ago Dramatic images show moorland fire raging from above as crews battle huge blaze

People are being urged to avoid the moor

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2 w. ago Salford fire horror as huge smoke plume seen for miles over city

Huge plumes of smoke have been spotted by residents across Salford after a huge fire broke out with many taking to social media to share dramatic images of the incident

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2 w. ago Love and Fury: The Extraordinary Life, Death and Legacy of Joe Meek by Darryl W Bullock – review

This richly detailed and exhaustive biography of the maverick 60s British music producer reveals a sonic visionary whose brilliance concealed a tragically violent temperJoe Meek first tasted success as a record producer when he created the eerie backdrop for John Leyton’s gothic teen melodrama, Johnny Remember Me, which reached No 1 in the British pop charts in the summer of 1961. A mere six years later, on 3 February 1967, Meek’s name entered the mainstream consciousness in the most darkly dramatic way imaginable, when the news broke that he had killed his landlady, the elderly Violet Shenton, before turning the shotgun on himself.In the time between, as Darryl Bullock notes with characteristic understatement in his richly detailed biography Love and Fury, the producer’s chaotic, but hugely creative, life was “directed by his passions and obsessions”. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Dramatic images show aftermath of devastating fire on Greater Manchester moor

Crews have tackled two fires near Blackstone Edge in two days

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4 w. ago Florida shooting: Devastated neighbour recounts gruesome aftermath as baby is killed

The baby was among four children - thought to be siblings - shot by a 34-year-old man at an apartment in Pembroke Park, Florida, on Wednesday evening - three of the kids have died

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