2 h. ago Door staff ATTACKED outside popular Manchester city centre bar

Officers were called out to the scene

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3 h. ago Police called to 3am incident before men JUMP from window with one seriously hurt

Emergency services swarmed the area

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6 h. ago Moncrieff Island: Body pulled from River Tay after huge search operation for missing man, 27

Emergency services in Perth were first alerted on Thursday evening.

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7 h. ago ‘Now it's about personal happiness’: popular Granny Wang dating show belies China’s plummeting marriage rate

Zhou Mei’s matchmaking show draws crowds in person and online, but young Chinese increasingly choose singledomThe crowd is sweltering under a red and gold awning, but Granny Wang has them rapt. Packed into the space in front of the 62-year-old’s small stage, and spilling out on to the wooden bleachers above, hundreds of people have gathered to hear Granny Wang – real name Zhao Mei – play matchmaker to young men and women at a daily show in a theme park in Kaifeng, an ancient city in central China’s Henan province.One man who volunteers to be set up comes on stage and tells Zhao that a previous relationship broke down due to a lack of time. “Well, now that you’ve met your ideal partner here, you’ll have the time,” she assures him, and the crowd cheers. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Flash floods kill at least 159 people in Pakistan after huge cloudburst

Search for the missing continues in north-west after downpour also sparks deadly flooding and landslides in IndiaA massive cloudburst has triggered flash floods in north-west Pakistan, killing at least 157 people, as rescuers continued to search for people missing after floods in neighbouring India.Mohammad Suhail, a provincial emergency services spokesperson, said 78 bodies were recovered from various parts of Buner district in the north-west province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by noon on Friday, and a further 79 were pulled later from the rubble of collapsed homes and flooded villages. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Drunk woman punched visitor to Swansea city centre in the face

An intoxicated Katie Kelshaw went on to assault three police officers who were trying to arrest her

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24 h. ago Woman and children escape house fire as emergency services descend on street

Four fire engines and paramedics attended

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28 h. ago Moncrieff Island search: Major search operation continues for missing 27

Emergency services were called on Thursday evening after reports of three men in difficulty in the water

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28 h. ago Lad missing in River Tay after 'diving in with pals' as dramatic search underway

Multiple emergency units raced to the banks of the river in the city centre last night and began a search of the water.

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39 h. ago Tragedy as man, 43, dies suddenly after falling ill in Scots street

The emergency services dashed to the scene in Paisley but the man could not be saved.

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45 h. ago Teen boy arrested in connection with rape and murder of teen girl

The boy also faces charges in connection with the rape of another girl, aged 16. Emergency services were called to a property in Huddersfield at 11.36pm on Monday, August 11.

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46 h. ago Thug finally guilty of murder... 12 YEARS after brutally attacking homeless man

Anthony Ellis lied over and over again to emergency services that he had not inflicted the attack that would leave the homeless man needing round-the-clock care until he died years later from his horrific brain injuries

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48 h. ago ‘A great way of getting under the skin of a city’: the rise of urban treasure hunts

Whether team-building or exploring with friends and family, searching for clues and solving puzzles is popularIf you spot someone in a busy city centre street with a puzzled, possibly pained look asking their companions whether that’s an elephant at the top of a drainpipe, they are probably not mad – but on an urban treasure hunt.There has been, one city tourism boss said, an “explosion” in the number and popularity of treasure and scavenger hunts in the UK. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago M40 traffic LIVE: Car flips in horror crash causing huge motorway delays

A massive crash on the M40 involving an overturned car is causing traffic delays as emergency services rush to the scene

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49 h. ago Person dies after being hit by train at Old Street station prompting huge emergency services response

The death at the east London station is not being treated as suspicious

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50 h. ago Liverpool parade collision: man appears in court on 24 more charges

Paul Doyle faces total of 31 counts relating to 29 alleged victims after incident in city centre in MayA former Royal Marine commando accused of deliberately driving his car into a crowd of Liverpool FC fans at a victory parade wept in the dock as he made a court appearance on Thursday to face an additional 24 charges, including two relating to alleged victims who were babies.Paul Doyle, 53, from Liverpool, is charged with dangerous driving and causing grievous bodily harm with intent after 134 people were injured when a Ford Galaxy struck fans on Water Street in the city centre on 26 May. Continue reading...

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51 h. ago Busy London station CLOSED due to 'emergency services' incident

Busy London station CLOSED due to 'emergency services' incident  News Shopper

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51 h. ago Major London hospital evacuated amid fears of chemical explosion as emergency services rush to scene

Major London hospital evacuated amid fears of chemical explosion as emergency services rush to scene  GB News

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51 h. ago House blast and rape suspect appears in court via prison video

Paul Solway, 57, is accused of destroying property with intent to endanger life after an explosion ripped through a terraced property in Derby.

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52 h. ago Man accused of driving into Liverpool parade crowds faces 24 new charges

Paul Doyle was originally charged with seven offences after the incident on Water Street in the city centre on Monday, May 26.

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