52 h. ago Brooklyn Beckham breaks silence after he fails to wish mum Victoria ‘happy birthday’

Victoria Beckham has shared photos from her 51st birthday celebrations this week, which included a meal with family and friends, but two of her children were notably absent

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4 d. ago Family of five, including three children, found dead inside home following suspected carbon monoxide poisoning

Relatives of the family of five found dead at the property have issued tributes describing the three children as “happy-go-lucky" and calling the family "good and honest people"

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9 d. ago Search resumes for parts of helicopter that ‘fell into pieces’ killing six people in New York

Spanish family including three children age 11, five and four killed in crash along with pilot, who has not yet been namedDivers returned to New York’s Hudson River on Friday morning to salvage sections of a tourist helicopter that crashed on Thursday killing all six people on board, as witnesses spoke of hearing sounds “like gunshots” immediately before the aircraft plummeted.A recovery operation that was suspended overnight began again at first light to retrieve what Jersey City mayor Steve Fulop said were “major parts” of the Bell 206 helicopter that broke apart in midair and plunged into the water. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Spanish PM offers condolences after family of five killed in New York helicopter crash

Spanish family including three children age 11, five and four, killed in crash along with pilot, who has not yet been namedSpain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has offered his condolences to friends and relatives of a Spanish family who died in New York on Thursday after their sightseeing helicopter crashed in the Hudson River, killing all aboard including the pilot.It emerged on Friday that the victims were Agustín Escobar, his wife, Mercè Camprubí, and their three children, who were 11, five and four. The identity of the pilot has not yet been made public. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Hudson helicopter crash victims named as family of five including three children

The aircraft is understood to have broken apart in mid-air in New York

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1 week ago Family of five including thee children killed in helicopter crash

Agustín Escobar, the president of the Spanish branch of the technology giant Siemens, was killed alongside his wife and three children in the New York City helicopter crash

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1 week ago NYC Hudson River helicopter crash victims are identified as tech boss, his wife and three children

The Spanish family of five - including three children - killed on a tour helicopter that crashed into New York City's Hudson river have been identified.

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1 week ago Six people killed after helicopter crashes into Hudson River in New York

Pilot and a family with three children who are believed to have been Spanish tourists were killed onboard aircraftHudson helicopter crash - latest updatesA helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York on Thursday, killing all six people onboard, including the pilot and a family with three children who are believed to be Spanish tourists.The fire department said it received a report of a helicopter in the huge tidal waterway that runs up the west side of Manhattan at 3.17pm ET. Videos posted on social media showed the aircraft mostly submerged, upside down in the water, and rescue vehicles crowding on to the streets on shore as emergency workers raced to save those onboard. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Helicopter crash LIVE: Six dead in Hudson River horror as cockpit plunges into New York water

A helicopter crashed into the Hudson River, New York City, tonight near to Pier 40, with six people believed to be dead, made up of a Spanish family-of-five that included three children

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1 week ago ‘Everyone is breathing this’: how just trying to stay warm is killing thousands a year in the world’s coldest city

In Mongolia’s capital, Ulaanbaatar, coal fires heat almost every home. But as extreme weather drives families off the steppes into the city the air is becoming more deadlySteppes and the city: how smog has become part of Mongolians’ way of life – in picturesThe eldest child was away training for the army when his family died in their sleep. All six of them, two adults and four children, were poisoned by carbon monoxide gas seeping out from their coal-fired stove into their home in Ulaanbaatar in January, the coldest month in the world’s coldest capital city.Mongolians were touched by the tragedy but there was anger a month later when, during a two-day parliamentary hearing forced by a public petition against pollution levels, the government released figures showing there had been 779 deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning in the country in the past seven years. By 19 February, when a couple in their 40s were found lifeless in their bed, that number had risen to 811. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘Everyone is breathing this’: how just trying to stay warm is killing thousands a year in the world’s coldest capital

In Ulaanbaatar, coal fires heat almost every home. But as extreme weather drives families off the Mongolian steppes into the city the air is becoming more deadlySteppes and the city: how smog has become part of Mongolians’ way of life – in picturesThe eldest child was away training for the army when his family died in their sleep. All six of them, two adults and four children, were poisoned by carbon monoxide gas seeping out from their coal-fired stove into their home in Ulaanbaatar in January, the coldest month in the world’s coldest capital city.Mongolians were touched by the tragedy but there was anger a month later when, during a two-day parliamentary hearing forced by a public petition against pollution levels, the government released figures showing there had been 779 deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning in the country in the past seven years. By 19 February, when a couple in their 40s were found lifeless in their bed, that number had risen to 811. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Carbon monoxide killed son of former Yankees star Brett Gardner, autopsy finds

Miller Gardner was on holiday with family in Costa RicaFumes may have leaked from adjacent engine roomCarbon monoxide poisoning was the cause of death of the teenage son of former New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner, authorities in Costa Rica said on Wednesday night.Randall Zúñiga, director of the Judicial Investigation Agency, said 14-year-old Miller Gardner was tested for carboxyhemoglobin, a compound generated when carbon monoxide binds to hemoglobin in the blood. When carboxyhemoglobin saturation exceeds 50%, it is considered lethal. In Gardner’s case, the test showed a saturation of 64%. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Costa Rican hotel DENIES carbon monoxide killed Yankees legend Brett Gardner's son in shock twist

Miller died during a family vacation at the at the Arenas Del Mar Beachfront & Rainforest Resort with Costa Rica's OIJ announcing he may have died of carbon monoxide poisoning. 

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2 w. ago Hotel denies report that Brett Gardner’s son died from carbon monoxide poisoning

Investigators said the family’s hotel room was adjacent to a ‘machine room’ that may have contributed to the potential poisoning but resort says levels in room were ‘non lethal’

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3 w. ago Firebomb attack pair jailed after planning attack on Scots family of five

The sinister attack organised by Darren Reape and Robert Lawrie left the family, including three young children, "fearing for their lives".

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