36 h. ago East Dunbartonshire incident: Four people rescued after getting stuck in drain

They were checked over by the Scottish Ambulance Service.

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41 h. ago Below Deck star rescued people from 'traumatic' Bondi terror attack as he describes 'carnage'

‘To me, if I went home and I turned a blind eye to it, I wouldn't have been able to sleep at night,’ the Irish reality star said

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43 h. ago Four people rescued from drain in Milngavie street after becoming stuck

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was called to Dumbrock Road in Milngavie at around 4.18pm on Sunday, December 14, after several people became stuck in a drain.

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44 h. ago Hero Below Deck star Nathan Gallagher 'rescued people' from Bondi beach during 'terrifying' antisemitic attack that claimed 15 lives

The Sydney landmark was the scene of bloodshed after two gunman, since named as Sajid and Naveed Akram, opened fire on crowds of more than 1,000 people as they celebrated Hanukkah.

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6 d. ago Myanmar military claims armed opposition groups used hospital hit by airstrike as base

Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged there was an airstrike on a general hospital in western Rakhine state, which a local rescuer and media reports said killed over 30 people, including patients, medical staff, and children

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1 week ago Powerful wave in Tenerife leaves four swimmers dead after being swept out of ocean pool

The group were at a popular seawater pool when the wave struck, prompting a major rescue operationFour people are dead and one is missing after a powerful wave dragged a group of swimmers out to sea while they were in a popular seawater pool along the rocky, western coastline of the Spanish island of Tenerife, Spanish authorities said on Monday.Crews recovered three bodies on Sunday – a 35-year-old man, a 55-year-old woman and another man about whom no information was given – during a major rescue operation that used jet skis and helicopters to locate and pick up people dragged out to sea. The fourth victim, a woman, died on Monday, a day after being revived at the scene and airlifted to a hospital. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Hong Kong warns ‘external forces’ working to exploit apartment fire, as death toll rises to 159

Police say number of dead may still be revised as ‘suspected human bones’ found during search require forensic testingHong Kong and Beijing officials have warned against what they claim are “external forces” threatening to exploit last week’s deadly apartment complex fire for political disruption, as rescuers say at least 159 people have been confirmed dead.The fire at the Wang Fuk Court in northern Hong Kong is the city’s worst disaster in 75 years, and the world’s most fatal residential building fire since 1980. The eight-tower complex – home to nearly 5,000 people – was under extensive renovations that have since been found to contain substandard, flammable materials. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Dramatic footage captures the moment hero passersby jump in Miami River and rescue two people trapped in sinking truck

Two heroic bystanders jumped into the water to pull the women from the sinking truck

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2 w. ago Rescuers in Indonesia search for hundreds of missing people likely buried under landslides

Rescuers are urgently searching for hundreds of missing people in the wake of devastating floods that hit Indonesia a week ago, following extreme weather caused by Cyclone Senyar.

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2 w. ago Death toll reaches 69 as Sri Lanka is hit by rising flood waters

Heavy rain from Cyclone Ditwah has left people stranded, with more than 18,000 evacuated to temporary sheltersTroops in Sri Lanka were racing to rescue hundreds of people marooned by rising flood waters on Friday as weather-related deaths rose to 69, with another 34 people declared missing.Helicopters and navy boats carried out rescue operations, plucking people from treetops, roofs and villages cut off by flood waters. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Truth behind dog rescuing cat pics in Thai floods that made people go 'animals are humans'

Southern Thailand is currently experiencing severe rain storms and flooding with at least 19 people reported to have died and 1.9million affected by the extreme weather

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4 w. ago More bodies found after Indonesia landslides, raising toll to 23 with 28 missing

Officials say rescuers have recovered more bodies in the search for people buried under landslides in two areas of Indonesia’s main island of Java, raising the confirmed deaths to 23

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