44 h. ago 'Mischievous' tortoise rescued by firefighters after starting blaze and torching its home

London Fire Brigade said the fire was caused after a tortoise knocked over a heat lamp which set fire to hay in its enclosure in a flat in Mitcham, south London

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5 d. ago New AI tool picks up every minor scratch on your car rental – and its freaking people out

One woman was charged by Hertz for a mark she says ‘could have been a shadow’

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6 d. ago Teen, 13, beats cancer but dies weeks later in house blaze started by fireworks

Jerilynn Brown and Marc Anthony Young perished following the fire which was is said to have started when the dying embers of fireworks caused the family home to go up in flames

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6 d. ago Pensioner charged after 'XL Bully attack' leaves elderly woman in hospital

The Record understands that the two XL Bullies were due to be seized on Wednesday.

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7 d. ago Gang war probe cops arrest man and woman over Glasgow fire as total reaches 54

Officers have arrested and charged a 39-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman in connection with the wilful fire-raising of a vehicle.

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7 d. ago Woman, 69, airlifted to hospital after being 'attacked by two XL Bully dogs and another hound': Man, 76, is charged over mauling

The victim, 69, was reportedly left with 'serious' injuries after being mauled by the dogs in Shindale, Invershin, at around 1.40pm on Tuesday.

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7 d. ago Man charged after alleged assault at pub left woman with GBH

Man charged after alleged assault at pub left woman with GBH-level injuries  St Albans and Harpenden Review

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7 d. ago 'Apocalyptic' wildfire closes in on Marseille, tornadoes form in the Med and Greece shuts Acropolis amid 42C heatwave while SNOW falls in Switzerland as Europe's extreme weather continues

Europe is being battered by extreme weather, with 'apocalyptic' wildfires being seen in Marseille and tornadoes forming on the Mediterranean Sea. 

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7 d. ago 'Apocalyptic' wildfire closes in on Marseilles, tornadoes form in the Med and Greece shuts Acropolis amid 42C heatwave while SNOW falls in Switzerland as Europe's extreme weather continues

Europe is being battered by extreme weather, as 'apocalyptic' wildfires in France forced an airport to close and tornadoes formed in the Mediterranean Sea. 

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8 d. ago Athens closes the Acropolis and Cyprus faces 'Titanic' wildfire battle while search for Brit missing on holiday island enters 12th day as brutal 42C heatwave scorches Greece

Cyprus is facing a 'titanic' battle with wildfires and Athens has been forced to close the Acropolis as Greece is scorched by a 42C heatwave that has all but brought the nation to its knees.  

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8 d. ago Italy is hit by deadly 'water bomb' floods while southern France, Greece and Turkey battles ferocious wildfires as Europe's wild weather continues

Tragically, one woman lost her life in Lombardy, northern Italy, after a furious storm caused a tree to come crashing down to the ground.

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8 d. ago Man appears in court charged with murder after woman found dead at Bellshill home

Pamela Wilson, 45, was found dead within an address on Blairholm Drive in Bellshill on Saturday.

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9 d. ago First picture of woman found dead in Bellshill home as man arrested and charged

Pamela Wilson was found discovered deceased within an address on Blairholm Drive in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, at around 7.45am on Saturday.

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9 d. ago Chicago woman charged with murder after kids are stabbed inside burning home

Police were called to Wendy Tolbert’s home in the Logan Square section of the city just after 9:00am on Friday after someone called 911 to report a person armed with a knife.

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1 week ago Man who avoided court for rape as teen faces fresh charges for attacking woman

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was previously accused of serious sexual assault when he was 15-year-old.

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1 week ago Colorado woman charged with murder in 16 years old case involving newborn who was found in a dumpster

Angela Onduto, 46, of Colorado, has been charged with the 2009 murder of her newborn daughter, whom police named Matea Esperanza, after the baby was found in a San Francisco Bay Area dumpster.

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1 week ago Twist after 'completely evil' killer who served 19 years behind bars after strangling his ex

A killer who spent nearly two decades in jail for the brutal murder of his teenage ex-girlfriend has been charged with assaulting a second woman in a hotel room.

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1 week ago Greece evacuates civilians near Athens as it becomes the latest British tourist hotspot to be hit by wildfires

The new wildfire broke out at Koropi, a town some 30 kilometres (20 miles) east of Athens, where residents received text messages from civil protection units urging them to evacuate

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1 week ago Thomas Partey, former Arsenal footballer, charged with rape and sexual assault

Five charges of rape and one charge of sexual assaultDue to appear in magistrates court next monthFormer Arsenal footballer Thomas Partey has been charged with five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault, the Crown Prosecution Service said.The allegations relate to three separate women who reported incidents between 2021 and 2022. Partey has been charged with two counts of rape of one woman, three counts of rape of a second woman, and one count of sexual assault of a third woman. He will appear at Westminster Magistrates Court on 5 August. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Three Albanian men and a British woman are charged over spate of million

The charges relate to 20 offences in Cleveland, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Cleveland, detectives said today - among dozens said to have deprived people of £1m of valuables.

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