3 h. ago Police issue update over heavy emergency services presence at cordoned off city centre bridge

A woman had been seen on the wrong side of the railings at the bridge at Wood Street but is now safe

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5 d. ago Aerial video shows scale of deadly landfill collapse as workers buried under mountain of garbage

A search is underway for people trapped under a mountain of garbage after a landfill collapsed in the Philippines on Friday (9 January), killing one person.

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9 d. ago High tides and heavy rain flood parts of California’s Bay Area

King tides cause highest floodwaters in decades for area, while people are rescued from trapped cars and roads closeHigh tides and heavy rains have flooded parts of the Bay Area, prompting road closures and rescues of people trapped in cars.Five northern counties remained under a flood watch, with up to 3in (7.6cm) of rain possible through Monday night in areas that have been drenched off and on since around Christmas, said the National Weather Service office in Eureka. At least a foot (0.3 meters) of snow was likely in the mountains. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Rain continues in parts of California reeling from flooding and high tides

Crews cleared mud from key California highways as forecasters warned that more thunderstorms were on the way after downpours and high tides caused flooding, prompting road closures and rescues of people trapped in cars

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1 week ago Nightclub owners who renovated bar themselves could face manslaughter charges after ‘sparklers caused fire killing 40’

MANSLAUGHTER charges could be handed down to the owners of the Swiss ski resort nightclub after a deadly inferno killed 40 people trapped inside. The married couple who bought the venue in 2015 turned it from a rundown café into a party hotspot for the après-ski crowd at Crans-Montana. Jacques Moretti, 49, did most of...

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1 week ago Teen survivor of Swiss bar blaze ran BACK into flames to save victims but found one so burned he could ‘only see teeth’

A TEEN survivor of the tragic Swiss bar blaze has revealed how he ran back inside to save trapped victims of the massacre that killed 47 people. Student Ferdinand Du Beaudiez, 19, was partying with seven pals - including his brother and girlfriend - inside Le Constellation when it went up in flames in the...

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1 week ago People were "screaming and screaming" as fire trapped victims in Swiss ski resort bar

Swiss police have said “several tens of people” and about 100 are injured after a deadly blaze and explosion ripped through a bar in an Alpine resort early this morning

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3 w. ago At least two people killed and multiple trapped as explosion rips through a Pennsylvania nursing home

An explosion was reported at a Pennsylvania nursing home Tuesday, trapping multiple people.

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3 w. ago Police call explosion at nursing home near Philadelphia ‘mass casualty incident’

People at Silver Lake healthcare center in Bristol Township injured and trapped inside after partial building collapseAn explosion at a nursing home just outside Philadelphia collapsed part of the building and left people injured and trapped inside, authorities said.A plume of black smoke rose from Silver Lake healthcare center in Bristol Township, as emergency responders across the region gathered there. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Mass casualty incident as explosion rips through Pennsylvania nursing home and traps multiple people

An explosion was reported at a Pennsylvania nursing home Tuesday, trapping multiple people.

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3 w. ago Heavy emergency services presence at retail park as people 'trapped'

Emergency services rushed to the scene following reports that two people were trapped after an incident in the car park

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