3 h. ago 'One of a kind': Go Fund Me page and probe launched after North Sea oil worker's death on Shell rig

A Go Fund Me page has been set up for the North Sea oil worker’s family

Economics

19 h. ago Horror as young father plunges to his death on North Sea oil rig after 'falling from crane'

Lee Hulse, 32, from Torry in Aberdeen, Scotland reportedly fell from a crane on the Valaris 121 jackup drilling rig in the early hours of Friday morning.

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23 h. ago North Sea oil rig horror as young dad 'plunges to his death from crane'

Lee Hulse, 32, died on Friday while working on the Valaris 121 oil platform, off the coast of Aberdeen in Scotland

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23 h. ago Young dad dies during incident on North Sea oil rig as probe launched

Lee Hulse sadly died while working on the Valaris 121 oil platform on Friday, November 14.

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51 h. ago Tragic twist of Disney fan who died in front of resort staff as hidden details emerge

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Devastating new details have emerged after a Disney fan plunged to her death in front of guests and staff at the resort, leaving her husband heartbroken

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3 d. ago Oil rig worker becomes millionaire overnight after £15 ticket win

Christian Jones, 52, is the latest winner of the Omaze Monthly Millionaire Draw

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3 d. ago North Sea oil worker wins £1m and immediately quits job after spending 7 months a year offshore

Christian Jones, 52, is the latest winner of the Omaze Monthly Millionaire Draw, scooping a life-changing £1 million prize, completely tax-free.

Economics

3 d. ago Influencer plunges to her death from top of apartment building

Police are investigating her death

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4 d. ago The great escape: seal flees killer whales by jumping on to photographer’s boat

Charvet Drucker captures dramatic video and photos of seal being hunted by orcas in Salish Sea, north-west of SeattleA wildlife photographer on a whale-watching trip in waters off Seattle captured dramatic video and photos of a pod of killer whales hunting a seal that survived only by clambering on to the stern of her boat.Charvet Drucker was on a rented 20ft (6 metre) boat near her home on an island in the Salish Sea about 40 miles north-west of Seattle when she spotted a pod of at least eight killer whales, also known as orcas. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Seal escapes from pod of killer whales by jumping on to photographer’s boat

Charvet Drucker captures dramatic video and photos of seal being hunted by orcas in Salish Sea, north-west of SeattleA wildlife photographer on a whale-watching trip in waters off Seattle captured dramatic video and photos of a pod of killer whales hunting a seal that survived only by clambering on to the stern of her boat.Charvet Drucker was on a rented 20ft (6m) boat near her home on an island in the Salish Sea about 40 miles north-west of Seattle when she spotted a pod of at least eight killer whales, also known as orcas. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Harrow shopping centre horror after boy, 17 plunges to death

A 17-year-old boy has died after falling from St George's shopping centre in Harrow, London this morning (November 12) as police and emergency services cordoned off the scene

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6 d. ago Man, 29, ‘plunges to death at popular Butlins park after falling from balcony’

Bartosz Urbaniak, 29, suffered trauma to the brain after he reportedly lost his footing at the Big Weekender event at the Skegness Butlins and he tragically died from his injuries

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7 d. ago Dad drowned his own three children on Father's Day after horror 'threat'

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Robert Farquharson was found guilty of three counts of murder after he drove his three sons into a dam on Father's Day in 2005, with the boys' mother saying he had a 'love-hate relationship' with them

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7 d. ago Anas Sarwar backs oil and gas drilling and calls for 'balanced approach' to North Sea

The Scottish Labour leader has pleaded with his UK government colleagues to be “pursuing the opportunities that exist in oil and gas” in the North Sea despite a manifesto pledge to end new licensing.

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7 d. ago Shell hands back ScotWind lease risking £3bn of Scottish investment amid 'fierce headwinds'

Shell has given a 3GW floating wind lease back to Crown Estate Scotland after reportedly failing to sell it on to another renewables developer

Economics

7 d. ago Egypt coach crash: Two dead after bus full of tourists careers into truck

The coach, which belongs to a Red Sea tourism company, collided with a truck on the Ras Gharib-Hurghada road north of the Red Sea, near Hurghada, a beach resort town

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7 d. ago ‘I opened up like a giant elevator’: the seven sly, savage stages of a £100,000 romance scam

Last year, romance fraud rose 52% for over-55s in the UK. Victims often feel they’ve made a terrible mistake and are at fault – but really, they’ve been expertly groomed by criminalsIn total, over two and a half years, Elizabeth gave £100,000 to “Sam”, the “man” she met online, who she thought she loved and loved her back. She emptied her savings account, pawned her late mother’s jewellery and took out bank loans. She became so overdrawn that she could barely afford food and lived mainly on soup.She had sent this money, for all sorts of reasons, to a man she’d never met. The first was a $500 Amazon voucher because Sam, a consultant, was out on an oil rig and needed to buy a manual. Later, the rig required a new part; then the tanker transporting the oil ran into problems, too. She gave money to Sam’s daughter who was trapped in an abusive marriage. Finally, when Sam became ill, Elizabeth was contacted by his doctor and began paying Sam’s medical bills. “When this doctor messaged to ...

Economics

7 d. ago Man who hit stepmum over head with claw hammer said 'I'm going to kill youse'

Luke Fendick, 46, burst into the family home and attacked his stepmum with a claw hammer after demanding to see his father - Anne Ramsden. now suffers from panic attacks after the horror ordeal

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9 d. ago Man, 65, plunges 134ft to death after slipping off edge of Grand Canyon

A 65-year-old man tragically died after slipping off the edge of the Grand Canyon - this is a breaking news story

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1 week ago Why Scotland should learn from Spain to save fossil fuel workers from unemployment

The Scottish and UK governments need a better plan to deal with mass job losses in the North Sea oil and gas industries

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