4 d. ago Major incident declared in Shropshire as huge sinkhole swallows canal: 10 people rescued from damaged narrowboats just days before Christmas

Emergency services are on scene in the Chemistry area of Whitchurch after the gaping hole, around 50 metres by 50 metres in size, started to develop at 4.22am.

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4 d. ago More than 10 rescued after huge sinkhole opens in canal in ‘major incident’

People are being asked to avoid the incident on the Shropshire Union Canal in Chemistry, Shropshire

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2 w. ago German mountaineer, 19, swept away in avalanche dies after rescuers found teen buried in snow and dug him out

A CLIMBER has been killed after a horror fall caused by an avalanche in Austria. The 19-year-old German man was reportedly unsecured while on the "Stopselzieher" via ferrata, an "easy" route on the Zugspitze mountain. The monstrous snowslide dragged him down steep rocky ground and swept him off the peak, according to BILD. His 21-year-old...

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3 w. ago Four major pledges in Keir Starmer's plan to tackle child poverty

Keir Starmer has said Labour's 'moral mission' is to fight child poverty as he launched a blueprint to lift over half a million kids out of poverty by the end of the decade

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3 w. ago 'Alien spaceship' 3I/ATLAS shows signs of mystery second tail as it hurtles towards Earth

Harvard professor Avi Loeb insists the mysterious object flying through the solar system is part of a mission launched billions of years ago and not, as most other boffins believe, a comet

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3 w. ago Emergency declared in seaside town after reindeer escapes Christmas event, sparking huge rescue

Police, Royal Marines and the coastguard undertook an extensive search for the missing animal in Formby, Merseyside yesterday.

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4 w. ago Moment avalanche tears through Austrian alps prompting huge rescue mission

Several skiers and snowboarders were buried in an avalanche on the Stubai Glacier in the Austrian Alps on Thursday morning (27 November), according to local media.

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4 w. ago Huge rescue mission launched after avalanche buries skiers on Austrian glacier

The emergency operation is ongoing

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4 w. ago Avalanche hits Austrian ski resort with multiple people buried and search underway for other possible victims

A major search operation is underway at one of Austria's largest ski resorts this morning after multiple skiers were swept away in a huge avalanche. 

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4 w. ago Avalanche hits near Austrian ski resort with multiple people buried and search underway for other possible victims

The avalanche struck at around 9.30am in open terrain near the Daunscharte pass, an area outside the marked pistes, according to officials.

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4 w. ago Stubai Glacier avalanche as multiple people buried in snow after it hits near ski lift

This is a breaking news story and is being constantly updated by our reporters as the breaking news story develops

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