5 h. ago Innocent elderly couple died in arson attack at their home which was set alight over £400 cocaine debt

Sheila Jackson, 83, and Eric Greener, 77, were rescued from the blaze but died within days.

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6 h. ago Innocent couple murdered in arson attack over drugs, jury told

Sheila Jackson, 83, and her partner, Eric Greener, 77, died following the fire at their home in St Helens, Merseyside, last July.

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10 h. ago BREAKING: Elderly couple killed in Merseyside arson attack were ‘not intended victims’

Eric Greener, 77, and Sheila Jackson, 83, were killed in the blaze at their home in St Helens last July, but were 'not the intended victims,' a murder trial has heard

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35 h. ago Indiana judge and his wife shot at their front door by suspect who claimed to have found their lost dog, police say

Steven Meyer’s shooting comes months after two Minnesota lawmakers were shot and one state governor was targeted in an arson attack

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53 h. ago CCTV after suspect 'catches fire' and family home set alight in horrific 'petrol bomb attack'

One suspect is thought to have set fire to himself after attacking the home

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59 h. ago Married couple who died in fire at home following explosion named

Retired miner William Mumford and his wife Marlene had to be identified by DNA analysis after the blaze.

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3 d. ago Suspect 'set themselves on fire' after family home 'petrol bombed'

Those inside were forced to flee after a window was smashed and the home was deliberately set alight

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3 d. ago Teenage girl died after bed was set alight with lighter, inquest hears

Layla Allen was asleep when a fire engulfed her bunk bed at her family home

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4 d. ago The suicide pod for couples: Inventor of the Sarco death capsule reveals new euthanasia device that will see two people end their lives together

Philip Nitschke, the controversial right-to-die campaigner, has designed a new euthanasia device, the Double Dutch Sarco pod, for couples who want to die together.

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4 d. ago Mystery of schoolgirl, 13, in fire death after bed 'set alight by lighter'

A 13-year-old girl killed in a house fire was found in her bed by firefighters - a coroner has now revealed why police 'cannot rule out anything' in the tragedy

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9 d. ago Hub of Jewish life in Mississippi's capital city damaged by arson attack

A fire has badly damaged the historic Beth Israel Congregation synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi

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9 d. ago Man who set fire to Conor McGregor's pub pleads guilty to terrorist activities

Abdullah Khan attacked Dublin garda in the days after the arson attack, the court heard.

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1 week ago Berlin mayor faces calls to resign after playing tennis during city blackout

Kai Wegner acknowledged he had not been entirely forthcoming to public about his actions when outage beganEurope live – latest updatesBerlin’s mayor, Kai Wegner, is facing calls to resign after it emerged he opted to play tennis hours after a crippling blackout triggered by an arson attack hit a large swathe of the city, and then misled the public about it.Districts in the south-west of the German capital were gradually returning to normal after the longest power cut since the second world war as Wegner acknowledged he had not been entirely forthcoming about his actions when the outage began. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘How is it possible?’: Berliners demand answers after sabotage causes blackout

Arson attack that left parts of German capital in darkness for days stirs outrage over infrastructure insecurityEurope live – latest updatesWhen Silke Peters bought a crank radio and a camping stove just after the start of Russia’s full invasion of Ukraine, her husband thought she was “a little crazy”. “He put me down, only half-jokingly, as a prepper,” she said, referring to the kind of person who stockpiles in case of catastrophe.For almost four years, the items gathered dust in the cellar of the Peters’ two-room flat in Zehlendorf, a well-to-do district of Berlin. But in recent days the windup radio – with its inbuilt torch and charge point – has come into its own during Germany’s longest power cut since the second world war. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago American flag set alight and stamped on outside Downing Street as lefty protesters including Jeremy Corbyn rail against Trump's Venezuelan intervention chanted 'death to the USA'

The fire was lit by masked members of the Anti-Imperialist Front, one of a number of leftist groups which flocked to the rally last night.

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2 w. ago Sabrina Carpenter risks wardrobe malfunction in sheer sparkly bra during racy New Year's bash

Sabrina Carpenter rang in the New Year in unmistakably bold fashion, treating fans to a carousel of unapologetically racy looks that quickly set social media alight.

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2 w. ago Leftwing militants claim responsibility for arson attack on Berlin power grid

Protest over climate crisis and AI has cut power to tens of thousands of homes which may take days to fully restoreGerman leftwing militants protesting over the climate crisis and AI have claimed responsibility for an arson attack that cut power to tens of thousands of households in Berlin.The fire that broke out on a bridge across the Teltow canal in the south-west of the capital early on Saturday could deprive up to 35,000 homes and 1,900 businesses of electricity – and in many cases heat – until 8 January, the grid company Stromnetz Berlin said. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Berlin power outage hits 45,000 homes after suspected arson attack

Damage to cables means tens of thousands will be without electricity until Thursday amid freezing temperaturesTens of thousands of homes in Berlin will be without electricity until Thursday as authorities struggle to repair power cables seriously damaged in a suspected arson attack, officials have said.Some households may also be without heating as the outage has affected local systems at a time when the German capital is blanketed in snow and temperatures are hovering around freezing. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Married Swiss ski resort couple charged with manslaughter as they break cover

The married couple who own the bar where at least 40 people died in the Swiss New Year fire have been charged with manslaughter by negligence

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2 w. ago Berlin suspected arson attack could leave 45,000 without power until next week

Grid company Stromnetz Berlin confirmed the outage

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