3 h. ago Five people rushed to hospital after 'severe' blaze in Walsall and gas explosion in Bristol send homes up in flames

Emergency services were called to Walsall last night after an inferno left a two-storey, mid-terraced house completely decimated. And just seven hours later, a separate house in Bristol went up in flames.

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5 h. ago 'It was like an earthquake': Witness recalls moment Bristol house burst into flames after 'gas explosion'

Three people have been hospitalised after the house, in Yate, burnt to the ground

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5 h. ago Bristol gas explosion: Hero rescuer relives terrifying moment 'bomb went off'

Charlie Danes, 47, ran to help after a huge explosion destroyed a home in Yate, near Bristol and forced 40 people to evacuate - she said the sound was 'like a bomb had gone off'

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7 h. ago Three in hospital after suspected gas explosion destroys house

Emergency services remain on the scene

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8 h. ago Moment flames ravage home in Bristol after huge 'gas explosion'

Terrifying images show the inferno tearing through the property on Lancaster Road, Yate, at around 06:50am today. Three people were rushed to hospital and are receiving treatment for burn injuries.

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8 h. ago Three taken to hospital and homes evacuated after ‘gas explosion’ near Bristol

The house in Yate was burnt almost completely to the ground during the blaze, which followed the explosion on Tuesday morning.

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8 h. ago Three in hospital as house destroyed in suspected gas explosion in Bristol

Videos and pictures of the fire shows thick black smoke and flames coming from the property in Yate

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9 h. ago Bristol 'gas explosion': Flames pour from rubble after blast rips through property

Footage from the scene in Yate, near Bristol showed flames erupting from the home after an explosion - neighbours said they heard a loud explosion and felt their houses shake

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66 h. ago Danny Dyer recalls the heartbreaking moment his father told him he 'wasn't allowed' to hold his hand anymore as he details their past fractured relationship

Opening up on his fractured relationship with his father Anthony, Danny recalled the heartbreaking childhood moment his father told him he 'wasn't allowed' to hold his hand anymore.

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3 d. ago Teen girl struck by lightning recalls the moment 'everything went numb' as her house was hit by wild storms

Bloom, 17, had been texting on her phone when 'everything just exploded'.

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4 d. ago Stunned resignation and foreboding: a week in Trump’s shadow at IMF

Few policymakers mention US president by name, but his tariffs dominate IMF-World Bank meetingBusiness live – latest updatesKristalina Georgieva’s favourite film, the International Monetary Fund boss told the audience at a packed panel event in Washington on Thursday, is Tom Hanks’s cold war romp Bridge of Spies.In one of the stranger digressions in a frequently strange week, Georgieva recalled the moment when Hanks’s character, a US lawyer, tells the Soviet spy he has been appointed to defend that he will probably be executed. “You don’t seem alarmed,” Hanks says to him; to which the spy – played by Mark Rylance – replies, “Would it help?” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago A Place In The Sun star 'trapped' in property while filming Channel 4 show

Channel 4 A Place In The Sun star Leah Charles-King recalled one terrifying moment where she was ‘trapped’ inside a house she was viewing

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4 d. ago A Place in The Sun presenter reveals terrifying moment she was 'trapped' in property

Leah recalled one terrifying moment where she was ‘trapped’ in a property while filming A Place in the Sun

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4 d. ago 'He was so scared, he just stared at me': Andrew Flintoff's wife recalls harrowing moment she saw star's gruesome injuries

Andrew Flintoff's wife has revealed how she tried to comfort her husband after his near-fatal Top Gear car crash in December 2022.

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4 d. ago Live TV studio hit by Turkey earthquake and newsreader's reaction shocks everyone

People have rushed to praise a newsreader after an earthquake shook a TV studio while she was live on air – with a clip of the terrifying moment going viral

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5 d. ago Freddie Flintoff's family life with wife he 'put through hell' and two famous sons

Freddie Flintoff's wife Rachael recalled the heartbreaking moment she saw the Top Gear star after his accident, urging their children to 'stay strong' as he faced a difficult recovery with life-changing injuries

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5 d. ago More than 200 injured after jumping from buildings in 6.2 earthquake in Istanbul

Earthquake lasted 13 seconds with 100 aftershocks

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6 d. ago UK struck by earthquake trio as two hit in same place within 90 minute span

New BGS data shows that on Sunday, April 20, an area in Bute, Scotland, popular with hikers was struck by a small earthquake, followed by another in the same spot minutes later

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6 d. ago Massive earthquake hit Istanbul with 6.2 magnitude tremor shaking buildings

Terrified locals and tourists have reported buildings shaking after the 6.2 magnitude quake struck today - with four a number of surrounding regions also impacted.

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6 d. ago Earthquake with epicentre near proposed nuclear site rattles eastern Australia

Epicentre located about 36km from one of seven locations where federal opposition proposes building nuclear power plant if elected

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