13 h. ago M4 crash live updates as overturned vehicle causes motorway delays for drivers

There are delays across the M4 network this morning

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13 h. ago M4 closed in both directions as crash sees overturned vehicle cause misery for drivers

There are delays across the M4 network this morning

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48 h. ago Donald Trump asks for prayers for Charlie Kirk after rightwing activist was shot at Utah university event – latest updates

US president posts on Truth Social as FBI director says agency is ‘closely monitoring’ incident at eventA jump in greenhouse gas pollution in the US helped push global emissions higher in the first half of this year. This could be an omen of what’s to come, with Donald Trump’s pro-fossil fuel agenda set to significantly slow down the emissions cuts required to avoid disastrous climate impacts, a new forecast has found.The “most abrupt shift in energy and climate policy in recent memory” that has occurred since Trump re-entered the White House will have profound consequences for the global climate crisis by slowing the pace of US emissions cuts by as much as half the rate achieved over the past two decades, the Rhodium Group forecast states. Continue reading...

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61 h. ago M23 closure LIVE: Major UK motorway shut as incident causes rush hour chaos

Surrey Police have closed the M23 in both directions from its junctions with the M25 and Gatwick Airport this morning causing severe delays for motorists due to an incident

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4 d. ago Clackmannanshire Bridge: Bridge closed in both directions as emergency services attend 'ongoing incident'

Emergency services remain on the scene.

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4 d. ago Clackmannanshire Bridge: Bridge closed in both directions as emergency services called to 'concern for person'

Emergency services remain on the scene.

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9 d. ago Highland crash A99: One person taken to hospital after crash north of Latheron

The road has now reopened after being closed off in both directions on Tuesday.

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1 week ago Highland crash: A99 closed in both directions after crash north of Latheron

Emergency services are on the scene.

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1 week ago ‘Clearly the worst film ever made by anyone ever’: the story behind John Boorman’s horrific Exorcist sequel

After landmark flop The Heretic, the director was considering ‘immolating myself on Hollywood Boulevard’ in 1977. But a new documentary premiering at Venice calls for its redemption‘Evokes not terror but laughter.” “A movie for morons, a total cheesy rip-off that makes not one minute of coherent sense.” “The stupidest major movie ever made.” These were some of the milder responses from reviewers to Exorcist II: The Heretic, one of the most notorious disasters in Hollywood history, on its release in 1977. Its director, John Boorman, says he felt utterly humiliated and close to despair. “I considered my choices. The first was to commit suicide. The second was to defect to Russia,” the chastened director told one interviewer. He asked another if he could atone for his film by “immolating myself on Hollywood Boulevard”.What was the problem? Audiences had, most likely, been looking for shock and horror, revolving heads and vomit, but Boorman gave them metaphysics and surrealism instead –...

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1 week ago ‘Clearly the worst film ever made by anyone ever’: inside John Boorman’s horrific Exorcist sequel

After landmark flop The Heretic, the director was considering ‘immolating myself on Hollywood Boulevard’ in 1977. But a new documentary premiering at Venice calls for its redemption‘Evokes not terror but laughter.” “A movie for morons, a total cheesy rip-off that makes not one minute of coherent sense.” “The stupidest major movie ever made.” These were some of the milder responses from reviewers to Exorcist II: The Heretic, one of the most notorious disasters in Hollywood history, on its release in 1977. Its director, John Boorman, says he felt utterly humiliated and close to despair. “I considered my choices. The first was to commit suicide. The second was to defect to Russia,” the chastened director told one interviewer. He asked another if he could atone for his film by “immolating myself on Hollywood Boulevard”.What was the problem? Audiences had, most likely, been looking for shock and horror, revolving heads and vomit, but Boorman gave them metaphysics and surrealism instead –...

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1 week ago Live M6 traffic updates as motorway closed after crash sees lorry overturn in Lancashire

There has also been a fuel spillage in the area

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1 week ago Rest and Be Thankful road closed after landslide as motorists face 60

Emergency crews have been on the scene in the early hours of this morning with the A83 close in both directions from Arrochar to the A815 at Dunoon.

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2 w. ago Hibs in hunt to sign Lyndon Dykes as Scotland star eyed for stunning Birmingham City transfer exit

A big factor in Hibs' favour is that technical performance director David Marshall is also close to Dykes

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2 w. ago Scottish Borders crash: Major road closed in both directions at Grantshouse as emergency services attend crash

Motorists are being advised to use an alternative route.

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2 w. ago M1 closure LIVE: Motorway closed in both directions after ‘multi vehicle’ crash

Drivers have been left facing severe delays as a multi vehicle collision has left part of the southbound carriage on the M1 shut, forcing drivers to take alternative routes

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2 w. ago South Ayrshire crash: Drivers asked to 'avoid the area' as Troon road closed after two

The road is closed from Isle of Pin Road to Southwood Road.

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3 w. ago More than 50 people trapped or thrown from overturned tour bus as major incident declared

A tour bus has overturned in a huge crash, leaving horror scenes as reports say the casualty rate could be as high as 52, with bodies still being recovered from the incident

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3 w. ago 'Multiple killed' as more than 60 people trapped or thrown from overturned tour bus

A tour bus has overturned in a huge crash, leaving horror scenes as reports say the casualty rate could be as high as 52, with bodies still being recovered from the incident

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3 w. ago Ozzy Osbourne 'knew' Villa Park was his final goodbye as pal shares last moments

Close friend and musical director of Back To The Beginning Tom Morello said Ozzy Osbourne was aware that his days were numbered

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3 w. ago M20 closure LIVE as tractor falls from bridge sparking traffic chaos

A massive stretch of the M20 has been closed in both directions for at least four hours after a tractor plunged from a bridge - with emergency services currently working at the scene

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