12 h. ago Man dies as tree falls in UK park as high winds batter Britain

He was struck by a falling tree branch

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12 h. ago Homeless man in tent killed by falling tree branch at Blackpool park as police seal off area

The man in his 40s was pronounced dead at the scene

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44 h. ago ‘When the forests burn, the sickness comes’: how protecting trees shields millions from disease

Preserving the Amazonian rainforest keeps communities safe from the health risks of wildfires and deforestation, research has foundFor Bolivian park ranger Marcos Uzquiano, the fallout from wildfires in the Amazon goes far beyond the damage they do to wildlife and biodiversity. “It’s devastating – it undermines all the functions and benefits that forests provide to Indigenous communities. They affect the air we breathe and cause respiratory infections, eye irritation and throat inflammation,” he says.Uzquiano’s experience at Beni Biosphere Reserve is reflected in new research which suggests that preserving Amazonian forests helps to protect millions from disease. Analysing 20 years of data on 27 diseases – including malaria, Chagas disease and hantavirus – researchers found that municipalities in the Amazon biome near healthy forests on Indigenous lands across eight countries faced a lower risk of disease. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Strong winds to batter most of England and Wales as weather warning expanded

Most of the England and Wales will feel 45 to 55mph gusts and exposed locations could see these reach 70mph, the Met Office said.

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3 d. ago Exact date 80mph winds set to batter UK as Met Office issues major warning

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for large parts of the country where ferocious winds could reach 80mph along with heavy rain in the coming days

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4 d. ago British man falls to his death in car park at Gran Canaria airport

Authorities are reviewing CCTV footage to determine what happened

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4 d. ago Winds of up to 80mph to batter UK as country braces for stormy weekend

A yellow weather warning covering a large part of the west of the UK and all of the southern coast has been issued by the Met Office.

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5 d. ago Canary Islands airport horror as Brit man, 53, plunges 30ft to death

A 53-year-old British man has tragically died after falling more than 30 feet from a multi-storey car park at Gran Canaria’s airport in Spain this morning with police investigating

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9 d. ago One year after Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi was killed, the US has not investigated. Her family wants answers

The American Turkish woman, 26, was shot in the head on 6 September 2024 by an Israeli sniper in the West BankÖzden Bennett’s first reaction after learning of her younger sister’s killing was disbelief. Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi had traveled to the occupied West Bank just three days earlier to volunteer with Palestinian communities facing violence at the hands of Israeli soldiers and settlers.But the shock and grief quickly gave way to dread – “that nothing would come of it, that she would have just died under that olive tree and that was it”, Bennett said this week, before the anniversary of Eygi’s death. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Batten down the hatches, Britain: Heavy rain and strong winds to batter parts of the country as warmest summer on record comes to an abrupt end

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning as the nation braces itself to be buffeted by strong winds, heavy rain, thunder and hail tomorrow.

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2 w. ago Boy who died after falling in park ‘made every day worth living’

Logan Carter, 12, died on Friday after falling from apparatus at a park in Cheshire.

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2 w. ago First picture of boy, 12, killed after falling from apparatus as heartbroken parents pay tribute

Logan Carter died on Wharton Recreation Ground, Cheshire on Friday night

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2 w. ago Boy 'flung from roundabout' to his death in second fatal incident at playground

Logan Carter, 12, died after an incident at the Wharton Recreation Ground in Winsford, Cheshire, on Friday. On Christmas Day 2020, Cason Hallwood died after falling ill at the same park

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2 w. ago Schoolboy who died in park fall named as dad says 'heart has been ripped in two'

“Hold your kids and tell them every day how much you love them because you never know when they will be gone.”

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2 w. ago Woman dies after being hit by falling tree branch on busy south Manchester road

Emergency services were called to West Didsbury at around 7.15pm on Saturday evening after calls about a woman who was stuck under a fallen tree branch after it 'snapped'

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2 w. ago Woman, in her 40s, dies after being hit by 'massive' tree branch that snapped in windy weather

The woman, in her 40s, died on Barlow Moor Road in West Didsbury, Manchester, when the branch plummeted onto her on Saturday evening, Greater Manchester Police have confirmed.

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2 w. ago Boy, 12, dies after falling over in park recreational grounds

Cheshire police are calling for any potential witnesses of the incident to get in touch

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2 w. ago Schoolboy dies in park playground fall as police probe 'deeply tragic incident'

The child was pronounced deas at the scene with police now launching an investigation.

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2 w. ago Southport Airshow finishes early as heavy rain and strong winds batter coast

It comes after the Met Office forecast a 'huge wall of rain' will hit much of the UK this weekend

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2 w. ago Boy, 12, falls to his death while playing on playground apparatus in park

The child was pronounced dead at the scene at Wharton Recreation Ground near Ledward Street in Winsford on Friday evening.

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