15 h. ago McLaren driver, 28, who seriously injured his passenger in fiery crash when he ploughed £100,000 supercar into house is jailed

Zachary Hocking, 28, was driving a McLaren 570GT V8 at an average speed of 91mph in a 30mph zone when he lost control and ploughed into a property in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire.

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28 h. ago Sky Sports forced to apologise as F1 star Lando Norris drops F

LANDO NORRIS dropped an F-bomb live in his post-race interview with Sky at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.  The McLaren driver left winner Max Verstappen and third-place George Russell in stitches in front of the Bellagio Fountains when he said “I f***ed up” during the broadcast. The hilarious moment came after former F1 driver and...

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64 h. ago Man 'cuckooed' by heroin dealers who planted guns in his house avoids jail

A court heard Richard Stubbs had been 'too terrified' to go to the police

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64 h. ago Shocked US driver calls 911: ‘I just had a bald eagle drop a cat through my windshield’

Motorist told dispatcher ‘you may not believe me’ and said windshield was shattered while driving on North Carolina highwayA motorist in western North Carolina escaped injury when the carcass of a cat crashed into the passenger side of her front windshield along a highway near the Great Smoky Mountains national park.In a call to 911, the unidentified driver on US Route 74 in Swain county, near Bryson City, told a dispatcher that a bald eagle dropped the cat. Bryson City is about 65 miles south-west of Asheville. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago Luxury McLaren £100k supercar consumed by fireball after 'reckless' driver crashed into house

The driver was going at an average speed of 91mph in a 30mph zone

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2 d. ago ‘I still see title as quite distant’: F1 leader Norris not hedging bets for Las Vegas GP

McLaren driver feels title race ‘can easily go opposite way’Norris unmoved by being booed after last two winsFor all the sound and fury of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, Lando Norris is refusing to get excited about the prospect of putting one hand on a first drivers’ championship trophy in Sin City.Norris leads his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri by 24 points in the title race and Max Verstappen by 49 with a maximum of only 83 on the table over the three remaining meetings. But with the 26-year-old Briton having wrought an extraordinary comeback from 34 points behind Piastri after August’s Dutch Grand Prix, he is determined to focus on executing with the clinical calm that has put him into the lead in the standings, not the potential outcome of the race. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago UPS plane crash horror photos show engine ripping off before blast killed 14

New images show the engine beginning to separate and burst into flames during take off leading to fourteen dying in the fiery crash

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8 d. ago Huntingdon stabbing: Major update on train hero left fighting for his life

Rail worker Samir Zitouni was in a critical condition after suffering multiple injuries in the Huntingdon train stabbing - he bravely protected passengers during the attack

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9 d. ago Notorious influencer HSTikkyTokky, 24, is spared prison after crashing £230,000 McLaren supercar and fleeing the country

TikTok influencer HSTikkyTokky has avoided jail after crashing 'a supercar going extremely fast' and then failing to appear in court for almost a year.

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1 week ago A minibus carrying Chinese tourists crashes in Bali, killing 5 passengers

A minibus carrying Chinese tourists has crashed on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, killing five of the passengers and injuring eight others

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1 week ago Australian restaurant chain apologises for burger curse as Oscar Piastri hopes to turn F1 season around

Grill’d apologises for jinxing 24-year-old with promotionPiastri’s manager Mark Webber backs McLaren driver to rebound from Formula One woesAs Oscar Piastri desperately works to rebound from his recent Formula One woes, an Australian restaurant chain is doing its part to keep his title hopes alive.After offering free burgers for every time the Australian made the podium, Grill’d burger chain has apologised for putting a “curse” on the McLaren driver. Continue reading...

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1 week ago All 14 victims identified from fiery UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville

A grandfather and his young granddaughter

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1 week ago At least two dead and dozens injured as coach carrying tourists crashes into truck in Egyptian beach resort

Some 36 other passengers - including foreigners - were injured in the devastating crash near Hurghada on the Red Sea coast.

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1 week ago 18 passengers injured at Dulles Airport when transport vehicle slams into dock

At least 18 passengers were injured when a transport vehicle slammed into a dock at a Washington DC area airport on Monday.

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1 week ago Major Dulles Airport incident as '17 passengers' injured in mobile lounge crash

Hospitals have been braced to prepare themselves for up to 17 patients after a 'people mover' at Washington Dulles International Airport crashed into a dock on Concourse D

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1 week ago Lando Norris plays down F1 title hopes despite perfect weekend in Brazil

McLaren driver holds 24-point lead with three races to goBritish driver ‘not confident’ about next race in Las VegasLando Norris has played down title expectations having taken a 24-point world championship lead after the São Paulo Grand Prix, warning he had a long way to go and that he did not expect to be competitive at the next round in Las Vegas.Norris won with a commanding drive from pole at Interlagos while his title rival and McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri could manage only fifth. Max Verstappen delivered a magnificent performance in a Red Bull that was quicker than the McLaren to come back from 19th to third, but his heroics only limited the damage to his title hopes as Norris opened a clear gap on his two competitors. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Dozens of passengers injured as trains collide with loud ‘bang’

Authorities say one train ran into the back of the other between Bratislava and Pezinok

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2 w. ago Bratislava trains crash as 'train runs red light' leaving passengers injured

Two trains have crashed in western Slovakia, leaving dozens injured, according to local media

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2 w. ago Norris boosts title bid with F1 São Paulo GP win as Verstappen charges to third

McLaren driver opens 24-point lead over Oscar PiastriKimi Antonelli second, Verstappen powers through fieldLando Norris won the São Paulo Grand Prix, managing a tense and high-pressure victory from pole position to extend his world championship lead over his McLaren teammate, Oscar Piastri, who finished fifth. The race was marked, however, by a magnificent comeback drive from Max Verstappen to finish third from a 19th-place start in the pit lane and in so doing keep his title hopes just alive.Kimi Antonelli took a superb career-best second for Mercedes, with his teammate, George Russell, in fourth and Haas’s Ollie Bearman an excellent sixth. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Lando Norris pays tribute to ‘dear friend’ Gil de Ferran with signature helmet at F1 testing

The McLaren driver features in the afternoon session on the first day of pre-season testing in Bahrain

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