8 h. ago Moment Storm Amy's 100mph winds lift children's play house off the ground and sends it hurtling

Three children watched on in horror as the two-storey structure was toppled, sending loose parts flying into the air.

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18 h. ago Moment police storm Edinburgh Ryanair plane as it lands in capital

The incident is understood to have happened on flight FR2970, which was due to leave Tenerife on September 29 at 7.30pm.

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34 h. ago Moment police storm Bolton street in Manchester synagogue terror attack probe

Searches are taking place and arrests have been made

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50 h. ago Comedian Jason Manford shares Storm Amy 'Final Destination' moment on flight

The comedian was unable to get to Belfast for a gig tonight which has now been cancelled.

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60 h. ago Moment police descend on street where Manchester synagogue terrorist lived

A new video shows the moment armed police storm the street 'where Manchester synagogue attacker Jihad Al-Shamie lived'

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3 d. ago 'Entitled neighbour lets their kids play in my garden for ridiculous reason'

A woman has slammed her 'entitled' neighbours after they told their children to play in her garden, as social media user raise their concerns about the concerning set up

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3 d. ago 'Entitled neighbour tells their kids to play in my garden for annoying reason'

A woman has blasted her neighbour for allowing their children to play in her garden and use their toys - and people have urged her to put a stop to it as soon as possible

Politics

5 d. ago Covid exercise messaging left children stuck indoors, UK inquiry hears

Children not allowed out partly because their exercise – playing – looked too much ‘like fun’, says campaignerChildren were stopped from playing outside during Covid partly because it looked “like fun” and did not fit with the seriousness of the restrictions, the UK’s inquiry has heard.Alice Ferguson, the founding director of Playing Out, which campaigns for children’s freedom to play outside, told the inquiry that play was fundamental for children’s health and wellbeing, especially play outside with other children. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Builder, 60, died after falling through skylight while trying to fix roof at children's play centre

David Linyard, 60, suffered critical injuries when he plunged through the roof of the Play2Day centre in Martlesham Heath, near Ipswich, Suffolk, on June 23 this year.

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5 d. ago Builder, 60, died from his injuries after falling through skylight while trying to fix roof at children's play centre

David Linyard, 60, suffered critical injuries when he plunged through the roof of the Play2Day centre in Martlesham Heath, near Ipswich, Suffolk, on June 23 this year.

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5 d. ago Man dies after falling through skylight at children's play centre

David Linyard was working on the roof of Play2Day in Martlesham, near Ipswich in Suffolk, when he fell through an opening in the roof.

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5 d. ago Horror as man dies after falling through skylight of children's play centre

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5 d. ago Horror moment Hurricane Humberto rips roof off building as storm heads for Scotland

Hurricane Humberto has already caused havoc across the Atlantic, and now Scots are bracing for impact as the category 4 storm makes its way towards Western Europe

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8 d. ago Housing Secretary pledges to break ground on three new towns before election

The Government will ‘do whatever it takes to get Britain building’, Steve Reed is expected to tell Labour conference.

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8 d. ago Girl, 15, ‘raped in children’s play area’ at UK park as man, 27, arrested

A man from south London has been arrested over the alleged attack

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1 week ago ‘Children thrive down here’: the secret play centre hidden under Ukraine’s most dangerous city

Kherson’s children have missed nearly four years of school, living in isolation or underground to hide from dronesIn an underground shelter in Kherson, probably the most dangerous city in Ukraine, children are chasing each other between plastic chairs. Outside,mortars, artillery and drones fly their deadly paths back and forth across the Dnipro River that separates the city from Russian forces.This makeshift underground play centre is one of the few places where children can socialise with each other in safety. For a few hours, it can be as though the war is not happening. When the explosions get too close, teachers working at the centre clap louder or turn up the music to drown out the noise. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Council refuse to grant permission for former bank in Wishaw to be converted into children’s soft play

The planning application from JFM ELectrical concerned a building in the town centre’s Stewarton Street, an area which is a mixture of commercial, ground floor units with a mixture of flats and additional commercial spaces on the upper floors.

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2 w. ago Outrage after parents fined for letting children play football in city square

A local resident reported the teenage boys to the police after becoming annoyed by the noise

Society

2 w. ago Venice police fine parents of children who played football in public square

Murano resident reported children, aged between 12 and 13, to the policeItaly might be a football-loving country but that did not stop police in Venice from pursuing a group of unlikely targets: 14 children who fell foul for playing the game in a public square, leading to fines presented to their parents, in a move that has sparked a debate about the rights of young people to play outdoors.The children, aged between 12 and 13, were playing football earlier this month in Pino Signoretto square in Murano, an island of about 4,500 inhabitants in the Venetian lagoon, when a resident, annoyed by the noise they were making, reported them to the police. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Reporter and House candidate Kat Abughazleh thrown to the ground by ICE as 400 arrested in Chicago

‘This is what it looks like when ICE violates our First Amendment rights,’ said Kat Abughazaleh

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