9 h. ago Air ambulance lands after boy hit by car on busy Greater Manchester road

Police were called out to the scene

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48 h. ago Ayrshire crash: Air ambulance called as road closed in both directions after A77 crash

Emergency services remain on the scene.

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50 h. ago Eight people killed in barrage of gunfire on Ecuador nightclub

Police found 800 cartridge cases at the scene, where gunmen had arrived in two pickup trucks and opened fireEight people have been killed and two others wounded when a group of gunmen unleashed a barrage of gunfire on a crowd outside a nightclub in a town in south-western Ecuador.Law enforcement arrived on the scene following an emergency call alerting them to a shooting, and found “several people wounded and seven bodies”, said Javier Chango, the police colonel, at a press conference on Sunday, adding that an eighth person died in the hospital. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Black smoke seen swirling across Liverpool in huge waste fire

A huge emergency response was called to the scene in Liverpool

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3 d. ago M5 traffic LIVE: Major motorway at complete standstill after horror crash with miles of delays

Drivers have been plunged into chaos as a stretch of the M5 was closed in both directions following a 'serious collision' this morning, with an air ambulance already on the scene

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3 d. ago Woman found lying on Scots cycle path as emergency services called to scene

A large group of people reportedly crowded around the woman to check on her.

Politics

5 d. ago BREAKING Man dies after falling from roof at Manchester Airport after after police scramble

The man fell from a height at a multi-storey car park near Terminal 1 at the airport in the afternoon, with emergency services, including an air ambulance called to the scene

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5 d. ago Man dies after falling from roof at Manchester Airport after after police scramble

The man fell from a height at a multi-storey car park near Terminal 1 at the airport in the afternoon, with emergency services, including an air ambulance called to the scene

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5 d. ago Man 'poleaxed' on Edinburgh pavement in half hour street brawl

A witness said the incident lasted 'around half an hour' with four police cars and an ambulance called to the scene.

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5 d. ago Final tragic moments of boy, 15, who died on M60 ahead of Oasis gig

15-year-old Israel Iyabor tragically died after falling from a bridge over the M60 motorway in July, with emergency services called to the scene.

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5 d. ago British adventurer just back from trip of a lifetime to Mount Everest was killed in head on collision with ambulance after damaged tyre lost air, inquest hears

Lauren McFarland, 30, lost control of her red Fiat Punto as she drove along the A66 near Keswick, in Cumbria, in January last year.

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5 d. ago EastEnders fans spot 'hilarious' detail in Callum Highway scene after affair

EastEnders fans were left in hysterics after Johnny Carter sent Callum Highway a racy snap in the soap as their affair was exposed - with viewers branding the photo 'hilarious'

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6 d. ago Motorcyclist taken to hospital after air ambulance called to scene of crash

A major road in Caerphilly was closed on Wednesday afternoon while emergency services dealt with a serious collision

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7 d. ago ‘I couldn’t take it anymore’: 13 films that made audiences faint and be sick

From the ambulances called to a Cineworld in Bolton to the infamous castration scene cut for inciting panic attacks, Adam White gathers 13 notorious films that truly tested the endurance of their viewers

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8 d. ago Motorcyclist airlifted to London hospital following traffic collision

Motorcyclist airlifted to London hospital following traffic collision  The Isle of Thanet News

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8 d. ago Pictured: Teenager, 19, who died after she was hit by car as devastated family pay tribute to 'life and soul' who 'lit up any room'

Police were called to the scene after the horror crash on Groveway, in Milton Keynes, just after 5.30am on July 20 where a pedestrian was hit by a Volkswagen Passat.

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1 week ago He worked with artificial limbs for decades. Then a lorry ripped off his right arm. What happened when the expert became the patient?

An experienced clinician in prosthetics, Jim Ashworth-Beaumont found himself the perfect guinea pig for a radical new option for amputeesWhen the air ambulance brought Jim Ashworth-Beaumont to King’s College hospital in south-east London, nobody thought he had a hope. He had been cycling home when a lorry driver failed to spot him alongside his trailer while turning left after a set of traffic lights. The vehicle’s wheels opened his torso like a sardine tin, puncturing his lungs and splitting his liver in two. They also tore off his right arm. Weeks after the accident, in July 2020, Ashworth-Beaumont would see a photo of the severed limb taken by a doctor while it lay beside him in hospital. He had asked to see the picture and says it helped him come to terms with his loss. “My hand didn’t look too bad,” he says. “It was as if it was waving goodbye to me.”Ashworth-Beaumont, a super-fit and sunny former Royal Marine from Edinburgh, would go on to spend six weeks in an induced coma as...

Science

3 w. ago Child dies after school coach carrying more than 60 people crashes on day trip

Two other children were taken to hospital by air ambulance, police said.

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3 w. ago Child dies after school bus carrying dozens of people crashes in Somerset

Two other children were taken to hospital by air ambulance following the crash

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3 w. ago A9 crash: Police appeal after two young children airlifted to hospital in crash near Carrbridge

The boy, 4, and girl, 8, were taken by air ambulance to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

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