42 m. ago North Sea collision latest: Dozens of casualties after ‘massive fireball’ rips through Stena Immaculate tanker

HM Coastguard say a rescue helicopter, multiple lifeboats and a fixed wing aircraft have been deployed after MV Solong collides with Stena Immaculate

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51 m. ago People are still blaming avocados for everything and it needs to stop

The popular yet much-maligned brunch ingredient has come under fire once more – this time from TV gardener Alan Titchmarsh. Helen Coffey investigates how the humble fruit became the scapegoat for everything that’s wrong with the world

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51 m. ago Oil tanker on fire after collision with cargo ship in North Sea with more than 30 casualties brought ashore

Fears of environmental disaster after oil tanker the Stena Immaculate and the container ship MV Solong collide off the coast of East Yorkshire

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58 m. ago Fashion, floods and lava fireworks: photo of the day – Monday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...

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68 m. ago Athol Fugard was a dreamer, listener and master storyteller – on stage and at home | Barney Norris

The South African writer, who has died aged 92, was grateful for his extraordinary life and wrote out of love rather than angerI feel that Athol Fugard and his wife, Paula Fourie, changed my life in the autumn of 2022 when I visited South Africa to spend time with them and their daughter Halle. We were supposed to be working on a book together, and we did; but our time became so much more than that. There were lunches in the house or the restaurant round the corner; walks in the woods; a braai that went on past midnight.Over coffee in the mornings I’d sit with Athol and we’d use an app on his phone to identify the calls of all the birds in the garden. Then he might tell me a story from his life – the awe he felt when he asked Yvonne Bryceland to smash a chair to bits during rehearsals for Antigone and she proceeded to do so for a full 30 minutes; the journey he made by sea at 18 from Cairo to Japan, when an illiterate Somalian sailor used to watch him every night as he wrote a novel...

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81 m. ago Oil tanker and cargo ship crash in North Sea 'fireball' as over 30 casualties rescued

The oil tanker Stena Immaculate and a cargo vessel have collided in the North Sea off the coast of Hull

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84 m. ago This Morning's Jordan North thought 'I'm in trouble here' as he recalls moment he was saved from river

The recue crew managed to save him within three minutes of being called to the scene by the public

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98 m. ago North Sea collision latest: Coastguard scrambled and oil tanker on fire after colliding with cargo vessel

HM Coastguard say a rescue helicopter, multiple lifeboats and a fixed wing aircraft have been deployed after MV Solong collides into Stena Immaculate

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99 m. ago Belgium star quits team and slams Thibaut Courtois as exiled goalkeeper returns to squad

Thibaut Courtois is back in the Belgium squad for this month's Nations League play-off versus Ukraine as furious team-mate quits because of Real Madrid star's recall

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1 hour ago Coastguard providing emergency response after collision between oil tanker and cargo vessel in North Sea – live

Coastguard rescue helicopter and fixed wing aircraft scrambled alongside lifeboats and nearby vessels with fire-fighting capabilityFull story: UK coastguard scrambled after ship collisionHere is a video clip which appears to show the aftermath of the collision between the Stena Immaculate and the Solong off the coast of East Yorkshire. Marine tracking appears to show that the Solong, en route to Rotterdam, struck the Stena Immaculate, which was at anchor. It is likely that between them the two vessels had about 40 members of crew.Television images from the BBC have shown at least one vessel ablaze with clouds of black smoke billowing into the air. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Oil tanker crash in North Sea LIVE: Stena Immaculate on fire after being hit by cargo vessel

An ongoing emergency incident is underway.

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2 h. ago Oil tanker 'on fire' after collision with cargo ship in North Sea with emergency services scrambled

Oil tanker the Stena Immaculate and the container ship MV Solong reportedly collided off the coast of East Yorkshire

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2 h. ago North Sea – live updates: Oil tanker on fire after collision with cargo vessel off East Yorkshire coast

HM Coastguard say a rescue helicopter, multiple lifeboats and a fixed wing aicraft have been deployed

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2 h. ago Horror of the Syrian massacres: Video footage 'shows brutal executions and mutilations carried out by fighters as nation's new Islamist rulers wipe out hundreds of Assad loyalists'

Some were forced to crawl besides the bloodied corpses of their neighbours as they were battered by branches. Others were dragged out of their homes and shot at point-blank range

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2 h. ago LIVE: Oil tanker and cargo ship 'on fire' after collision in the North Sea

The incident happened off the coast of East Yorkshire on Monday morning

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2 h. ago Oil tanker on fire after colliding with cargo vessel in North Sea off East Yorkshire coast

Firefighters on scene after collision off coast of Humber Estuary

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2 h. ago Motta’s painful Gasperini reunion leaves him gasping for air at Juventus | Nicky Bandini

After Motta expresses gratitude to his former manager, Atalanta’s 4-0 win may end his plans for a second seasonThiago Motta has never been shy with his gratitude towards Gian Piero Gasperini. He cites the Atalanta manager extensively in the thesis he submitted while studying for his Uefa Pro coaching licence at Coverciano, describing how the season he spent playing under Gasperini at Genoa reshaped his approach to the game.He offered thanks again on Saturday, recalling how he had arrived in Italy in a delicate moment of his career – seeking a way back from successive knee injuries at Barcelona and Atlético Madrid. “I’d just started training again and Gasperini asked me if I could play,” said Motta. “I said yes, and he said: ‘OK, I’ll bring you tomorrow and maybe you’ll play 10 minutes.’ Then he stuck me on in the first half when [Omar] Milanetto got hurt. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Coastguard providing emergency response after reports of collision between oil tanker and cargo vessel in North Sea – live

Coastguard rescue helicopter and fixed wing aircraft scrambled alongside lifeboats and nearby vessels with fire-fighting capabilityFull story: UK coastguard scrambled after reports of collisionBritain’s coastguard is responding to reports of a collision between a tanker and cargo vessel off England’s northeastern coast, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said.“A Coastguard Rescue Helicopter from Humberside was called, alongside lifeboats from Skegness, Bridlington, Maplethorpe and Cleethorpes, an HM Coastguard fixed wing aircraft, and nearby vessels with fire-fighting capability. The incident remains ongoing,” the agency said in a statement. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Oil tanker 'on fire' after cargo vessel crash in UK waters as emergency response dispatched

A huge rescue operation has been launched off the coast of the UK after an oil tanker collided with a cargo ship, leaving emergency response boats and helicopters to respond

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3 h. ago Oil tanker on fire after cargo vessel crash in North Sea as rescue mission is launched

A huge rescue operation has been launched off the coast of the UK after an oil tanker collided with a cargo ship, leaving emergency response boats and helicopters to respond

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