4 h. ago Newcastle fire prompts massive emergency services response as street on lockdown

Emergency services have descended on a busy road in Newcastle after flames erupted metres away from a popuar restaurant

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38 h. ago LIVE: Emergency services flood street after car smashes into building in major incident

A car crashed into a building in Diggle near Oldham

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4 d. ago Glasgow emergency LIVE: Street on lockdown in police incident as 999 crews swarm

Berkeley Street in Glasgow's City Centre has been taped off as police handle an ongoing incident

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5 d. ago Novichok poisonings, Russia’s role and UK response: key questions of inquiry

Innocent people were caught up in an assassination attempt on a former Russian spy in Salisbury in March 2018. How did this happen?The novichok attack on Salisbury in south-west England in March 2018 was an extraordinary event, sending shock waves across the world. The targeted man, the former Russian agent Sergei Skripal, recovered from an audacious assassination attempt, but an innocent British citizen, Dawn Sturgess, died. An inquiry was heard in Salisbury and London last year investigating the attack on the Skripals, the response of the emergency services and other public bodies, and how Sturgess was tragically caught up in an international incident. Here are some of the key questions it examined. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Toxteth street on lockdown as 'man with a weapon' sees armed police flood the scene

This is a breaking news story and is being constantly updated by our reporters as the breaking news story develops

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1 week ago Liverpool 'armed incident' LIVE: City street on lockdown as man 'has weapon'

We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.

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3 w. ago UK Primary school in lockdown as man with 'air rifle' spotted pointing weapon

Eskdale Academy in Hartlepool was placed in lockdown on Monday morning after a man was seen in the street carrying what appears to be an air rifle at around 8.55am

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3 w. ago Bus crashes into shelter as multiple dead people after 'screams' heard in major city

A horror incident in Stockholm, Sweden, has prompted a major response from emergency services after multiple people were injured and some reportedly killed following a bus hitting a shelter

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3 w. ago Bus crashes into shelter as multiple people dead after 'screams' heard in major city

A horror incident in Stockholm, Sweden, has prompted a major response from emergency services after multiple people were injured and some reportedly killed following a bus hitting a shelter

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3 w. ago Schools sent into immediate 'lockdown' as man 'shouting the street'

Police officers have descended on a street, it has been reported

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3 w. ago Schools sent into immediate 'lockdown' as man 'shouting in the street'

Police officers have descended on a street, it has been reported

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3 w. ago LIVE: Schools 'on lockdown' as man arrested on Greater Manchester street

Threats were reportedly made in the street

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3 w. ago Major emergency services response to incident in Blackwood – live updates

Emergency services are responding to a serious incident in Blackwood

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4 w. ago Girl in court charged with assault and having weapon after Edinburgh incident

A major emergency service response was dispatched to Colinton Mains Drive on Sunday night.

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