45 m. ago Afghanistan earthquake kills 20 and leaves 300 injured as devastating tremor strikes

A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake has killed at least 20 people and injured more than 300 in northern Afghanistan, with the death toll expected to rise as rescue workers scramble to reach remote towns

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48 m. ago Metal detectors at train stations would ‘make life impossible’, says transport secretary

Heidi Alexander says security review after Cambridgeshire train stabbings will consider all other optionsMetal-detector scanners at train stations would “make life impossible” for passengers, the transport secretary has said, adding that a review into security after a mass stabbing on a high-speed train would examine all other options.A member of train staff who intervened to protect passengers as the service approached Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire remained critically ill in hospital but his condition was now stable, Heidi Alexander also told Sky News. Continue reading...

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58 m. ago TV devastated 'masterpiece' crime thriller won't get another season

This series was a huge hit when it first launched on Netflix but the streaming service has since confirmed that the show has been cancelled before a third season

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71 m. ago Government minister releases new details about Huntingdon train stabbing suspect

Five people remain in hospital following the attack

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73 m. ago Racehorse She’s Quality dies in hospital after suffering pelvic fracture at Breeders’ Cup

The four-year-old filly, who was pulled up after trailing the field in the Turf Sprint at Del Mar, was humanely euthanised after her condition deteriorated

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80 m. ago A760 crash: Road closed and man taken to hospital after early morning crash near Largs

Drivers are being told to avoid the area.

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81 m. ago Afghanistan earthquake: At least 20 die and 300 more injured as devastating tremor hits

At least 20 people have died and around 300 have been injured as the US Geological Survey warned 'significant casualties are likely and the disaster is potentially widespread'

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2 h. ago The heroic man who confronted Huntingdon train knifeman as friends pay tribute

Stephen Crean has been named as a hero who confronted the Huntingdon train stabbings attacker which left 10 people in hospital

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2 h. ago Trump reveals devastating plan for NYC if 'communist' Mamdani gets elected while rejecting comparisons: 'I'm a much better looking person'

The president's declaration came during an appearance on CBS' 60 Minutes after host Norah O'Donnell said Mamdani had been described as a left-wing version of Trump.

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2 h. ago Boys, 10 and 8, dead after horror crash involving police car rips family apart

The officer's patrol unit slammed into the family's Honda Odyssey carrying five children - all five children were rushed to hospital but sadly two have died as a result of their injuries

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2 h. ago Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik

The massacres carried out by the RSF in El Fasher, Darfur, with the support of its UAE sponsors, will only stop when the international community actsIt unfolded in plain sight over 18 months. The city of El Fasher in the Darfur region of Sudan, besieged by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), fell to the militia group last week, and what has followed is a catastrophe.Mass killings are under way. There are reports that in one maternity hospital alone almost 500 people – patients and their families – were killed. The few that managed to escape tell of summary executions of civilians. The RSF has embarked on a killing spree of civilians so severe that images of blood saturating the ground have been picked up by satellite. The speed and intensity of the killings in the immediate aftermath of the fall of El Fasher has already been compared by war monitors to the first 24 hours of the Rwandan genocide. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago UK’s unregulated pregnancy scan clinics putting lives in danger, say experts

Hospital specialists report cases of missed health problems, misdiagnosed conditions, and women erroneously told their babies had diedHigh street clinics offering pregnancy scans could be putting unborn babies and their mothers in danger through a lack of properly trained staff, UK experts have warned.According to the Society for Radiographers (SoR), high street clinics have seen a huge growth in numbers. However, hospital specialists say they have seen cases of missed health problems, misdiagnosed conditions, and situations in which women were erroneously told their babies were malformed or had died. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Five climbers including dad & daughter, 17, killed during avalanche in Italian Dolomites

A FATHER and his teen daughter are among five mountaineers killed by an avalanche in Italy's Dolomite mountains. The victims - all German - were climbing Cima Vertana when the devastating snow slide wiped them out on Saturday afternoon. A group of three was "fully swept away by the avalanche" and all died, with their...

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8 h. ago Rob Burrow’s dream MND centre opened 17 months after his death

The Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease has been built at Seacroft Hospital, in Leeds.

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9 h. ago Witnesses describe horror after two young girls are thrown from Ferris wheel at Louisiana festival: ‘I heard a loud boom’

Two young girls were taken to hospital after the accident, officials said

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10 h. ago Brave Louise Thompson says ‘I felt like death’ as she reveals dramatic body transformation after health battle

LOUISE Thompson has reflected on a life-changing year after a string of brutal health battles left her "feeling like death". The Made in Chelsea icon and influencer has openly spoken about her ongoing medical challenges, which last year included being rushed to hospital for emergency surgery.  The surgery came after she was fitted with a...

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11 h. ago William donating to relief efforts to help people affected by Hurricane Melissa

Jamaica was left devastated this week by Melissa, one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the island in its history.

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11 h. ago Liverpool star rushed to hospital after suffering horror neck injury

Liverpool Women's Super League clash with Tottenham was stopped for more than 10 minutes after Mia Enderby suffered a suspected neck injury and was taken to hospital

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11 h. ago 2 California prison officers hospitalized after alleged attack by an incarcerated man

Officials say two California prison officers have been hospitalized after an alleged attack by an incarcerated man

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12 h. ago Liverpool women star rushed to hospital as match halted due to horror injury

Liverpool women's player Mia Enderby had to be stretchered off and rushed to hospital after a neck injury as a mammoth 22 minutes was added on for the match against Tottenham following the lengthy stoppage

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