34 h. ago Second person dies from 'toxic' poisoning from sandwich at tourist spot

Tamara D'Acunto, 45, had eaten a sandwich from a food truck in Calabria

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39 h. ago 4th person dies after a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak sickens dozens in New York City

A fourth person has died in connection with a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City

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40 h. ago George Osborne's brother, 52, is handed driving ban after being clocked speeding in his £30k Audi

Benedict Osborne, 52, was clocked speeding on the busy Westway Flyover in Hammersmith and Fulham, west London on July 29, 2024, Lavender Hill Magistrates Court was told.

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43 h. ago VJ Day 80: Remembering the brothers who died as Prisoners of War

Ahead of the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, historian Geoff Pugh has tracked down the graves of every person called Pugh who died in WW2 and WW1 including two brothers who were Japanese Prisoner of War.

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50 h. ago Person dies after being hit by train at Old Street station prompting huge emergency services response

The death at the east London station is not being treated as suspicious

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51 h. ago Person dies after being hit by train at busy London Underground station

Person dies after being hit by train at busy London Underground station  News Shopper

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52 h. ago Hair found in Inca device could change what’s known about medieval civilisation

Hair reveals person who made device ate an ordinary commoner’s diet

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52 h. ago Busy London station CLOSED due to 'emergency services' incident

Busy London station CLOSED due to 'emergency services' incident  News Shopper

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2 d. ago Second person dies after eating broccoli amid outbreak of deadly toxin

Officials in Italy are investigating an outbreak of botulism linked to contaminated broccoli

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3 d. ago Second person dies after eating broccoli sandwiches amid botulism outbreak

Authorities in Italy are investigating an outbreak of the deadly disease linked to a food truck

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3 d. ago 'Road rage' erupts into brawl as woman put in headlock and driver chased down

Shocking footage showed the moment a huge fight broke out in the middle of a busy London street between fight drivers - the clash turned violent after a woman was put in a headlock

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3 d. ago Second person dies after 'toxic broccoli' in sandwich as vegetable recalled

Tamara D’Acunto passed away after eating a panini she'd bought at a food truck.

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3 d. ago Second person dies after eating broccoli sandwiches bought at a food truck as botulism outbreak leaves multiple people hospitalised

Last week, 52-year-old artist Luigi Di Sarno was the first to die after eating the panini from a food truck in the town of Diamante in Calabria. [File photo]

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3 d. ago Man dies after being hit by train with London railway lines closed by police

Man dies after being hit by train with London railway lines closed by police  HamHigh

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4 d. ago Explosion ‘like thunder’ at Pennsylvania US Steel plant leaves two dead

Second fatality reported after body of one worker pulled from wreckage of coking facility in Clairton after explosion sent black smoke into the skyAn explosion at a US Steel plant in Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, has killed two people and injured at least 10 on Monday, officials said.The body of one worker was pulled from the wreckage hours after an explosion that sent black smoke spiraling into the sky in the Mon Valley, a region of the state synonymous with steel for more than a century. Allegheny county emergency services said a fire at the plant started around 10.51am. Authorities later said a second person had died. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Explosion ‘like thunder’ at Pennsylvania US Steel plant leaves at least one dead

Two people missing and several injured as rescue operation under way at coking facility in ClairtonOne person has died and two are believed to be unaccounted for after an explosion at a US Steel plant in Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, officials said.An Allegheny county emergency services spokesperson, Kasey Reigner, said multiple other people were treated for injuries. Continue reading...

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5 d. 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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5 d. ago Turkey earthquake: At least one dead and 29 injured after 6.1 magnitude quake

At least one person has sadly died after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake as well as several aftershocks rocked Turkey on Sunday evening, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya confirmed

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5 d. ago Turkey rocked by deadly 6.1 earthquake as homes collapse and terrified locals flee rubble

One person has died following a 6.1 magnitude earthquake near Instanbul was followed by seven aftershocks, each measuring a magnitude of 3.0, on Sunday

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6 d. ago One person dies in Greece, Mount Vesuvius closed to tourists in Italy and vineyards turn to ash in France as wildfires rage across Europe

At least one person in Greece has died after wildfires consumed nearly 16,000 acres of land amid a surge of fires across Europe. 

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