7 d. ago One dead after rare tornado topples construction cranes near Paris

The tornado killed one construction worker on a building site, injured 10 others and left four in critical conditionA tornado tore through districts north of Paris on Monday, toppling three construction cranes that killed one person and left four others with critical injuries, authorities said.The town of Ermont, about 20km (13 miles) north-east of Paris was worst hit by the sudden twister that caused damage across about 10 districts. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago It’s still killing people, and the government has yet to act: Britain’s hidden asbestos epidemic | Tom White

Asbestos was banned in 1999, but as materials left in our buildings deteriorate, thousands of lives are being lost every yearHelen Bone was diagnosed with an asbestos-related cancer in 2021. She was 38. The type of cancer, mesothelioma, is incurable; the best prognosis is a few years, though most people don’t get that long. “You always think of asbestos as a disease from decades ago – affecting men who worked in heavy industry – so to be diagnosed in my 30s is shocking,” she told the Northern Echo in 2022. “I want to see my children grow up but now I have to come to terms with the thought that this might not happen.” Sadly, Bone passed away in November last year, just three years after her diagnosis.For most people, the word “asbestos” will evoke previous eras: dusty Victorian and Edwardian factories; the shipyards of the interwar period; postwar building sites. Yet asbestos was not banned in the UK until 1999. According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), it still kills aroun...

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1 week ago Multiple dead and mass casualties after building explodes with 'hospitals in emergency mode'

A residential building in Calea Rahovei, Bucharest, Romania was left a wreck after an explosion saw 17 injured and several dead, with hospitals now in 'emergency mode'

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1 week ago Multiple dead and mass casualties after explosion with 'hospitals in emergency mode'

A residential building in Calea Rahovei, Bucharest, Romania was left a wreck after an explosion saw 17 injured and several dead, with hospitals now in 'emergency mode'

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2 w. ago BBC DIY SOS viewers in tears as man paralysed in beach accident gets new home

DIY SOS: The Big Build viewers were left in tears after a man paralysed in a freak beach accident was given a new home by Nick Knowles and his team

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2 w. ago Philippines LIVE: Tsunami warnings issues as families told to 'evacuate immediately'

An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 hit off a southern Philippine on Friday morning - and concern has grown a tsunami may hit the nation and Indonesia

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3 w. ago Scotland's historic buildings must not be 'left to rot' as tough choices loom

Historic Environment Scotland embarks on ‘difficult and emotional’ decisions over the future of its 300 properties.

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3 w. ago Strictly Come Dancing 2025: Who left on Sunday night and which celebs remain?

Strictly Come Dancing is back and the first celebrity has left the building

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3 w. ago Christian Tetzlaff: Elgar and Adès Violin Concertos album review – refreshing and exhilarating

Tetzlaff/BBC Philharmonic/Storgårds(Ondine)The violinist’s performance of these two concertos is energetic but also thoughtful, with the BBC Phil sounding electricNot everyone who loves Elgar’s Violin Concerto is going to love Christian Tetzlaff’s new recording of it, but nobody will find it bland. What’s perhaps most striking is the pace of the performance, which knocks minutes off anybody else’s: Tetzlaff could have packed up and left the building by the time, say, Vilde Frang gets offstage. Egged on by the conductor John Storgårds – who has the BBC Philharmonic sounding electric – Tetzlaff often runs towards moments of burgeoning intensity, rather than broadening out into them, and the effect is exhilarating. The downside is that some of the more densely woven passages sound fragmented this way; Tetzlaff is like a cat playing with a mouse, continually tensing, ready to pounce.It’s not by any means all rushed, though. Sometimes Tetzlaff is introspective where other violinists are ...

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3 w. ago Philippines earthquake: Major 6.9m tremor kills at least 72 and injures more than 200

The 6.9 magnitude earthquake was one of the most powerful to hit the central region in more than a decade and it struck while many people slept or were at home

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3 w. ago Meghan Markle's dad 'trapped after earthquake' as plea issued by half

A 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit the Philippines late on Tuesday night, but as rescuers get to work saving those trapped under the rubble, one victim has some very royal connections

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3 w. ago Philippines earthquake death toll rises to at least 69 as Cebu hospitals struggle

More than 700 aftershocks recorded – mostly minor – while rescuers search for casualties in coastal city of BogoThe death toll from a powerful earthquake in the Philippines has risen to at least 69, with the number of patients overwhelming hospitals on the island of Cebu.Injured children cried and adults screamed as they were treated on beds beneath blue tents outside the Cebu provincial hospital. They had been wheeled outside as a precaution against waves of aftershocks overnight. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Nearly 70 dead as huge earthquake rocks Philippines just days after 'super typhoon'

Southeast Asia had been recovering from the mammoth Super Typhoon Ragasa when another natural disaster hit, leaving at least 69 people dead in the Philippines when the quake struck

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3 w. ago Philippines earthquake: dozens dead as rescuers search through wreckage

Rescuers search for casualties in coastal city of Bogo, where power was knocked out and buildings and roads damagedThe death toll from a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the central Philippines has risen to 26, authorities said, with fears the toll could rise as rescuers searched for survivors from Tuesday night’s quake which damaged buildings and roads and knocked out power in parts of the region.The epicentre of the earthquake, which was set off by a local fault, was about 17km (10 miles) north-east of Bogo, a coastal city of about 90,000 people in Cebu province where at least 14 residents died, disaster-mitigation officer Rex Ygot told the Associated Press by telephone. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Philippines earthquake: 22 reported dead as rescuers search through wreckage

Power knocked out and buildings and roads damaged as rescuers search for casualties in coastal city of BogoThe death toll from a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the central Philippines has risen to 22, local media reported, citing reports from the Cebu provincial information office.The report from DZMM radio came as rescuers searched for casualties in the province after Tuesday night’s quake damaged buildings and roads and knocked out power in parts of the region. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Philippines rocked by 6.9 magnitude earthquake sparking tsunami fears

Locals have been issued with a major warning after the large tremor struck the islands in Asia, with residents near the shoreline urged to move inland immediately.

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3 w. ago Philippines hit by major 6.8 earthquake with tsunami fears as buildings left shaking

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3 w. ago Philippines earthquake LIVE: Major 6.8m tremor hits Leyte as screams heard

An earthquake has erupted in Philippines - causing disruption across the country in Asia. Locals have been issued an alert

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4 w. ago Islamic school collapses killing at least three people, with dozens more missing

Searchers raced on Tuesday to rescue at least 38 people still believed trapped after the collapse of the school building that has already left three dead, authorities said.

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4 w. ago Everything we know on Grand Blanc church shooting as Trump slams 'epidemic of violence'

A mass shooting at a Mormon church that has left the building on fire with at least one person dead, according to police. Here is what we know so far

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