32 m. ago Major search for missing man as coastguard and helicopter scrambled

George Norwell, 77, was last seen in Whittle-le-Woods, Preston, on Saturday morning and a major search is continuing including coastguard teams after his car was found near the River Ribble

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7 h. ago Police 'extremely worried' for missing man, 77, as search continues

George Norwell was last seen on Saturday near the River Ribble in Preston

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14 h. ago Indonesia school collapse death toll reaches 49 as search for missing students continues

Excavators used to remove rubble while 14 people reportedly still unaccounted for and police allege building work was being carried out without a permitIndonesian rescuers searching for missing students after a prayer hall at an Islamic boarding school collapsed last week recovered the bodies of dozens of students over the weekend, bringing the confirmed death toll to 49.Using heavy excavators equipped with jackhammers, circular saws and sometimes their bare hands, rescue teams removed tons of rubble in an attempt to find the 14 students reportedly still missing. Rescuers found 35 bodies over the weekend alone, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency said. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Indonesia school collapse death toll reaches 54 as search for missing students continues

Excavators used to remove rubble while 14 people reportedly still unaccounted for and police allege building work was being carried out without a permitIndonesian rescuers searching for missing students after a prayer hall at an Islamic boarding school collapsed last week recovered the bodies of dozens of students over the weekend, bringing the confirmed death toll to 54.Using heavy excavators equipped with jackhammers, circular saws and sometimes their bare hands, rescue teams removed tons of rubble in an attempt to find the 14 students reportedly still missing. Rescuers found 35 bodies over the weekend alone, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency said. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago Manchester synagogue attacker 'may have been influenced by extreme Islamist ideology', police say

A total of six people are now in police custody after two people died in the horrific assault on Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue yesterday.

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67 h. ago Synagogue attacker 'does not appear to be known' to counter terror police

Jihad Al-Shamie may have been influenced by extreme 'Islamist ideology' police have said

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3 d. ago Police search of old golf course continues after body of Rangers fan found in Loch Lomond

The remains of Graham Wright were found at Rubha Dubh near Firkin Point on September 13, weeks after he was reported missing from Glasgow on August 25.

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4 d. ago Scots pensioner vanishes in car as police 'extremely concerned' for welfare

Derek Collins, who is from Stevenston, was last seen in Ardrossan at around 11am on Monday.

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4 d. ago Police 'extremely concerned' for missing Ayrshire man who may have travelled to Dumfries and Galloway

Derek Collins hasn’t been seen since he was spotted in Ardrossan on Monday morning.

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5 d. ago Mapped: Philippines earthquake death toll hits 69 as search for survivors continues

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded close to 800 aftershocks by Wednesday afternoon

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5 d. ago Gamers say same thing as PlayStation launches Reebok collaboration

The two major brands have teamed up to release a range of trainers to mark the 30th anniversary of Sony's original console, but retro gaming fans are worried they'll miss out

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5 d. ago Police want to speak to this man following "extremely concerning incidents" in town centre

The man pictured has been asked to come forward

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6 d. ago Police issue warning to volunteers as Yr Wyddfa search for missing man continues

A major search operation for the missing man has entered its second day

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6 d. ago Michigan church shooting suspect bore a hatred of Mormon religion, locals say

Michigan suspect was a Marine veteran, as was suspect in another recent shooting in North Carolina, who has been charged with murderThe suspected shooter in the killing of at least four people in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Michigan on Sunday bore a virulent hatred of the Mormon religion which he frequently referred to as the antichrist, local people have reported.The hostile views of the suspect, 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford, who was shot and killed by police minutes after he opened fire inside the church in Grand Blanc Township, have emerged as the FBI continues to search for a motive in the mass shooting. The authorities have labelled the incident as a “targeted act of violence”. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Fears grow for boy who disappeared without a trace in the Australian outback

The search continues for a four-year-old boy who vanished on an outback sheep station.

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9 d. ago ‘A donkey cart out of El Fasher costs more than a new car’: how 500 days under siege is tearing the city apart

The ongoing attacks on North Darfur’s capital has left its people facing starvation, blockade and bombardment, with scant hope of reliefSpecial report: ‘We will never, ever escape’: inside the ever-tightening siege of the Sudanese city of El FasherFor 17 months, since May 2024, El Fasher, North Darfur’s capital, has been trapped in one of the longest urban sieges of modern warfare, a slow war of attrition that recalls the destruction of Stalingrad and the starvation of Leningrad, combining both cruelties in a single city.The siege, progressively tightened by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has transformed the city. Trenches cut through neighbourhoods. Civilians move block by block in search of safety, while self-defence groups fight alongside entrenched garrisons. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Indecency probe after man 'performs sex act in front of woman' in cemetery car park

Constable Brandon Mason from Downfield Police Station said: "This has been an extremely distressing incident."

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1 week ago Political violence on the rise: Left wing attacks outnumber those from the right for first time in decades

Falling right wing attacks and rising numbers of attacks by left-wing extremists come amid political polarization over Trump administration policies

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1 week ago Missing teacher's family issue emotional plea to come home on one

'Beloved' Nazire Koreli, 55, vanished from her home, in Welling, in September 2024, but was not reported missing until five months later by her worried friends and family.

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1 week ago Trump’s absurd Tylenol claims heighten the suffering of pregnant women in the US | Moira Donegan

There is no evidence to support the president’s assertions about autism. But they exploit fears that already come with pregnancyRobert F Kennedy Jr continued his futile search for a single pharmaceutical cause of autism on Monday, when the Trump administration claimed that distorted recent studies and misstated scientific evidence to allege a link between women’s Tylenol use during pregnancy and the development of autism in children. Kennedy has long spoken with disturbing disgust about autistic people, claiming at one press conference that autistic children “destroy families” and “will never pay taxes. They’ll never hold a job. They’ll never play baseball. They’ll never write a poem. They’ll never go out on a date.” He had previously pledged to find the cause of autism by this month.As part of his apparent quest to eliminate this vast and varied group of people – who do, in fact, pay taxes, hold jobs, play baseball, write poems, go on dates, and function as beloved and caring membe...

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