4 h. ago Police tape off area beside River Irwell after person found dead

Police, forensics and fire crews were called to the scene in Lower Broughton

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6 d. ago People who died and came back to life reveal what they saw... and why it made them rethink everything

On social media, people have described what they felt and saw during a near-death incident, a lucid experience that occurs when a person is considered clinically dead.

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6 d. ago LIVE: Police tape off building site with air ambulance scrambled

Multiple police vehicles are at the scene in Hulme

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8 d. ago Our friend was found washed up on an island wearing nothing but a gaffer tape mask

Angela Millington, 33, vanished from Southend-on-Sea in Essex 11 years ago this month and her remains were found on Foulness Island in June that year.

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1 week ago Police tape off Greater Manchester cemetery after 'remains' found by dog

Officers attended the incident at Hurst Cross Cemetery in Ashton-under-Lyne

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1 week ago Harrow crash: One person dead after horror collision involving London bus and car

Nine-year-old child reported to be among a number of people rushed to hospital following the crash in Harrow

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1 week ago One person dead after four injured in bus and car crash in Harrow

The crash occurred yesterday evening near Whitmore Road in Harrow.

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1 week ago Harrow crash: One person dead and child, 9, seriously injured in bus smash

Shocking photographs show the devastation following the crash involving a bus and a car on Whitmore Road in Harrow, northwest London, to which emergency services were scrambled

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2 w. ago Floodgates to be installed by River Irwell close to where 700 homes were damaged

A six kilometre stretch of the river will be better protected with the gates also making sure that flood levels remain unaffected elsewhere

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2 w. ago ‘Dead white person’s clothes’ mount up as Ghana’s Kantamanto market struggles to rebuild after fire

Six weeks after a devastating blaze in Accra ripped through one of the world’s biggest secondhand markets, many stalls remain unfinished and thousands still have no income It was a blaze that left two people dead and destroyed the fabric of one of the world’s largest secondhand clothes markets. It also wiped out the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people in a matter of hours.Six weeks on from the 1 January fire in Ghana’s capital, Accra, the aluminium roofing has been replaced and wooden frames have been erected, but many stalls remain unfinished and empty. In the heart of the market, the sound of hammering and building work fills the air. Vendors mill around with little to sell. The narrow passageways – once so rammed with customers there was a stampede two months ago – are easy to pass through. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Police tape off Nottingham Primark after teen stabbed in chest

Police have taped off the Nottingham store following the 'appalling act of violence'

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2 w. ago Three people killed in Louisville, Kentucky, motor vehicle office shooting

One person was dead at the scene and two others died at the hospital; no reported arrests nor information on the shooterThree people were shot and killed at a motor vehicle office in Louisville, Kentucky, on Friday, police said.Major Donald Boeckman of Louisville metro police department told reporters that officers found one person dead at the scene and another two wounded. The two wounded were taken to hospitals and died there. He said there was no ongoing threat to public. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Arizona plane crash: Jet in 'collision' at Marana Airport as huge plume of smoke seen

Staff at the airport confirmed the crash happened on Wednesday morning, with at least one person dead and massive plumes of smoke seen billowing from the site

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2 w. ago ITV Emmerdale fans 'work out' who dies as character declared dead after horror crash

Emmerdale fans are convinced they know which character dies in the aftermath of the deadly limo crash, as one person was confirmed dead in hospital on Tuesday

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