11 h. ago Renfrew Bridge closed after 'possible ordnance' was found on nearby building site

Pedestrians and motorists were told to seek alternative routes this morning.

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11 h. ago Manchester fire LIVE: Huge blaze erupts at Hotspur Press building with nearby flats evacuated

Fire crews are at the scene in Manchester

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16 h. ago Glasgow bridge on lockdown as bomb squad rush to scene after 'device' found

Authorities were alerted earlier this morning (June 23) at around 10am, after a possible ordnance device was found around 10am this morning on a nearby building site

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16 h. ago Renfrew Bridge closed and bomb squad in attendance as possible ‘explosive’ device found

Renfrew Bridge closed after a possible ‘explosive’ device was found at a nearby building site.

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16 h. ago Renfrew Bridge reopens after bomb squad determines 'suspicious item' not explosive

Renfrew Bridge was closed after a suspicious item was found at a nearby building site.

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17 h. ago 'Unexploded ordnance' found at Glasgow bridge as bomb squad rushes to scene

The newly installed bridge, which only opened last month, has been closed after a possible ordnance device was found around 10am this morning on a nearby building site.

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8 d. ago ‘There’s a smell of death in the air’: chaos in Tehran as residents try to flee or find shelter

Ferocity of Israeli strikes has taken many by surprise, with people rushing to buy petrol and food amid the bombs Middle East crisis – live updatesIt was just past 4pm when Nahid’s* windows began to shake. An Israeli bomb hit a building nearby – she could not see where – and soon her house began to fill up with smoke. It was the third day of Israeli bombing of Iran and the situation in Tehran was just getting worse.“This is a massacre. The blasts haven’t stopped. Children are crying and we fear many civilians have been killed. There’s a smell of death in the air. I can’t stop crying,” Nahid*, a 25-year-old finance analyst at an e-commerce company in Tehran, told the Guardian via text. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 'It got stuck': Air India plane crash survivor reveals exact moment he knew something was wrong

The sole British survivor of the horrific Air India plane crash has spoken out on the terrifying final moments before the passenger jet plunged into a nearby building

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1 week ago At least seven dead and 50 wounded as Colombia hit with bombings and gun attacks

Police say 19 attacks launched on targets in Cali and nearby areas, hitting police posts, municipal buildings and civiliansColombia has been rocked by a string of coordinated bomb and gun attacks that killed at least seven people and wounded at least 50 across the country’s south-west, deepening a security crisis roiling the Andean country.Police said attackers launched 19 attacks on targets in Cali – the country’s third largest city – and several nearby towns, hitting police posts, municipal buildings and civilian targets. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Busy Renfrew route closure blow after bridge damaged by lorry

Motorists to face major disruption on Arkleston Road as engineers assess crash impact.

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2 w. ago 'Offended' locals demand end to 'group sex hotspot' near funeral home site

Residents living near an alleged "cruising" hotspot claim "group sexual acts" take place in broad daylight there, and have expressed concerns over plans to build a funeral home nearby

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2 w. ago ‘I must have done something right!’: dance master Jiří Kylián on his festival, fierce critics and the Ministry of Silly Walks

At 78, the great choreographer is enjoying a career-spanning celebration in Oslo. He reflects on his leap from dance to visual art and why he feels snubbed by BritainA gang of young dancers, their black costumes offset by colourful hats, cascade down the sloping roof of Oslo’s opera house for a jubilant routine to a Prince song by the waterfront. The building’s huge glass facade has become an unlikely stage for sculptures, digitally scanned from dancers’ bodies, positioned as if they are plunging into the building like the nearby bathers in the fjord. Inside, there’s an eclectic bill of ballets including one inspired by a painting from the Edvard Munch museum next door. In the wings of the theatre is an installation drawing on the Buddhist Zen symbol ensō. The studio space is screening short films veering from slapstick to the profound.But this sprawling festival, spanning more than two weeks and then partially touring, has a singular focus. These are all works by Jiří Kylián, the C...

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2 w. ago Police focus on abandoned Portuguese buildings in Madeleine McCann search

German and Portuguese officers work in countryside near resort where toddler went missingSearches for Madeleine McCann have resumed in Portugal with police using a digger to clear debris around an abandoned building a few miles from where the British toddler was last seen in 2007. On Wednesday, Portuguese and German authorities continued focusing on derelict structures in countryside a few miles from the resort of Praia da Luz. The fresh searches for Madeleine began on Tuesday, 18 years after the three-year-old disappeared from Praia da Luz while her parents were out having dinner, leaving her sleeping in a nearby room with her toddler twin siblings. The sounds of chainsaws and strimmers could be heard as investigators appeared to continue clearing areas of scrubland in Atalaia, on the outskirts of Praia da Luz. Police used a JCB to clear rubble around one building and also appeared to have emptied another nearby disused structure of debris. Bricks and rocks could be seen piled outs...

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