5 h. ago Five people rushed to hospital after 'severe' blaze in Walsall and gas explosion in Bristol send homes up in flames

Emergency services were called to Walsall last night after an inferno left a two-storey, mid-terraced house completely decimated. And just seven hours later, a separate house in Bristol went up in flames.

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7 h. ago Fire at London electricity substation and tower block under control

Fire at London electricity substation and tower block under control  BBCHuge fire breaks out at electrical substation in west London  Sky NewsCause of huge London substation blaze investigated as homes evacuated- live  London Evening Standard

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8 h. ago 'It was like an earthquake': Witness recalls moment Bristol house burst into flames after 'gas explosion'

Three people have been hospitalised after the house, in Yate, burnt to the ground

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8 h. ago Bristol gas explosion: Hero rescuer relives terrifying moment 'bomb went off'

Charlie Danes, 47, ran to help after a huge explosion destroyed a home in Yate, near Bristol and forced 40 people to evacuate - she said the sound was 'like a bomb had gone off'

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8 h. ago Cause of huge London substation blaze investigated as homes evacuated

Cause of huge London substation blaze investigated as homes evacuated- live  London Evening Standard

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10 h. ago Air ambulance providing 'advanced critical care' flew patient to hospital after house fire

Seven people have been hospitalised after a fire in a residential property in Cardiff

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10 h. ago My mum died in A&E last month – and the place was like a war zone | Zoe Williams

Amid the debate about trans people on hospital wards we have lost sight of dignity, respect and the horrifying reality of a health service in meltdownAnother morning, another absolutely bananas conversation about transgender people, without any trans people involved, following the supreme court ruling that permits the exclusion from single-sex spaces of anyone not born into that sex. On BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Emma Barnett was asking care minister Stephen Kinnock about wards in hospitals, and came out with the immortal line: “Do you think it’s right for trans people to be segregated from other patients, as an interim measure, or for the future?”Great save, that “for the future” – because if you’re going to interpret this ruling as a requirement to exclude trans people, what does that mean in practice? Trans women on men’s wards, trans men on women’s wards? This delivers dignity and respect to precisely no one; so, sure, “segregate” away, and it would have to be for ever, beca...

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11 h. ago Moment flames ravage home in Bristol after huge 'gas explosion'

Terrifying images show the inferno tearing through the property on Lancaster Road, Yate, at around 06:50am today. Three people were rushed to hospital and are receiving treatment for burn injuries.

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11 h. ago Three taken to hospital and homes evacuated after ‘gas explosion’ near Bristol

The house in Yate was burnt almost completely to the ground during the blaze, which followed the explosion on Tuesday morning.

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12 h. ago London fire LIVE: Homes evacuated as firefighters tackle huge electrical substation blaze in St John's Wood

Reports of power blackouts among nearby properties have started to emerge

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12 h. ago Homes evacuated as electrical substation fire rages in St John's Wood

Homes evacuated as electrical substation fire rages in St John's Wood - live  London Evening Standard

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33 h. ago Woman left homeless after council evacuate private flats amid safety fears

Wendy Murray was given only a few hours to leave her home after structural issues were found in the building - and says she has now been left in limbo waiting to hear what happens next

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34 h. ago Bomb disposal team called in as shopping centre evacuated after ‘suspicious package’ found

Bomb disposal team called to St Nicholas Arcades

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40 h. ago Woman left homeless after council evacuate private Glasgow flats amid safety fears

Homeowner Wendy Murray says she's been left in limbo and her insurers need reasons for the evacuation from Glasgow City Council.

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3 d. ago Trump admin brainstorms aggressive tactics to clear homeless camps in cities and forcibly hospitalize people, report claims

Justice Department asks employees for ideas on how to ‘more efficiently shift chronic vagrants away from the public square and into a more concentrated space’ to better deploy services

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3 d. ago The ultimate guide to private healthcare, revealed by top doctors: The TEN things you must know, how to get treated fast

The NHS faces a near-record workload, with more than seven million people in England alone awaiting hospital treatment. Three million have been in the queue for more than 18 weeks.

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4 d. ago Voices: I’m a doctor specialising in HIV – the world should be very afraid of cuts to AIDS funding

Hospitals will see a surge of people with AIDS-related conditions that we should no longer see in this age of effective treatment, warns Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan. We cannot sit back and observe this humanitarian disaster unfold

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4 d. ago Illinois helicopter crash: Three people rushed to hospital after medical helicopter crashes 'while on training exercise'

A Facebook post made by the Hartford Fire Department just a few hours before the crash said the department was hosting a training exercise involving a helicopter landing in the area

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4 d. ago Illinois helicopter crash: Three people rushed to hospital after medical chopper crashes 'while on training exercise'

A Facebook post made by the Hartford Fire Department just a few hours before the crash said the department was hosting a training exercise involving a helicopter landing in the area

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5 d. ago Wes Streeting wants 'private spaces for trans people to be cared for in NHS hospitals' after Supreme Court ruling on women caused 'palpable anxiety'

The health secretary said transgender people could be treated in private rooms and admitted wishing he had listened earlier to the debate around single-sex spaces.

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