10 h. ago Seven people rushed to hospital after blaze at Paisley flats

The fire broke out at a property on the ground floor of a four-storey building on Barterholm Road on Sunday evening.

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11 h. ago Death toll from flooding in Congo's capital reaches 33 as officials race to support victims

The death toll from flooding that cut access to over half of the Congolese capital of Kinshasa has reached 33 as authorities race to evacuate and support hundreds of families trapped in their homes

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12 h. ago Seven people taken to hospital and homes evacuated after flat fire

Two further patients were treated at the scene.

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13 h. ago Seven people taken to hospital as homes evacuated due to major late

Seven people were taken to hospital after the Paisley residential fire

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14 h. ago Seven people taken to hospital and homes evacuated after late

Two further patients were treated at the scene.

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18 h. ago Middle East latest: Israeli strike on media tent near Gaza hospital kills reporter, wounds others

Israel has struck tents outside two major hospitals in the Gaza Strip overnight, killing at least two people, including a local reporter, and wounding nine, including six reporters, Palestinian medics said

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18 h. ago Israel strikes tents near hospitals in Gaza, killing and wounding reporters

Palestinian medics say Israel struck tents outside two major hospitals in the Gaza Strip overnight, killing at least two people, including a local reporter, and wounding another nine, including six reporters

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37 h. ago 'Traumatic' moment woman and her children evacuated from their home by boat

United Utilities had been fixing a small leak at the scene when the main burst, flooding the street

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48 h. ago Douglas Park mine explosion: Four people injured after blast causes roof to partially collapse

Four people have been injured and rushed to hospital after being trapped in rubble following an explosion at a mine in Douglas Park, Australia in the early hours of this morning

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3 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Russian missile attack in Zelenskyy’s home town kills 18

Nine children among the dead in strike on Kryvyi Rih residential area as Kyiv says Moscow’s claim it targeted military gathering is false. What we know on day 1,137See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageA Russian missile strike killed at least 18 people, including nine children, in a residential area of Ukraine’s central city of Kryvyi Rih on Friday, local officials said – one of Moscow’s deadliest attacks this year in the war. The strike in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home town damaged residential blocks and sparked fires, the regional governor said on Telegram. More than 30 people, including a three-month-old baby, were in hospital, Serhiy Lysak said. At least 50 people were wounded, the emergency services said, adding that the figure was growing. Zelenskyy said rescue efforts were still under way and called on the west to exert greater pressure on Moscow. “All Russian promises end with missiles, drones, bombs or artillery,” he said in his nightly video address. “Diplomacy mea...

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3 d. ago Homes evacuated as police find 'chemical substances' at property

Nearby properties were evacuated as a precaution during the incident on Lansbury Terrace in Ebbw Vale

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3 d. ago Teenage driver arrested as man fights for life after being hit by car in east London

London Ambulance Service took two people to hospital following crash Commercial Road, Limehouse

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4 d. ago NHS Lanarkshire Vaccination Team urging people offered Spring COVID vaccine to stay protected

Last summer in Scotland, there were more than 10,000 reported cases of COVID and over 4000 people hospitalised.

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4 d. ago The staggering number of hospital beds 'lost' to medically fit people during 'quad

Beds lost to seasonal viruses this winter were greater than the population of Malta

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4 d. ago Israeli strikes on Gaza overnight leaves more than 50 Palestinians dead

A fresh wave of Israeli strikes overnight has left more than 50 people dead across the Gaza Strip, hospital officials said

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5 d. ago Immersive Suite takes people on virtual reality preview of new Monklands Hospital

Facility at the existing hospital officially opened by Neil Gray, MSP for Airdrie & Shotts and Scottish Health Secretary.

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5 d. ago Firefighters work overnight to tackle 'devastating' industrial blaze visible from 20 miles away

Six people needed hospital treatment, with firefighters still tackling the blaze at an industrial estate in Cumbernauld

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6 d. ago California wildfire threatening forest home of world’s oldest tree

Silver fire leading to fears about Methuselah, a nearly 5,000-year-old bristlecone pine in eastern part of stateFirefighters have managed to make “strong progress” containing a fire burning through eastern California near the world’s oldest trees, but the blaze remains an active threat, officials said.Since igniting on Sunday afternoon, the Silver fire has scorched nearly 1,600 acres (647 hectares) in the eastern Sierra Nevada, and forced residents of about 800 homes to evacuate. Strong winds fanned the flames, which burned through dry grass and brush in Inyo county, threatening neighborhoods, endangered species and the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Lorry mounts pavement and ploughs down multiple pedestrians in Boston

Boston ambulance service said four people were taken to area hospitals with injuries. Two other people were treated at the scene but declined to be taken to the hospital.

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6 d. ago Boston truck crash: Rental vehicle mounts sidewalk and takes out multiple pedestrians

Four people were rushed to the hospital and two are in critical condition after a lorry drove onto a pavement and crashed into a building in Boston this afternoon

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