33 h. ago Teenage boy, 15, dies after crash between 'BMW and motorbike carrying three people'

A 15-year-old boy has died in hospital following a crash involving a car and a motorcycle said to be carrying three people on it.

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34 h. ago Boy, 15, dies after 'unusual' crash involving three people on motorbike

The 15-year-old lad was left in critical condition after a horror crash between a Honda 125 motorbike and a white BMW X5 in Redditch, Worcestershire on Sunday, but he couldn't be saved and was later pronounced dead

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36 h. ago Boy, 13, dies after 'jumping in canal' over Bank Holiday weekend in horror incident

A teenage boy has died after jumping in a canal during the Bank Holiday weekend, just days after a similar tragedy sparked warnings over youngsters cooling off in water

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6 d. ago Teenage boy dies after UK lake tragedy as Brits given strict weather warning

A 16 year old boy was spotted struggling in the water at a Nottinghamshire country park on Wednesday, but despite emergency services best efforts, his body was found later that evening

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9 d. ago ‘People were stunned’: Spaniards caught unawares by power outage

With mobile networks down and much of Spain’s transport system paralysed, people were left to navigate the chaos as best they couldSpain and Portugal power outage: live updatesIt was the moment the lights went out. In a post-match interview, after her straight sets win to reach the last eight of the Madrid Open, American tennis star Coco Gauff was joking about her avocado toast breakfast and bad night’s sleep, when suddenly the microphone cut. She looked surprised, while behind her the LED ad boards turned black.It was just after midday and all across the Iberian peninsula the power was failing, plunging Spain and Portugal into chaos. Buses and trains stopped; cash machines went dark; people were left trapped in unlit metro carriages and lifts, with no certainty about when they would get out. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago ‘People were stunned’: how massive blackout unfolded across Spain and Portugal

With mobile networks down and much of Spain’s transport system paralysed, people were left to navigate the chaos as best they couldSpain and Portugal power outage: live updatesIt was the moment the lights went out. In a post-match interview, after her straight sets win to reach the last eight of the Madrid Open, American tennis star Coco Gauff was joking about her avocado toast breakfast and bad night’s sleep, when suddenly the microphone cut. She looked surprised, while behind her the LED ad boards turned black.It was just after midday and all across the Iberian peninsula the power was failing, plunging Spain and Portugal into chaos. Buses and trains stopped; cash machines went dark; people were left trapped in unlit metro carriages and lifts, with no certainty about when they would get out. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Teen dead and another rushed to hospital after horror jet ski crash at British harbour

A teenage boy has tragically died and another is in hospital after a jet ski crashed into a pier off the British coast, emergency services raced to the scene but one teenager was pronounced dead at the scene

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2 w. ago Scottish Water staff to strike for two days as pay standoff continues

Emergency repairs and quality checks for 5m people in Scotland will not be done on Tuesday and Wednesday, union saysScottish Water staff will strike for two days from the early hours of Tuesday as a standoff over pay continues at the state-owned company.The striking workers’ union warned that emergency repairs and quality checks to water supplied to 5 million people across Scotland would not be carried out during the action on Tuesday and Wednesday. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Teenage boy dies in horror motorway crash which leaves his dad seriously injured

The van being driven by the boy's dad is said to have left the road and struck a tree.

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2 w. ago Teenage boy, 14, dies in M6 crash with father seriously injured

The boy was a passenger in a van that came off the M6 and crashed into a tree on Easter Sunday

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3 w. ago Abandoned lynx, roaming wild boar, ‘beaver bombing’ – has rewilding got out of hand?

From unauthorised species releases to small groups buying up land, ‘guerrilla rewilding’ is going mainstream. But experts worry that these rogue efforts could do more harm than goodVisions of habitats teeming with nature are powerful, particularly so in an age of extinction. Rewilding, which offers the promise of such transformations, was once something most would have imagined happening far away, carried out by people unlike them, but times are changing. The wilderness is getting closer to home and more personal.In the past few months, there have been two suspected lynx releases and one of feral pigs in a small area of the Cairngorms, along with reports of a rise in “beaver bombing” on England’s rivers, and wild boar roaming Dartmoor. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Search is ongoing for multiple shooters after 3 dead and 3 wounded in Virginia

Authorities are searching for multiple shooters after saying they may have carried out a shooting that killed three people and wounded three others in Virginia

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4 w. ago Deaths of four people killed by motorists with failing vision who carried on driving despite medical advice examined by landmark inquest

None of the killer motorists - all aged over 67 - felt they were a danger to the public, yet all were incapable of reading a numberplate from 20m (66ft), the legal minimum.

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4 w. ago Lesbian Afghan teen faces being tortured and stoned to death along with trans friend 'who confessed she is not a Muslim' after Taliban caught them trying to flee the country

Maryam Ravish, 19, and Maeve Alcina Pieescu, 23, were detained while trying to flee the regime, which carries out brutal executions against LGBT people.

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