7 h. ago Teenager in critical condition after a mother and three of her children die in London fire

Man, 41, arrested at scene of fire in north-west London on Saturday remains in custody, Metropolitan police sayA teenage girl injured in a fire that killed a mother and three of her children in north-west London on Saturday is in a critical condition in hospital, police have said, as officers continue to question a man suspected of their murders.A 43-year-old woman, a 15-year-old girl and two boys aged eight and four died at the scene of the fire which gutted two homes in the Stonebridge area of Brent in the early hours of Saturday. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago Man wakes up to find 10,000 tonne cargo ship crashed into garden

A 10,000 cargo ship crashed into Johan Helberg's home in Norway but the sound of the collision did not even wake him up - the huge vessel was metres away from destroying his house

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63 h. ago Scots woman who dedicated life to helping others dies suddenly after heart attack

Tallat Haq had been feeling unwell with suspected food poisoning for three days before she was rushed to hospital by her concerned younger brother, Niaz, last week.

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4 d. ago Why a plantation house fire ignited a heated debate over slavery’s legacy

A fire that engulfed a mansion at Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation, destroying one of the largest remaining pre-Civil War houses where scores of enslaved Africans labored, has sparked joy and anger online

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5 d. ago Video of the Nottoway Plantation fire sparks jubilation. It's about anger and pain over slavery, too

A fire that engulfed a mansion at Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation, destroying one of the largest remaining pre-Civil War houses in the Deep South where scores of enslaved Africans labored, has sparked mass jubilation and consternation

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1 week ago Owner of listed £8.5million Mayfair townhouse ordered to destroy luxury basement housing gym, sauna and cinema room after it was built despite planning permission being refused

The extensive alterations house a gym, sauna and cinema room beneath the historic property, which was built in 1729 and is very close to Hyde Park.

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1 week ago Missouri's attorney general has sued a utility over an explosion of a home that killed a 5

Missouri’s attorney general has sued a natural gas company over the explosion of a home in a small town that killed a 5-year-old boy

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2 w. ago Miley Cyrus reveals why she's grateful the house she shared with Liam Hemsworth burned down

The former couple married one month after her $2.525M four-bedroom Malibu house was destroyed in the 2018 Woolsey Fire

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2 w. ago Food trader poisons 40 suspected gang members' pasties with caterpillar oil

All of those poisoned attempted to flee or reach a hospital but they died en route, triggering a wave of panic among the gang members, leading to the food trader’s house being destroyed

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3 w. ago Bristol explosion: Family living next to gas blast house homeless as home set to be demolished

Onlookers said it was a "miracle" no one was killed when a property in Yate, Gloucestershire was blown to pieces after a suspected gas explosion which has left other residents homeless

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3 w. ago CCTV shows blaze destroy home after devastating house explosion

Shocking footage shows the moment a house was destroyed by a massive explosion.

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3 w. ago Move fast and destroy things: 100 chaotic days of Elon Musk in the White House

From mass firings to unprecedented influence, Musk has left little of the federal government untouched in Doge roleOne hundred days after Elon Musk entered the White House as Donald Trump’s senior adviser and the de facto leader of the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), the Tesla CEO has left little of the federal government unscathed. Over the course of just a few months, he has gutted agencies and public services that took decades to build while accumulating immense political power.Musk’s role in the Trump administration is without modern precedent. Never before has the world’s richest person been deputized by the US president to cull the very agencies that oversee his businesses. Musk’s attempts to radically dismantle government bureaus have won him sprawling influence. His team has embedded its members in key roles across federal agencies, gained access to personal data on millions of Americans and fired tens of thousands of workers. SpaceX, where he is CEO,...

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3 w. ago Gas explosion, arson ruled out as causes of northern China restaurant fire that killed 22, injured 3

Official reports say authorities in northern China have ruled out a gas explosion or arson as possible causes of a restaurant fire that killed 22 people and injured three others

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3 w. ago Moment house is destroyed in huge explosion that left two men with serious burns: Video shows debris flying across street before pair are spotted fleeing on foot 

Debris was seen scattered across the street after Shrewsbury Close in Bloxwich, Walsall, West Midlands, was rocked by the huge blast.

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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. ago Three in hospital after suspected gas explosion destroys house

Emergency services remain on the scene

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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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