24 h. ago Wrecked houses and 26 dead horses: residents return to Madrid suburb after wildfire

Families in Tres Cantos and Soto de Viñuelas take in scene of destruction after blaze and pay tribute to man who diedAdolfo López plunged his head and hands into his parents’ swimming pool early on Tuesday afternoon, keen to wash off the soot and dirt he had acquired from the gutted house his mother and father had called home for the past 25 years.The wildfire that would devour 1,000 hectares of land, consume their house, destroy some neighbouring properties and kill a man trying to rescue horses from a local stables was just a column of smoke when López saw it approaching Soto de Viñuelas at 7.45pm on Monday. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Woman rushed to hospital after crash at busy roundabout off M56

She had been riding as a pillion passenger on a motorbike

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50 h. ago Drivers urged to avoid area after serious crash on busy stretch of A77

The A77 is closed in both directions between the Dutchhouse and Sandyford Toll roundabouts following an accident this afternoon.

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54 h. ago Two horses killed and two drivers hospitalised in crash on busy Valleys road

The road was closed for around four hours

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3 d. ago Motorcyclist and pedestrian die after crash on busy A road: Three arrested

Lancashire Police first received reports of a BMW motorbike colliding with two pedestrians on the A6 Preston Road in Clayton-Le-Woods just before 10.30pm on Thursday, August 7.

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5 d. ago LIVE: A57 traffic updates with long queues after crash at busy junction

A driver has been arrested

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7 d. ago Car upside down on 20mph valleys road and driver taken to hospital

Police and the fire service were called to the incident in a village in the Rhondda early on Wednesday morning.

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9 d. ago Driver arrested after crash closes busy Greater Manchester road

He remains in custody

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3 w. ago Felix Baumgartner 'was dead BEFORE he hit the ground' near kids playing in pool

Felix Baumgartner is understood to have complained of feeling unwell while his paraglider was airborne shortly before losing control and crash-landing in a busy hotel swimming pool

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3 w. ago Aidan O’Brien’s daughter wins as owner at track where she suffered career

Ana O’Brien, who suffered multiple serious injuries in a fall at Killarney in 2017, returned to the same course to see her own horse A Boy Named Susie making a winning debut

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4 w. ago Man arrested for leaving teddy bear feared to be wrapped in human flesh at petrol station

The serial killer-themed toy was left outside a petrol station on Bear Valley Road, Victorville, leading to multiple reports to the local police from concerned passers-by

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