2 h. ago Woman and children escape house fire as emergency services descend on street

Four fire engines and paramedics attended

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3 h. ago Scots pastor who carried out catalogue of abuse against woman and eight children is jailed

Reverend James Haram traumatised his victims, including eight children, over a 23-year period.

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6 h. ago Moncrieff Island search: Major search operation continues for missing 27

Emergency services were called on Thursday evening after reports of three men in difficulty in the water

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17 h. ago Tragedy as man, 43, dies suddenly after falling ill in Scots street

The emergency services dashed to the scene in Paisley but the man could not be saved.

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23 h. ago Teen boy arrested in connection with rape and murder of teen girl

The boy also faces charges in connection with the rape of another girl, aged 16. Emergency services were called to a property in Huddersfield at 11.36pm on Monday, August 11.

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24 h. ago Thug finally guilty of murder... 12 YEARS after brutally attacking homeless man

Anthony Ellis lied over and over again to emergency services that he had not inflicted the attack that would leave the homeless man needing round-the-clock care until he died years later from his horrific brain injuries

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27 h. ago M40 traffic LIVE: Car flips in horror crash causing huge motorway delays

A massive crash on the M40 involving an overturned car is causing traffic delays as emergency services rush to the scene

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27 h. ago Person dies after being hit by train at Old Street station prompting huge emergency services response

The death at the east London station is not being treated as suspicious

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29 h. ago Busy London station CLOSED due to 'emergency services' incident

Busy London station CLOSED due to 'emergency services' incident  News Shopper

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29 h. ago Major London hospital evacuated amid fears of chemical explosion as emergency services rush to scene

Major London hospital evacuated amid fears of chemical explosion as emergency services rush to scene  GB News

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29 h. ago House blast and rape suspect appears in court via prison video

Paul Solway, 57, is accused of destroying property with intent to endanger life after an explosion ripped through a terraced property in Derby.

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30 h. ago Teen killed in 'out of control' jet ski crash on celebratory family holiday

Emergency services raced to the dock when tragedy struck and two girls were rushed to hospital when the jet ski they were on crashed into a dock during a Florida holiday

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39 h. ago Spiteful trolls blamed me when I escaped the house fire that killed my children... Now I find comfort in the messages they send me from beyond the grave

In the early hours of a December morning, Jade Horton was woken from a deep sleep by the sounds of screaming...

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43 h. ago Children are rushed to hospital as 14 injured when 'rollercoaster derails' at UK theme park

Emergency services were called to Coney Beach Pleasure Park in Porthcawl, Bridgend, at around 5.50pm after an accident with the Wacky Worm ride.

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45 h. ago 'Children injured' as emergency services swarm UK theme park as ride derails

The incident happened at 5:50pm today at Coney Beach Amusement Park after its Wacky Worm as the park's owners 'quickly helped' people off the ride

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47 h. ago Why do family holidays turn me into a sulky teenager again? | Nell Frizzell

It is August, so therefore I find myself in the midst of an intergenerational trip – and somehow unearthing a personality I thought I’d shed decades agoI am not one for aphorisms. I grew up with a water-stained copy of a dictionary of quotations by the toilet and, for the most part, by the toilet is where these things belong. But there is one saying by the American philosopher and yoga teacher Ram Dass that has always cheered me: “If you think you’re enlightened, go and spend a week with your family.”I have no idea if Ram Dass really said this. Just as I’m not sure if the Dalai Lama ever said: “Don’t let the behaviour of others destroy your inner peace.” Or whether Oscar Wilde believed the words he put into the mouth of Lord Illingworth in A Woman of No Importance: “Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.” But as someone in the middle of a family holiday, I can certainly attest that any delusions about maturity, le...

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52 h. ago Horror moment superyacht bursts into flames off Ibiza coast before sinking

Footage shows a massive fire ripping through the luxury yacht Da Vinci off Ibiza in the Mediterranean with emergency services rushing to the scene but unable to prevent it sinking

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53 h. ago Woman 'killed children and hid bodies in suitcase before mum spotted awful sign'

Corena Minjarez, 37, is accused of the 2018 killing of 5-year-old Jesus Dominguez Jr, and 3-year-old Yesenia Dominguez, and hiding their bodies for more than half a decade

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54 h. ago Four children aged between 11 and 13 arrested for ‘fatally mowing down woman, 71, in stolen car’

Cecilia De Astis was on a walk in Milan when she was struck by the car

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58 h. ago Skegness beach horror as man dies being pulled from sea days after woman's death

Emergency services raced to a Lincolnshire beach on Tuesday after the HM Coastguard rescued a man from the sea - tragically he was pronounced dead at the scene in Skegness

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