4 h. ago Man arrested on suspicion of murder following fatal Worksop house explosion

David Howard, 53, died at the scene after emergency services were called to an address in Nottinghamshire on Saturday

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4 h. ago Man arrested on suspicion of murder following Worksop house explosion

David Howard, 53, died at the scene after emergency services were called to an address in Nottinghamshire on Saturday

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4 h. ago Man arrested on suspicion of murder after father, 53, killed in horror 'gas explosion' that demolished house in Worksop

Nottinghamshire Police said a 43-year-old man was arrested and questioned on suspicion of murder before being bailed.

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5 h. ago Worksop explosion: Murder suspect arrested by police after house destroyed in huge blast

The body of 53-year-old David Howard was recovered from underneath debris after the blast on Friday, April 12

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5 h. ago Worksop house explosion: Man arrested on suspicion of murder after beloved dad killed

Despite the best efforts of the responding emergency services, 53-year-old David Howard died at the scene after an investigation ripped through a home in Worksop, Nottinghamshire

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21 h. ago Plunging used electric car prices costing fleet businesses 'hundreds of millions'

Car leasing firms say they have been the driving force behind EV growth - but are now being being left to 'shoulder' massive losses resulting from plummeting residual values.

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24 h. ago Pictured: Man, 53, killed in horror 'gas explosion' that destroyed homes in Worksop

David Howard, 53, died at the scene of the explosion in Worksop on Saturday. Emergency services were called at 7.39pm and recovered his body from under the debris.

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25 h. ago Pictured: Man, 53, killed in 'gas explosion' that destroyed homes in Worksop

David Howard, 53, died at the scene of the explosion in Worksop, Nottinghamshire on Saturday.

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25 h. ago Worksop house explosion: Dad killed in blast pictured as loved ones left 'devastated'

Neighbours said they heard a 'huge bang' when the two-bedroom terrace house in Worksop, Nottinghamshire collapsed in on itself, with David Howard's body retrieved from under tonnes of rubble

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34 h. ago ‘I didn’t trust the system’: lasting trauma of Windrush victim barred from UK for 10 years

Winston Jones, who for a decade was unable to return home from Jamaica, almost didn’t apply for compensation, fearing it was a trapWinston Jones has worked hard to rebuild his life after Home Office errors meant he was unable to return to his family in the UK for 10 years after taking a short holiday in Jamaica in 2005, enduring a decade of near destitution and homelessness in Kingston.Jones, 64, a former bakery manager at Sainsbury’s, has used the money he received from the Windrush compensation scheme to set up a podcast studio and music recording unit in Manchester, working with his son to create opportunities for local young people. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Worksop explosion: Residents left 'shaken to the core' and unable to return home for a scond night

About 50 people from 35 properties were evacuated - some of the displaced spent Saturday night in the Crown Place Community Centre which was offered as an emergency shelter

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40 h. ago Residents unable to return home after fatal Worksop ‘gas explosion’

A major incident was declared after the blast on Saturday evening.

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41 h. ago Drone footage shows house destroyed after deadly gas explosion

New aerial footage shows the scene of devastation following a suspected gas explosion in a residential street which has left one person dead.

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42 h. ago Worksop explosion: Body of man pulled from rubble after house destroyed

About 50 people from 35 properties were evacuated following the blast on Saturday.

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49 h. ago Man in his 50s found dead in rubble of house destroyed after gas explosion

A major incident was declared in Worksop and drone footage captures the scale of the horror

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50 h. ago Worksop blast: 'I smelled gas three days before explosion ripped homes apart'

Nottinghamshire Police confirmed on Sunday that the gas blast killed one man, with residents of John Street in Worksop saying they feared other shockwaves might follow

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52 h. ago Journalist Ahmed Alnaouq: ‘It’s our duty to make Gaza’s stories immortal’

The Gaza-born, UK-based journalist, who has lost more than 20 family members in Israeli airstrikes, has taken pieces from an online platform he co-created for young Palestinians and collated them in a new book‘Gaza, it breaks my heart to see you in this state’: three stories from young Palestinian writersOn 22 October 2023, an Israeli airstrike hit Ahmed Alnaouq’s home in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, killing 21 members of his family, including his 75-year-old father, two brothers, three sisters and all of their children.At the time, Alnaouq was living in London, where he works as a journalist and human rights activist. “It crushed me,” he says of the attack. Unable to return home, he could only watch helplessly from afar and grieve alone. Later, he tells me that it’s not anger or hate that consumes him now, but survivor’s guilt. “All the time I think: ‘Why? Why am I alive? Why wasn’t I killed with my family?’” Continue reading...

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54 h. ago Worksop gas blast: 'Almighty bang' terrified residents with 'five houses hit'

Locals waking up to the aftermath of a suspected gas explosion in Worksop have told how the blast "well damaged" five homes after ripping through a quiet street on Saturday

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65 h. ago Home destroyed as emergency crews respond to ‘gas explosion’ in Nottinghamshire town

Residents in the area took to social media to report hearing a large bang on Saturday evening

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67 h. ago Worksop 'explosion' sees emergency services rush to street as building 'destroyed'

Emergency services have rushed to the scene of an "explosion" at a property in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, and are urging members of the public to avoid the area

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