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An earthquake struck in Staffordshire at around 9.15pm, with residents describing an "almighty noise" before their homes began to shake

A three-year-old boy fell from a window of a 13-floor apartment building and died instantly in Alexandria, Virginia

Madonna's manager has said that she ended up in intensive care after contracting a 'serious' infection, with it further stated that commitments, such as her Celebration tour, will now be 'paused'

Smoke can be seen billowing into the sky for miles after a major fire broke out at a building in Carliol Square, in Newcastle, this evening, with a police cordon in place

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'Ultra-talented' Jason Winder died at one of the Worthy Farm campsites over the weekend with tributes being paid to the 48-year-old radio DJ

US Coast Guard officials were seen moving recovered pieces from OceanGate's Titan submersible ashore after a likely 'catastrophic' implosion near the wreck of the Titanic killed all five on board

A Delta plane with over 100 people onboard landed at the Charlotte Douglas Airport without deploying landing gear on Wednesday. No one was injured

Carmelle Hepi had travelled 175 miles from her home in Barnsley to London to go to a birthday party but her family reported her missing shortly after midnight on Sunday 24 June

Stephen Alderton has pleaded guilty to the murders of father and son Gary Dunmore, 57, and Joshua Dunmore, 32, whose bodies were found at properties in two villages in Cambridgeshire on March 29.

Good Morning Britain presenter Kate Garraway has been awarded an MBE at Windsor Castle by the Prince of Wales today as her husband Derek Draper proudly watched on

Passengers have been reported running from Sloane Square Underground Station in London this morning after reports a passenger stabbed himself to death near the stop

Australian band Polaris has paid tribute to their guitarist Ryan Siew after he died age 26 – with the band calling him their 'artistic soulmate' and 'best friend'

Nael M was shot dead at the wheel of a Mercedes in Paris, France, last night after a traffic stop and, as some 24 arrests have been made, his family has expressed grief

Arsenal have lodged another bid to try and sign West Ham midfielder Declan Rice this summer after Manchester City saw their opening offer rejected on Tuesday

Love Island confirmed another dramatic exit for two Islanders on Tuesday night, just days after Molly Marsh's abrupt departure

Nicole Scherzinger announced this evening that she has got engaged to her partner Thom Evans, with the couple having shared a photo from the proposal which took place on a beach recently

Julian Sands - best known for his acting roles in films such as A Room with a View (1985) - went missing in January this year whilst he was out on a hike in the San Gabriel Mountains in California

Three marines were killed after the speeding car they were in crashed onto a bridge abutment and split in two ejecting passengers onto the pavement

Ryan Seacrest has announced he is replacing Pat Sajak as Wheel of Fortune host after the veteran presenter announced his retirement

Mateo Kovacic has completed his summer move to Manchester City as Pep Guardiola confirms his first signing of the summer after the departure of Ilkay Gundogan

Bobby Osborne, the Bluegrass musical legend behind the hit tune Rocky Top, has died at the age of 91.

Walgreens Boots Alliance's quarterly results report revealed plans to shut 300 Boots branches across the UK - though the closures are not expected to see redundancies of the chain's 52,000 staff

The Justice Department’s watchdog said on Tuesday that a “combination of negligence and misconduct” enabled financier Jeffrey Epstein to take his own life at a federal jail in New York

The Liverpool-born defender had joined the club as an apprentice before being rewarded with a professional contract in 1973, and he also had spells at Blackpool and Swansea