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A 2-year-old boy was killed in a tragic fireplace accident while dancing, after his mother left him and his siblings home alone
A two-year-old boy has died in a freak fireplace accident whilst playing with his sister at their home in Wigan, Manchster - leaving the community in shock and mourning
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King Charles has issued a statement expressing his profound shock and sorrow following a catastrophic event
King Charles has told how he has been left shocked and saddened by the news of severe flooding across central Europe in countries including Austria and Poland, which has left 23 people dead
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A children’s football team was attacked with acid by a group on mopeds, authorities report
A children’s football team and their parents had ‘acid thrown on them’ as they got ready to begin a training session.
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UK’s ‘not for EU’ meat and dairy labelling plan postponed indefinitely
Policy devised under the Conservatives to be reviewed after warnings of potential chaos for producers and suppliers
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British Airways flight declares emergency before making an emergency landing back at Heathrow
A British Airways holiday flight has made an emergency landing at Heathrow after an incident.
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‘Bag of vapes’ explodes on EasyJet flight forcing emergency landing
An EasyJet flight descended into chaos after a suspected bag of vapes exploded with 236 passengers on board.
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‘It’s positive’: shoppers share their approval of the Oxford Street pedestrianisation proposal
Businesses back London mayor’s £150m plan but taxi drivers said they think it will be ‘disastrous’
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UK riots: 12-year-old boy becomes the youngest person in England to be sentenced
Child given 12-month referral order and 9pm-7am curfew, while father is given six-month parenting order
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London commuters face hours of disruption after fire damages power cables
A fire near train tracks in south London has brought journeys to a standstill, with heavy disruption set to last all day.
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British teenager, 15, fighting for life after horrific accident on Mallorca water slide
The 15-year-old boy, who local media reported as being a British national, was rushed to hospital late this afternoon after the shocking incident in Alcudia, on the Balearic Island of Mallorca
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Junior doctors accept 22% pay increase ending NHS strikes
Junior doctors have voted to accept a government pay deal worth 22.3% on average over two years.
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Girl died from sepsis after being sent home twice by her GP
An eight-year-old girl died from sepsis after she was sent home from the GP twice in four hours, her parents said.
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Doctor who feared deportation after visa setback wins Home Office U-turn
Department says it has reconsidered case of Tajwer Siddiqui, whose autistic adult daughter was refused visa
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The owner of the Belfast shipyard that built the Titanic is set to enter administration
Blow to UK shipbuilding hopes as Harland & Wolff declares itself insolvent
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Lorry crashes through central reservation and flips over on M40
The M40 has closed near Bicester after a lorry smashed through the central reservation on the major motorway.
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Huw Edwards: Former BBC presenter given suspended sentence over indecent images of children
The disgraced newsreader was told his "reputation is in tatters" as he was sentenced on three charges, after receiving 41 illegal images from a convicted paedophile.
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Four boys ’died in house fire surrounded by rubbish and faeces after their mother left them alone to go shopping at Sainsbury’s’
The fire at the family home broke out just nine days before Christmas
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Suspected drug lab explodes near children’s playground
A house was seriously damaged when a suspected drug lab blew up beside a children’s playground in Burnley this afternoon.
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Stephen Lawrence murder suspect seen out for a stroll during the week the late teen would have turned 50
One of the prime suspects in the notorious murder of teenager Stephen Lawrence reportedly lives a ’lonely existence’ in the same area he grew up in, not far from the bus stop where the killing took place
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Rogue otter pulls child underwater during morning walk with mother
A river otter dragged a child on a dock underwater and viciously attacked the mother who intervened in the near-drowning.
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Moment Banksy’s renowned ’Girl with Balloon’ artwork is ’stolen in art gallery heist’
This is the moment a hooded figure shattered the glass door of a London gallery and stole Banksy’s Girl with Baloon artwork.
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Metropolitan Police officer sentenced for stealing cash from actor who died after collapsing
A former Metropolitan Police officer has been jailed for 16 months after he admitted stealing money from a man who died after collapsing.
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Umar Mahmood: Teenager featured in Freddie Flintoff’s ’Field of Dreams’ cricket documentary dies in car crash
Umar Mahmood, 18, died in hospital on Friday morning after the Audi he was driving crashed in Preston on Tuesday evening, Lancashire Police say.
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Three people found dead in apartment block
A teenager has been arrested after three people died in a flat in Luton on Friday morning.
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High Court halts plans for UK’s first new deep coalmine in 30 years in Cumbria
Court rules against West Cumbria Mining’s fossil fuel development in Whitehaven
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