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Major fire breaks out in central Manchester — train services through Oxford Road suspended
A massive fire has broken out in Manchester city centre in a building by Oxford Road station with smoke covering streets and train tracks and emergency services on the scene
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Woman dies at the scene: overnight crash on M4 motorway injures 9 others
A woman has died after a collision on the M4 motorway which also injured nine others.
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Man has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of Rianne Coulson more than a month ago, suspected of abduction and murder
A 53-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the kidnap and murder of a 34-year-old woman who has been missing for over a month.
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Police officer in Gloucestershire suddenly died while on duty, and the circumstances remain unclear
A police officer has died while on duty.
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Iranian nationals engage in violent clash outside their embassy in the UK
Police officers responded to reports of an altercation in Knightsbridge on Friday, resulting in two men being taken to the hospital.
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Transport chaos in the heat: broken-down Thameslink train forces passengers to walk along the tracks
Alarmed Brits were evacuated after being stuck for two hours on a train without air conditioning.
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Ireland shuts down its last coal power plant
Moneypoint power station to remain on standby until 2029 – will run on fuel oil in emergencies
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Sara Burak from the show Million Dollar Beach House killed by a car — police searching for the driver
The star of the Netflix reality show Million Dollar Beach House was hit by an unidentified driver who fled the scene.
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UK Parliament approves assisted suicide bill: 314 MPs vote in favor
MPs have voted to pass Kim Leadbeater’s landmark Assisted Dying Bill.
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Leeds hospitals deemed unsafe for mothers: maternity services downgraded to "inadequate"
Maternity services at two Leeds hospitals have been downgraded from "good" to "inadequate" by the healthcare regulator, because their failings posed "a significant risk" to women and babies.
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Crash in Lincolnshire: 16-year-old footballer Cameron Walsh drowned along with his father
A family statement described David Walsh and son Cameron, who died in January last year, as "two beautiful people" who were "full of life".
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First-of-its-kind operation for Met: synthetic DNA helps uncover large-scale shoplifting network
In a first-of-its-kind operation for the Met, the synthetic DNA allowed stolen goods to be uniquely identified and traced back to their original stores
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Secret double life and $262,000 in legal debt: Russian businessman may face prison in the UK
A Russian oil tycoon faces a potential jail term after a judge at the High Court in London on Wednesday ruled he was in contempt of court for repeatedly failing to comply with legal rulings made in his bitter multi-million dollar divorce case.
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British woman dies of rabies after puppy scratch in Morocco: first photo of the victim released
A British woman who died of rabies after contracting the disease by being scratched by a puppy on holiday has been pictured for the first time.
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UK may ban ’online brothels’: parliament to consider penalties for profiting from prostitution
Amendment to crime and policing bill would make it criminal offence to profit from selling sex online
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Harry Dunn’s mother slams former police chief: "A petty, vindictive liar"
Harry Dunn’s mother has delivered a blistering rebuke to former Northamptonshire Police Chief Constable Nick Adderley, calling him a “vindictive, lying little man” whose actions during the investigation into her son’s death deepened the family’s trauma.
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R. Kelly hospitalized after overdose in prison — attorneys blame staff
Disgraced rapper R. Kelly has been taken to hospital after ’overdosing’ in prison, with the rapper’s legal team alleging that prison staff may be to blame.
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Air India cancels flight from Ahmedabad to London following Dreamliner accident
An Air India flight to London from Ahmedabad has been cancelled just days after the fatal Gatwick-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crash last week.
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Truck overturns near London Stansted airport: hundreds of passengers risk missing flights
Holidaymakers are at risk of missing their flights after an overturned lorry closed the M11 near London Stansted Airport.
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British tour operator Great Little Escapes loses ATOL licence — customers’ summer holidays at risk
Great Little Escapes, based in Berkshire, used to specialise in a variety of different holidays, but now it has ceased trading as an ATOL holder, meaning its holiday bookings are in doubt
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Archaeological excavations begin in Ireland at a mass grave site of children from a mother-and-baby home
Excavations have started in the search for nearly 800 babies believed to be buried in a mass grave at a home for unmarried mothers in Ireland.
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UK launches major operation against paedophile rings — NCA to review cases
The Home Office has announced the National Crime Agency (NCA) will carry out a nationwide operation to target and jail predators who have sexually exploited children as part of grooming gangs.
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Passengers smelled smoke: flight from Cyprus to the UK makes emergency landing in Turkey
An easyJet flight from Cyprus heading for the UK has been forced to make an emergency landing at Izmir after reports of a ’smoke smell’ on board the aircraft
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23-year-old dies in front of holidaymakers: tragic accident at Rogie Falls
The woman fell into the water at Rogie Falls, a series of waterfalls that are a popular attraction for tourists on Scotland’s North Coast 500 road trip.
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After injections – to intensive care: UK investigates possible counterfeit Botox
An inquiry has been initiated to determine whether the recent series of negative reactions to botulinum toxin, often marketed under the brand name Botox, was due to a counterfeit product.
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