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Three people have died following a fire at a former station house and listed building, police have said. Police, fire and ambulance services were called at around 10.30pm on Friday to reports of a large blaze at a property in Beswick Close, Rushton. Three people were later confirmed to have died, Northamptonshire Police said. No further details on the age or identity of the victims was given. Images from the […]

Skygazers have gathered across the UK to catch a glimpse of the partial solar eclipse. The phenomenon occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth. The three are not completely aligned, so only part of the Sun is obscured. The eclipse peaked in London at around 11am on Saturday and was visible in parts of the country from between around 10am and noon. Speaking from the town […]

Former archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said he was “overwhelmed” by the number of child sex abuse allegations he was informed of. Dr Welby resigned in November after a report revealed he did not adequately follow up on reports about serial abuser John Smyth, who was heavily involved with the Church of England. The report concluded that Smyth, thought to be the most prolific abuser associated with the Church, might […]

A powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand on Friday, killing more than 1000 people and destroying buildings, a bridge and a dam. At least 1000 people were killed in Myanmar, where photos and video from two hard-hit cities showed extensive damage. At least eight died in the Thai capital, where a high-rise building was under construction collapsed. The 7.7 magnitude earthquake, with an epicentre near Mandalay, Myanmar’s second largest […]

A container ship which collided with a US tanker in the North Sea, leading to its captain being charged with gross negligence manslaughter, has arrived in Aberdeen. Portuguese vessel Solong was towed to the Scottish port city for “safe berthing” after it crashed into the anchored tanker Stena Immaculate off the East Yorkshire coast on March 10. Rescuers saved 36 people from both ships, with one sailor from the Solong […]

A teenage girl who was “broken in half” after falling from her horse and told that she might never walk again has made an “amazing” recovery by walking out of hospital unaided. Aliza Rae AliKhan was rushed into emergency spinal surgery after her horse was spooked and fell on top of her in the accident in August last year. At the time, medics at Southampton Children’s Hospital (SCH) warned the […]

A former guide dog will celebrate Mother’s Day with three other generations of her family after becoming a great-grandmother. Connie, 13, produced four litters before retiring from the breeding programme at the charity Guide Dogs in 2017. Six of her children are still working as guide dogs, with her grandchildren either working, training or acting as breeding parents. In February she became a great grandmother when her granddaughter Coco gave […]

Tate Britain is set to return a 17th century painting to the family of a Jewish Belgian art collector after the work was taken from his home during the German occupation. The Spoliation Advisory Panel, who examine requests for objects taken during the Nazi era to be returned from the UK’s public collections, said the 1654 work Aeneas And His Family Fleeing Burning Troy by English painter Henry Gibbs was […]

Builders and construction workers are being urged to open up about mental health issues amid “alarming” suicide rates. St John Ambulance has raised concerns about the mental health of these workers after a new poll found that the majority of builders say it is “too difficult” to talk to a colleague about depression or other mental health conditions. The survey, conducted on 500 UK builders and construction workers by Censuswide […]