Boy injured in crocodile enclosure discharged from hospital
A three-year-old boy who was seriously injured in a zoo’s crocodile enclosure has been discharged from hospital and is settling back in at home, his family have said. The child…
Man dies in crash after police pursuit
A man has died and a woman has been seriously hurt in a crash after a police pursuit near Stratford-upon-Avon. Officers tried to stop a black Audi on Birmingham Road…
Two arrested after baby’s unexplained death at Somerset home
The death is being treated as unexplained following an initial forensic postmortem examination A man and a woman have been arrested after the unexplained death of a baby in Somerset.…
What Andy Burnham’s £10 billion pledge means for the UK’s housing crisis
‘Councils built this country out of a housing crisis once before,’ the prime minister said Andy Burnham has pledged a £10bn package to build tens of thousands of homes, marking…
Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds
The carbon emissions from just two planned datacentres in England will exceed all of the fossil fuel company ExxonMobil’s UK emissions, analysis has revealed. Experts have said this demonstrates the…
Horrifying dashcam footage shows taxi driving on wrong side of dual carriageway days after tragic A66 crash
North Wales Police successfully stopped the vehicle being driven on the incorrect side of the A55 – North Wales Expressway – on Monday evening The horrifying moment a taxi was…
Mapped: Where thunderstorms and 75mm of rain could hit UK this week as Met Office warning issued
Widespread and persistent rain is forecast to hit the UK this week Thunderstorms and heavy rain are expected across the UK this week as a wet and unsettled put an…
Men in A66 wrong-way crash that killed two police officers had 37 convictions
Cleveland Police said 12 people have been arrested over alleged criminality leading up to the collision A group of men who died alongside two police officers in a head-on collision…
Police launch probe after several vehicles seen driving in wrong direction on M6
Drivers have been reminded of the ‘utterly devastating consequences’ after seven people died in a crash on the A66 in Middlesbrough Police have condemned “unacceptable” driving behaviour after several vehicles…
Families hit back at NI Secretary’s comments on Troubles legacy bill
Some families of people killed during the Troubles have hit back at comments by the Northern Ireland secretary that he was worried “some people have misunderstood the purpose” of the…