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Inside, the school had activated its emergency response. Children were told to stay under desks and to switch off their phones. Staff relayed what had happened, said everyone else was safe and ...

Israel launches new wave of strikes on Tehran ...

Police investigating the theft of valuable silverware from a church have made an appeal for information. The items include two chalices, a silver communion flagon, a silver paten ...

A health watchdog has highlighted more cases of patients being assaulted by staff at a troubled mental health hospital. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said it had seen CCTV footage of two incidents ...

Affinity Water said the film and photographic processing that took place at the Denham Film Studios in Buckinghamshire may be linked to the perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) ...

Universal is trying to prevent people from flying drones over the site of its upcoming theme park in Bedfordshire. It has issued "cease and desist" notices to ban "unauthorised drone filming". The ...

More inquiries have been launched into the incident, as investigators discover more body parts and victims' belongings.

The American military says the rescue efforts are ongoing and aircraft not brought down by hostile or friendly fire.

Pressure mounts on interim manager Igor Tudor after Tottenham are beaten 5-2 by Atletico Madrid in action-packed Champions League last-16 first leg at the Metropolitano. Spurs con ...

President Claudia Sheinbaum is expected to comment on violence in Jalisco after the killing of drug lord "El Mencho," killed in military operation on Sunday.

by Richard Monks. The covert conspiracy at the heart of the Suez crisis seen through the eyes of a young civil servant. The true story of how in 1956 Prime Minister, Anthony Eden, lied to Parliament ...