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A house in Draper, Utah, collapsed and slid down a cliff

Homeowner in tears after houses worth combined £1,600,000 slide down a cliff

US April 24, 2023

Ukraine's army has reportedly crossed the Dnipro River

Ukrainian troops ‘breach crucial river for first time’ to launch counter attack

World April 24, 2023

Alin-Vasile Iercosan stalked and raped a woman in Somerset

Chilling footage shows man stalk woman before raping her in car park

UK April 23, 2023

Kyle Khan, 26, and his wife Meesha Afzal, 22, both died when a car being driven by Eidnun Liaquat crashed into a wall on a dead-end road

Driver who killed couple after speeding into wall walks free from court

UK April 23, 2023

FILE - Michael Schumacher announces his retirement from Formula One during a press conference at the Suzuka Circuit venue for the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix in Suzuka, Japan, Oct. 4, 2012. The family of Formula One great Michael Schumacher plans to take legal action against a German magazine for publishing what it claimed to be an artificial intelligence-generated interview with Schumacher. Family spokesperson Sabine Kehm confirmed to The Associated Press by email on Thursday, April 20, 2023, that legal action is being planned over a ???fake artificial intelligence interview by German outlet Die Aktuelle." (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, file)

Magazine editor sacked for ‘tasteless’ fake interview with Michael Schumacher

World May 11, 2023

Charles pictured with Meghan behind

Meghan slams ‘frankly ridiculous’ claim about why she’s missing coronation

UK April 24, 2023

Emergency services work to help those injured in the fire in Madrid

Flaming pizza sets fire to restaurant killing two people and injuring 12

World April 23, 2023

A tonne of cocaine worth £100million was found floating in the English Channel

A tonne of cocaine worth £100,000,000 has been found floating in the English Channel

UK April 21, 2023

The huge collection of vintage comics and toys found at an abandoned house in the USA by explorer Devin Dark

Haul of vintage comics and toys 'worth millions' found engulfing abandoned house

US April 26, 2023

Police are investigating after £12,000,000-worth of gold and valuables was stolen from a container at Toronto airport

'Movie-style' airport heist sees thieves flee with £12,000,000-worth of gold

World April 21, 2023

THAILAND - 2021/08/09: Thai medical official prepares a booster dose of COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine at the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration General Hospital in Bangkok. Thailand begin vaccinating booster doses with Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to the medical personnel and frontline health workers who have already received two shots in twelve hospitals in Bangkok under the Bangkok Medical Office. More than 1.5 million doses of the Pfizer mRNA vaccines have been donated by the United States to Thailand. (Photo by Vichan Poti/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

First person dies with Arcturus Covid variant as new cases soar

World April 20, 2023

Sammy Woodhouse with her baby son who was born after she was raped by the leader of the Rotherham grooming gang

Mum recalls moment she had to tell son his dad was a grooming gang rapist

UK April 20, 2023

Sergei Avakyants has been fired from his role as Russian's Pacific Fleet Admiral by dictator Vladimir Putin

Putin dramatically sacks his top admiral who's leading ongoing military drills

World April 20, 2023

Tyler Morrell trips a fleeing police suspect in Brookhaven, Pennsylvania

Hero delivery driver takes down fleeing police suspect without dropping any pizza

US April 19, 2023

A mother holds the feet of her new baby

Babies born in the North expected to live 'at least one year less' than rest of England

UK April 19, 2023

Kim Jong-un and his daughter Kim Ju-ae are pictured on their visit to the North Korea National Aerospace Development Administration

Kim Jong-un takes his daughter to work again for space headquarters visit

World April 19, 2023