1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (329+ words) COUNCILLORS will next week get an insight in the plans in place for emergency planning for major incidents in Cumbria. Members of Cumberland and Westmorland & Furness Councils" joint overview and scrutiny committee are due to meet at Cumbria House in…...

10+ hour, 21+ min ago  (117+ words) A school said it had decided to close due to a "serious incident" near its building. In an email seen by the BBC, St John's Church School in Peterborough said "police are currently processing a site in close proximity to…...

16+ hour, 15+ min ago  (107+ words) Apr 12, 2026, 10: 00 PM Two people were injured, one critically, after a Mercedes Van struck them Sunday morning in Marble Hill, according to police. Investigators say it happened on Broadway and 225th Street around 10: 30 a. m. A 41-year-old man was driving the Mercedes and turning…...

11+ hour, 44+ min ago  (114+ words) OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - The U. S. Forest Service and Lake County Fire Rescue responded to a fire off Paisley Road on the Ocala National Forest Saturday night. Officials say the fire was caused by a car that got stuck while off-roading. The…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago  (137+ words) SPARTA, Wis. (WKBT) -- One person has died after falling from the third floor of an assisted living facility on Thursday, according to a release. The Sparta Police Department responded to the incident at Bridgepath Assisted Living around 11: 20 a. m and arrived…...

7+ min ago  (155+ words) A large fire at a scrap merchant has burned overnight after loud explosions were heard. A total of 40 firefighters and eight fire engines attended the blaze at Deep Pit Road in Speedwell, Bristol, at around 23: 00 BST on Sunday. Videos were…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (318+ words) Eight people were taken to hospital after chemicals at a Victoria pool combined to create a dangerous gas on Friday. The city had issued a shelter-in-place order over a "hazardous material incident" at the Crystal Pool, telling anyone within 300 metres…...

50+ min ago  (211+ words) A stretch of the A303 has reopened after a four-car crash. The crash, involving a Vauxhall Mokka, a Ford Puma, a Ford Kuga and a Volvo, happened on the westbound carriageway between the Thruxton Circuit and Salisbury Road junctions on Saturday…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (362+ words) A "beautiful, independent and very funny" British teenager has died in a road accident in Vietnam. Local media reported 19-year-old Orla Wates, from London, was travelling the Ha Giang Loop in northern Vietnam when she fell from the back of…...

15+ hour, 28+ min ago  (99+ words) PUTNAM - Firefighters from multiple departments are battling a structure fire on Sunnyside Avenue Sunday evening, an official said. Dan Majercik, a spokesperson for the East Putnam Fire Department, said his department is assisting the Putnam Fire Department with a fire…...