A 12-year-old girl has died and seven other children have been taken to hospital in an outbreak of severe food poisoning centred around a northern French town. Symptoms began to emerge on 12 June in and around Saint-Quentin, south of Lille, with the children rushed to hospital over the following days. The cause of the...
A person from Yorkshire has died from rabies after contact with a stray dog in Morocco. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said the person became infected while on holiday in the North African country. The agency said there was no risk to the wider public due to no documented evidence of rabies passing between...
Controversial Kenyan televangelist Gilbert Deya, who claimed he created miraculous pregnancies, has died in a road crash. Police told local media that Deya died on the spot on Tuesday evening after his vehicle was involved in an accident with a university bus and another vehicle near Kisumu town in western Kenya. At least 30 other...
Reality star Kim Woodburn has died at the age of 83, her manager has confirmed. The TV personality was best known for appearing on How Clean Is Your House and Celebrity Big Brother star. Her manager told BBC News: “It is with immense sadness that we let you know our beloved Kim Woodburn passed away...
A 23-year-old motorcyclist has died in a collision in Devon, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police were called to the crash on a road between Youldon Moor Cross and Holsworthy Beacon at about 17:30 BST on Monday. The incident involved a red Suzuki motorbike and a white Ford Ranger pickup truck. The force has...
Leonard Lauder, the businessman who built Estee Lauder into one of the world’s biggest cosmetic makers, has died aged 92. Lauder joined his parents’ company in 1958 and served as chief executive for 17 years. He was an accomplished dealmaker and bought brands including Clinique, Bobbi Brown and MAC. “He was an icon and pioneer,...
BBC The roof and upper floors were completely destroyed by the blaze A man has died and several people including an eight-year-old girl have been injured in a flat fire in Perth. Police officers on patrol noticed the blaze had broken out in the top floor of the four-storey building on the corner of Scott...
Jonathan Geddes BBC Scotland News PA Media Sir Geoff Palmer became Scotland’s first black professor in 1989 Scotland’s first black professor Sir Geoff Palmer has died, aged 85. Sir Geoff, chancellor and professor emeritus at Heriot-Watt University, moved to the UK from Jamaica as a teenager and became known as both an academic and a...
Brian Wilson, the legendary frontman and co-founder of The Beach Boys, has died at the age of 82, his family has announced. “We are heartbroken to announce that our beloved father Brian Wilson has passed away,” his family said in a statement shared online. “We are at a loss for words right now. “Please respect...
A man has died following a crash involving a motorbike and a bicycle, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were called to reports of a collision on the southbound carriageway of the A380, near Kennford, Exeter, at about 12:40 BST on Tuesday. The force said the motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the...
Police are appealing for witnesses following a dog attack and an assault on a woman in Plymouth on Tuesday 3 June. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were made aware of an “out-of-control XL bully-type dog” attacking a chihuahua dog on Millbay Road at about 20:30 BST. The chihuahua, which ran away after the attack,...
Best-selling author Frederick Forsyth, known for thriller novels including The Day Of The Jackal, has died at the age of 86, his agent has said. “We mourn the passing of one of the world’s greatest thriller writers,” Jonathan Lloyd said in a statement. Forsyth published more than 25 books, also including The Odessa File and...
A fan died after falling from the stands during Sunday’s Nations League final between Spain and Portugal in Munich. The man, from the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district in Bavaria, fell from the middle tier into the lower tier and then on to a staircase in the media area at the Allianz Arena. He died at the scene...
Uriah Rennie, the Premier League’s first black referee, has died aged 65. Rennie officiated more than 300 games between 1997 and 2008, including 175 Premier League matches. “We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our former chair and trailblazing referee, Uriah Rennie,” said a Sheffield & Hallamshire County Football Association statement., external...
A murder investigation has been launched after a teenage boy died in north Manchester. Officers were called to Nevin Road in the New Moston area at about 17:00 BST, Greater Manchester Police said. The force has not yet said how the boy died. Three people have been arrested in connection with the incident. Supt Marcus...