A live stream has captured the moment a SpaceX Starship rocket exploded when preparing for a flight test in Texas on Wednesday. Read full article at source...
A woman found stabbed after a gas explosion at her home has been named as a charity worker who supported refugees. Annabel Rook, 46, was found fatally injured at a house in Dumont Road, Stoke Newington, north-east London, just before 5:00 BST on Tuesday. She worked for a charity that she co-founded called Mama Suze...
A bomb thought to be an old Navy shell has been detonated on a beach in north Devon. Devon and Cornwall Police said it had been called to Bidna Yard shortly after 10:10 BST on Wednesday where officers put a cordon in place and helped a small number of residents evacuate. A spokesperson for the...
SWNS Two people, including a 18-month-old child, suffered potentially life-changing injuries A couple who saved the lives of four children and two adults have been praised for their “heroic bravery” after a boat exploded on the River Thames. Josh Hobbs, 35, and Hannah Lloyd-Hobbs, 34, from Rhayader, Powys, leapt into the water to save six...
A huge explosion rocked a chemical plant in China’s eastern Shandong province on Tuesday around noon, killing at least five people and injuring 19 others. Footage circulating online shows thick columns of black smoke rising from the site. More than 200 emergency workers were dispatched to Shandong Youdao Chemical factory, which according to its website...
This story published by the Chronicle of Higher Education is really interesting and a bit surprising. UC Berkeley is well-known as one of the most left-wing campuses in the country and has been since the 1960s. As you might expect the faculty at Berkeley is about as far left as you could imagine. But an...
Officials in Palm Springs, California are investigating an explosion on Saturday morning that killed one person and damaged a fertility clinic. The explosion happened just before 11:00 local time (19:00 BST) less than a mile from downtown Palm Springs, near several businesses including the American Reproductive Centres. In a statement, the fertility clinic said no...
An explosion has taken place at a Russian ammunition depot east of Moscow, military authorities and local media are reporting. The blast in an ammunition warehouse took place at a defence facility in the western Vladimir region on Tuesday. The site is believed to be a key ammunition storage site for the Russian army. The...
Georgina Rannard Climate and science reporter BBC/Kevin Church A huge eruption in 1600 BCE left the crater rim and central depression that formed Santorini Perched on top of Santorini’s sheer cliffs is a world-famous tourist industry worth millions. Underneath is the fizzing risk of an almighty explosion. A huge ancient eruption created the dreamy Greek...
PA Media Three houses were badly damaged in the blast A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a fatal house explosion that damaged multiple homes and cars in Nottinghamshire. Emergency services were called to John Street in Worksop at 19:39 BST on Saturday evening. David Howard, 53, was found in the rubble...
Gavin Bevis BBC News, East Midlands Supplied David Howard died at the scene, police said A man who died in a house explosion that saw dozens of people evacuated from their homes has been named as David Howard. Emergency services were called to John Street, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, on Saturday shortly before 20:00 BST. Nottinghamshire Police...
A Scottish tourist has died from his injuries after his holiday home was destroyed in a suspected gas explosion. Grant Paterson, from East Kilbride, was on a break in Rome when the B&B in the city’s Monteverde area collapsed on 23 March. The 54-year-old, who worked for ferry operator CalMac as a senior catering rating,...
 Various Artists: Jingle Jangle Morning (The 1960s U.S. Folk-Rock Explosion) Strawberry Records 3 CD box set Out now available here The Byrds reinventing Mr Tambourine Man might have kicked off America’s folk rock revolution but this box set brings together the best of what was an eclectic and inventive decade long scene. When The...
Martin Jones BBC West Investigations Alon Aviram BBC News, Bristol Press Association A storage silo containing treated biosolids exploded at the plant in Avonmouth in 2020 It has been more than four years since an explosion at a water treatment plant killed four workers, including a 16-year-old apprentice. No official explanation has yet been published....
At least four people have died and two are missing after an explosion at a mine in northern Spain, officials say. The blast happened at the Cerredo mine in Degaña, Asturias, some 450km (278 miles) north-west of Madrid around 09:30 local time (08:30 BST). At least three others were injured, according to local emergency services,...