BBC Police launched a search and rescue operation at the River Kelvin in Glasgow A 15-year-old boy has died in a river incident in Glasgow as police responded to call-outs on Scotland’s hottest day in two years. Emergency services launched a rescue operation on the River Kelvin, near Maryhill Road, at about 18:40. His body...
Drone footage shows the proximity of the bonfire to infrastructure. The police have declared a major incident over a bonfire in south Belfast that is due to be lit on Friday as part of annual Twelfth events across Northern Ireland. Belfast City Council have requested the police help assist contractors dismantle the bonfire before it...
Germany’s Lea Schuller takes advantage and puts Germany ahead after Denmark’s Emma Farge smashes the ball into the face of her own team-mate Emma Snerle in the Group C match. Read full article at source...
About 90 fish are thought to have been killed by pollution at a river in Okehampton, officials have said. The Environment Agency (EA) said it had received reports of a chemical entering the River Lew, near Okehampton, late on Monday. A spokesperson for the EA said samples had been taken from the river for analysis...
People are being advised to keep pets and livestock away from a Devon river after a pollution incident. The Environment Agency said a chemical had entered the watercourse, a tributary of the River Lew, near Okehampton, late on Monday. It said the source had since been found and stopped. Further investigations were continuing and officers...
A person has suffered serious injuries after an “incident” involving a vehicle at a multi-storey car park at London Luton Airport, police said. The BBC understands the car involved had fallen from a higher level of the car park. Emergency services were called to the car park on the airport complex shortly before 11:00 BST....
Two people have died following a reported skydiving incident at a Devon airfield, police have confirmed. Devon and Cornwall Police said emergency services were called to Dunkeswell Aerodrome at about 13:00 BST on 13 June to concerns of the welfare of two people. The force said the pair were reported to have been skydivers and...
“The Trump administration is trying to undermine free speech in this country,” Warren said during an interview. United States Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) is calling for an investigation into why federal agents tackled and handcuffed her colleague, Sen. Alex Padilla (D-California), after he attempted to question Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem at...
Two women have died following an incident in Wales’ largest national park. North Wales Police said they were called to Nant Gwynant, Gwynedd, at 21:31 BST on Wednesday in Eryri National Park, also known as Snowdonia. One woman was pulled from the water, while another was reported to be in the water at the pools...
Getty Images Child Q, a 15-year-old black girl, was strip-searched by police at her east London school in 2020 A black schoolgirl who was strip-searched by Metropolitan Police officers was told she “might be arrested” if she refused to comply, a misconduct panel has heard. The girl, known as Child Q, was strip-searched at her...
With the benefit of hindsight, this was one of two mistakes Red Bull made in the Spanish Grand Prix. After the stewards launched an inquiry into the Verstappen-Russell incident in Turn One, Red Bull decided to order Verstappen to give the place back. Team principal Christian Horner said the decision was based “on recent experience...
If Democrats truly have a leadership crisis, as this weekend’s CNN poll suggests, they seem blissfully unaware of the reasons why. The reaction by practically everyone on the Left to the terror attack in Boulder offers a clear demonstration. Our friends at Twitchy have curated some of the weak and ambiguous statements following the arson...
An Irish man has died and a child has been injured in a shooting incident at a shopping centre in County Carlow on Sunday. Emergency services are currently at the scene at the Fairgreen Shopping Centre, with an army bomb disposal team also in attendance. Gardaí (Irish police) were alerted to the incident shortly after...
BBC Verify has examined videos of the incident in which a car drove into a crowd during Liverpool FC’s Premier League victory parade on Monday evening. Dozens have been injured, including four children, according to authorities. BBC Verify’s Merlyn Thomas has more. Verification by Benedict Garman, Joshua Cheetham, Richard Irvine-Brown and Tom Spencer. Graphics by...
PA Media A 53-year-old man has been arrested after a car hit a number of pedestrians in Liverpool city centre during the Premier League victory parade. Eyewitnesses and videos shared on social media have shown the vehicle driving through a crowd as people scatter. Details are still emerging but here is what we know so...