Jamie Morris BBC News Reporting fromEastleigh, Hampshire PA Media The bus crashed through railings and landed upright in the River Itchen Two people have been seriously injured after a double-decker bus carrying college students “careered” into a river. The 607 for Barton Peveril Sixth Form College left the carriageway and plunged into the water off...
Tom Espiner Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images River Island plans to close 33 shops in the UK in a move which puts hundreds of jobs at risk. The clothing retailer said more people shopping online and higher costs to run stores were behind its proposals to creditors. It also wants its landlords to cut...
Three people have been rescued by firefighters in south Devon after a vehicle left the road, fell down a cliff and ended up teetering on the banks of a river. Devon and Somerset Fire Service said they were called at about 22:30 BST on Friday to a report of a crash in the Poundsgate area...
Elliot Ball & Kevin Hay BBC News, South West BBC River’s music teacher has described his talent as remarkable A schoolboy from Devon is set to join the North Devon Sinfonia for a one off concert in late June. River, an 11-year-old pupil at West Buckland School in Barnstaple, has been playing piano since the...
A body has been found in the search for a girl missing in the River Thames in Kent. Police were called at 13:45 BST on Friday after concerns were raised for two children who had entered the river at Royal Pier Road in Gravesend. Emergency services attended the scene, where a boy was retrieved from...
A search is under way for a girl who is missing in the River Thames in Kent, police have said. Officers were called by the Port of London Authority (PLA) at 13:45 BST on Friday after concerns for for the welfare of two children who had entered the river at Royal Pier Road, Gravesend. Emergency...
Watch: ‘This is phenomenal’ – Moment wild beaver is filmed on banks of River Dyfi A wild beaver has been filmed on a river in Wales in what has been described as a “hugely significant” sighting. Beavers disappeared from Britain about 400 years ago after being hunted to extinction, but in the past two decades...
A Peruvian navy vessel has collided with an oil platform in the Amazon River, killing at least two people and leaving one missing. The collision happened in the early hours of Friday morning at the junction of the Napo and Amazon rivers, causing “severe damage”, Peru’s defence ministry said. Thirty crew members were rescued from...
A body found in the River Thames is that of 11-year-old Kaliyah Coa who went missing in east London last month, the Metropolitan Police has confirmed. In a statement issued through the force, her family said Kaliyah had been attending a birthday party but “never returned home”. Her body was recovered at Maritime Quay on...
Not only are River and Boca local rivals in Buenos Aires, they are the two biggest clubs in Argentina and indeed South America. In fact, 80% of Argentines support one of the two. Their trophy cabinets match their popularity. River have 38 top-flight titles and four Copas Libertadores to their name, while Boca have won...
Bodycam footage captures Nerys Bethan Lloyd at the scene A former paddleboard firm owner has been jailed for 10 years and six months after the deaths of four people on a river in south-west Wales. Paul O’Dwyer, Andrea Powell, Morgan Rogers and Nicola Wheatley died after paddleboarding in “extremely hazardous conditions” on the Western Cleddau...
A body has been found in the search for 11-year-old Kaliyah Coa, who entered the River Thames in North Woolwich on 31 March, the Metropolitan Police has said. The body is yet to be formally identified, the force added, but Kaliyah’s family have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers. Read full article...
A helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York on Thursday afternoon, killing all six people on board. One witness said she saw the aircraft “kept spinning in the air” before falling into the river. New York City Mayor Eric Adams confirmed all the individuals on the flight, including five family members visiting from...
Handout At least one person is dead after a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York, authorities said on Thursday. The New York police department said at least two people were pulled from the water, though their condition remains unclear, an official told CBS News, the BBC’s US partner. It is not clear...
An 11-year-old girl who went missing after she entered the River Thames had been paddling in the water during a day off from school, according to residents living near the scene. Metropolitan Police was called to reports that the girl had entered the river close to Barge House Causeway, near London City Airport, east London,...