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Up to 20 people could still be missing after the Genoa bridge collapse tragedy, authorities have warned. An 80-metre-long section of the bridge, part of a motorway linking the port city of Genoa with southern...

Police inspector, 44, dubbed ‘a wonderful ambassador’ for his force holds his head in his hands as he pleads guilty to possessing indecent images of children Well-known Inspector Lee Bartram...

Drunk airline passenger who called fellow Thomson flier a ‘big black sasquatch’ in racist rant over baggage space is fined £1,000… then moans to judge she’s already £39,000 in debt Drunk...

Eat your breakfast, you lot! Heart-warming moment mother swallow flies over to her four baby birds and gives them their morning feed Peter Tonkin, 75, from Newlyn, Cornwall, says he was ‘lucky’...

Doctor to the Queen is named as cyclist killed after being hit by lorry on central London road Emergency services vehicles raced to scene after man was involved in crash  Bystanders battled in vein to...

A Playboy model who shared a video of her bare bum being slapped during a slimming massage has been fined £24 by police. Bunny Numay, 31, had posted the footage of the vigorous spa treatment for...

Couple rescue a baby girl from a hot car in sweltering 88F temperatures as her parents lie passed out on the ground after ‘overdosing on heroin’ Eric Asher, 43, saw a man and a women passed...

Clearing is a ‘buyer’s market for students’ as even those WITH a university place are urged to rethink their choice Last year more than one in 10 of all university places were filled...

Sajid Javid had furious clash with Theresa May over police pay telling the PM she was ‘wrong’ to block 3 per cent rise for officers Home Secretary Sajid Javid had urged a 3 per cent pay rise...

A sign was allegedly put up asking male colleagues to use the unisex toilets "with the door shut" amid claims some were leaving their cubicles open while they were inside. The sign, which the...

More trouble for Amazon, the tax-shy online retailer that’s facing a string of controversies. This week watchdogs banned it from claiming that it can guarantee next-day delivery for customers using...

Bangkok: The Thai government will ban imports of electronic and plastic waste following reports of massive piles of scrap are turning the country it into the "world's garbage bin," local...

Synchronised steps! Grannies line dance for public on the street to raise awareness for isolation in Glasgow The foursome received a huge applause after their performance on Sunday Aged between 50 and...

Ministers want Geronimo the alpaca dead after he tested positive for TB. But his owner, who brought him over from New Zealand and paid £20k in legal fees, says he’s perfectly healthy and won’t...

Dentists urge YouTube to remove ‘DIY braces’ tutorials which teach viewers to make them out of clay and glue The popular videos have hundreds of thousands of views on the social website But...

People with regional accents are changing the way they talk so Alexa and Siri can understand them better Study found those fed up repeating requests have to use ‘standard’ English Some 79...