At least fifteen people have been killed and eighteen others injured after the Gloria funicular in Lisbon derailed and crashed. Emergency services say five of the injured are in a serious condition. The tram-like funicular, popular with tourists, was left almost completely destroyed. Video showed rescuers pulling people from the wreckage. Authorities say foreign nationals are among the victims but have not released identities. Two women have been arrested after […]

A driver has appeared in court accused of failing to stop after a crash that killed two children riding an e-scooter in Essex. Sixteen-year-old Roman Casselden and his nine-year-old sister Darcie died at the scene in Ashlyns, Pitsea, on the first of February. Twenty-one-year-old Deimante Ziobryte appeared before Basildon Magistrates’ Court and will return in January. Police say she is charged in connection with the fatal collision. A US judge […]

Thames Water’s largest group of creditors is preparing to put more than a billion pounds on the table to help rescue Britain’s biggest water utility. It's understood that creditors holding about 13 billion pounds of Thames Water’s senior debt will propose injecting hundreds of millions in new equity and writing off a further chunk of existing capital. The extra package, worth roughly 1.25 billion in total, is expected to be […]