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Emergency services are responding to a cargo plane crash near Louisville International Airport in Kentucky. Louisville Metro Police say officers and multiple agencies are at the scene near Fern Valley and Grade Lane. Roads are closed between Stooges and Crittenden, and injuries have been reported. UPS confirmed the incident involved one of its aircraft, with three people on board. Emergency crews continue to assess the situation. A BBC investigation has […]

A man is in a critical condition after being rescued from the rubble of a collapsed medieval tower in central Rome. Emergency crews pulled him free from the 13th-century Torre dei Conti near the Colosseum on Monday, as crowds looked on. The tower, undergoing renovation work, collapsed twice, seriously injuring another worker. Rescuers had to navigate the risk of further falls while working into the night to free those trapped. […]

Police say a 32-year-old man from Peterborough is now being treated as the only suspect in an attempted murder investigation. Officers had initially arrested two men — a 32-year-old black British national and a 35-year-old man of Caribbean descent — but the latter has been released without charge. A police spokesperson said it had been reported in good faith that he was involved, but enquiries confirmed otherwise. The 32-year-old remains […]

Two people have been arrested after several passengers were stabbed on a train to Cambridgeshire. British Transport Police say the incident happened on an LNER service to Huntingdon, with armed officers responding just before twenty to eight last night. More than thirty officers attended after multiple 999 calls were made. Two men were taken into custody at the scene, and police say enquiries are ongoing. No details have yet been […]

A convicted murderer who stabbed his pregnant girlfriend 23 times in Walthamstow has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 42 years. Forty-seven-year-old Shaine March attacked 32-year-old Alana Odysseos at her home last July, when she was in the early stages of pregnancy. Appearing by video link from Belmarsh Prison, March showed no emotion as her family told the court how his actions had destroyed their lives. A […]

The King has begun the formal process to strip Prince Andrew of his titles and honours. Buckingham Palace says he’ll now be known simply as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. A statement confirmed his lease on Royal Lodge has been terminated, meaning he’ll have to move to alternative private accommodation. The Palace described the move as “necessary”, despite the Duke continuing to deny the allegations against him. Three men have been charged with […]

An Afghan national has been charged with murder and attempted murder following a triple stabbing in west London. Twenty-two-year-old Safi Dawood is also accused of possessing an offensive weapon after the incident in Uxbridge on Monday. Police were called to Midhurst Gardens around five o’clock where three people were found with stab wounds. The Crown Prosecution Service says Dawood will appear before Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. Victims of the […]

Hurricane Melissa has made landfall with sustained winds of around 185 miles per hour, according to the US National Hurricane Center. The storm remains a category five hurricane and is described as “extremely dangerous and life-threatening.” Authorities in affected areas are urging residents to take all precautions, with evacuations underway in some coastal communities. Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered his military to immediately carry out strikes in Gaza. […]

David Lammy has confirmed an independent investigation into the accidental release of a migrant jailed for sexual offences, blaming “human error” for the incident. The deputy prime minister and justice secretary told MPs he was “livid” on behalf of Hadush Kebatu’s victims and said the man would be deported to Ethiopia “as quickly as possible”. Kebatu, convicted in September of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and a woman in Epping, […]

Police are urgently searching for a man suspected of raping a woman in what officers are calling a racially motivated attack. West Midlands Police say they were called to the Park Hall area of Walsall just after seven fifteen on Saturday evening after reports of a woman in distress. The victim, in her twenties, was found to have been raped and assaulted at a nearby property by a man she […]