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Reservoir dam near collapse faces ‘critical’ moment as thousands evacuated
Thousands of residents have been evacuated from the Derbyshire town of Whaley Bridge over fears the Toddbrook Reservoir dam could burst and flood their homes.
Model who murdered her two children after they got in the way of her sex work is jailed for life
Louise Porton, 23, "squeezed the life" out of Lexi Draper, three, and 16-month-old Scarlett Vaughan.
Maps show the world’s infrastructure in a different light
Graphic designer Peter Atwood, 23, spent three days doing research into a variety of data sources to show the maps "which connect our world."
Hells Angels bikers convicted of stabbing and battering members of a rival biker gang – that left one man disembowelled
Other victims were were stabbed in the heads and back during the vicious attack on rival biker gang Vikings Motorcycle Club.
Robert F Kennedy’s granddaughter dies aged 22
Police were called to the Kennedy family compound in Massachusetts on Thursday.
New 3D map of Milky Way suggests it is warped and twisted
Our galaxy is not as flat as previously believed.
Investigation ordered as six bomb blasts reported across Bangkok
Several small bombings have been reported in Thailand’s capital Bangkok.
European Union’s agriculture policy “not viable” warn green experts
Current reform proposals of the EU Commission on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are "unlikely" to improve environmental protection, say scientists
Violence flares as it is revealed three in five jails now hold more prisoners than permitted
“The figures reveal a clear relationship with overcrowding and violence in prisons."