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Famed explorer missing for weeks in dangerous jungle spotted. Papua New Guinea
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London fire: Crews work through night at tower block
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Map of Grenfell Tower West London United Kingdom London: A huge fire has raged through the night at a tower block in Latimer Road, west London, with eyewitnesses claiming people are trapped in their homes
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Virgin Atlantic flight back in UK after 'laser incident'. London
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Storm Imogen leaves homes without power across England and Wales |
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UK floods: Homes evacuated amid heavy rain. Northern England
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11 died after single-seat jet crashes at airshow Map of Brighton United Kingdom| Hawker Hunter fighter jet participating in the Shoreham Airshow near Brighton, came down on a highway where it hit several vehicles as it crashed. Pilot 'fighting for life'. It was possible mo... | |
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Private jet belonging to bin Laden family slams into car auction |
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Bus carrying British schoolchildren crashes in Belgium |
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'Plane stowaway' body found on Richmond roof London: A stowaway who is believed to have clung on to a plane has fallen to his death, while another is in hospital
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At least 4 injured after roller coaster collision at theme park. Northern England
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Electrical fire sends flames shooting through manholes |
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Roof torn off London bus after collision with tree |
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Man scattering ashes swept out to sea |
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Ice, snow hit Britain, closing Manchester Airport |
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Lorry fire closes Channel Tunnel
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Cargo ship aground off southern England |
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UK nurse with Ebola now in critical condition |
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Jumbo jet lands safely after scare. London
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Snow, ice sweep Britain, stranding drivers |
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UK flights hit by computer failure. London
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Drone involved in Heathrow near miss |
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HIV evolving 'into milder form'
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12 injured in London hotel explosion |
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UK expects 'handful' of Ebola cases. London
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Woman accused of harassing McCann family found dead
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Man dies after 35 found in container. London
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Storm with 106-mph gusts slams flooded Britain Map of Somerset Levels United Kingdom| The latest round of bad weather slammed into west coast with torrential rain. Trucks were toppled, trees were felled. England had its wettest January since records began in 1766.
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Flood-swollen Thames at record levels
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Apollo Theatre roof collapses in London Map of Apollo Theatre London United Kingdom The ceiling of central London's historic theatre collapsed during a performance to a nearly packed house, injuring 76 people
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Power cuts, as heavy storms sweep Europe. Scotland
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Clean-up in Europe after storm
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Hurricane-force winds batter northern Europe Map of Kent United Kingdom| A major Atlantic storm packing hurricane-force winds pummeled England, France, Belgium and the Netherlands, knocking out power to 220,000 homes | |
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London Zoo's new tiger cub drowns
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Tourists jump into UK river in duck boat fire. London
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Huge pile-up involves at least 130 vehicles
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Dreamliner catches fire at Heathrow London: Flights have resumed at London's Heathrow Airport after a fire on a parked Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet
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Helicopter crashes in London rush hour A copter crashed into a construction crane atop a new luxury residential building in thick fog, killing the pilot and another person and sparking...
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Cameroon athletes go missing at Olympics |
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Power fault brings Eurostar chaos
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Heathrow cancels flights as snow blankets. London
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Seven confirmed dead in UK crash |
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Europe is digging airports out of snow London: Frustrated passengers crammed major airports as heavy snowfall forced new cancellations and delays across the continent. Gatwick was closed
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| Nov.26 |
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Case for man-made warming increased |
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| Oct.18 |
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Pinera: Mining conditions must improve |
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| May.17 |
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UK ash cloud restrictions easing |
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Ash cloud to close Heathrow and Gatwick London: Britain's two busiest airports are to close shortly as a volcanic ash cloud drifts further south, threatening major disruption to thousands of...
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Ash closes airports in England, Ireland Northern England: Airports in Manchester and Liverpool closed as a cloud of ash from a volcano moved east into England, but London airports were not affected
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Test flights: European skies may be safe
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Eurostar trains stuck in tunnel 4 trains have broken down in the Channel Tunnel due to cold weather, as more snow is expected to cause disruption in Britain
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| Nov.20 |
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Vicks nasal spray recalled over bacteria |
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| Jul.3 |
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6 die in high-rise fire |
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| May.29 |
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Report: Climate change crisis catastrophic |
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'High risk' of plane fault repeat |
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2 hurt in London City Airport crash |
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Heaviest UK snow in 18 years hits flights London: The snowstorm forced the cancellation of more than 650 flights at the airport and shut down the city's bus network
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PM urges Zimbabwe cholera action |
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Fire breaks out in channel tunnel France: Thousands of passengers and truckers are stranded in France and England after a fire broke out in the undersea tunnel linking the two countr...
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Heathrow crash probe to begin |
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Heathrow jet lands short of runway London: The pilot of a British Airways passenger jet that crash landed appeared to be struggling to bring the plane down safely
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Farm infected with foot-and-mouth 60 animals on the farm at a farm in Surrey have been found to be infected with foot-and-mouth disease
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| Jul.24 |
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140,000 homes without water |
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UK fights worst floods in 60 years 150,000 homes were without drinking water after the floodwaters swamped large areas of western England. 50,000 homes are without electricity
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Fire rips through Cutty Sark London: A fire on board the famous 19th Century ship. Greenwich town center in south-east has been closed to traffic
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| Feb.3 |
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Bird flu virus is Asian strain
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| Jan.18 |
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47 dead as storm batters Europe London: Gale force winds and heavy downpours hammered northern Europe, disrupting travel for tens of thousands
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| Dec.21 |
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Flu 'could wipe out 62 million' |
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| Dec.11 |
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Car of ex-spy contact contaminated |
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Pair test positive for polonium. London
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Dead spy's contact 'has radiation' |
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| Oct.30 |
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Warming 'may cause economic chaos' London: A top economist: Climate change could devastate the global economy on a scale of the 2 world wars
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Fuel depot blasts injure dozens Several large explosions are lighting up the predawn sky, injuring 43 people and sparking a massive blaze
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| Oct.18 |
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Bird flu declared 'global threat' |
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Train tragedy probe after six die |
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| Mar.25 |
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Trapped explorers led out of cave |
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18 die in tide. Northern England
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Rush hour power cut hits London |
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| Jul.19 |
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Weapons expert had slashed wrist |
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30 hurt after Tube crash |
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Tanker strikes sunken vessel |
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Cargo wreck obstructs Dover Straits
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Probe after Concorde loses rudder |
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| Jul.19 |
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Full 'Dr. Death' horror revealed |
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| Jun.2 |
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Fire at Buckingham Palace. London
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| Dec.7 |
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Countess' sorrow at lost baby |
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| Aug.30 |
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Refugees attempt Channel walk |
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| Apr.24 |
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Foot-and-mouth in humans
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| Mar.27 |
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Body found in U.S. pilots search |
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Foot-and-mouth restrictions |
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13 dead in rail crash |
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58 immigrants suffocated in Dutch truck Illegal Chinese immigrants found dead in the back of a transport truck carrying tomatoes
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S.S. Titanic sank Map of Newfoundland Canada| Maritime Provinces: RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocea after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage | |
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| Jun.14 |
London fire: Crews work through night at tower block
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| Jun.13 |
About 60 dead in Grenfell Tower blaze Map of Grenfell Tower West London United Kingdom London: A huge fire has raged through the night at a tower block in Latimer Road, west London, with eyewitnesses claiming people are trapped in their homes
| Firefighters rescued 65 people from Grenfell Tower in north Kensington
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| 2015 |
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| Apr.1 |
Electrical fire sends flames shooting through manholes |
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| Jan.17 |
Lorry fire closes Channel Tunnel
| 2009 |
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| Jul.3 |
6 die in high-rise fire |
| 2008 |
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| Sep.11 |
Fire breaks out in channel tunnel France: Thousands of passengers and truckers are stranded in France and England after a fire broke out in the undersea tunnel linking the two countr...
| 2007 |
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| May.20 |
Fire rips through Cutty Sark London: A fire on board the famous 19th Century ship. Greenwich town center in south-east has been closed to traffic
| 2002 |
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| Jun.2 |
Fire at Buckingham Palace. London
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| 2015 |
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| Jun.28 |
Bus carrying British schoolchildren crashes in Belgium |
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| Feb.2 |
Roof torn off London bus after collision with tree |
| 2013 |
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| Sep.5 |
Huge pile-up involves at least 130 vehicles
| 2011 |
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| Nov.5 |
Seven confirmed dead in UK crash |
|
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| 2015 |
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| Jan.3 |
UK nurse with Ebola now in critical condition |
| 2014 |
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| Oct.11 |
UK expects 'handful' of Ebola cases. London
| 2009 |
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| Nov.20 |
Vicks nasal spray recalled over bacteria |
| 2008 |
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| Dec.5 |
PM urges Zimbabwe cholera action |
| 2007 |
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| Feb.3 |
Bird flu virus is Asian strain
| 2006 |
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| Dec.21 |
Flu 'could wipe out 62 million' |
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| Dec.1 |
Pair test positive for polonium. London
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| Dec.1 |
Dead spy's contact 'has radiation' |
| 2005 |
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| Oct.18 |
Bird flu declared 'global threat' |
| 2002 |
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| Jul.19 |
Full 'Dr. Death' horror revealed |
| 2001 |
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| Dec.7 |
Countess' sorrow at lost baby |
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| 2015 |
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| Feb.1 |
Man scattering ashes swept out to sea |
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| Jan.3 |
Cargo ship aground off southern England |
| 2014 |
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| Aug.16 |
Man dies after 35 found in container. London
| 2013 |
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| Sep.29 |
Tourists jump into UK river in duck boat fire. London
| 2004 |
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| Feb.6 |
18 die in tide. Northern England
| 2003 |
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| Jan.1 |
Tanker strikes sunken vessel |
| 2002 |
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| Dec.15 |
Cargo wreck obstructs Dover Straits
| 1912 |
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| Apr. 14, 1912 |
S.S. Titanic sank Map of Newfoundland Canada| Maritime Provinces: RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocea after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage | |
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| 2012 |
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| Mar.5 |
Power fault brings Eurostar chaos
| 2003 |
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| Aug.28 |
Rush hour power cut hits London |
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| 2010 |
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| May.17 |
UK ash cloud restrictions easing |
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| May.16 |
Ash cloud to close Heathrow and Gatwick London: Britain's two busiest airports are to close shortly as a volcanic ash cloud drifts further south, threatening major disruption to thousands of...
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| May.16 |
Ash closes airports in England, Ireland Northern England: Airports in Manchester and Liverpool closed as a cloud of ash from a volcano moved east into England, but London airports were not affected
|
| Apr.18 |
Test flights: European skies may be safe
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| 2012 |
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| Aug.7 |
Cameroon athletes go missing at Olympics |
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| 2010 |
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| Oct.18 |
Pinera: Mining conditions must improve |
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| 2016 |
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| Feb.8 |
Storm Imogen leaves homes without power across England and Wales |
| 2015 |
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| Dec.30 |
Homes evacuated and power cuts as Storm Frank hits UK |
|
| Jan.29 |
Ice, snow hit Britain, closing Manchester Airport |
| 2014 |
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| Dec.27 |
Snow, ice sweep Britain, stranding drivers |
|
| Feb.12 |
Storm with 106-mph gusts slams flooded Britain Map of Somerset Levels United Kingdom| The latest round of bad weather slammed into west coast with torrential rain. Trucks were toppled, trees were felled. England had its wettest January since records began in 1766.
The resulting floods have drenc... | |
| 2013 |
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| Dec.5 |
Power cuts, as heavy storms sweep Europe. Scotland
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| Oct.29 |
Clean-up in Europe after storm
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| Oct.28 |
Hurricane-force winds batter northern Europe Map of Kent United Kingdom| A major Atlantic storm packing hurricane-force winds pummeled England, France, Belgium and the Netherlands, knocking out power to 220,000 homes | |
| 2012 |
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| Feb.5 |
Heathrow cancels flights as snow blankets. London
| 2010 |
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| Dec.20 |
Europe is digging airports out of snow London: Frustrated passengers crammed major airports as heavy snowfall forced new cancellations and delays across the continent. Gatwick was closed
|
| Nov.26 |
Case for man-made warming increased |
| 2009 |
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| May.29 |
Report: Climate change crisis catastrophic |
|
| Feb.2 |
Heaviest UK snow in 18 years hits flights London: The snowstorm forced the cancellation of more than 650 flights at the airport and shut down the city's bus network
| 2007 |
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| Jan.18 |
47 dead as storm batters Europe London: Gale force winds and heavy downpours hammered northern Europe, disrupting travel for tens of thousands
|
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| 2014 |
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| Dec.1 |
HIV evolving 'into milder form'
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| 2015 |
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| Dec.26 |
UK floods: Homes evacuated amid heavy rain. Northern England
| 2014 |
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| Feb.9 |
Flood-swollen Thames at record levels
| 2007 |
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| Jul.24 |
140,000 homes without water |
|
| Jul.23 |
UK fights worst floods in 60 years 150,000 homes were without drinking water after the floodwaters swamped large areas of western England. 50,000 homes are without electricity
|
|
| 2013 |
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| Oct.15 |
London Zoo's new tiger cub drowns
|
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| 2016 |
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| Feb.14 |
Virgin Atlantic flight back in UK after 'laser incident'. London
| 2015 |
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| Aug.22 |
11 died after single-seat jet crashes at airshow Map of Brighton United Kingdom| Hawker Hunter fighter jet participating in the Shoreham Airshow near Brighton, came down on a highway where it hit several vehicles as it crashed. Pilot 'fighting for life'. It was possible mo... | |
|
| Jul.31 |
Private jet belonging to bin Laden family slams into car auction |
|
| Jun.19 |
'Plane stowaway' body found on Richmond roof London: A stowaway who is believed to have clung on to a plane has fallen to his death, while another is in hospital
| 2014 |
|
| Dec.29 |
Jumbo jet lands safely after scare. London
|
| Dec.12 |
UK flights hit by computer failure. London
|
| Dec.7 |
Drone involved in Heathrow near miss |
| 2013 |
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| Jul.12 |
Dreamliner catches fire at Heathrow London: Flights have resumed at London's Heathrow Airport after a fire on a parked Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet
|
| Jan.16 |
Helicopter crashes in London rush hour A copter crashed into a construction crane atop a new luxury residential building in thick fog, killing the pilot and another person and sparking...
| 2009 |
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| Mar.13 |
'High risk' of plane fault repeat |
|
| Feb.13 |
2 hurt in London City Airport crash |
| 2008 |
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| Jan.17 |
Heathrow crash probe to begin |
|
| Jan.17 |
Heathrow jet lands short of runway London: The pilot of a British Airways passenger jet that crash landed appeared to be struggling to bring the plane down safely
| 2002 |
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| Dec.4 |
Probe after Concorde loses rudder |
| 2001 |
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| Mar.27 |
Body found in U.S. pilots search |
|
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| 2006 |
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| Dec.11 |
Car of ex-spy contact contaminated |
|
| Oct.30 |
Warming 'may cause economic chaos' London: A top economist: Climate change could devastate the global economy on a scale of the 2 world wars
|
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| 2013 |
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| Dec.19 |
Apollo Theatre roof collapses in London Map of Apollo Theatre London United Kingdom The ceiling of central London's historic theatre collapsed during a performance to a nearly packed house, injuring 76 people
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| 2014 |
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| Oct.6 |
Woman accused of harassing McCann family found dead
| 2003 |
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| Jul.19 |
Weapons expert had slashed wrist |
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| 2001 |
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| Aug.30 |
Refugees attempt Channel walk |
| 2000 |
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| Jun.19 |
58 immigrants suffocated in Dutch truck Illegal Chinese immigrants found dead in the back of a transport truck carrying tomatoes
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| 2009 |
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| Dec.18 |
Eurostar trains stuck in tunnel 4 trains have broken down in the Channel Tunnel due to cold weather, as more snow is expected to cause disruption in Britain
| 2004 |
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| Nov.6 |
Train tragedy probe after six die |
| 2003 |
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| Jan.25 |
30 hurt after Tube crash |
| 2001 |
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| Feb.28 |
13 dead in rail crash |
|
|
| 2017 |
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| Nov.16 |
Famed explorer missing for weeks in dangerous jungle spotted. Papua New Guinea
| 2004 |
|
| Mar.25 |
Trapped explorers led out of cave |
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| Aug.3 |
Farm infected with foot-and-mouth 60 animals on the farm at a farm in Surrey have been found to be infected with foot-and-mouth disease
| 2001 |
|
| Apr.24 |
Foot-and-mouth in humans
|
| Mar.1 |
Foot-and-mouth restrictions |
|
|
| 2014 |
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| Nov.21 |
12 injured in London hotel explosion |
| 2005 |
|
| Dec.11 |
Fuel depot blasts injure dozens Several large explosions are lighting up the predawn sky, injuring 43 people and sparking a massive blaze
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