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A diversion route has been issued to help drivers stuck on the A12 after the road was closed in Colchester following a 'serious' crash.

Panicked swimmers were seen racing to escape a shark - only to realise that they were running away from a tuna. 

I thought what I did for my boyfriend was normal - until I told my friends.

In just two days between August 7 and August 9, officers detained a staggering 90 luxury vehicles across Hyde Park, Kensington and Chelsea.

A Porter Airlines flight in Canada was cancelled after a young child refused to sit down and buckle up, forcing the plane back to the terminal and delaying it past the airport's runway closure.

No, no nasties to see here, guv...

Radio Caroline in Essex has been found to have breached Ofcom rules after accidentally broadcasting the death of King Charles III.

Radio Caroline in Essex has been found to have breached Ofcom rules after accidentally broadcasting the death of King Charles III.

I was the Travel and Lifestyle Editor at ELLE for more than 30 years, so I know a thing or two about globetrotting in style. The lifestyle may sound glamorous but you still have to keep costs down.

It's an experience familiar to all of us - that awkward moment you find yourself stood next to someone with strong body odour (BO) or a friend with bad breath leans in close for a chat.

The television personality begged the universe for help in 'sorting her life out' after reports her ex-husband Paddy McGuinness is dating a Radio 2 publicist.

Bikini-clad Heidi Klum looked more loved-up than ever as she packed on the PDA with husband Tom Kaulitz in St Barts on Sunday. 

Police are still searching for a sub-Saharan man who vanished shortly after landing at the Benzu viewpoint, close to the land border with Morocco.

Global ocean temperatures have hit a record high in a worrying sign that the Super El Niño is strengthening, new data reveals.

Does the idea of snogging your other half in public make you cringe? If the answer is yes, there's bad news - as a new study has revealed that public displays of affection (PDA) are actually good for you.

Scientists have revealed just how much water is locked away in the world's glaciers - and the consequences if it were all released into the oceans.

Peter Facer, 38, had his oboe stolen by crooks when he was travelling back from his former woodwind teacher's retirement party in London on June 14.

Queen Elizabeth II had a very particular routine when travelling by air, with flight attendants given detailed instructions on everything from her preferred pre-flight drink to the pillows she used.

Three years ago environmental regulators discovered garbage burning deep inside California's Chiquita Canyon Landfill, reports the Los Angeles Times. [Alternate URL here.] "Few imagined the calamity that would follow. "Somehow the landfill's pollution control system introduced oxygen below, causing decades-old waste to rapidly decompose, generating intense heat and eventually widespread smoldering, federal and state environmental agencies say." The broiling temperatures released toxic gases and hazardous liquid waste that bubbled up to the surface. Residents living in the nearby communities of Val Verde and Castaic have phoned in thousands of complaints about stench and lived with nausea, dizziness and trouble breathing. The underground fire has tripled in size since first confirmed in 2023. Recently a towering mound of landfill garbage perched on the hillside has warped and threatens to trigger an avalanche of garbage and chemical-filled liquid, or leachate, according to the California water board... At first, local officials described the problem in Los Angeles County at Chiquita Canyon landfill as a rare, even unprecedented disaster. But since then, California regulators have learned that at least two other landfills are wrestling with high temperatures and similar conditions. Scorching temperatures have overtaken at least 30 acres of El Sobrante landfill near Corona in Riverside County. Excessive heat and emissions have also been detected at Avenal landfill in the San Joaquin Valley. The discoveries raise an unsettling question: How many landfills are dealing with these disasters? Are they a broader problem in California...? Chiquita Canyon closed at the end of the 2024 and stopped accepting new garbage. But the fire is expected to last for years as it continues to consume decades-old trash. "Underground landfill fires are complex, nearly impossible to extinguish once they break out," according to the article. "As regulators search for a solution, residents find themselves struggling with the wait." Some residents have worn gas masks — or sold their homes.

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UEFA has accused under pressure FIFA president Gianni Infantino of deception in a joint statement with the football federations of Asia and North and Central America.