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London's embattled Hammersmith Bridge will likely never re-open to cars after the council spent £3million turning the structure into an eco-friendly cycle path.

Brave police officers saved the lives of two young children from the dangerous suspect

Holidaymaker Janet Purkess, 87, from Lyndhurst, had just stepped off the Saga Sapphire cruise ship in Bridgetown, Barbados, when she was crushed to death by a 29-tonne HGV.

Kory Russell died from heat exhaustion after running the Royal Parks Half Marathon, finishing in front of the Royal Albert Hall.

The England star gave his best Bond impression as he sat alongside James Corden for the presenter's FOX TV carpool show. He also sang Sweet Caroline without skipping a lyric.

A family missed a once-in-a-lifetime holiday after airline staff reportedly said their system did not recognise Jersey, despite the family holding valid British passports.

THE first edition of a new Essex music festival saw thousands of music turn out for rock, Americana... and barbecues.

A 'walkable neighbourhood' has been planned with a 'community hub'

Witham MP Priti Patel has praised Essex Police Chief Constable BJ Harrington ahead of his retirement.

THE first edition of a new Essex music festival saw thousands of music turn out for rock, Americana... and barbecues.

Clarice Berry was doing laundry on a hot summer's day at her home in Shevington, near Wigan, Greater Manchester in July 2021 when she was tragically buried under 10ft of rubble.

An astonishing 10,000 hopeful tennis fans had already joined the famous Queue by 8.30am on the opening day of The Championships, prompting organisers to issue an unusual plea.

Linux 6.18 arrives with a few desktop tweaks, while the neglected x86 edition remains stuck on Debian 11

Thylane Blondeau wore a custom couture gown by Eva Bouskila as she tied the knot with her French DJ husband Ben Attal in Paris, France, on Monday.

Bella had emergency surgery at the age of four after a large tumour was discovered in her brain

Slashdot reader joshuark summarizes this walk down memory lane from the tech site MakeUseOf: Facing real competition from Digital Research's DR DOS, Microsoft secretly embedded a sabotaging mechanism known as "AARD code" into beta versions of Windows 3.1 to prevent it from running on Digital Research's competing DR DOS operating system.This code triggered fake, alarming error messages to convince developers that DR DOS was unstable... Although Microsoft disabled the feature in the final retail release, the California-based firm Caldera, Inc., which had acquired DR DOS assets, sued Microsoft for anti-competitive practices.Microsoft settled the lawsuit out of court in 2000 for $280 million, a figure that remained sealed until it was unsealed in 2009.

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A British family founded themselves almost alone on a Virgin Atlantic flight to Orlando this month, while other travellers have shared similar 'private jet' experiences.

The woman, 50, was hit on the head at the Nydri waterfalls in Lefkada, Greece, where a fragment of rock came loose and broke off which caused the severe injury.

Vaping and laughing as she strolled down the muggy late-night streets of Los Angeles , Lily James was in a haze of happiness.

The former Watford, Wigan and Sheffield United striker sued his half-brother Marvin and half-sister Leisha after their dad Carl Vincent King cut him out of his will.