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EXCLUSIVE: Chris Dunn (pictured), owner of private firefighting firm Covered 6, told the Mail his phone had been 'ringing off the hook' with pleas for help.

Robert Rivani's five-bedroom oceanside mansion has been razed to the ground just weeks before he was set to list it on the market for $40 million after three years of costly renovations.

Madeleine West has announced she is pregnant with her seventh child.

Eve McCarthy, a physiology pupil at University College Dublin, died after falling about 500ft from the infamous Caminito del Rey pathway in Malaga, Spain.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from CBS News: The Supreme Court on Monday said it will not consider whether to quash lawsuits brought by Honolulu seeking billions of dollars from oil and gas companies for the damage caused by the effects of climate change, clearing the way for the cases to move forward. The legal battle pursued in Hawaii state court is similar to others filed against the nation's largest energy companies by state and local governments in their courts. The suits claim that the oil and gas industry engaged in a deceptive campaign and misled the public about the dangers of their fossil fuel products and the environmental impacts. A group of 15 energy companies asked the Supreme Court to review a decision from the Hawaii Supreme Court that allowed a lawsuit brought by the city and county of Honolulu, as well as its Board of Water Supply, to proceed. The suit was brought in Hawaii state court in March 2020, and Honolulu raised (PDF) several claims under state law, including creating a public nuisance and failure to warn the public of the risks posed by their fossil fuel products. The city accused the oil and gas industry of contributing to global climate change, leading to flooding, erosion and more frequent and intense extreme weather events. These changes, they said, have led to property damage and a drop in tax revenue as a result of less tourism. The energy companies unsuccessfully sought to have the case moved to federal court, arguing that the claims raised by Honolulu under state law were overridden by federal law and the Clean Air Act. A state trial court denied their efforts to dismiss the case. The oil and gas industry has argued that greenhouse-gas emissions "flow from billions of daily choices, over more than a century, by governments, companies and individuals about what types of fuels to use, and how to use them." Honolulu, the companies said, was seeking damages for the "cumulative effect of worldwide emissions leading to global climate change." The Hawaii Supreme Court ultimately allowed (PDF) the lawsuit to proceed. The state's highest court determined that the Clean Air Act displaced federal common law governing suits seeking damages for interstate pollution. It also rejected the oil companies' argument that Honolulu was seeking to regulate emissions through its lawsuit, finding that the city instead wanted to challenge the promotion and sale of fossil fuel products "without warning and abetted by a sophisticated disinformation campaign." "Plaintiffs' state tort law claims do not seek to regulate emissions, and there is thus no 'actual conflict' between Hawaii tort law and the [Clean Air Act]," the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled. "These claims potentially regulate marketing conduct while the CAA regulates pollution." The oil companies asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the ruling from the Hawaii high court and urged it to stop Honolulu's lawsuit from going forward. Regulation of interstate pollution is a federal area governed by federal law, lawyers for the energy industry argued. [...] The Supreme Court in June asked the Biden administration to weigh in on the cases and whether it should step into the dispute. In a filing submitted to the Supreme Court before the transfer of presidential power, the Biden administration urged the justices to turn away the appeals, in part because it said it is too soon for them to intervene.

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The collision happened near the junction of Narborough Road and Upperton Road in Leicester shortly after 4.40pm on Monday.

Richard Stacey, 37, entered no plea to the charge that he grabbed the child by the neck as she rode her tricycle while on a family outing in Wolverhampton.

Weight-loss jabs present a dilemma for the NHS : they offer the first real hope of turning the tide of obesity, but, for now, the health service can't afford them.

Linda Lawrence, 58, was caught with 9kg of cocaine worth up to £750,000 in the boot of her car and has been jailed for six years.

A decade ago, Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell invited television cameras into their home to show the nation how normal power couples live.

The 16-year-old boy was detained by local police near Wigan bus station, on New Market Street, on January 11.

Christopher Richards, 58, of Reading, Berkshire, was convicted of four counts of indecent assault on a male against two boys.

The secret note begins like a regular shopping list ('Food-tomatoes') before descending into a stomach-churning catalogue of the abuse levelled at her by Mr Wellings.

Shoppers appear to be falling in love with the range

Dominic Scribbins, 39, was found guilty by a jury of 16 offences including three counts of sexual assault of a child under 13 and two counts of assault of a child under 13 by penetration.

A 'callous, cruel and entitled' businesswoman who demanded payments totalling £100,000 from an innocent man has been jailed for blackmail.

The public were given the power to pair up the singeltons and wickedly opted to reunited exes Marcel Somerville , 39, and Gabby Allen , 32, six years after their relationship ended.

The change means hundreds of thousands of people aged 50 and 52 will receive a bowel cancer testing kit in the post.

JEMIMA CAINER: Full Moons have always been associated with full feelings. Ask anyone who works with the public about their day during a Full Moon and you'll hear of overflowing emotions.

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: In 2025 I would urge Borthwick to add another characteristic to his repertoire. Daring. We are two years out from the World Cup and it's time to make a statement.