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Footage shows crashes and near misses on estate
Families on a Rotherham estate say they fear that someone will be badly injured or killed after a spate of crashes. A lack of markings at junctions has led to numerous crashes in recent months, according to residents on the Waverley estate. The developer said it had commissioned a traffic assessment and was now implementing…
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Soviet-era jet crashes during air show in Michigan
A Soviet-era MiG-23 fighter has crashed at an air show in Michigan, hitting unoccupied cars as it fell. The pilot noticed the plane was losing power, and he and the passenger were able to safely eject just moments before the plane crashed in a plume of smoke. The pilot had serious but non-life threatening injuries,…
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Hawaii wildfires: Crews may find 10 to 20 wildfire victims a day
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Nadine Yousif BBC News Recovery crews combing through homes and vehicles burned to a cinder in Hawaii are likely to find 10 to 20 more victims per day, the governor has warned. The death toll grew…
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Russia rouble: No panic but currency fall will hurt
Reuters By Will Vernon BBC News, Moscow If you switch on Russian state TV today, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the Russian economy is booming. A presenter on the Rossiya-24 channel did admit that the dollar exchange rate had reached an eye-watering 101 roubles – but, he went on to insist, the Russian economy…
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Clarence Avant: Music industry legend known as the ‘Black Godfather’ dies aged 92
Getty Images By Mark Savage BBC Music Correspondent Clarence Avant, whose talent as a manager, mentor and deal-maker earned him the nickname ‘The Godfather of Black Music’, has died aged 92. A former head of Motown, he worked with everyone from Bill Withers to Michael Jackson, and founded one of America’s first Black-owned radio stations.…
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Father and son among 5 dead in Pennsylvania home explosion
Ring.Com By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington A 38-year-old man and his 12-year-old son are among five people killed in a house explosion in Pennsylvania over the weekend. The 12 August blast in Plum, a Pittsburgh suburb, left three others injured, including one person in critical condition. Three other structures in the neighbourhood were…
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Klaus Nomi: The ‘singing alien’ loved by David Bowie, Lady Gaga and many more
Few pop stars have been quite as unique as the otherworldly maverick Nomi, who became the talk of the town in late-1970s New York. Forty years on from his untimely death, Nick Levine considers his legacy. “Will they know me, know me, know me now?” That’s the question asked by visionary German singer and performance…
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Georgia prosecutors could charge Trump with racketeering, experts say
Getty Images By Sam Cabral BBC News Donald Trump is already facing 78 criminal charges across three cases – but this week in Georgia, he could be hit with one he has never seen before: racketeering. Local prosecutors in Fulton County have been investigating the efforts to overturn Mr Trump’s defeat in the closely-contested state…
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PSNI data breach: Half of police officers push for damages
PA/Liam McBurney Information mistakenly released in a major data breach is in the hands of dissident republicans, Northern Ireland’s police chief has said. The data includes the surname and first initial of 10,000 Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) employees. It also includes their rank or grade, where they are based and the unit in…
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Hans Zimmer: Composer leads group to buy historic BBC Maida Vale studios
By Ian Youngs Entertainment & arts reporter The BBC’s historic Maida Vale studios, which have hosted sessions by stars ranging from the Beatles to Adele, have been sold to a group led by Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer. Zimmer, who wrote the scores for films like The Lion King and Dune, has teamed up with Love…