Heather Carrick
Heather Carrick
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The Francis Scott Key Bridge in the US city of Baltimore collapsed after a cargo ship crashed into it. (Credit: StreamTime Live/YouTube)

Watch moment Baltimore bridge collapses after cargo ship crash

Footage captured of the moment a wheel fell off of a United Airlines Boeing 777 during takeoff, crushing cars below. Picture: Getty Images

Watch plane lose wheel during take-off

Jeremy Hunt will announce the 2024 Budget. Credit: Kim Mogg/Getty/Adobe

Budget 2024: Hunt cuts NI again and reforms child benefit

Diane Jackson, 61, and partner Mark, 59, have seen their £320,000 new build home turn into a nightmare after mould and beetle infestation riddled the building. (Credit: SWNS)

New-build nightmare for distraught couple

PC Luke Kerruish helped to catch serial shoplifter Liam Clarke after the off-duty cop was in the same discount store the Clarke was attempting to raid. (Credit: Nottinghamshire Police / SWNS)

Watch: Serial shoplifter caught by off-duty cop

A gorilla at Belfast Zoo was having fun in the snow making snowballs, in footage captured by staff. (Credit: Belfast Zoo)

WATCH: Gorilla makes snowballs at zoo

Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has revealed that he has been diagnosed with cancer and has been told by doctors that he has one year to live. (Credit: Getty Images)

Ex-England manager has 'one year to live'

Lucas Slim-Fitzpatrick has been jailed after he was caught dragging his XL bully behind his electric scooter. (Credit: SWNS)

Man jailed for dragging XL bully behind electric scooter

The volcano near the Icelandic town of Grindavik has erupted after weeks of anticipation which saw residents evacuate from nearby villages. (Credit: AFP via Getty Images)

Iceland volcano: eruption begins after weeks of earthquakes

A workman was lifted to safety after a huge fire at a high-rise building in Reading. (Credit: Chris Lauder/X/PA Wire

Shocking footage shows black smoke billow from huge Reading fire

Josie Shanaham fears that her XL Bully assistance dog, Mars, will be taken from her under new rules for the dog breed coming into place next year. (Credit: SWNS)

Woman fears XL Bully assistance dog will be taken from her in new ban
Josie Shanaham has used an XL bully as an assistance dog for two years, but a ban on the breed has raised fears that she may lose her pooch
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Andrew Merritt was caught on CCTV robbing an 88-year-old and has now been jailed for his crime. (Credit: Nottinghamshire Police / SWNS)

Watch: thief caught robbing elderly man on mobility scooter jailed

The main cast of Friends - David Schwimmer, Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Lisa Kudrow and Matt LeBlanc - have issued a joint statement after the death of their former co-star Mathew Perry. (Credit: Getty Images)

Friends cast 'utterly devastated' by death of Matthew Perry

British cargo ship Verity has sunk off the coast of Germany with several people reported missing. (Credit: NationalWorld)

Several people reported missing after British cargo ship sinks

A satellite image shows progress of Storm Babet as UK braces for its arrival.

Storm Babet brings heavy wind & rain to UK

Israel has claimed that it is not responsible for an airstrike on the al Alhi Hospital in Gaza which killed at least 500 people, with Israeli officials instead placing blame on the militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad. (Credit: Getty Images)

Israel denies responsibility for deadly Gaza hospital blast

The UK's inflation rate remained at 6.7% last month despite hopes that a third consecutive dip would be seen, with lower food and drink prices offset by higher petrol and diesel prices. (Credit: Getty Images)

UK inflation remains stagnant at 6.7% despite hopes for another dip

French police have said that a teacher was killed and another two people were injured after a fatal stabbing attack at a high school in the northern city of Arras. (Credit: AFP via Getty Images)

Teacher killed and two others injured in French high school stabbing

Israeli has ordered the evacuation of more than one million Palestinian from northern Gaza over the next 24 hours, ahead of an expected ground assault on the region. (Credit: Getty Images)

Israel orders evacuation of 1.1m people from northern Gaza

Former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has been sentenced to 17 months in prison suspended for two years after pleading guilty to a fraud charge. (Credit: Lucy North/PA Wire)

Bernie Ecclestone spared jail time after guilty fraud plea

Former Barclays boss Jes Staley has been fined £1.8m by the Financial Conduct Authority after misleading the watchdog over his relationship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Esptein. (Credit: Getty Images)

Ex-Barclays boss fined £1.8m by FCA over misleading links to Epstein

The UK's economy has grown by 0.2% in August, with car manufacturing leading the economic boost over the past three months. (Credit: Getty Images)

UK economy grew by 0.2% in August as service sector provides boost
The Office for National Statistics has said that the boost to the UK economy has come thanks to industries in the service sector, including education and engineering
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Hannah Ingram-Moore, daughter of Captain Sir Tom Moore, has admitted that her family kept the profits made from the sale of his three books during a TalkTV interview with Piers Morgan. (Credit: Jacob King/PA Wire)

Captain Tom: daughter Hannah 'admits family kept money from his books'

According to sources close to the UK government, more than 10 British citizens are feared missing or dead amid violence in Israel. (Credit: Getty Images)

Children among 17 British citizens feared dead or missing in Israel

Parts of the UK will experience highs of 26C this weekend, with experts describing the October autumn weather as "unusual". (Credit: Getty Images)

Scotland hit with amber flood warnings as 'heatwave' approaches south

Thousands of people have been evacuated from the island of Tenerife as wildfires spread throughout the island. (Credit: Getty Images)

Thousands evacuated as wildfires rip through Tenerife

Just Stop Oil protesters rushed the stage of the Sondheim Theatre in London while a performance of Les Miserable was ongoing. (Credit: Just Stop Oil/PA Wire)

Just Stop Oil protesters disrupt Les Miserables West End performance

Scottish ministers have signed an extradition order to enable rape suspect Nicholas Rossi to be extradited to the United States, the Scottish Government has confirmed. (Credit: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)

Extradition order signed for US rape suspect Nicholas Rossi

Lucy Letby received a rare whole life order after being convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six more while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital neonatal unit between 2015 and 2016. (Credit: Getty Images)

Hospital probed for corporate manslaughter after Lucy Letby murders

Sharon White poses with her award after she was made a Dame CBE, for public service, next to her husband Sir Robert Chote (Photo by Andrew Matthews - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

John Lewis boss Dame Sharon White to step down

Two scientists credited with making major breakthroughs in the development of mRNA vaccine to fight Covid-19 have won the 2023 Nobel Prize for medicine. (Credit: Getty Images)

Covid-19 vaccine scientists win Nobel prize for medicine

Two teenagers killed and one seriously injured in horror crash

An aerial view of the groundworks construction of the HS2 high speed rail network progresses around the A38 dual-carriageway near Streethay on January 27, 2023 in Lichfield (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Gravy train: £280 million spent on HS2 consultants in years
It comes as Rishi Sunak remains under pressure to confirm whether the Birmingham to Manchester link of the project will be scrapped
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Rishi Sunak's government will preside over the highest tax rises on record, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. (Credit: Getty Images)

Sunak's government will oversee highest tax rises on record

Elianne Andam, 15, was stabbed to death on Wednesday morning in Croydon, south London.

17-year-old boy charged with murder of teenager in Croydon

Sir Michael Gambon has died aged 82, his family has confirmed. (Credit: Getty Images)

Harry Potter actor Sir Michael Gambon dies aged 82

The BBC has introduced new impartiality rules for high profile flagship presenters after a row transpired over Gary Lineker's criticism of the government's asylum policy posted on social media. (Credit: Getty Images)

BBC introduces new rules for flagship presenters after Lineker row

The UK's first drug consumption room in Glasgow has been given approval. (Credit: Getty Images)

UK's first drug consumption room gets approval to open in Glasgow

The RNLI has warned that conditions around coasts could be treacherous as Storm Agnes prepares to hit the country. (Credit: Getty Images)

UK braces as Storm Agnes prepares for landfall

According to a leaked photograph, the government is said to be possibly planning on scrapping the Birmingham to Manchester HS2 phase in order to cut down on costs. (Credit: PA)

Labour mayors join forces to urge Sunak not to scrap HS2 Northern link

The Rosebank oil field in Scotland have been given development and production consent by the NSTA despite pushback from campaigners. (Credit: Getty Images)

Rosebank oil field given go-ahead despite pushback from activists

School support workers, cleaning staff and janitors are currently on strike in Scotland as the Unison union remains locked in a pay dispute with education chiefs. (Credit: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Scottish school support staff stage strike in pay dispute

Zoleka Mandela, the granddaughter of Nelson Mandela, has died aged 43. (Credit: Getty Images)

Nelson Mandela's granddaughter dies aged 43 after cancer battle