All news for 2025-03-30

A state of emergency has been declared in Olomouc due to a train accident involving benzene. Approximately 350 tons of the toxic substance leaked into the groundwater, marking the largest pollution of its kind in the world.

In Bad Harzburg, a woman inherited a house where she discovered 1200 cannabis plants and equipment for cultivating them. The police confiscated everything and arrested two suspects.

The actor died on Saturday night in Waimānalo, Hawaii of complications after a stroke, his publicist says

Uncrewed Spectrum test rocket’s failure seconds after blast-off said to have produced extensive data nonetheless

MPs could face a new expenses clampdown after a Labour whip billed taxpayers for £900 to cover the cost of keeping her cockapoo at her second home in London.

Police, fire and ambulance services were called at around 10.30pm on Friday to reports of a large blaze at a 19th-century former station house in Rushton, near Kettering.

A further two PSNI officers have retired while under investigation for new complaints into the mishandling of the Jonathan Creswell case, bringing the total who have quit to four.

A man reportedly ran into a Matalan store for help after being stabbed at a retail park.

A retired police officer and his wife were living a quiet and respectable life in a small town in Dorset.

Thames Valley Police are investigating a rape that happened in Banbury, Oxfordshire, in the early hours of this morning. The victim, aged in her late teens, was assaulted in a park

A woman has been arrested after a dog died following the incident in a park in Banbury, Oxfordshire - police said the suspected XL Bully was not on a lead at the time

Joakim Medin, who is employed by the Dagens ETC newspaper, was taken into custody on Thursday upon his plane’s landing.

The CIA base in Virginia mistakenly appeared on the list of government buildings for sale from DODGE by Elon Musk.

A woman has died on an easyJet flight from Tenerife to Liverpool, despite the efforts of passengers who tried to save her life.

The chair of a charity set up by the Duke of Sussex has accused him of ‘harassment and bullying at scale’ after he resigned as patron earlier this week.