The Haiti earthquake is the worst natural disaster in modern history, according to a US study. The study, by the Inter-America Development Bank, says the scale of the devastation caused by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake w…
A second so-called “head shop” has been damaged in a fire, police have said. The blaze started in the Happy Hippy store in Dublin’s north inner city at about 9.30pm on Tuesday night. It was quickly brought under contro…
‘It definitely occurs several times a year, sometimes gathering upwind of the turbines and sometimes downwind depending on the conditions. ‘The strange thing is that you will see this mist around the turbines while it i…
Firefighters have urged people to check their chimneys after a spate of blazes and a carbon monoxide poisoning. West Sussex Fire and Rescue say they dealt with more than 15 serious incidents in five days caused by poor …
An 84-year-old man has died following a house fire at Churchfield Hill in Cork city. Three units of Cork City Fire Brigade responded to the fire at about 11pm last night. The man, who lived with his son in the bungalow…
Snow at RAF Shawbury earlier this year. Flight Officer Stuart Kynaston, Flight Officer James Deas, Flight Officer Chris Carrington-Smith and Pilot Officer Steve Mills made an igloo Shropshire and Mid Wales were today br…
WINTRY: Snow showers covered parts of the region today. WEATHER experts predicted more snow was due to hit the Aberdeen area today. The region woke up to ice and frost, with temperatures at Aboyne falling to minus 3.5C…
James Jordan, Sky News Online A massive mudslide has swept through an Italian town after heavy rains saturated the ground. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. Please download Flash…
A WOMAN in her 20s was taken to hospital following a chip pan fire at her home in Coventry last night. Firefighters were called to the house in Kirkdale Avenue, Holbrooks, at about 11pm. The casualty and her partner we…
An elderly man has died after a house fire in Cork. Firefighters were called to the blaze in Churchfield Hill in the north of the city at around 11pm on Tuesday night. The pensioner, in his 80s, was rushed to Mercy Uni…