Four killed as cable car crashes to ground near Naples after wire snaps

Four killed as cable car crashes to ground near Naples after wire snaps

At least four people killed in cable car crash in Italy | World News | Sky News Thursday 17 April 2025 18:34, UK Why you can trust Sky NewsAt least four people have been killed and another injured in a cable car accident in Italy, officials have said.They said a cable had snapped, causing the crash south of Naples.Another person is missing, officials said.This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly.Please refresh the page […]

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Two dead and five injured in shooting at Florida university

Four in hospital as police deal with active shooter at Florida university | US News | Sky News BreakingBreakingThursday 17 April 2025 18:18, UK Why you can trust Sky NewsFour people are in hospital as police deal with an active shooter on a university campus in Florida.Videos showed people running through traffic, fleeing the scene, around the time of the shooting at the student union at Florida State University's campus in Tallahassee.Local police said officers were "on the scene or […]

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Boy, 16, arrested on suspicion of murder after elderly couple die in house fire

Boy, 16, arrested on suspicion of murder after elderly couple die in house fire | UK News | Sky News Hampshire Constabulary said it was now treating the fire, which claimed the lives of a man in his 90s and a woman in her 80s, as possible arson.Thursday 17 April 2025 20:24, UK Image: Heron Close, Hampshire Why you can trust Sky NewsA 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder after an elderly couple died in a fire […]

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Toby Carvery boss apologises after centuries-old tree felled outside one of its restaurants

The chief executive of Toby Carvery has apologised for "all the upset that it has caused" after it felled a 400-year-old oak tree outside one of its restaurants.The tree, in Whitewebbs Park, north London, on the border of a restaurant car park, had its branches cut off on 3 April after the company's owner, Mitchells & Butlers, said specialists had advised that it was "a potential health and safety risk".However, an Enfield Council boss claimed its own team of experts […]

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Man, 20, charged over police pursuit crash that injured seven officers

A 20-year-old man has been charged with dangerous driving after seven police officers were injured in a car chase on Tyneside.The crash on the northbound A1 on 9 April involved five police cars and led to the road's closure.Mazyar Azarbonyad, 20, of Sylvia Terrace in Durham, will appear at Newcastle Magistrates' Court on Saturday.He has also been charged with two counts of failing to stop, two counts of not having insurance, and two counts of driving without a licence. Image: […]

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Trans women to be strip searched by male transport police after court ruling

Trans women in British Transport Police custody will now be strip searched by male officers - not female - following Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling.The force said it is introducing an "interim position" while it digests the Supreme Court's decision that the definition of a "woman" under the Equality Act 2010 refers to "a biological woman and biological sex".A British Transport Police (BTP) Authority spokesman told Sky News: "Under previous policy, we had advised that someone with a gender recognition certificate […]

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Why have gold prices hit record highs?

Gold has been reaching record highs of late, with the price of spot gold hitting $3,357.40 (£2,532) per ounce for the first time ever on Wednesday.It marked a rise of around $700 (£528) this year and comes at a time of significant uncertainty over Donald Trump's tariffs on imports into the US.That is no coincidence.That's because gold is a tangible commodity - a physical good that can be bought and sold.Gold prices fell more than 1% on Thursday after a […]

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Woman who found job cutting weeds and providing massages for man ‘scared and nervous’ after ‘sexual advances’

A man has gone on trial accused of leaving a woman "scared and nervous" after allegedly making sexual advances towards her at his Highland home.Kevin Booth, 65, is charged with directing "sexual communication" towards the woman, who is now 40.The alleged offences are said to have taken place at Booth's home at Lochdhu Lodge in Altnabreac, where he lived with his wife and young child, between 8 August 2022 and 9 December 2022.Booth denies a charge of directing sexual communication […]

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The Godfather-style gang war gripping two major cities – with brutal attacks caught on camera

It's like The Godfather, one reformed drug trafficker tells me.The mythical gangster film centred on an organised crime dynasty locked in a transfer of power.Communities in Scotland currently have a front row seat to a new war of violence, torture, and taunts as feuding drug lords and notorious families grapple for control of Glasgow and Edinburgh.There have been more than a dozen brutal attacks over the past six weeks - ranging from fire bombings to attacks on children and gun […]

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