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One year on: Schumacher's long road to recovery

A year after Formula One racing great Michael Schumacher suffered a serious head injury while skiing, his manager says he faces a "long, hard fight" for recovery

28/12/2014

World News

Greece: Evacuation of ferry with 466 people on board

A ferry travelling from Greece to Italy with 466 passengers and crew on board has caught fire near the Greek island of Othonoi (Othoní). An

28/12/2014

United Kingdom

Refuse truck kills pedestrians in Glasgow

At least six people were killed and several others injured when an out-of-control refuse truck crashed into pedestrians in the centre of the Scottish

22/12/2014

United Kingdom

Six feared dead in Glasgow bin lorry crash

22/12/2014

World News

‘no comment ‘: the best of 2014

22/12/2014

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China: Lucky escape for 60-year-old man trapped in well for three days

22/12/2014

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Cyclist's incredible escape after being run over by a lorry

21/12/2014

Netherlands

Crane crash during elaborate marriage proposal

An elaborate marriage proposal in the Netherlands went badly wrong when a crane being used to drop the would-be suitor into his girlfriend’s garden

15/12/2014

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Ship capsizes in Lake Tanganyika killing over 100

14/12/2014

USA

Fur flies as Chicago hotel evacuates amid chlorine gas leak

People dressed as bears, raccoons, tigers and other animals were forced to evacuate a hotel in Chicago when the Midwest FurFest Convention was disrupted by a chlorine gas leak.

08/12/2014

Serbia

Safety helmet saves Serbian minister from falling ice

Serbia’s energy minister unwittingly illustrated the dangers posed by a cold snap as he toured an eastern region. Aleksandar Antic was saved by his

05/12/2014

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China: Lucky escape for driver after car plunges into river

03/12/2014

Cuba

French tourists hurt in Cuba coach crash

More than 40 French tourists have been injured, seven critically, in a coach crash in central Cuba.

02/12/2014

World News

Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes dies two days after being hit by ball

27/11/2014

Egypt

At least 18 killed in Cairo building collapse

25/11/2014

United Kingdom

Two dead after sofa hoist goes wrong in London

21/11/2014

Germany

Plane carrying U2's Bono lost hatch while approaching Berlin

13/11/2014

USA

Crash-test dummies go up a size to help save obese drivers

31/10/2014

Ireland

In pictures: Two Ryanair planes collide at Dublin airport

07/10/2014

Sport

Speed: Bianchi seriously injured

05/10/2014