Police have warned that an Afghan asylum seeker suspected of carrying out a chemical attack on a woman and her two daughters may already be dead. Abdul Ezedi was seen on CCTV near Southwark Bridge two hours after attacking a 31-year-old woman and
People are first thought to have settled in Siberia, the vast swathe of land that stretches from the Russian Urals to the Bering Sea, by 45,000 BCE. These ancient people spread in all directions, both east and west, and went on to
US Airways Flight 1549 made a miraculous emergency landing in the Hudson River on this day in history, Jan. 15, 2009. The maneuver occurred shortly after the US Airways Airbus A320 aircraft left LaGuardia Airport in New York City for Charlotte, North
A jogger escaped being mauled to death by a dangerous dog by jumping into a river where she was trapped for 30 minutes, a court heard. The out-of-control boxweiler – a boxer-rottweiler cross – has been condemned to death for the terrifying
Nearly 200 cows and horses were rescued after being stranded on a river island in Serbia due to sharply rising water levels. Local authorities initiated the evacuation, using a fenced river raft to transport the animals safely. The Danube experienced increased water
Environmental regulators have brought several criminal charges against an airport accused of polluting the third-longest river in the UK with de-icer that is used on planes. Derby Railway Angling Club campaigned for years on the matter following the River Trent’s and the
Brits are facing five more days of flooding as river levels rise and more rain is forecast, the Environment Agency (EA) has warned. More than 1,800 properties have already flooded due to prolonged wet weather and intense rainfall, the EA said. And
Raw sewage has spilt from a flooded treatment works in Surrey after Storm Henk caused the River Mole to burst its banks, with a shocking clip capturing the alarming spectacle. Filthy water is shown spreading across a public footpath beyond the fence
Urgent flood warnings are currently in place for one UK region as river levels continue to rise after Storm Henk wreaked havoc across the UK. While the Met Office has a yellow alert for rain covering the entirety of the south of
Tributes have poured out for three men who died after their 4×4 was “swept away” by Storm Gerrit. The men, named as Scott Thomas Daddy, 28, Leslie Forbes, 70, and Kenneth Patrick Hibbins, 59, died after the devastating storm made landfall in