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Munich air tragedy remembered in TV drama

The true story of Manchester United’s famous ‘Busby Babes’ and the 1958 plane crash in Munich that claimed eight of their lives is recreated in new BBC film United. We report from the set of the TV drama, in which Dougray Scott appears as manager Matt Busby and David Tennant plays coach Jimmy [...]

David Arquette hospitalised in car crash

Actor David Arquette has been hospitalised in Los Angeles following a car crash. Reports suggest the Scream star’s Cadillac veered into oncoming traffic in West Hollywood on Friday afternoon and collided with another car. Witnesses tell HollyScoop.com, Arquette swerved to avoid hitting a car that had stopped suddenly in front of him. The [...]

Road Wall Builders Sued

Bungling road officials who built a wall across a 70 miles per hour motorway at night without warning motorists are being sued by crash victims. The five-feet high wall – which had no lights or signs – had been built to protect road repairers working further down the highway. But officials are facing an inquiry [...]

Challenger disaster’s 25th anniversary

The US space agency Nasa has held a day of remembrance for astronauts who have died in the line of duty, particularly the seven who perished in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. It is 25 years since the shuttle exploded 73 seconds after launch at an altitude of 14,000 metres (46,000ft), killing all on [...]

Bus Driver´s Lucky Explosion Escape

Terrified bus driver Wang Ko was blown into the air when a gas mains exploded under his coach – and then plunged 40ft into the crater left by the massive blast. Officials in Ruian, Zhejiang province, eastern China, are investigating the blast which injured Wang, 40, and a six-year-old boy pedestrian. “The was a huge [...]