Child dies and another in hospital after rare bacteria outbreak at primary school

Top Gear host Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff has been taken to the hospital after a high-speed crash on the set of the BBC series.

A Scots oil worker has died and another left injured following an incident on a rig platform in Qatar.

Star of the screen and stage Ruth Madoc, best known for appearing in BBC sitcom Hi-de-Hi!, has died at the age of 79 following a fall, her agent has confirmed.

Fifteen children under the age of 15 have now died in the UK from invasive Strep A illness, figures show. New data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows 13 children under 15 have died in England since September.

A devastated father has said that he took his young daughter to hospital A&E on three separate occasions prior to her being admitted to Intensive Care where she later died from Strep A. Five-year old Stella-Lily McCorkindale became the ninth UK child to pass away from the bacterial infection outbreak after initially feeling unwell on November 26.

A fourth child has died from Strep A as the bacterial infection continues to sweep primary schools across the UK.

Mylene Demongeot, whose career spanned 70 years of French and British cinema appearances, died today at age 87 in a Paris hospital. No cause of death has been reported.

Tim Beddows, Managing Director of the UK-based Network Distributing Limited, has died. He was 59.

Former Dr Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson has died, aged 75.A statement posted on the musician’s social media accounts yesterday reads: “This is the announcement we never wanted to make, and we do so with a very heavy heart: Wilko Johnson has died. He passed away at home on Monday 21 Nov. Thank you for respecting the family’s privacy at this very sad time”.Johnson formed Dr Feelgood in 1971 with singer Lee Brilleaux, bassist John ‘The Big Figure’ Martin and drummer John ‘Sparko’ Sparks.

Musician and actor Wilko Johnson has sadly passed away at the age of 75.

Wilko Johnson, the pub-rock guitarist who played executioner Ser Ilyn Payne in Game of Thrones, has died aged 75.

A mum has died two days after a tragic house fire that also claimed the lives of her two young children. Fatoumatta Hydara, 28, had been on life support since she was pulled from the horror blaze in Fairisle Close, Clifton, in the early hours of Sunday.

Police have confirmed that a young mum has tragically died in hospital two days after her children were killed in a fire that broke out at their home. Fatoumatta Hydara, 28, was rushed to Queen's Medical Centre after the blaze emerged at around 3:17am on November 20 in her flat in the Clifton area of Nottingham.

A British dad has died from poisoning whilst on a family holiday to Disney World in Florida. Philip Weybourne, 40, was found to have fatal levels of fentanyl in his blood, an inquest heard.