Children sleeping in their beds forced to flee homes after terrifying suspected arson attack in the early hours

direct to your inboxA suspected drink-driver and three of his passengers were taken to hospital after a car smashed into a popular Manchester city centre restaurant at 3am on New Year's Day.No staff were inside Tampopo when the dramatic smash happened in Albert Square.But the car burst into flames on impact and firefighters had to help a man and a woman from the vehicle.They and two others were taken to hospital for treatment.The Ford Fiesta smashed into the front of Tampopo restaurant in Albert

Recovering Georgia Harrison has detailed a worrying medical emergency after she was rushed to hospital in Dubai.The Love Island beauty, who recently sparked romance rumours with Theo Campbell, said she was taken in on Christmas Eve after a cyst ruptured during her sunshine break. It began "severely infecting" her body and affecting her organs, she said – and was forced to spend Christmas Day in a hospital bed.

gun thug who fired a shot through the window of a Paisley house.Cops say the shooting in Glencoats Drive happened around 1.30am this morning.Forensic officers have now arrived at the scene as uniformed cops and patrol cars remain outside the property.

Home for the holidays. Lori Loughlin was released from prison, and she hid from the paparazzi behind a trash bag. The Full House alum was released from the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, on Monday, December 28, after she almost completed her two-month sentence for her part in the nationwide college admissions scandal.

Fire investigators in Portland, Ore., had a suspect in custody and were seeking additional information Friday following a series of small suspected arson fires between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m.

Simon Cowell no doubt has a lot to feel grateful for this Christmas, as he continues to recover from his electric bike accident in August, when he broke his back.But the star always makes the festive season special, as his long-time friend Sinitta has revealed.SEE: Simon Cowell's immaculate Malibu beach house will make you green with envySpeaking to HELLO! on Wednesday, the pop and TV star revealed what it's like to spend Christmas with Simon and his family as she joins the Cowell crew in

former soldier who terrorised his ex-wife and abused social workers in a hate campaign has been jailed.

Japanese prosecutors on Wednesday charged a man with murder for last year’s deadly arson attack on Kyoto Animation, the family-run studio behind a string of internationally beloved anime films and television series. The suspect, Shinji Aoba, 42, was detained in the immediate aftermath of the fire, but local authorities had to wait months for him to recover from serious burns before formally placing him under arrest.

The woman, in her 70s, received a phone call from a man on Tuesday (December 15).He told her there was counterfeit money in her bank account and that she needed to withdraw £7,300. The caller said he would collect the money from her home, in Calder Road, Bolton, later that evening.

direct to your inboxA man in his 60s has died after a car crashed into a fence.The incident happened on Crescent Road in Crumpsall at around 1.40am on Monday morning.Police attended and established that a Volkswagen Golf had collided with a fence at the junction with Duchess Road.The driver was taken to hospital where he was sadly pronounced dead.His next of kin has been informed.It is believed he may have suffered a medical episode at the wheel, police said.An investigation is underway and

was set on fire on the driveway of their home, which sources said was the property of one of three men accused of Williamson’s murder.A 50-year-old woman, her 49-year-old husband and two teenage girls, aged 17 and 13, were inside the property in Ferniegair, near Hamilton, when the vehicle was set alight.The blaze spread to the front door of the house before emergency services, including police and two fire engines, reached the scene just after 1.35am on Saturday.Debris from the burnt-out vehicle

Seven residents at three Washington state nursing homes have died of coronavirus in an outbreak linked to staff who attended a large wedding last month and became infected. The outbreaks were reported on Nov.

Spiders are just one of the negatives of the winter season for some people in the UK.As many critters seek solace from the cold outside inside our cosy houses, it can be a fearful time for arachnaphobes.So it's hard to imagine how some people would cope with the reality faced by our Australian cousins.Life down under features a lot more dangerous and dramatic creepy crawlies, which make our familiar daddy long-legs and wasps look like the cuddly option.One woman's terrifying experience with one

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