Day: July 19, 2015

    Seven people have been injured after a London double-decker bus crashed into a bridge. The roof was sliced off in the incident, which happened in Norwood, south London, at around 9.15pm on Saturday. A hazardous response team, two ambulances, two medical response cars and a duty manager were called out. The seven injured people are understood to have been sitting on the top deck of the 197 service heading to Peckham. Four of them were taken to Croydon University Hospital with minor injuries. A spokesman for London Ambulance Service said one woman with neck pain was given a collar and put on a board as a precaution. A black and yellow striped sign to the right of the bridge reads: "Warning low bridge. Not suitable for double deck vehicles." The A215 Portland Rd at Ma...

    Britain is committed to working with the US to destroy the "caliphate" set up by Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, the prime minister has said. David Cameron told US TV network NBC he wanted the UK to do more but said he needed to "take Parliament with him". MPs voted against proposed military action in Syria two years ago. Lord Richards, former chief of defence staff, called for a new strategy to defeat IS, saying he suspected ground troops would be deployed in the future. Mr Cameron is due to use a speech on Monday to warn young Britons tempted to join IS fighters they will end up as little more than "cannon fodder". "If you are a boy, they will brainwash you, strap bombs to your body and blow you up. If you are a girl, they will enslave and abuse you," he...