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Family of Westminster attack victim Pc in bid to halt inquest
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Family of Westminster attack victim Pc in bid to halt inquest

    The family of murdered police officer Keith Palmer have made an 11th hour bid to halt an inquest into his death after being refused legal aid. The Old Bailey heard they are extremely distressed that nobody from the Metropolitan Police has spoken to them to let them know there was an issue surrounding the absence of armed officers in place to protect their brother. Pc Palmer, 48, was positioned on the Carriage Gates outside the Palace of Westminster when he was knifed to death by Khalid Masood, 52, on March 22 last year. Susannah Stevens, representing his sisters, Angela Clark and Michelle Palmer, applied to adjourn the inquest into his death on the fifth day of the hearing on Friday morning before evidence relating to the officer was due to begin. Their applicatio...
2 dead in seven vehicle M5 crash
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2 dead in seven vehicle M5 crash

    A man and a woman have died and four people were injured in a seven-vehicle collision on the M5 in Somerset. Emergency services were called to the scene near junction 24 at Huntworth just after 8.30am on Thursday. The collision on the southbound carriageway involved a lorry and six cars. The female driver of one car and the male passenger of another car were pronounced dead at the scene, a police spokesman said. A woman from each of those vehicles was taken to Southmead Hospital in Bristol with serious injuries. Two other victims of the crash, who are not believed to have life-threatening injuries, were taken to Musgrove Park Hospital. Another person was treated at the scene and later released. Pictures from the crash site showed emergency workers next to a bad...
Brexit: French May stop Eurostar
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Brexit: French May stop Eurostar

    Nathalie Loiseau, the minister for European affairs, said it was correct that both trains and planes from the UK would be barred without an exit agreement. If we reach no agreement this is what will happen, among other things, Ms Loiseau told an event in London. The warning comes one week after a secret Treasury document acknowledged there were questions about rail access to the EU if there is a no-deal Brexit. But No 10 refused to discuss what was meant by the reference on the Operation Yellowhammer document, photographed as a minister carried it into a Whitehall meeting. The government has previously acknowledged that planes would be grounded without a post-Brexit agreement, while insisting the prospect was remote. However, the UK’s attempts to prepare side dea...
70 gas blasts rock boston homes
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70 gas blasts rock boston homes

    At least one person was killed and 13 were injured in Massachusetts Thursday after a series of gas explosions tore through several communities outside Boston, officials said. Leonel Robson, 18, was inside his car when a chimney from a house explosion fell on his vehicle, the Essex County District Attorney’s office said. Robson was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. At least 13 patients were taken to Lawrence General Hospital as a result of the gas fires. The hospital said one critical patient was taken to a trauma center, while the other injuries ranged from minor smoke inhalation to blast trauma. Preliminary numbers estimate that between 60 and 100 homes in the Merrimack Valley caught fire in the towns of Lawrence, Andover and North Andover, Methue...