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No survivors found in search of debris after Jersey flats destroyed in explosion

No survivors have been found after rescuers spent the night searching for the remains of a block of flats in Jersey. The Haut du Mont flats in St Helier were destroyed in an explosion shortly before 4am on Saturday 10 December. Rescuers have warned they “expect to find” more bodies in the rubble. Five people …

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England out of World Cup LIVE: Referee criticized after ‘nightmare’ as Harry Kane accepts blame for penalty

‘Not coming home’: England squad return to UK after World Cup dreams dashed England return home with their 2022 World Cup dream on the line after Saturday night’s 2-1 defeat by France. Harry Kane scored a penalty to equalize after Aurelien Tchouameni’s opener, but after Olivier Giroud put Les Bleus back in front, Kane spurned …

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Police in the Jersey blast now focused on “recovery” rather than rescue

Emergency services in Jersey are treating an explosion at a block of flats as a “recovery operation” rather than a search and rescue, the police chief has said, with 12 people still missing. Three people died on Saturday after the explosion at Haut du Mont, Pier Road, in the capital, St Helier. On Sunday morning, …

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Home Office staff are calling for the ‘unpleasant’ small craft deal to be scrapped.

Home Office staff are rebelling against the government’s attempts to crack down on small boats crossing the Channel, calling for its recent deal with the French to be scrapped because it is “doomed to fail”. A day after France announced it was increasing the number of rescue boats in the Channel, the Public and Commercial …

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Gunman who ‘killed mother’ and ‘took hostages, including 9-year-old’ in Dresden dies

An armed suspect who allegedly killed his mother before taking two hostages in Dresden has been shot dead, police said. Officers said they were initially speaking to a 40-year-old German man after he barricaded himself in a shopping center with a nine-year-old boy and a 38-year-old shop worker. Three hundred officers, including special forces, responded …

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Jersey blast: Rescuers continue to search after ‘ferocious’ blast at Jersey block of flats kills at least three

Emergency services have been working through the night after a “devastating” explosion at a three-storey block of flats in Jersey left three people dead and “around a dozen” others missing. The Jersey government tweeted a video of firefighters and specialist rescue teams, including a dog, at the scene in the Channel Island capital of St …

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Qatar World Cup: England knocked out after quarter-final defeat by champions France

Harry Kane has taken responsibility for England’s World Cup quarter-final exit at the hands of France, saying: “I’ll take it on the chin and of course it hurts now, and it’s going to hurt for a long time, but that’s part of being. captain and leader of the team.” Having reached the semi-finals in 2018 …

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