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  1. Airman who died from horrific 150ft fall during rappelling accident at college football game is identified

    Tech Sergeant Ian Patterson died from injuries suffered when he fell more than 150 feet from the rafters of the Alamodome in a horrifying pregame accident on Saturday night.

  2. Tennis courts planned for Ashford estate left with no facilities for 11 years

    A housing estate left without any community facilities for 11 years could finally get a new centre featuring three tennis courts.

  3. Suicidal British woman who flew to America to be murdered by a man she met in a fetish chatroom was groomed, claim relatives

    Sonia Exelby, 32, was found in a shallow grave in Florida on October 17 last year days after travelling 4,000 miles allegedly to meet Dwain Hall, 54.

  4. Police want to speak to this man after £500 of meat was robbed from a Lidl in Altrincham

    Police say a man was caught leaving with the stolen meat then attacked the store manager

  5. Work begins to rebuild parts of popular quay after devastating fire

    Almost a year after a devastating fire destroyed a historic building at a popular quay, work has finally begun to bring it back to life.

  6. ANDREW NEIL: The orgy of violence in France makes a Right-wing Le Pen victory all but inevitable next year

    Every generation or so the course of French democracy is determined on the streets. Be in no doubt that just happened again at the weekend

  7. ‘Illegal tree felling’ probe at Kent site earmarked for housing

    Drone pictures show trees being hacked down at a site earmarked for housing, sparking a Forestry Commission probe into alleged illegal felling.

  8. Shocking images emerge from Paris after night of devastation amid violent protests across Europe as Trump blames 'immigration' for the spiraling mayhem

    Photos from the city showed garbage strewn across the streets as fires continued to ravage overnight following yet another day of violent protests..

  9. Major murder probe update after 'beautiful' woman, 26, stabbed to death in Newton Heath

    Greater Manchester Police has issued a major arrest update

  10. Sandbanks property developer's bid to convert £825K bungalow into 'soulless stack of boxes' mansion is refused for a THIRD time after neighbours said it would block out the sun

    Businessman Mark Perkins wants to knock down a £825,000 chalet bungalow and replace it with a three-storey flat-roof home in exclusive Sandbanks in Poole, Dorset.