Tag: underground
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Kevin Booth: Global travel ban for abuser who ‘tortured’ women in underground chamber | UK News
Read Latest News A man who used an underground chamber at his Highland home to abuse vulnerable women has been given the first worldwide travel ban in Scottish legal history. Kevin Booth – once described as a millionaire racing tipster – recruited women from the UK and abroad to come to Lochdhu Lodge in Altnabreac…
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Manhunt after shooting at Brussels underground station | World News
Read Latest News Belgian police have launched a manhunt after a shooting near an underground station in the capital. It happened outside Clemenceau metro station – near Brussels-Midi Station – at about 6.30am on Wednesday, according to local media reports. Clemenceau, Trone and Gare de l’Ouest underground stations have been closed to the public as…
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Belgian police hunt for gunmen in Brussels underground
Read Latest News Belgian police are looking for armed gunmen after a shooting reported in one of the capital’s underground stations. CCTV footage shows at least two men wearing balaclavas and carrying what appeared to be Kalashnikov weapons at the entrance of Clemenceau station in Brussels early on Wednesday. The federal police, as well as…
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Woman raped near Glasgow underground station
Read Latest News PA Media Police are investigating the incident which happened on Monday night Police are investigating the rape of a woman near an underground station in Glasgow. The woman was attacked at about 20:00 on Monday night at an underpass on Garscube Road, near Cowcaddens station. The underpass has since been closed as…
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Iran unveils underground naval base as it seeks to counter Israeli threat | World News
Read Latest News Iran has unveiled an underground naval base capable of taking on “enemies big and small”. Footage broadcast on state TV shows a large number of speedboats lined up in what appears to be an underground tunnel. It is reportedly part of a “secret” base built at a depth of 500m at an…
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At least 100 illegal miners have died trapped underground in South Africa, group says | World News
Read Latest News At least 100 people who were trapped in a South African mine have died, a group representing them has said. They were illegally mining in an abandoned gold mine and have been engaged in a lengthy standoff with authorities who had cut off their food, water and supplies in an attempt to…
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Rescuers working to save Italian caver trapped underground | World News
Read Latest News Rescue workers are attempting to free a researcher trapped deep inside a cave in Italy. Speleologist Ottavia Piana was injured after falling around five metres (16ft) on Saturday while exploring the Bueno Fonteno cave, to the east of the city of Bergamo, in northern Italy. She was taking part in an expedition…
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Prisoners freed from Syria’s ‘human slaughterhouse’ – as teams investigate ‘hidden underground cells’ | World News
Read Latest News Thousands of people, including women and children, have been released from Syria’s infamous prisons – as civil defence teams work on freeing those who may still be detained in hidden underground cells. After insurgents swept across the country in little more than a week to topple the Assad family’s half-century rule, families…
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Hunt for underground nest after ‘murder hornets’ seen in Europe for first time | World News
Read Latest News Scientists in Spain are trying to find an underground nest belonging to the first southern giant hornets to be spotted in Europe. The invasive insects, sometimes referred to as “murder hornets” because they are known to kill off beehives, can grow up to around 1.3 inches in length. They are not to…
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South Africa’s illegal mining industry: Gang-controlled ‘towns’ grow underground
Read Latest News Getty Images Along with about 600 other men, Ndumiso lives and works in a small gang-controlled “town” – complete with markets and a red light district – that has grown up deep underground at a disused gold mine in South Africa. Ndumiso told the BBC that after being laid off by a…
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Under siege in Ukraine, schools go underground to keep life as normal as possible for children | World News
Read Latest News If you know a teacher, or you are a teacher, you’ll understand that many in the profession consider their jobs one of the best in the world, while also acknowledging it can be one of the most stressful. Teaching in a war zone takes it to another level on both fronts. But…
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London Underground drivers suspend planned strikes | UK News
Read Latest News London Underground drivers have been suspended planned strikes over pay after saying they received an “improved offer”. Members of Aslef were due to walk out on Thursday and again next Tuesday – which would have heavily impacted Tube services. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union had already called off strikes by its…
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Sarah Cunningham: Body found on tracks at London Underground station after search for missing artist | UK News
Read Latest News Police say the family of a missing artist have been informed after a body was found on the tracks at a London Underground station. The last sighting of Sarah Cunningham, 31, was on Jamestown Road, in Camden in north London, at 3am on Saturday. On Sunday, the Metropolitan Police said she was…
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Spanish authorities search flooded underground car park – fearing how many bodies they will find | World News
Read Latest News The story of these floods has been full of grim, unsettling images. Now there is another one – the Bonaire shopping centre in Aldaia. Today, it was an awful place. Not because of the immense damage wrought by the floods, but because of the horror that may lie ahead. The emergency services…