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Police hunt for drivers after nine pupils killed in India school bus crash

Two men fled the scene after a school bus and truck crashed head-on in the northern state of Rajasthan

Manchester stabbing: Teenage girl fighting for life after she was stabbed 'protecting her father'

The badly injured girl, along with the dead body of a 41-year-old man, was found at an address in Moston

Italy bus crash: Burst tyre may have caused coach to plunge from viaduct, killing at least 38

Premier Enrico Letta cancels Greece trip, after 'huge tragedy'

Less stabbing, less burglary and less vandalism: Crime may be falling, but it's not a Tory victory

The causes of this decline go far beyond party politics

Liu Yipeng was a classmate of the two earlier victims

Chinese schoolgirl, 15, named as third victim of Asiana runway crash

The third person to die from injuries sustained when an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 crashed in San Francisco has been identified as a 15-year-old classmate of the two earlier victims.

Heavy flood waters sweeping through Beichuan in southwest China's Sichuan province

Devastating floods in China trigger huge landslide, burying 40

Rescue workers have been called to the scene in a bid to find survivors

Suspicious fire kills two in west London flat

A fire that killed two people at a flat is being treated as suspicious, police said.

Two dead after 'suspicious' flat fire in west London

Two others are being treated for multiple injuries as 58 firefighters battle the blaze in Hounslow

Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 is engulfed on the tarmac after crash landing at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California

Asiana Airline pilots 'stayed silent until two seconds before crash' at San Francisco airport

Lee Hang-kook and co-pilot did not say a word to one another until shortly before plane's tail section clipped the seawall at the end of the runway

Seven injured in Beer motorhome crash

Six pedestrians and a driver were injured when a motorhome collided with a group of people in a Devon village.

Motoring review: Jaguar F-Type V6 S

‘A car for your heart, if not your head’

German police catch up with the 'autobahn sniper' that fired more than 700 shots at vehicles over five years

Germany’s mystery “autobahn sniper” terrorised motorists for five years and baffled police. He fired more than 700 shots at passing vehicles, caused serious accidents and almost fatally wounding a woman driver who was hit in the throat by one of his bullets.

Spindrift trimaran capsized at the start of the Dublin Bay race

Crew-member airlifted to hospital and another injured after trimaran capsizes during Route des Princes European Tour

Lucky escape for eight-man crew plus two guests as boat capsizes at the start of Dublin Bay race

Sirena Seaways ferry left nearly 500 passengers stranded for three hours after crash at major British port in Essex

The 489 passengers above the Sirena Seaways ferry were left stranded for three hours as rescue officials worked to safely re-dock it.

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