Furious homeowners told they will lose 6.5ft of their front gardens and driveways

Furious homeowners on a new housing estate have been told they will lose more than six feet of their front gardens and driveways this week to make way for pavements. Snape Properties Limited, developers of the Maples estate in Holton-le-Clay, Lincolnshire, are readying the road for the county council to adopt and maintain. But a … Read more

Boy, 13, is seriously injured after leaping more than 65ft into picturesque waterfall in Wales 

Teenage ‘tombstoner’, 13, is seriously injured after leaping more than 65ft into picturesque waterfall in Wales Boy, 13, jumped off the Sgwd Gwladys waterfall, near Pontneddfechan in Wales Rescuers sent 4 vehicles and 15 teams members to the scene after police called Boy had to be winched out of the area into a helicopter and … Read more

Woman, 85, who died when 65ft crane collapsed onto her home in east London is buried beneath rubble

A man has told of his ‘miracle’ escape after a 65ft crane collapsed on to his house in east London, killing his 85-year-old great aunt. Sam Atkinson, 28, and his mother Jacqueline Atkinson, 63, survived but June Harvey died during the tragic incident in Bow at 2pm yesterday. Specialist firefighters are today working to recover her … Read more

HSE launch probe after woman died and four people were injured when 65ft crane COLLAPSED on homes

The Health and Safety Executive has launched an investigation after a ‘woman in her 80s’ died and four people were injured when a 65ft crane collapsed on houses in east London. The rig, which had been working on a new block of flats, smashed through the roofs of two terraced homes on Compton Close, Bow, … Read more