As auctioneer Oliver Barker took to his rostrum for the first major live art sale in London since lockdown, the excitement was electric despite the absence of real live bidders. At the Sotheby’s Rembrandt To Richter evening event at the end of July, Barker was presiding over a livestreamed, socially distant sale of 65 works … Read more
Seattle police claim that protesters attempted to trap them inside a precinct other demonstrators were setting on fire in an ‘attempted murder’ attempt Monday night. Surveillance footage from the incident appears to show protesters stacking up plywood against the East Precinct door as the fire is set nearby. Cops released images of the door they … Read more
Pilot dies after failing to escape burning aircraft that burst into flames after skidding off runway at Illinois airport A King Air 200 twin-prop two-engine plane caught fire at Chicago Rockford International Airport on Thursday The pilot was about to take off when his plane skidded off Runway One and a fire erupted Authorities said … Read more
War veteran slams police for failing to charge protester after woman was filmed trying to burn Union Jack flag on the Cenotaph during BLM demo Iraq war veteran Trevor Coult slams Metropolitan Police over ‘double standards’ He believes protester seen appearing to try to set light to a flag should be jailed War veteran said … Read more
Firefighters dodge flaming tyre as explodes and flies off a burning crane in dramatic footage Three firefighters were injured in the accident in Kozlany, Czech Republic The flaming tyre narrowly missed the firefighters and hits a nearby building It took forty minutes to tackle the blaze caused by a technical fault on July 30 By … Read more
Incredible moment two French children locked in their burning apartment are saved by jumping 40ft into the arms of rescuers who catch them below Dramatic scenes took place in the eastern French city of Grenoble yesterday One rescuer called Athoumani Walid suffered a broken arm from catching them Walid said he heard the children shouting … Read more
The devastated mother of a law graduate who plunged 40ft to her death from a bridge while desperately seeking help after her car caught fire today said her daughter pleaded with rescuers: ‘Please don’t let me die’. Azra Kemal, 24, slipped through a 10ft wide void between two carriageways on a road bridge while escaping a … Read more
Man, 31, is arrested over woman’s death after she is found with fatal injuries next to burning car on dual carriageway Officers were called to the A21 near the exit for Tonbridge, Kent, at 2.34am Emergency services said the woman was pronounced dead at the scene A 31-year-old man has been arrested in London in … Read more
A former Marine and college wide receiver was able to catch a three-year-old boy thrown from burning building by his mother, dramatic cellphone footage shows. Phillip Blanks, 28, ran to the home in Phoenix on July 3 barefoot after hearing calls for help and was able to save Jameson Long from the flames on the third … Read more
Woman is pulled from burning flat as explosion rips through dry cleaners below Fire broke out in dry cleaners on Croydon High Street in south London last night Emergency services pulled woman from first-floor flat in burning building London Fire Brigade received reports of an explosion in the dry cleaners By Jack Wright For Mailonline … Read more