Saturday 18 May 2013
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The star, who plays car mechanic Kevin Webster in the ITV soap, answered "Not guilty" 19 times in a clear, strong voice as each of the individual charges were put to him by the clerk during the brief hearing at Manchester Crown Court.
The speedboat was fitted with a kill cord, but this was not attached to the driver at the time of the accident.
A truck hangs on the edge of the Bolte Bridge in Melbourne after a crash in which the driver was thrown from his cabin onto the ground 15 metres below.
A baby in a pram has fallen onto train tracks in Philadelphia. Her mother rushed to rescue her as a train approached.
POLICE in the US have arrested a homeless murder suspect, known across the world as 'Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker', after the discovery of a 73-year-old's body in New Jersey. Warning explicit language. Credit: Jessob Reisbeck
Find out how much a large rare flawless diamond went for at auction in Switzerland.
Hundreds of well-wishers gathered at Derwent Reservoir today to watch a flypast by a Lancaster bomber to mark the 70th anniversary of the war-time Dambuster raids. A Mark X1X spitfire flew over the historic twin towers of the 183m dam followed by the Lancaster, both from the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. It was followed by two tornado GR4s from the current 617 squadron. The dam, in the Hope Valley in Derbyshire, was used by the airmen for practice runs in the weeks leading up to the daring raids of 16-17 May 1943.
An Atlas 5 rocket, carrying an upgraded $121 million Global Positioning System satellite, has taken off in Florida.
The tweet was posted two days after a November Newsnight report wrongly implicated Lord McAlpine in child sex abuse claims. She has always denied that the tweet - "Why is Lord McAlpine trending? *Innocent face*" - was defamatory. Lord McAlpine, who has already received six-figure payouts from the BBC and ITV, says it meant he was a paedophile who was guilty of sexually abusing boys living in care, and wants damages.
Six people have died, a further 50 are injured and around 250 homeless as a deadly tornado swept through Granbury in Texas, leaving a trail of destruction.
Video footage of the Rafha Sandstorm as the plane flies through it. Credit: Jacek P
The match, which saw Harry play against a team which included Dawn Jones, the wife of Hollywood star Tommy Lee Jones, was staged at Greenwich Polo Club, founded by billionaire businessman and art collector Peter Brant.
The deer is seen running across a road and into the path of the bus before jumping and smashing through the windscreen. Credit: TribuneDemocrat
After their mother had an extra large litter, Dotty, Hettie and Gertie were unable to get the care they needed.Thankfully for these tiny four-week-old boars, Whipsnade Zoo came to the rescue, with Keeper Jo Shirley on hand to look after the piglets day and night.
30-year-old type-42 Destroyer HMS Edinburgh arrived at Leith docks at around 7am and will remain in Edinburgh for six days, during which time the crew will parade down the Royal Mile to mark the ship's decommissioning.
This video captures the tornado as it sweeps through Texas. Credit: KeepingITRealNews
Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano has erupted covering nearby towns in the central state of Puebla with ash.
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