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Deadly shootout near New York's Empire State Building Steve Kingstone: "This might have been a robbery that ended in a shootout" Related Stories Two people are dead, including a gunman, and up to nine others are wounded in a shootout near New York's Empire State Building, officials say. The gunman was reportedly killed by police, and officials said nine others were wounded in the rush-hour incident in the heart of Manhattan. Law enforcement officials said a shop worker sacked near the iconic tower shot dead a former colleague. The incident took place shortly after 09:00 (13:00 GMT). Some of those hit by bullets may have been accidentally hit by police, New York …

Not sure if it's been posted anywhere else and i just happened to have missed it but the Norwegian capital has been hit by a bomb of some sort. BBC reporting a couple dead and a number injured at the moment. There is also talk of a man dressed in a police uniform shooting a couple of children/young people at a meeting of the young Labour Party. BBC Latest : Oslo Bomb The below article 22 July 2011 Last updated at 18:13 Eyewitness Ingunn Anderson says she saw injured people lying on the ground A massive bomb blast has hit government buildings in the Norwegian capital Oslo, killing at least two people and injuring 15 others. PM Jens Stoltenberg described the situat…

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I wanted to share this video with you I found it realy moving. Just a small group of people helping to make a differance

Don't know if anyone posted this but I found it interesting and rather funny too http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/another-g4s-nightmare-82yearold-nun-beats-guards-to-break-into-nuclear-facility-8005970.html G4S - incompetent as ever :new_doh2:

Mountain rescue team combs Saddleworth Moor with sniffer dogs for only victim whose remains have not been foundd Keith Bennett, who was killed by Myra Hindley and Ian Brady. Volunteers from a mountain rescue team are searching Saddleworth Moor near Oldham for the remains of Keith Bennett, a victim of the Moors murders in the 1960s. The team is using sniffer dogs to search for the 12-year-old's body. They have searched from the main Greenfield to Huddersfield road, close to where Ian Brady and Myra Hindley buried Pauline Reade's body. The unpaid volunteers are from the Ogwen Valley mountain rescue team in north Wales and are led by David Jones, who said they could spe…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-19267414 Two injured after viaduct coach crash near Bath Insp Nick Hunt, Avon and Somerset Police: "All those on board have been taken to local hospitals" Two people were trapped after the coach they were travelling in fell 30ft (10m) from a viaduct near Bath. Emergency services were called to Brassknocker Hill, in Monkton Combe, on the B3108 at its junction with the A36 Warminster Road. Avon Fire and Rescue Service said the accident happened at 11:30 BST. An Avon and Somerset Police spokesman said the incident involved a coach which had left the road with approximately nine passengers on board. 'Fallen off viaduct' T…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-19269891 It seems that the streets of Athens have been handed to the crims. I Think it's a shame that the crime rate in a once largely crime free country has shot up so dramitically.

http://www.bbc.co.uk...slands-19215052 As any one come across like this to put you over the drink drive limit?

I have always been an animal lover and support a number of charities which help animals in distress. I was saddened to hear a news report about a Fin Whale being washed up in the beach at Carlyon Bay in Cornwall. Vets from the British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) said there was no hope of refloating the animal and as a result the whale was put down sadly. I found it very disappointing to see members of the public on the beach taking photographs next to the whale before it died. Quiet sad, why would you want to have your photograph taken next to a dying animal, really don't understand people sometimes. Eventually police put a cordon up and kept people back from t…

http://www.bbc.co.uk...litics-19215375 My opinion They should leave it to them to decide on how to keep there shops safe.

http://www.bbc.co.uk...-wales-19205855 Loks like they cant keep there own house in order the HMRC IF THIS HAPPENS Official vehicles have been stolen and building passes and mobile phones lost, along with the unauthorised disclosure of customer material.

Oh, and another one just coming out of the news wire: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/08/13/texas-shooting-am-university.html?cmp=rss What exactly is going on in the world?

On my phone so I can't post the full story BBC news reporting that workmen in central Carlisle have uncovered an unexploded bomb Cordon is up and EOD are on route from Catterick

I cannot say I'm surprised. I have heard many serving friends mention this very topic quite a few times. Military charity Help for Heroes has been criticised by some of the UK's worst-wounded troops for spending money on buildings rather than everyday care. They claim the recovery centres are not always available to veterans who have left the forces. The criticism was uncovered in a report by BBC Newsnight and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism into state and charity provision for injured troops. Help for Heroes says that, without its cash, the centres would not exist. However, injured troops and their families who were contacted for the investigation complained t…