Oscar Khan, from Leicester, may need skin grafts or plastic surgery to repair his injuries (pictured) after the right leg of his trousers caught fire on Saturday.

The Christmas lights went on to huge cheers as fireworks filled the sky over Regent Street in London’s West End tonight (pictured). There were stars from Britain’s Got Talent and Dreamgirls.

Darren Wilson, 37, from Liverpool, was left needing skin grafts to repair his scrotum and legs. His burns were made even worse by the battery acid that was flung on to his burns by the explosion.

An 18-year-old man walked into a school canteen and fired a gun, killing 17 students and then himself, officials said. It is thought the teenager also set a homemade bomb.

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The tour boat carrying 12 people, including 10 Americans and two Bahamians, burst into flames off the island of Exuma, about 130 miles south of Nassau, shortly after 9am on Saturday.

Police dashcam shows an officer walking up to the Dallas property as it explodes into flames, sending debris bursting into the air.

An Army bomb disposal team was scrambled to the scene on the A2 between Belfast and Bangor at around 8.30am on Tuesday. The female police officer escaped injury.

Legendary driver John Force, 68, was competing against Jonnie Lindberg, 28, in the elimination round of the NHRA Arizona Nationals on Sunday.

A burning Iranian oil tanker exploded and sank Sunday after more than a week listing off the coast of China, as an Iranian official acknowledged there was “no hope” of missing sailors surviving the disaster. The collision and disaster of the Sanchi, which carried 30 Iranians and two Bangladeshis, had transfixed an Iran still reeling […]