3+ hour, 33+ min ago  (525+ words) Evacuees described feeling "anxious to get back home" following the threat from a failing chemical tank exploding in Orange County. The threat of a BLEVE, or Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion, has been "eliminated" after an overnight operation, Orange County…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (267+ words) More than 40, 000 people have been evacuated after a toxic chemical started to leak from a tank at an aerospace manufacturing facility in the US. The tank in southern California contains an estimated 7, 000 gallons of methyl methacrylate, a highly volatile and…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1492+ words) I'm standing by my garden gate, car key in hand and a puzzled look on my face. My car isn't there. For a few seconds, I clutch at innocent explanations. Was the road busy last night? Did I park around…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (341+ words) Traders at a recently refurbished market hall are celebrating after winning best small indoor market at an industry awards ceremony. Leek's Butter Market and Trestle Market in the Staffordshire Moorlands reopened just over a year ago following a "3. 4m overhaul. Judges…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (239+ words) A 13-year-old boy has been arrested after an e-bike rider hit a pregnant woman, who then gave birth to a seriously ill baby. The pedestrian was struck in Herbert Avenue, Poole, on 26 January. Dorset Police previously said the rider and…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago  (519+ words) On a dance floor under disco lights, Dylan Hughes is letting loose to Olly Murs, JLS and One Direction. He's in his element when he dances " and his mother says it's one of the things that makes him come alive…...

6+ mon, 11+ hour ago  (288+ words) A Christmas attraction that was hit by flooding is now fully reopen, organisers have said. Heavy rain caused flooding in Bournemouth's Lower Gardens at the weekend, forcing the closure of a Christmas train, festive golf and a Santa's workshop, and…...

6+ mon, 4+ week ago  (477+ words) The rising popularity of Halloween means October is fast becoming as busy as August for UK theme parks, according to resorts giant Merlin Entertainments. It used the example of Legoland Windsor, which has been marking Halloween for several years but…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (216+ words) Lincoln Castle's walls will be lit up as part of a Christmas light spectacle this winter. Lincolnshire County Council said the annual event will this year take place from 21 November and will include the addition of an ice palace. Displays…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (915+ words) For more than a century it has entertained generations of families with its mixture of classic rides and nostalgic arcades. But on Saturday, the sun will finally set on Porthcawl's much-loved fair, Coney Beach Amusement Park. When it opened in…...