Four men are "lucky to be alive" after a crash in a Herefordshire lane.
Reported by BBC News 1 hour ago.
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"Catastrophic" crash injures four
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Michael Foot's walking stick sells for £650 in auction for...
MICHAEL Foot's famous walking stick raised £650 after going under the hammer at auction. The Michael Foot memorial fund auctioned off the veteran left-wing politician's walking stick, which he carried with him for more than 40 years, including while Labour party leader between 1980 and 1983. Mr Foot, a journalist and political writer, was in a car crash in 1963 in which he suffered pierced lungs, broken ribs, and a broken left leg. The incident at the age of 50 meant the Freedom...
Reported by Plymouth Herald 56 minutes ago.
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Dramatic pictures of crash scene which left four men in hospital,...
Two men are in a serious condition after the truck they were travelling in is believed to have crashed into a tree.It is understood that the cab of the truck became completely detached from the 4x4 pick-up truck and came to rest on the road, trapping the four men in their 20s inside.These dramatic pictures were taken last night by staff from the West Midlands Ambulance Service, who were sent to the scene.The crash happened on the A411, in Hereford, around two miles outside Kington at around...
Reported by Gloucestershire Echo 55 minutes ago.
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Concrete crash man 'could have died'
BBC Local News: Essex -- A driver "could have been killed" when he struck concrete thrown from a bridge on to an A-road in Essex, police said.
Reported by BBC Local News 54 minutes ago.
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Banks warned: UK stress tests will be tougher
BRITISH banks received the thumbs up from European authorities yesterday as the big four all passed continent-wide stress tests – but the Bank of England warned UK institutions they are not yet in the clear. The European Banking Authority (EBA) tested 123 banks’ capital buffers against a fictional crash, with a jump in unemployment, a renewed recession and falling house prices. A total of 24 banks failed, as their buffers at the end of last year fell a cumulative €24.2bn (£19.1bn) below required levels. The banks have already started raising those funds this year. The four big UK high street banks all passed the test convincingly, staying well above the 5.5 per cent capital buffer the EBA wanted in a stressed scenario. But the Bank said its plans were much tougher, simulating a 35 per cent crash in house prices, and so some British banks might still fail. Lloyds came closest, with its buffer cut to 6.2 per cent after the stresses. RBS was next at 6.7 per cent, while Barclays’ cushion was reduced to 7.1 per cent by the fictional crisis, and HSBC was strongest at 9.3 per cent. “It is important to note that the EBA results should not be interpreted as indicative of the UK results, nor can the results of the UK stress test be inferred from the EBA results,” said the Bank of England. “This is because additional house price falls [as seen in the UK test] do not necessarily have a linear effect on impairments.” Analysts at Societe Generale backed up that view, arguing the European test “gives the impression of being a relatively lightweight exercise.” Bernstein Research’s Chirantan Barua fears the results bode ill for Lloyds in the UK’s tests. “The results from the EBA stress tests suggest the capital return thesis in Lloyds will be slower than many expected especially in the light of potential monetary tightening and house prices in the south that have been spooking regulators,” Barua said in a note yesterday. “Dividend resumption this year? We still think ‘yes’, but it should be just a nominal amount.” By contrast, UK tests are less of a strain on Barclays and HSBC because their business is more global and less concentrated in British housing. Lloyds has been building its buffers steadily in recent years, and welcomed the result of the EBA tests. “This strong position reflects the steps taken by the group’s management over the last three years to return its balance sheet to a robust position, and we will continue to use this strong basis to help Britain prosper,” said a spokesperson.
Reported by City A.M. 9 hours ago.
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The 100 best novels: No 58 Nineteen Nineteen by John Dos Passos (1932)
The middle volume of John Dos Passoss USA trilogy is revolutionary in its intent, techniques and lasting impact
John Dos Passos is largely forgotten now but, as well see, his influence continues to reverberate throughout 20th-century American literature. He was born in 1896, contemporary with F Scott Fitzgerald (No 51 in this series) and a year before Thornton Wilder and William Faulkner (No 55 in this series). His response to the great war (in which, like Hemingway, he served as an ambulance driver) and communist revolution, to which he was passionately attached as a young man, was to become a novelist with the instincts of a journalist, and a fictional reporter with the insight of a storyteller. His friend, the great critic Edmund Wilson, wrote that Dos Passos was the first American novelist to make the people of our generation talk as they actually did.
His masterpiece, published in 1938 as USA, is a massive (1,300-page) trilogy that recounts the evolution of American society during the first three decades of the 20th century, and whose best volume, Nineteen Nineteen, first appeared in 1932. By then, the thrills and glamour of the jazz age had become soured by the crash, the depression, and the rise of fascism. Dos Passos, however, was still a committed communist who wanted to depict the gulf between rich and poor in America, as well as to explore the lives of ordinary people in the aftermath of the great war. Nineteen Nineteen, which is partly set in the Paris of the 1920s, develops the narrative techniques of the first volume, The 42nd Parallel, with its Newsreel and Camera Eye, devices inspired by modernist innovation and emerging mass communications. There is also a lot of sex and violence, described with raw, documentary candour.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 2 hours ago.
John Dos Passos is largely forgotten now but, as well see, his influence continues to reverberate throughout 20th-century American literature. He was born in 1896, contemporary with F Scott Fitzgerald (No 51 in this series) and a year before Thornton Wilder and William Faulkner (No 55 in this series). His response to the great war (in which, like Hemingway, he served as an ambulance driver) and communist revolution, to which he was passionately attached as a young man, was to become a novelist with the instincts of a journalist, and a fictional reporter with the insight of a storyteller. His friend, the great critic Edmund Wilson, wrote that Dos Passos was the first American novelist to make the people of our generation talk as they actually did.
His masterpiece, published in 1938 as USA, is a massive (1,300-page) trilogy that recounts the evolution of American society during the first three decades of the 20th century, and whose best volume, Nineteen Nineteen, first appeared in 1932. By then, the thrills and glamour of the jazz age had become soured by the crash, the depression, and the rise of fascism. Dos Passos, however, was still a committed communist who wanted to depict the gulf between rich and poor in America, as well as to explore the lives of ordinary people in the aftermath of the great war. Nineteen Nineteen, which is partly set in the Paris of the 1920s, develops the narrative techniques of the first volume, The 42nd Parallel, with its Newsreel and Camera Eye, devices inspired by modernist innovation and emerging mass communications. There is also a lot of sex and violence, described with raw, documentary candour.
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 2 hours ago.
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No home comforts as Cwmllynfell crash out
CWMLLYNFELL suffered heartbreak on Saturday as they crashed out of the Swalec Plate in the second round in dramatic fashion.There was a tight finish in what was a low-scoring game, with visitors Loughor going through on the away team rule after a 6-6 draw that saw the teams score two penalties each.Rory Morgan Williams scored the home side's six points while Peter Smiriglia and Tom Davies were successful from the tee for the visitors in a game that had finished 3-3 at the end of normal time.A...
Reported by South Wales Evening Post 3 hours ago.
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Campaigning mum with kidney failure who wouldn't take no for an...
WHEN Karen Brown's kidneys failed, she endured a remarkable battle to find a donor.Mrs Brown, 42, is a "crash lander"– the term given to someone whose kidneys suddenly stop working.And her difficult journey from collapsing in 2011 to finding a donor the authorities wouldn't let her use and getting the rules changed because of that – inspired her plucky daughter Ella, 9, to become a charity fundraiser.Ella has had to deal with a lot over the past three years. She watched...
Reported by East Grinstead Courier Observer 6 hours ago.
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CambridgeNews published Jamie Blackwell recovers from car crash to help Godmanchester...
Jamie Blackwell recovered from a car accident en route to Godmanchester Rovers' match at Hadleigh United to score a crucial goal and help his team beat the defending Thurlow Nunn League, Premier Division champions 3-2.Midfielder Blackwell was driving to the game with team-mate Charlie Bowen when the incident took place but thankfully neither player were seriously hurt.They arrived at Hadleigh after kick-off so had to start the match on the bench, meaning injured duo Jack Watson and Matty...
Reported by Saffron Walden News 6 hours ago.
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Bear Road in Brighton closed after crash
A crash has led Sussex Police to close a busy road in Brighton this morning (Monday 27 October). The accident happened at the top end of Bear Road, close to the corner of Tenantry Down Road and Warren Road shortly after 6am. Bear Road was shut to traffic in both directions as a result of the crash. ...
Reported by Brighton and Hove News 6 hours ago.
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LIVE TRAFFIC: Drivers face delays coming into Derby on A52
COMMUTERS could hit long delays on the A52 coming to Derby after a collision blocked the outside lane.A Derby Telegraph reporter said there were long queues on Brian Clough Way after the crash that involved two cars between the Cole Lane and Victoria Avenue turn-offs.He said no-one appeared to be injured but the road has been partially blocked by the incident.A recovery vehicle is on the scene.
Reported by Derby Telegraph 5 hours ago.
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Subaru destroyed by fire following crash in Brighton
A car caught fire after crashing into a wall.
Reported by The Argus 4 hours ago.
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Oscar Taveras dead: St Louis Cardinals star killed in car accident in Dominican Republic
St Louis Cardinals’ Oscar Taveras has been killed in a car crash in his homeland of the Dominican Republic, according to reports in both the Dominican and the United States.
Reported by Independent 4 hours ago.
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Man killed in Coseley crash named as Ajay Sagar
A man who died in car crash in Coseley has been named as Ajay Sagar.
Reported by Express and Star 2 hours ago.
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Motorcyclist from Wincanton dies in Beaminster Tunnel crash
A Somerset motorcyclist died yesterday morning after losing control near the entrance of a road tunnel in Dorset. The 65-year-old man, from the Wincanton area, was approaching Beaminster Tunnel on Sunday morning when he struck the parapet. He died at the scene. Dorset Police have appealed for anyone who saw the green Honda before the crash at 10.15am to get in touch. The man's family has been informed of his death. The road was closed for several hours following the crash
Reported by Western Daily Press 3 hours ago.
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Jerusalem car crash funerals held video
The funeral is held on Sunday of a 22-year-old Israeli woman who died on Thursday when a car driven by a Palestinian man veered onto a Jerusalem pavement crowded with pedestrians. Clashes break out in Silwan, East Jerusalem, during the funeral of the 21-year-old Palestinian driver, Abed a-Rahman a-Shaludi, who was shot by police after the incident. Three-month old baby Chaya Zissel Braun, a US citizen, was also killed in the crash, which Israel says was a terrorist attack. The driver's family say it was an accident Continue reading...
Reported by guardian.co.uk 3 hours ago.
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Two dead, one hurt after A40 crash
A man and woman die and another is seriously hurt following a two-car crash in on the A40 near Crickhowell on Sunday.
Reported by BBC News 3 hours ago.
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Five injured after cars crash by Whitnell Corner, Wells
FIVE people were taken to hospital on Saturday night after two cars crashed by Whitnell Corner in Wells.The cars, a blue Skoda Fabia and a blue Peugeot 106, collided just after 9.20pm on the B3135.South Western Ambulance Service Trust said one casualty was suspected to have broken a leg, another had a back injury and the three remaining people suffered minor injuries. All were taken to the Royal United Hospital in Bath.Devon & Somerset Fire and Rescue sent fire engines from Wells, Shepton...
Reported by Wells Journal 2 hours ago.
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M5 death crash trial delayed until two years after accident
The trial of a lorry driver accused of causing a fatal pile up on the M5 near Cullompton has been delayed until the New Year. It means the family of motorist Alan Clements will have to wait more than two years from the date of the crash before the trial of driver Julian Ketcher. Ketcher, aged 42, from Warwick, has denied causing death by dangerous driving. He is accused of causing the death of Mr Clements, aged 47, in an accident on Monday December 5, 2012. Mr Clements, from Hengoed, near...
Reported by Exeter Express and Echo 7 minutes ago.
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Lorry driver accused of causing fatal M5 pile-up will have to...
THE trial of a lorry driver accused of causing a fatal pile up on the M5 near Cullompton has been delayed until the New Year.It means the family of motorist Alan Clements will have to wait more than two years from the date of the crash before the trial of driver Julian Ketcher.Ketcher, aged 42, from Warwick, has denied causing death by dangerous driving. He is accused of causing the death of Mr Clements, aged 47, in an accident on Monday December 5, 2012.Mr Clements, from Hengoed, near...
Reported by North Devon Journal 34 minutes ago.
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