Neighbour demands company director next door cuts down 40ft leylandii that he says has forced him to move his satellite TV dish twice and left him in perpetual gloom Richard Abraham claims trees tower over property and keep garden in darkness Other neighbours also criticised leylandii belonging to 77-year-old Robert Shand Aberdeen City Council rejected … Read more
Huge 40ft sinkhole swallows an entire TREE as it opens up just yards from million-pound Grade II listed properties on exclusive Bristol cul-de-sac The 40ft sinkhole swallowed a tree after it opened up in Canynge Square, Clifton, Bristol on December 25 Large hole has since been fenced off by Bristol City Council and is being … Read more
Moment girl, aged six, plunges 40ft from balcony but miraculously survives after landing in deep snow The six-year- old girl was lucky to land on a pile of snow after the 40ft fall CCTV footage shows her getting up, brushing herself off and returning indoors She fell in a temperature of minus 6C from a … Read more
Dramatic moment mountain rescue team save climber, 60, after he plunged 40ft down a crag A climber, 60, plunged 40ft down a crag in the Thirlmere area of the Lake District An anchor he placed in the mountainside to prevent him falling ripped out Rescue personnel placed him on to a stretcher and hoisted him … Read more
A 24-year-old LSE law graduate begged her friend ‘Don’t leave me here’ as she lay dying after she fled from a burning car and fell 40ft from a flyover. Azra Kemal, 24, was on her way home from a night out with friends and was in the car with a 31-year-old male friend when the … Read more
Incredible moment two French children locked in their burning apartment are saved by jumping 40ft into the arms of rescuers who catch them below Dramatic scenes took place in the eastern French city of Grenoble yesterday One rescuer called Athoumani Walid suffered a broken arm from catching them Walid said he heard the children shouting … Read more
The devastated mother of a law graduate who plunged 40ft to her death from a bridge while desperately seeking help after her car caught fire today said her daughter pleaded with rescuers: ‘Please don’t let me die’. Azra Kemal, 24, slipped through a 10ft wide void between two carriageways on a road bridge while escaping a … Read more
Fears grow for Henry the 40ft whale stranded in British estuary as it beaches for the second time in 24 hours Henry the fin whale was found beached on the Dee Estuary at 9am this morning He was only released by the British Divers Marine Life Rescue at 1.30pm yesterday The BDMLR said that the … Read more
Parents of girl, 2, who plunged 40ft from bedroom window are arrested for neglect Police have arrested the parents of a two year old girl who fell from a window The pair are being questioned on suspicion of neglecting their daughter They are also being questioned on suspicion of possession of a Class B drug … Read more
Dead 40ft whale washes up on beach in Essex as operation begins to remove body The 40ft-long marine mammal – which has died – was swept to shore on Friday Essex Police said it is working with other organisations to plan how to remove it By James Gant For Mailonline Published: 10:38 BST, 29 May … Read more