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A lorry driver has died after several heavy goods vehicles crashed and caught fire on the M40 in Warwickshire. When paramedics arrived they found two lorries on fire and a third just in front, West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) said.A WMAS spokesman said: “Unfortunately, the driver of one lorry died at the scene.”The driver of a second lorry, a man in his 60s, was treated at the scene for a medical condition and was taken to Warwick hospital.”The third driver was uninjured.”The motorway has been closed in both directions and drivers cannot join the M40 from the M42.Highways England warned…

Banks are facing calls to get their act together after three major lenders reported digital banking outages on Friday following a spate of recent disruption to services. HSBC first alerted its UK customers to a problem in a social media post, on what will be payday for many thousands, after people started reporting problems with its mobile app at 7.45 this morning.It later said it had resolved its glitch but gave no explanation.A statement said: “An earlier issue where some customers were unable to log on to the HSBC mobile banking app has been resolved and users of the app…

A passenger plane has crashed into the sea after missing the runway of a tiny Pacific island – with everyone on-board surviving. The Boeing 737-800 plane was attempting to land at Chuuk Airport on the remote island of Weno in Micronesia but ditched in a lagoon at about 9.30am local time (12.30am UK time).Images posted online showed dozens of people on boats surrounding the wreckage as they attempted to rescue those on-board the Air Niugini plane. 0:22 Video: All crew and passengers were safely rescued after an Air Niugini plane crashed in a lagoon in Micronesia. All 36 passengers and…

Tesla boss Elon Musk says he is “deeply saddened” as he is sued for fraud over his tweets about potentially taking the electric car company private. The US securities and exchange commission (SEC) has filed a lawsuit against Tesla’s chief executive accusing him of securities fraud.In its complaint, the regulator says Mr Musk made a series of “false and misleading” tweets and he “knew or was reckless in not knowing” that he was misleading investors.It also seeks to bar him from running public companies, which would include Tesla, as well as impose a fine.Responding to the lawsuit, Mr Musk said:…

Avani Bansal had a reaction to sesame from a Pret salad 13 months after Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, 15, died after eating a Pret baguette containing the seeds. The 19-year-old economics student at the University of Nottingham writes about her shock and anger that the chain had not improved its labelling after her death.I was shocked to hear about what happened to Natasha, because it just made me think that could have been me.Thirteen months after she had an allergic reaction to sesame from a Pret baguette, I also had one.In May 2017, I was at my Sunday job in Debenhams in…

John Cunliffe, the creator of beloved children’s characters Postman Pat and Rosie and Jim, has died. The author’s agency, David Higham Associates, confirmed the news following a death notice and fitting obituary in his local paper, the Ilkley Gazette.”Left his Ilkley home in a deluge of rain on Thursday, September 20, never to return,” the obituary reads. “Even the skies wept for John the gifted creator of Postman Pat, Rosie and Jim and author of many earlier published collections of poetry and picture story books for children.”John’s last poetry collection, significantly entitled Dare You Go, has now come to fruition…

Video assistant referee (VAR) technology will be used in the Champions League from next season, UEFA has announced. As well as being brought in from the play-off stage of European club football’s premier competition, VAR will also be used in the 2020 European Championship, next year’s UEFA Super Cup and in the Europa League from the 2020-21 season.In addition, it will be used in the finals of the new Nations League competition from 2021.The decision follows the introduction of VAR at this summer’s world cup in Russia, which was largely deemed to be a success.UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said: “We’re…

Administrators to Toys R Us UK and a pack of American hedge funds could be heading for a £35m legal tussle which will dictate the amount of money recovered by the pensions lifeboat. Sky News has learnt that Moorfields, which has been sifting through the wreckage of the UK’s biggest toy retailer since it collapsed in February, has instructed lawyers to assess the validity of a $50m charge held by the hedge funds over the British chain.The funds, which ten months ago included big industry names such as SilverPoint Capital and BlueMountain Capital Management, are part of a group of…

A three-year-old girl was killed after being hit by a tablet computer she was holding during a car accident. The girl died after her mother’s car collided with the back of a school bus in Spain on Monday.Local reports indicate she was strapped into a child seat in the back seat and the device flew into her face upon impact.She died in hospital after the accident occurred at around 9pm in the town of Vilanova de Arousa.Though the cause of death is not officially confirmed, police said it was the tablet that caused a serious head injury.The child’s identity has…

The suspects in the murder of a British man and his Thai wife have been taken to the scene of the crime. Video shows three men, handcuffed and wearing helmets with visors, being led around the grounds of a building surrounded by police and the media.They are accused of murdering 64-year-old Alan Hogg, a retired petroleum engineer from Edinburgh, and his wife Nott, 61.The pair were reported missing by friends last week, and a murder investigation began after their bodies were discovered buried in their garden in Phrae, Thailand . Image: The suspects were accompanied by police and the media…