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Child who died in Minehead school coach crash was 10-year-old boy, police say
The child who died in a school coach crash in Somerset on Thursday was a 10-year-old boy, Avon and Somerset Police have said.

A specially trained officer is supporting the child's family, the force said, adding that two children taken to Bristol Royal Hospital for Children by air ambulance remain there as of Friday.

Another four children and three adults also remain in hospital in Somerset.

There were between 60 to 70 people on board when the incident happened near Minehead, just before 3pm on Thursday.

The coach was heading to Minehead Middle School when it crashed on the A396 between Wheddon Cross and Timbercombe.

Police said that 21 people were taken to hospital, including two children who were taken via air ambulance.

Gavin Ellis, chief fire officer for Devon and Somerset, said the coach "overturned onto its roof and slid approximately 20ft down an embankment".

Rachel Gilmour, MP for Tiverton and Minehead, said the road where it happened is "very difficult to manoeuvre".

"You have a very difficult crossing at Wheddon Cross, and as you come out to dip down into Timbercombe, the road is really windy and there are very steep dips on either side," she told Sky's Anna Botting.

It comes after a teacher at Minehead Middle School praised the "incredibly brave" pupils for supporting each other after the coach crash.

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"You have looked after each [other] in what was a life-changing event, we will get through this together," they wrote on Facebook.

"I feel so lucky to be your teacher. I am so grateful to my wonderful colleagues during this time who were also fighting to help as many people as we could."


'Horrific incident' at sheriff training facility in LA - at least three people dead
At least three people have been killed after a "horrific incident" at a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department training facility, officials have said.

A spokesperson for the department said there was an explosion at the Biscailuz Center Academy Training in east LA.

The incident was reported at around 7.30am local time (3.30pm UK time).

Aerial footage from local channel KABC-TV suggests the blast happened in a parking lot filled with sheriff patrol cars and box trucks.

A law enforcement official briefed on the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told the Associated Press an investigation is looking into whether the incident was a training accident.

Attorney general Pam Bondi wrote on X: "I just spoke to @USAttyEssayli about what appears to be a horrific incident that killed at least three at a law enforcement training facility in Los Angeles.

"Our federal agents are at the scene and we are working to learn more."

California congressman Jimmy Sanchez said the explosion had "claimed the lives of at least three deputies".

"My condolences to the families and everyone impacted by this loss," he said.

Several law enforcement sources told Sky's US partner network NBC News two devices were moved to the training centre overnight. They said one of the devices then exploded on Friday morning, killing three and injuring a sergeant.

According to the law enforcement sources, investigators are trying to determine why they were moved and whether they could have been made safe at the scene or handled more securely in a bomb-proof container.

The attorney general said in a follow-up post that agents from the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are "on the ground to support".

The mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, said the LAPD bomb squad has also responded to the scene.

"The thoughts of all Angelenos are with all of those impacted by this blast," she said.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has been briefed on the incident, his press office said in a post on X.

"The Governor's Office of Emergency Services is in contact with the Sheriff's Department and closely monitoring the situation, and has offered full state assistance," it added.


Unmasked: The 18 Russian spies who mounted series of attacks on UK
Dozens of Russian spies have been sanctioned by the government - including those responsible for targeting Yulia Skripal five years before her attempted murder in Salisbury.

The Foreign Office has announced that three units of the Russian military intelligence agency (GRU) have been hit with sanctions, alongside 18 military intelligence officers.

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GRU officers attempted to murder Yulia Skipal and her father Sergei using the deadly Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury.

The 18 military intelligence officers have been targeted because of a sustained campaign of malicious cyber activity over many years, including in the UK, the Foreign Office said.

The government also accused the GRU of using cyber and information operations to "sow chaos, division and disorder in Ukraine and across the world".

One of the groups sanctioned, Unit 26165, conducted online reconnaissance to help target missile strikes against Mariupol, including the bombing of Mariupol Theatre where hundreds of civilians, including children, were murdered.

Other military officers who have been sanctioned previously targeted Yulia Skripal's mobile phone with malicious malware known as X-Agent.

The Skripals had moved to the UK after Sergei Skripal became a double agent, secretly working for the UK. He was tried for high treason and imprisoned in Russia - and later exchanged in a spy swap.

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But five years after Yulia's phone was targeted, the pair were poisoned with the nerve agent, Novichok, in Salisbury. Russia has always denied being involved in the chemical attack.

Foreign Secretary David Lammy said: "GRU spies are running a campaign to destabilise Europe, undermine Ukraine's sovereignty and threaten the safety of British citizens," Foreign Secretary David Lammy said.

"The Kremlin should be in no doubt: we see what they are trying to do in the shadows and we won't tolerate it."

He said the UK was taking "decisive action" with the sanctions against Russian spies.

"Putin's hybrid threats and aggression will never break our resolve. The UK and our allies' support for Ukraine and Europe's security is ironclad."

Those sanctioned today include:

• Aleksandr Vladimirovich Osadchuk

• Yevgeniy Mikhaylovich Serbriakov

• Anatoliy Sergeyvich Kovalev

• Artem Valeryvich Ochichenko

• The 161st Specialist Training Centre (TsPS) (Unit 29155) of the GRU

• Vladislav Yevgenyevich Borovkov

• Nikolay Aleksandrovich Korchagin

• Yuriy Federovich Denisov

• Vitaly Aleksandrovich Shevchenko

• Ivan Sergeyevich Yermakov

• Aleksey Viktorovich Lukashev

• Sergey Sergeyevich Vasyuk

• Andrey Eduardovich Baranov

• Aleksey Sergeyevich Morenets

• Sergey Aleksandrovich Morgachev

• Artem Adreyevich Malyshev

• Yuriy Leonidovich Shikolenko

• Victor Borisovich Netyksho

• Dmitriy Aleksandrovich Mikhaylov

• African Initiative

• Artyom Sergeevich Kureyev

• Anna Sergeevna Zamaraeva

• Victor Aleksandrovich Lukovenko


Woman dubbed 'gangster granny' jailed for running UK-wide cocaine operation
A 65-year-old woman dubbed "gangster granny" by police has been jailed for running a UK-wide drug-dealing operation.

Deborah Mason - known as 'Queen Bee' - and seven other members of the family-run gang were sentenced to a total of 106.5 years at Woolwich Crown Court in London on Friday.

The group imported almost a tonne of cocaine - with an estimated street value of £80m - over seven months.

Mason spent her profits on designer goods, including a Gucci lead and collar for her cat, and planned to travel to Turkey for cosmetic procedures.

The ringleader was in "close contact" with an upstream supplier called Bugsy using an encrypted app and directed other members of the gang as they drove packages of imported cocaine to locations across England.

Mason was found guilty of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs and sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Judge Philip Shorrock told her: "You were effectively the site foreman working under the direction of a site manager.

"You recruited members of your own family - as a mother you should have been setting an example for your children and not corrupting them."

Prosecutor Charlotte Hole said earlier that Mason "recruited both her family members - her sister and her children - as well as partners and friends of her children, to a network of at least 10 individuals."

Mason and the other eight defendants made multiple trips to collect and drop off imported cocaine from Harwich Port and other locations.

Some of the gang members took their young children with them as they couriered the packages.

They took them to addresses in Bradford, Cardiff, south London, Rotherham, Southend, Leicester, Walsall and various other places.

Ms Hole said Mason did not use pressure or coercion to woo her family into the gang, as they were "motivated by financial benefit".

It is estimated each person earned more than £1,000 a day, the Metropolitan Police said.

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Mason - who took part in 20 trips, delivering 356kg of cocaine - was also in receipt of more than £50,000 per year in benefit income during the conspiracy period, the court heard.

She was jailed on Friday alongside seven other people.

Roseanne Mason, 29, of Canon, north London, Chloe Hodgkin, 23, of Wye, Kent, Lillie Bright, 26, of Ashford, Demi Bright, 30, of Staplehurst, Kent, and Anita Slaughter, 44, of Ashford, Kent, stood trial alongside the 65-year-old and were all found guilty of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.

Prior to her trial, Lillie Bright pleaded guilty to a separate offence of offering to supply Class A drugs.

Her partner, Chloe Hodgkin, is awaiting the birth of her baby and will be sentenced at a later date.

Tina Golding, 66, of Ashford, Kent, Reggie Bright, 24, of Staplehurst, Kent, and Demi Kendall, 31, of Staplehurst, Kent, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A drugs.

Reggie Bright and Demi Kendall also pleaded guilty to a separate offence of possession with intent to supply Class A drugs, and possession of criminal property after seizures of cocaine and more than £15,000 cash during a search of their home.

Roseanne Mason and Demi Bright were each sentenced to 11 years in prison.

Lillie Bright was sentenced to 13 years, and Demi Kendall was sentenced to 13 years and six months imprisonment.

Reggie Bright was sentenced to 15 years, and Tina Golding was jailed for 10 years.

Anita Slaughter was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment.


Man wearing metal necklace pulled into MRI machine in New York
A man wearing a large metal necklace was pulled into an MRI machine in New York.

The 61-year-old, who has not been named, was pulled by the machine's strong magnetic force after he entered a room at the Nassau Open MRI clinic while a scan was under way, Nassau County Police said.

It is unknown why the man entered the room or if he was a patient at the clinic.

Police added that the accident on Wednesday afternoon "resulted in a medical episode" and left the man in a critical condition in hospital.

There was no update on his condition on Friday.

MRI stands for Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The machines use strong magnetic fields and radio waves to create detailed images of the inside of the body.

Due to the magnetic fields, "very powerful forces" are exerted on objects made of iron, some steels, and other magnetic materials, the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering says.

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It says the forces are "strong enough to fling a wheelchair across the room".

Sky News' US partner network NBC New York reported that MRI accidents are rare but can be fatal.


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