
Flash floods caused by torrential rain killed 19 people and left 12 missing near France’s Mediterranean coast, local officials said today.
More than 350 mm (14 inches) of rain fell on the Var department in southern France in a few hours yesterday.
“Draguignan was the worst-hit town, with hundreds of vehicles swept away and several neighbourhoods under [...]
June 17th, 2010 | Posted in Global Tragedy, Worldwide News | Read More »

It is with sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Lance Corporal Andrew Breeze from B (Malta) Company, 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire) was killed in Afghanistan on Saturday 12 June 2010.
During an operation to clear an area near to Check Point KINGSHILL in order to increase security around the military base, [...]
June 14th, 2010 | Posted in Victims of War, Worldwide News | Read More »

This is a timeline of the events on 2 June that saw taxi driver Derrick Bird shoot dead 12 people and injure 11 more in west Cumbria.
The rampage ended when 52-year-old Bird took his own life.
EARLY HOURSBird murders his twin brother David at his home at High Trees Farm in Lamplugh, although the body is [...]
June 14th, 2010 | Posted in Worldwide News | Read More »