Peter MacLoughlin has raised the issue of detachable safety restrictor catches on high-rise flat windows with Sheffield City Council and said that the council should not house vulnerable people at height. He responded again after South Yorkshire assistant coroner Alexandra Pountney this week (April 3) issued a prevention of future deaths report that she sent to the council following the death of Saffra Winn, who fell from her flat in Upperthorpe in July 2022. The inquest took place last month....
A police report states the incident happened during a large party at the apartment building, which is located just a few hundred feet away from Commonwealth Avenue.
Iran has vowed revenge for the April 1 airstrike on its embassy compound in Damascus, ratcheting up tension in a region already strained by the Gaza conflict
The alert comes amid heightened tensions in the region.
The demolition of a building that is leaning precariously after an earthquake in Taiwan was halted on Saturday because of aftershocks that made it lean even more, media reports said. The red building, about 10 stories tall and inclined over a street in the city of Hualien, has become an iconic image from the magnitude […]
Sheffield Council has written to all high-rise residents in the city following two tragic deaths at tower blocks in the city. Saffra Winn plummeted to her death from her high-rise flat on Martin Street in Upperthorpe in July 2022, while another woman, aged 37, was found dead at the foot of a tower block on Brightmore Drive, Netherthorpe, in December 2023. The Star earlier this week reported how a coroner had called for the council to take action to prevent more fatalities, following the...
One person was killed and two others were hospitalized Thursday afternoon when a section of crane fell from a building in downtown Fort Lauderdale, officials said.
One person was killed and two others were hospitalized Thursday afternoon when a section of crane fell from a building in downtown Fort Lauderdale, officials said.
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The Ministry of State for Natural Disaster Management of the caretaker government has announced that the death toll from recent floods in the country has risen to 66 in recent days. The statement said on Tuesday that 66 people have lost their lives due to recent floods, and 36 others have been injured. According to […]
The Lehman Trilogy follows three Jewish brothers and the rise and demise of their Lehman Brothers financial conglomerate over 167 years. Let’s explore the Lehman Brothers’ timeline, which spans almost two centuries, from their humble beginnings to their success and fall. 1844-1850s Henry Lehman arrives in America as a German emigrant. He opens a dry […]