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Volunteers restoring a former Edinburgh nuclear bunker are worried someone will be hurt because of safety issues. BBC News

Two climbers were rescued after falling in a mountain corrie in the Cairngorms on Saturday. Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team (CMRT) said the incident happened after a ledge of snow called a cornice collapsed in Aladdin’s Couloir, a route in Coire an t-Sneachda. Members of Assynt Mountain Rescue Team who were …

Harlow Town Football Club has gone into administration, prompting the town council to describe the decision as “deeply concerning”. According to court documents filed in London’s insolvency court, the judge made an order appointing administrators to the club on Friday. The court said the order was made in an application …

A motorcyclist who was carrying blood supplies for the NHS has sustained life-threatening injuries and remains in hospital after being involved in a crash. Dyfed-Powys Police was called to the A48 westbound, between the Botanical Gardens turning and Llanddarog junction, in Carmarthenshire, just before 18:00 GMT on Monday, where a …

Norad, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, has kicked off its 70-year tradition of tracking Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, with US President Donald Trump joining. He and First Lady Melania Trump took calls from multiple children. Every year, Norad tracks Santa as he circles the globe, with volunteers helping …

An injured caver was rescued from an entrance shaft of a cave system in the Peak District. A rescue operation was carried out on Saturday afternoon at the Flower Pot entrance to the 60m (197ft) Carlswark Cavern near Stoney Middleton in Derbyshire. A caver suffered a suspected lower-leg fracture, said …

The White House has unveiled its 2025 Christmas decorations, which are traditionally coordinated by the first lady. This year’s theme is “Home Is Where the Heart Is”. It took 1,500 volunteers working for one week to install the decorations. According to the White House, more than 50 Christmas trees, 700 …

Volunteers at a community garden in central London have been reuniting phone theft victims with their stolen devices. BBC News

A climber suffered significant injuries when she was hit by a falling rock in the Lake District. Keswick Mountain Rescue Team (MRT) said a man was climbing a route called The Shroud on Black Crag, Borrowdale, when a block from an overhang came off and hit his female climbing partner …

RNLI/Sofia Voudouroglou One man suffered a suspected asthma attack after playing cricket in the water Lifeboat crews have rescued cricketers and spectators who were attending an annual event on a sandbar in the Solent. The Bramble Bank cricket match was played at low tide on Thursday morning between yacht clubs …

A fox trapped in a tiny gap between two garages has been rescued and nursed back to health. He was found last week by a resident in Gloucester who was able to help get him out by removing bricks in one of the walls. Volunteers from Vale Wildlife Hospital and …

A dog has been rescued after falling 30m (100ft) from a cliff at a waterfall near Loch Ness. Volunteer teams from Inverness and Cromarty in the Highlands and Burghead in Moray were sent to Falls of Foyers, south of Inverness after the alarm was raised at about 09:45. The coastguard …

A dog has been rescued after swimming more than 200m (656ft) out to sea. Bertie, a five-year-old Giant Schnauzer, was enjoying the water at Newport beach, Pembrokeshire. But it soon became clear he was not going to turn around, and had his sights on nearby Dinas Head. Owner Kate Wagg …