A man died after becoming trapped under machinery at a factory in Co Down, police said today.

FARM safety presents challenges common to the whole island, a north-south conference was told in Monaghan yesterday.

A man was left fighting for his life today after an explosion at a factory.

Two children and an adult remain in hospital today after a firework “went astray” into a crowd watching a Bonfire Night display in England.

HOW much does it cost to change five light bulbs? A whopping €1,900 since the EU ruled you must use scaffolding if the bulb is more than 40 feet above the ground.

British detectives investigating the death of a teenager who fell 100ft from a ride at a theme park today issued a fresh appeal for information.

A 32-year-old man died instantly when he leant out of a train window as it entered a tunnel at 70mph, British police said.

A British lottery winner who died after taking cyanide while at work told a colleague he had taken the deadly substance, it emerged today.

Maintenance company Jarvis says photographic evidence appears to back its claim that sabotage may have caused the Potters Bar rail crash.

A points failure tonight emerged as the likely cause of the Potters Bar rail disaster which claimed the lives of seven people and injured dozens more.

A full search of the Potters Bar rail crash scene is underway today as police worked to discover what caused the disaster which left seven people dead.

High Street chemist Boots is being prosecuted after three employees allegedly became ill after mixing an anti-malaria drug.

A reactor at a nuclear power station in Suffolk has been shut down following an acid leak.

An investigation was under way today to discover how a man fell to his death after using connecting doors between two carriages of a Tube train, a British Transport Police spokesman said.

Investigators looking into an explosion which ripped through an oil refinery are not ruling out human error as a cause.