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BreakingNews.ie
8 hours ago
- BreakingNews.ie
Man (60s) dies in Cork house fire
A man in his 60s has died in a house fire at the Ardcullen estate in Hollyhill on the northside of Cork city. The alarm was raised at 12.45am on Monday, with units of Cork Fire Brigade from both Anglesea Street and Ballyvolane fire stations attending the scene. Advertisement Upon their arrival at the estate, members of the fire brigade were informed by neighbours that a man was still inside the property. They located the man inside the house. Attempts were made to resuscitate him, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. A woman in her sixties was treated by paramedics before being transferred by ambulance to Cork University Hospital (CUH) with non-life-threatening injuries. She had managed to get out of the house and was assisted by neighbours before the arrival of the emergency services. A post-mortem examination will be carried out on the deceased man at CUH. The coroner has been notified, and an inquest will be held in due course. The scene was sealed off to facilitate a full technical examination of the two-storey terraced property. Efforts will be made to determine the cause of the blaze. Initial indications are that the fire was accidental.
Irish Times
8 hours ago
- Irish Times
Man (60s) dies in house fire in Cork
A man has died following a house fire in Hollyhill on the northside of Cork city. The alarm was raised about the blaze in the Ardcullen estate at about 12.45am, with units of Cork Fire Brigade attending the scene. Upon their arrival, members of the fire brigade were informed by neighbours that a man, aged in his 60s, was still inside the property. They located the man inside the house and attempts were made to resuscitate him, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. READ MORE A woman, also aged in her 60s, was treated by paramedics before being transferred by ambulance to Cork University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. She had managed to get out of the house and was assisted by neighbours before the arrival of the emergency services. The scene was sealed off to allow for a technical examination of the two-storey terraced property. Efforts will be made to determine the cause of the blaze, but initial indications suggest it was accidental in nature. A postmortem will be carried out on the deceased and the coroner has been notified. An inquest will be held in due course.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Lower Gornal land with permission for home with sauna up for £150k
A PATCH of land in Lower Gornal with planning permission for a modern house with a sauna and steam room in the basement has gone up for sale for £150k. The land on Deepdale Lane has planning permission in place for a five-bedroom home. Four neighbours objected to the proposal, but it was given the go-ahead by Dudley Council in November 2023. The land is being marketed by Connells in Dudley. It used to be part of the garden of 54, Deepdale Lane, but has now been separated from it.
Malay Mail
2 days ago
- Malay Mail
Knife dispute between neighbours in Singapore's Yishun flats leaves one dead, another wounded
SINGAPORE, July 20 — A 44-year-old man died and a 53-year-old man was injured following a dispute between neighbours at a Housing and Development Board (HDB) block in Yishun here, yesterday The police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) were alerted to the incident at Block 334B Yishun Street 31 around 5.20pm, The Straits Times reported. When officers arrived, they found the older man injured inside his flat and the younger man lying motionless at the foot of the block. Preliminary investigations suggest the two men, who lived in the same block, had a prior argument along the corridor. During the dispute, the 44-year-old allegedly attacked the 53-year-old with a knife. The younger man was later found at the foot of the block and was pronounced dead at the scene by an SCDF paramedic. The police have said they do not suspect foul play at this stage of the investigation. Photos from the scene showed a blue police tent on a grass patch and a cordoned-off area, with a resident reporting that she heard a loud noise and saw the injured man from her fourth-floor flat.
The Guardian
3 days ago
- General
- The Guardian
Country diary: Farewell to my old cottage – we had some wild times
Moving day is here, and I find myself staring at the old cottage. She's a scruffy, tumble-down affair – more of the landscape than in it. I'll miss her: the dark oak bones with an ochre skin of clay brick, the handsome burnt headers in bold contrast to the veins of pale lime mortar. A building can still be visited, of course, but a place in a community cannot – and it is this knowledge that strikes me hardest. While I'm fond of my human neighbours, what has brought me real joy here is my sense of belonging, in among the menagerie of seasonal wild visitors. Spring is heralded by the rhythmic tap of courting deathwatch beetles, rapping their mandibles against the wooden beams from which they emerge. Soon after, the knots of hibernating ladybirds about the windows unravel and disperse, crawling over the panes until I open the casements to set them free. Lacewings follow, while outside, sparrows trailing strands of sheep wool from their beaks cram every slipped-tile cranny with nests, which soon throng with the begging of chicks. Summer arrives with a new wave of insects: bumblebees pottering beneath the eaves, wasps streaming to and from their nests in the crooked roof, and masonry bees working tunnels into the soft mortar. Black ants patrol the house for crumbs and, on warm evenings, swarm the outer walls as their new queens take flight, a feast that brings the shrieking swifts swooping low. Cabbage white butterflies pupate in the lobby as the warm days wane, but few survive the parasitic wasp larvae that consume them from within and bubble from their flanks in hideous fashion – a process I observe with grim delight as I consider my caterpillar‑ravaged brassicas. Autumn brings the rodents home, and with them the curious sport of discerning brown rat from yellow-throated mouse as they scrabble in the lath-and-plaster walls. Turning to leave, an old memory surfaces: the memory of a young boy who begged for a bedroom wild with animals and insects, a leaf-litter carpet, and shrubs in place of curtains. Thank you Stream Cottage for bringing me so close. Under the Changing Skies: The Best of the Guardian's Country Diary, 2018-2024 is published by Guardian Faber; order at and get a 15% discount
