A United Airlines flight collided with a bakery truck and knocked over a light pole while crossing over a crowded New Jersey highway as it came in to land. Flight UA169, which was arriving into the Garden State after traveling from Venice, Italy, hit the vehicle on approach into Newark International Airport on Sunday. Shocking footage has since emerged of the jet striking a bakery van as it glided over the New Jersey Turnpike. Remarkably the driver of the vehicle, who disappeared amongst the debris in the…

One of the UK's rarest native mammal species has been rescued - from a rubbish bin.The two-week-old pine marten was handed in to a wildlife hospital on April 21 weighing just 105 grams.The tiny kit was found in a rubbish bin with two of his deceased siblings.The pine marten found in Powys, Wales, was then brought into the centre by a hedgehog carer who believed he might be a fox cub.Natalie Gould, who works at the hospital, said a pine marten had never been admitted to The Vale Wildlife Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre in…

Tributes have been paid to a 'truly special' teenager who was killed after being struck by a falling tree in a park on Saturday.The school boy was named on Sunday as 15-year-old Brodan Dubickas, who was described as 'kind-hearted, respectful and full of warmth'. Emergency services were called to Holmcroft Road in the Holmcroft area of Stafford, Staffordshire, on Saturday at 6.30pm following reports of the incident. Despite the combined efforts of paramedics from West Midlands Ambulance Service and Midlands Air…

Passengers on a cruise ship are trapped at sea after three people died and a British man was left fighting for his life following the outbreak of a rat-borne virus.The World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed six suspected cases of a hantavirus infection on the MV Hondius, travelling from Ushuaia in Argentina to Cape Verde in Africa.A 70-year-old passenger was the first to die followed by his 69-year-old wife. They are both Dutch nationals.A 69-year-old Briton was taken to Johannesburg, where he is being treated…