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Car catches fire in Longleat lion enclosure
A family with two children had to abandon their car in the lion enclosure at Longleat Safari Park yesterday after it caught fire.
Read the full storyLions 150m from cars at Longleat
The spokesman for Longleat Safari Park said that the visitors involved in the incident were believed to be a mother and her son and daughter who were aged around 12 or 13. Visitors said the lions were 150 metres from the people carrier when the incident happened and the car was left "burnt out".
The family remained in the smoking vehicle until the rangers arrived, and the car caught fire when they had left the area. Longleat staff said at no point were the mother and children waiting outside their vehicle.
Cars were cleared from the area following the fire to make way for the fire service, but the park was up and running again shortly after.
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Car fire in the lion enclosure at Longleat
Laura Jeffries was a visitor at Longleat yesterday and saw the fire. She sent us this video.
Hundreds queue in Bristol to see Banksy
Thousands of people having been queuing for a glimpse of Banksy's latest offering at the Bristol museum. Staff say visitor numbers are far higher than normal with more than 300 passing through the doors in the first hour this morning.
The mural, "Mobile Lovers" is on display while an argument about its ownership is resolved. It was put up on a wall in Clement Street on Monday but was taken in by a nearby youth club. Donations for the club are being collected by the museum.
Footage shows 'meteor' fly across sky in Russia
Footage taken by a car's dashboard camera in the Russian city of Murmansk shows what appears to be a meteor-like object flying across the night sky.
A 10-ton meteor exploded in the sky over the Chelyabinsk region of Russia in February last year.
Murdered boy's mother slams release of gang member
The mother of murdered schoolboy Rhys Jones has criticised the "terrible" decision to release a gang member jailed for arming the youngster's killer.
Rhys was just 11 when he was gunned down by 16-year-old Sean Mercer on his way home from football practice in Croxteth, Liverpool, in 2007.
James Yates, who was given a 12-year sentence in 2009 for his role in the murder after he supplied the gun used by the shooter, left jail at Haverigg, Cumbria, on Thursday, according to the Daily Mirror.
Rhys's mother Melanie Jones told the Mirror: "It's terrible. It takes us back to the night Rhys died. It seems like only yesterday that Yates was sent to jail. For us, Yates is the most evil of them all. He makes my skin crawl."
Everton-mad Rhys was the innocent victim of a violent turf war between Liverpool street gangs.
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Thirteenth body found on Mount Everest
Search teams have recovered a thirteenth body from the snow and ice in the aftermath of an avalanche that swept through a dangerous mountain pass on Mount Everest at the weekend.
Another three guides remain missing and searchers are working quickly to find them in case weather conditions deteriorate.
South Korea ferry sinking: Divers recover three bodies
The confirmed death toll has risen to 36 as divers remove three bodies from the stricken South Korean ferry.
Divers recover 3 bodies from inside South Korean ferry, confirmed death toll at 36. official says: http://t.co/jdPOFtFG7S
More: South Korea ferry salvage operation 'could take months'
Easter truce holds as Russian troops mass near border
Ukraine's foreign ministry has said that the 'anti-terror operation' against pro-Russian separatists has been put on hold over Easter.
The SBU, Ukraine's state security service said the suspension was "linked to the implementation of the Geneva agreement and the Easter holidays".
'Trojan Horse' school tells of 'disruption bid'
Attempts were made to destabilise a Birmingham school named in the alleged "Trojan Horse" takeover plot, its governors have claimed.
In a statement issued after the arrest of four of its former staff members as part of a fraud inquiry, Adderley Primary alleged that a well organised group had tried to disrupt the school.
The school is one of four which were named in the "Trojan Horse" letter purporting to detail efforts by Muslim hard-liners to take over the management of several Birmingham schools.
In its statement to parents, Adderley Primary's governing body confirmed that several headteachers in the city had informed the authorities of "malicious and targeted" efforts to remove them from their posts.
"Attempts have been made at Adderley to destabilise the school by a very small but well organised group of individuals," the statement read.
