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Police investigating the death of a woman at South Lakes Wild Animal Park, Dalton are working to figure if human or technical failure led to her death.

Sarah McClay aged 24 years, was attacked by a Sumatran tiger whilst, police believe, going about her routine duties.

The enclosure concerned consists of a number of compartments both indoor and outdoor connected by lockable doors. Systems are in place the ensure that animals and keepers remain apart at all times. At some stage this has failed and the animal and Sarah came together with tragic consequences.

The police are working to establish whether this was a result of human or technical factors.

Police are not currently treating this as a criminal investigation. Until the investigation is completed officers are keeping an open mind as to the exact causes of this tragedy.

Our thoughts at this time are with the family and friends of Sarah and we will continue our investigation to establish the exact details of what happened as soon and as thoroughly as possible.

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Dipu Ahad, Labour Councillor for Newcastle.

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Bayern Munich fans have started to arrive in London hours before the kick-off of tonight's Champions League final.

Bayern face fellow German giants Borussia Dortmund in the final at Wembley Stadium.

Join Adrian Chiles, Roy Keane, Lee Dixon and Gareth Southgate at 7pm on ITV.

Alternatively, watch the match live online.

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A man has been rescued after he got stuck on a cliff at Corbyn Head in Torquay.

A spokesman for Brixham Coastguard said the man had been pulled to the top of the cliff by a local rescue team at around 3pm and was currently being looked after by ambulance staff.

He said the man was a "high risk missing person".

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Emergency services are attempting to rescue a man trapped on a cliff.

The man was spotted by a Devon and Cornwall Police helicopter at Corbyn Head in Torquay, Devon, after a 999 call at around 1.35pm, the force said.

He has been trapped at the site for more than an hour and a half.

#Police : Male trapped on a cliff - Torquay http://t.co/jTCJURJTsz Devon Cornwall

From @DC_Police on Twitter: (about 2 hours ago)

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Forty eight people have been rescued after a passenger boat hit a rock at Skomer Island off the Pembrokeshire coast, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said.

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A small group of protesters opposing the EDL tried to intercept their march in Newcastle today, but were bundled away by police.

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Two freight trains have collided at a rail intersection in the US state of Missouri injuring seven people, igniting a fire and triggering the collapse of an overpass, a county sheriff's dispatcher said.

Dispatcher Clay Slipis of the Scott County Sheriff's Office said that five people who had been travelling in cars on the overpass were injured as were two train conductors near the town of Chaffee in southeastern Missouri.

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