Witnesses said a car travelling at high speed mounted the kerb before smashing into a lamppost in the Clermiston area on Thursday evening.

A driver reportedly crashed into a lamppost while being pursued by police in Edinburgh on Thursday evening.

The incident happened at around 6pm on July 16 on Clermiston Drive, where witnesses said a car travelling at high speed lost control before mounting the kerb and smashing into a lamppost.

Local residents claimed the vehicle had earlier been seen speeding along Clermiston Drive before returning towards Drum Brae Drive with police cars in pursuit.

According to witnesses, both the driver and passenger then abandoned the badly damaged grey car and fled on foot, with officers giving chase.

Pictures from the scene show the vehicle with extensive front-end damage. Several police vehicles and a recovery truck attended the incident.

Witness Steven Melville told our sister title Edinburgh Live: “I saw the car being driven at high speed up Clermiston Drive round about 6ish.

“And five minutes later it came back down again being chased by two cop cars, he took the corner at Hoseason Gardens at high speed, mounted the kerb and hit the lamppost.

“Both the driver and the passenger took off on foot and the police gave chase. That’s what I saw anyway.”

Police Scotland has been approached for comment.

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The A628 Woodhead Pass remains closed in both directions between the A616 Langsett and the A57 Hollingworth after a vehicle fire spread to nearby moorland.

The road is a major connecting route between Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire plus Derbyshire.

Fire crews have been battling a blaze on moorland close to the Greater Manchester border (Image: Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service/X)

It has been closed since around 3.30pm today (July 16), with drivers diverted onto local routes and some forced to use alternative TransPennine routes such as the M1, the M62, and the M60.

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service has been leading the response to the blaze, and they have urged drivers to avoid the area.

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Fire crews in Derbyshire have been battling wildfires for days, particularly in the Tintwistle area.

They have urged people to avoid the area and stay off the moors.

National Highways says Woodhead Pass currently remains closed, and has not indicated whether it will reopen before fire crews leave the area.

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water has warned a hosepipe ban is likely in parts of Wales this weekend. This will affect mid and south Ceredigion, together with parts of north Pembrokeshire and north Carmarthenshire.

The company said reservoir levels remain “healthy” but there are challenges producing, treating, storing and moving enough drinking water through the network quickly enough to meet “exceptional” demand.

The affected area covers around 33,000 properties, stretching from Llanon, Llangwyryfon and Cwm Ystwyth in Ceredigion, across to Crymych, Llanfyrnach and Nevern in north Pembrokeshire, and into parts of north Carmarthenshire, including Farmers, Pencader and Hermon.

In recent days, residents in Old Colwyn, Conwy, have experienced intermittent interruptions to water supplies without warning, causing huge local upset. More than 300 homes have been affected.

Although water supplies have since been restored here, a burst main near Llandegla is currently affecting supplies in “surrounding areas of Corwen and Wrexham”.

Dŵr Cymru doesn’t expect this incident to be resolved until late afternoon.

Councillor Stuart Mathers, Leader of Hillingdon Labour, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS): “This is a damning assessment of a Conservative administration that has been in power for nearly two decades. Concerns first raised by Labour have now been reinforced by external auditors, internal auditors, CIPFA and the Government itself, all pointing to significant weaknesses in governance, financial sustainability, organisational culture and financial management. That should concern every resident.

By KIRSTEN MURRAY, SENIOR SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER

Published: 21:32 BST, 16 July 2026 | Updated: 23:20 BST, 16 July 2026

Love Island’s Ellie Chadwick has quit the villa after her fellow islanders chose to dump Finley Maddock.

It was revealed on Wednesday that the Scottish villa favourite had reportedly left the ITV dating show just days before the final.

And during Thursday night’s episode her final moments were aired as her fellow islanders chose to send home her partner Finley. 

After the public vote, it was Elicia, Martha and Mica who were revealed as the three least favourite girls. And Finley, Jordan and Samraj who were the least favourite boys. 

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In a dramatic episode, Elicia and Jordan were revealed as the least popular and were automatically dumped from the villa. 

It was then the difficult job of the remaining islanders to vote to decide which two islanders to send home out of the remaining four. 

Love Island’s Ellie Chadwick’s has quit the villa after her fellow islanders chose to dump Finley Maddock in a brutal decision during Thursday’s episode 

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Announcing her decision to leave, Finley asked her: ‘Are you sure? I feel like I’ve put you in this situation. I feel I’ve just ruined your experience’

And after tense back and forth, the group decided to send home Martha and Finley.

Despite a turbulent past week in her relationship with Finley, Ellie began to cry as she told the islanders: ‘I know that he is my person.’ 

But as the vote was revealed the tears streamed down her face as she said: ‘I’m going guys I am going I can’t do it.’ 

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Announcing her decision to leave, Finley asked her: ‘Are you sure? I feel like I’ve put you in this situation. I feel I’ve just ruined your experience.’ 

Ellie replied: ‘Who’s going to come walk through the doors and I’m going to have a connection like I did with you in two weeks? No one. I fought our corner, and it was a vote. There’s not much else I can do from that.’

The pair then had a tearful goodbye with their fellow islanders before packing their suitcases and heading on their way.

While Ellie and Finley survived the test of Casa Amor and their relationship appeared to be going from strength to strength, last week they faced a major bump in the road when Finley had his head turned by bombshell Elicia Bailey.

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Ellie threatened to leave the villa several times during the heartache as Elicia recoupled with her man before they went on a flirty date which saw them share a kiss.  

Yet Tuesday night’s episode saw the pair’s on/off romance back on track after Finley cut off his flirtation with Elicia and Ellie chose him in the recoupling.

But as the vote was revealed the tears streamed down her face as she said: ‘I’m going guys I am going I can’t do it’

Her departure comes after a week of tears for the estate agent after her partner Fin had his head turned by bombshell Elicia Bailey (pictured)

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Tuesday night’s episode saw the pair’s on/off romance back on track after Finley cut off his flirtation with Elicia and Ellie chose him in the recoupling

Ellie is the third person to leave the show this year not via a dumping.

Days into the series George Knight left the villa for ‘personal reasons’. George has insisted he quit the villa after learning that a member of his family had a health concern, but sources have since shared the real reason behind his departure.

It’s claimed that while George’s story about his family is true, he has used it to hide the fact that he was axed after receiving a formal warning for using ‘unacceptable language’ in the villa.

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George then learned of his family news at the same time, but there is no suggestion that ITV bosses attempted to cover up his behaviour.

Casa Amor bombshell Gabriel Garland was axed from the show after just a day when revelations about his past came to light, after it was not picked up in official background checks.

He said: “They were ordinary people, like us, they were families, and fishermen, and business owners, and soldiers, and friends, and lovers, and mothers and sons, they weren’t people who expected their lives to be remembered, so I hope I’ve honoured their humanity and their courage.”

Jesy Nelson has revealed how her twin daughters have suffered a fresh health setback after her campaign to screen newborn babies for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) secured a major breakthrough.

The former Little Mix star said she ‘can’t stop crying’ after learning all babies born in England will now be tested for the rare genetic condition at birth.

However, Jesy said that the historic change is ‘bittersweet’ as her daughters, Ocean Jade and Story Monroe, are ‘not great’.

The 25-year-old said her twins’ future is uncertain as medics are still assessing how much of their muscles died off before they were diagnosed late and then treated.

Both Ocean and Story were diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1, the most severe form of the muscle-wasting disease, after leaving hospital.

However, Jesy said that the diagnosis came too late after irreversible nerve damage and it is likely that they will never walk again.

Speaking to The Sun, Jesy discussed Ocean and Story’s most recent three-month review at St Ormond Street’s Children’s Hospital where doctors warned that the girls were not responding to the treatment how they had hoped.

‘Unfortunately, some of the numbers have gone down,’ she said.

‘We had a long discussion and there’s a possibility they may have to go back on treatment, which is just heartbreaking.

‘I constantly battle between manifesting they’re going to defy the odds and trying to come to accept that that may not happen.

‘It’s a really weird position to be in because you you think ‘well, if that doesn’t happen, am I just going to feel heartbroken for the rest of my life?’

‘Then you worry, if I accept it, am I also manifesting that?’

In her new Prime Video show, Jesy Nelson: Life Changing, the singer also broke down in tears over the guilt she carries and worries her children will blame her when they’re older.

She told the publication: ‘I know it’s not my fault, but when I watch back videos of when I brought them home and they were kicking their legs, I realise now that over the course of a month, they just stopped.

‘That’s the part where the guilt kicks in because I don’t understand how I didn’t see that. Why didn’t I spot that?’

This comes after Jesy shared heartbreaking footage of the moment she was told about her twins’ devastating diagnosis.

The 35-year-old posted footage from her Amazon Prime Video series: ‘Jesy Nelson: Life Changing’, which she ‘urges’ everyone to watch.

In the clip, Jesy can be seen rocking one of her babies from side to side while she and her former partner, Zion Foster, receive news that her twins’ ‘genetic test came back positive’ for the life-altering condition.

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By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS, DEPUTY BUSINESS EDITOR

Updated: 22:51 BST, 16 July 2026