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Huge tyre explosion
![A truck tyre sparks moments before exploding after the vehicle hit overhead power lines.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/n/5/f/7/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jn50x.png/1496876041887.jpg)
The theory behind this big bang is that a monster mining truck has clipped overhead power lines.
May risks reputation in election
![Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May reacts as she speaks at an election campaign event at Pride Park Stadium in Derby.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/m/v/x/a/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jmxfp.png/1496852965026.jpg)
Theresa May is often compared to Margaret Thatcher, depicted by supporters as a 21st-century Iron Lady.
Airport arrest after concert blast
![The man was arrested at London's Heathrow Airport. [FILE PHOTO]](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/l/3/2/j/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jmwyj.png/1496834871250.jpg)
Police had pre-planned the man's arrest and say there was no threat to busy Heathrow Airport.
UK police find body in river
![The UK Metropolitan Police said the body was found on Tuesday downstream from the bridge.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/1/6/l/f/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jmwqn.png/1496847677543.jpg)
Police searching for missing Frenchman after terror attack find body in the Thames.
Police arrest another suspect
![Police officers guard a road near Borough Market in London.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/m/t/w/8/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jmurd.png/1496822231815.jpg)
London police arrest 30-year-old man suspected of a connection to the lethal attack on London Bridge.
Second Aussie victim confirmed
![Sara Zelenak became separated from her friend while walking on London Bridge.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/k/z/8/j/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jmrxt.png/1496814085670.jpg)
Missing Australian woman Sara Zelenak was killed in London terror attack, her mother confirms.
UK voting on security
![UK Prime Minister Theresa May has vowed to crack down on terrorism suspects. .](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/i/s/1/4/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jm9e8.png/1496796930534.jpg)
Britons are about to vote in an election that was supposed to be dominated by Brexit. Now it's a battle over security.
Even moderate drinking affects brain
![Think twice before having that next drink.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/h/7/1/7/j/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jm67d.png/1496794256988.jpg)
Think twice before having that next drink - even moderate drinking leads to brain function deterioration.
James Corden's defiant UK
![James Corden is filming three episodes of The Late Late Show in London this week.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/l/y/7/8/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jly1g.png/1496789121365.jpg)
The Late Late Show host promises three of his stupidest, most fun-packed shows while in London.
London attacks: Lost in river
![Westminster Bridge was the scene of the terror attack in central London.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/i/1/6/l/f/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jlwst.png/1496774592571.jpg)
It is believed Xavier Thomas may have been thrown into the River Thames by the killers' speeding van.
Mystery of the crossword codewords
![It is unclear which puzzle eventually sent investigators to track down who was writing them.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/l/w/h/w/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jlwns.png/1496776545621.jpg)
How did vital information start appearing in a British newspaper puzzle a month before WW II operation?
Boris defends successor
![Mayor of London Sadiq Khan (right) and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick speak to the media while visiting ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/l/u/c/c/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jlwe3.png/1496772704753.jpg)
Boris Johnson launches strident defence of Sadiq Khan in the row between London Mayor and Donald Trump.
Attacker shot after hammer threat
![Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, the scene of a hammer attack on a police officer, which resulted in the attacker being ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/l/w/9/9/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jlw86.png/1496773428944.jpg)
Police in Paris shoot and wound a man who attacked an officer outside the Notre Dame cathedral.
Third London attacker named
![Youssef Zaghba](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/l/w/6/t/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jlvr9.png/1496758025656.jpg)
Britain had previously been tipped off about Youssef Zaghba when he was trying to reach Syria.
Aussie nurse confirmed dead
![Kirsty Boden, 28, died in the London terror attack after rushing towards London Bridge to help victims.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/l/w/5/n/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jlug8.png/1496880003009.jpg)
Australian nurse Kirsty Boden was running to help victims of London terror attack when she was killed.
Kiwi attack victim awake and talking
![A woman attaches a sign near London Bridge, after attackers rammed a hired van into pedestrians on London Bridge and ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/k/x/2/w/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jl10n.png/1496743431794.jpg)
Kiwi Oliver Dowling on the mend after London attack, girlfriend remains in serious condition.
'Jihadist next door' was known
![Police have identified two of the three London Bridge terrorist attack suspects as Khuram Shazad Butt (left) and Rachid ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/k/z/h/v/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jlurg.png/1496741338121.jpg)
British police come under pressure to explain how London Bridge attacker slipped counter-terror net.
Cat massacre rocks French town
![Locals are unsure who or what is poisoning the cats.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/l/u/6/n/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jlu74.png/1496735316727.jpg)
A small town in France is reeling after 200 cats, both pets and strays, were killed inside a month.
What Theresa May's style says
![Theresa May's solid necklaces project an air of confidence and heft.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/k/k/8/b/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jlqnm.png/1496730413410.jpg)
From her "battle ready" necklaces to her loud shoes, the British PM's wardrobe is carefully crafted to covey a clear message.
'App of choice' for terrorists
![Telegram said they regularly removed IS channels but the blame for spreading terrorists' messages lay with the media.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/l/n/3/m/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jlnnx.png/1496723928880.jpg)
Rapid rise of encrypted messaging apps leave authorities struggling to monitor terrorist activity.
Call to regulate web to fight terrorism
![Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May has called for worldwide internet regulations to fight terrorism](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/l/1/o/j/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jl0zm.png/1496697313913.jpg)
British PM blames internet providers and large websites for giving violent extremism a "safe space it needs to breed."
Wallace and Gromit star dies
![Peter Sallis, who voice Wallace in the animated film series Wallace and Gromit, has died aged 96.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/k/z/j/e/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jl072.png/1496693076703.jpg)
Peter Sallis, the actor who voiced cheese-loving inventor Wallace, has died.
'Pathetic excuse' - Trump
![US President Donald Trump: "Pathetic excuse by London Mayor Sadiq Khan who had to think fast on his 'no reason to be ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/j/g/r/6/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jkzav.png/1496699101846.jpg)
US President renews his criticism of London Mayor in wake of terror attacks.
Faces of London terror attackers
![Police have identified two of the three London Bridge terrorist attack suspects as Khuram Shazad Butt (left) and Rachid ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/k/z/h/v/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jkzfl.png/1496691269734.jpg)
British police reveal identities of two of the attackers who killed seven people near London Bridge.
Critics call for May to resign
![British Prime Minister Theresa May has come under fire for cuts to the national police budget in the wake of recent ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/k/y/9/c/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jkz9i.png/1496691212798.jpg)
British PM faces new accusations linking her cuts to police numbers with recent rise in terror attacks.
Plea for missing Australian
![Australian au pair Sara Zelenak did not answer calls immediately after the London terror attack and has not been heard from.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/k/z/8/j/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jkz8r.png/1496692577742.jpg)
"Please help, I just want to find her, she is an amazing person and it's just not fair that something bad might have happened to her."
Hunt on for attack accomplices
![Police officers stand at a road block near a property in East Ham, east London, where police raided a house.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/k/y/9/a/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jkz6p.png/1496675537363.jpg)
Police identify the three men who killed seven and injured scores more in London terror attack.
'I've just been stabbed'
!['Someone help me, I've just been stabbed'](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/k/q/7/e/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jkq4q.png/1496644541446.jpg)
Australian man wounded in the London Bridge attacks reveals what happened when he became a terrorist's target.
Landmarks light up in solidarity
![The Brandenburg Gate is illuminated with the colours of the British flag to show solidarity with the victims of the ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/k/o/9/a/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jkolg.png/1496618634424.jpg)
Famous buildings and monuments from around the world had been transformed into tributes to the victims.
Tearful Grande at benefit concert
![Just 13 days after people were killed in a bombing at her concert, Ariana Grande's headlining an all-star show in their ...](http://web.archive.org./web/20170608012113im_/https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/j/k/l/p/v/image.related.StuffThumbnail.90x60.1jklnn.png/1496619302927.png)
Ariana Grande honours bombing victims with emotional all-star concert in Manchester.