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M25 shut after lorry overturns at Potters Bar

Bruno Fernandes describes the scene, as shown in this aerial footage

Four people have been injured in a crash that closed the M25 in both directions between junctions 23 and 25.

The road was shut near Potters Bar, in Hertfordshire, after a lorry overturned across a central reservation.

Police said one man was in a critical condition and another was being treated for serious injuries.

The fire service said it freed two people - one who was trapped in the cab of the lorry and another who was trapped under a barrier.

Another person was found injured in the road.

An East of England Ambulance Service Trust spokesman said one person who suffered "life-threatening leg injuries" was airlifted to Addenbrooke's Hospital, in Cambridge

 

Closed 'for hours'

The other seriously injured person was taken to Chase Farm Hospital, in north London.

The spokesman added two other people were treated at the scene for "minor injuries". No other vehicles were involved, police said

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 The Highways Agency has advised people to avoid the area

A Highways Agency spokeswoman said motorists were being advised to avoid the area if possible or allow extra time for journeys.

"The carriageways will be reopened as soon as it is safe to do so however the closure is expected to last for several hours," said the spokeswoman.

Diversions have been put in place.

Lorry driver Bruno Fernandes said: "I must have arrived three or four minutes after it happened. The emergency services were keeping people out of the way.

"We were told turn around and were then diverted away from the area."

 

Phone-hacking trial: Prince Harry message 'was hacked'

 

A voicemail message left by Prince Harry was hacked by the News of the World, the Old Bailey has heard.

The jury was shown a transcript of the hacked message asking the prince's ex-SAS private secretary for help with an essay on the Iranian Embassy siege.

The document was one kept by former NoW royal editor Clive Goodman, who denies misconduct in public office.

He is one of eight people who deny a series of charges at the trial of former News of the World journalists.

 

 

Bharti Airtel profit down 29 percent on rupee woes

Its mobile Internet revenue doubled from a year earlier, driving overall revenue up 10 percent.

MUMBAI (AP) Bharti Airtel, India s largest telecommunications company, says the weak rupee contributed to a 29 percent slump in quarterly profit.

The company said Wednesday its net profit for the July to September quarter was 5.1 billion rupees ($83 million). It absorbed currency losses of 3.4 billion rupees ($55 million).

However, solid revenue growth in rupee terms boosted the company s stock, which rose nearly 5 percent on the Bombay Stock Exchange.

Bhartil Airtel said its mobile Internet revenue doubled from a year earlier, driving overall revenue up 10 percent.

Double suicide attack in central Iraq kills 12

  Last Updated On 30 October,2013 About 1 hour ago

Law and order situation in Iraq is goring from bad to worse with the passage of time.

BAGHDAD (AP) Officials say a twin suicide attack targeting soldiers and anti-al-Qaida militiamen in central Iraq has killed 12 people.

A police officer says the first attacker detonated his explosives-laden belt late Tuesday among a group of soldiers and Sahwa militiamen gathered in the orchard of a local militia leader in the town of Tarmiyah.

A second suicide bomber blew himself up at the gate of the compound as people tried to flee from the first explosion.

The officer says nine troops, including a brigade commander, and three militiamen were killed, and 23 were wounded. Tarmiyah, a former insurgent stronghold, is about 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Baghdad.

A medical official confirmed the causality figures. Both spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to talk to media.