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Hundreds of people across Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern parts of England spotted an unusual fireball lighting up the night sky.

It was unclear whether it was a meteor or a piece of space debris, said Aine O'Brien, a doctoral student at the University of Glasgow and a member of the UK Fireball Alliance, which tracks meteor sightings.

The fireball was visible in the sky for 10 to 20 seconds – an unusually long period of time for a meteor – but the way the object fragmented in the night sky suggested it was a space rock.

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"It's got properties of both. We've got people processing the footage and working out the trajectory of it," O'Brien said. "In the moment, we can only guess. Either way it was an amazing event."

Most fireballs are only visible for a few seconds, she said. A meteorite that struck a driveway in central England last year fell through the sky for seven seconds.

The fireball was spotted at about 10pm GMT on Wednesday (7am, Thursday AEST). The relatively early hour, plus clear night skies, meant that many people saw the fireball even in built-up areas such as Glasgow, O'Brien said.

Many of those lucky enough to spot the fireball shared mobile phone and door camera videos on social media.

Richard Kacerek, founder of the UK Meteor Observation Network, said the group's initial assessment was that it was space debris. "Judging from the videos recorded by the public, it seems to be moving far slower than a meteor would," he said.

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Cis Verbeeck, president of the International Meteor Organisation, said the group had received more than 800 reports on its website and then used that information to compile a possible trajectory of the fireball.

The fireball's path suggested it passed over the North Channel, which separates Scotland and Northern Ireland, and ended its journey somewhere above Islay, an island off the west coast of Scotland.

A bus carrying high school students has crashed in Auckland, New Zealand with the front end left hanging off a bridge.

The bus had gone across the footpath and partly through a railing.

It was carrying a group of students, but the driver and teens on board have since been taken off.

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Multiple emergency service vehicles, including Fire and Emergency and St John Ambulance, were at the scene.

Police said they were called to the incident about 8.40am local time (6.40am AEST). They confirmed there were no injuries.

Lanes heading to Ponsonby were blocked, but one lane going towards Newmarket remained open.

An Auckland Transport notification said 12 difference bus routes had been diverted as a result of the crash.

"Motorists should expect delays and are advised to avoid the area if possible," a police statement said.

A passerby who arrived soon after believed the greasy road caused the bus to lose traction on the road and crash into the nearby railing.

The front end of the bus had gone into some bushes.

Traffic was being diverted down Piwakawaka St.

The police Eagle helicopter could be seen flying overhead.

All the students had been moved to a second bus.

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Holly Gillan was on her way back from the gym when she heard a loud noise behind her that sounded like an explosion.

Gillan said she turned around to see a bus teetering on the edge of the bridge 15m behind her.

"It looks like the driver lost control and hit the railing."

She said the students were helped off the bus and none appeared injured, "just shaken up".

The bus was anchored to a fire truck with a steel cable and Fire and Emergency NZ was bringing in heavy haulage.

Firefighters were cutting the railing with an angle grinder.

Twisted and bent metal railings could be seen where the bus had gone through the bridge's barriers.

A spokesperson for Coachways, the bus company, said: "We're still assessing and finding out more information."

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A Coachways bus driver who was coming in the opposite direction back to the bus yard across the Newton Rd bridge said he saw the bus hit the side of the bridge.

He said he stopped and helped get the girls, who he said were St Mary's College students, off the bus. They came out through the bus's back door.

The driver said a few of the students were "crying in shock" once they were out.

"It's pretty steep, by the time I got to the lights it had stopped," he said.

"I was just happy it wasn't going down the bank."

The driver said he'd be taking the students on the remainder of their route once police had given him permission.

St Mary's College has been contacted for comment.

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Prince William and Princess Catherine have visited Sandringham to view tributes to the Queen and greet members of the public.

Sandringham is a royal residence known for hosting Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family over the Christmas period.

Prior to the pandemic, the Queen would spend the winter months, from December to February, at Sandringham.

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Hundreds of people have queued at the gates of the Norfolk estate to meet with the new Prince and Princess of Wales.

Prince William was wearing a black suit, and his wife Catherine wore a black blazer with matching handbag as they continue to mourn the death of the Queen.

The floral tributes are vast, with messages and cards lining the gate for the late monarch.

The royal couple have spent time walking beside the lines of people, speaking to them and shaking hands to show their appreciation for the support.

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One of the women in the crowd, whose daughter just met the princess, says they only decided to make the trip at the last minute.

She says they didn't even realise William and Kate would be here and describes the meeting as an "unexpected bonus".

"(It was) just marvellous to be able to see them so close," she tells the BBC.

Meanwhile in London, hundreds of thousands of people have made their way to Westminster Hall to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II, whose coffin will lie in state for four days until her funeral on Monday.

Crowds shuffled past her coffin in the centre of 900-year-old Westminster Hall well into Wednesday night.

People flowed in two lines, with hundreds of thousands expected to pay their respects.

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Buckingham Palace has announced that two minutes of silence will be observed across the United Kingdom at the end of Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral.

The funeral is to be held at Westminster Abbey on Monday, with some 2,000 guests attending, including visiting heads of state and other dignitaries.

Officials said Thursday that after the funeral, the late queen's coffin will be transported through the historic heart of London on a horse-drawn gun carriage.

It will then be taken in a hearse to Windsor, where the queen will be interred alongside her late husband, Prince Philip, who died last year.

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At a glance, you could easily mistake 2022's new Galaxy Fold 4 for last year's model. 

Rather than make wholesale tech changes, Samsung has settled for the satisfyingly subtle. 

That's easy to criticise until you use it and realise how user friendly the Fold 4 has become. 

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On older units, a narrow cover display always made typing tougher than it needed to be for my chunky thumbs.

This time around, Samsung has made that display a fraction shorter and a fraction wider while maintaining its 6.2 inch footprint. 

The difference needs to be measured in millimetres (three to be exact) and yet – for such a small change – it makes for a massive leap in practicality.

The same is true for the main, foldable display hidden within Fold 4's frame. 

Here, the upgrade doesn't lie in the physical (it's still a 7.6 inch screen that is also a fraction shorter and wider) but the software that drives it. 

Samsung has added a taskbar to the bottom of the screen which pops up every time you open an app. 

It quickly gives you access to every app and a host of favourites to customise.

Harnessing it makes swapping between apps more convenient than on any phone I've ever used, and further opened my world to the convenience of using multiple apps at once on its larger display.

Multitasking has always been a feature of Samsung's Fold but previously, you'd have to swipe left from the right edge of the screen to bring up a panel of apps to select.

It seems ridiculous to sing Samsung's praises for removing such a minor step but when you're changing apps hundreds of times a day it's a noticeable difference. 

The taskbar sits neatly at the bottom of the screen and is so relatively small on such a large display that it never feels intrusive and is immediately familiar to anyone who has ever used a PC or Mac (so, like, everyone).   

Frustratingly, Instagram is still refusing to play ball and adapt the size of its app to larger screens and – as a result – it is the only app I regularly use which wouldn't work alongside other apps.

Otherwise, dragging and dropping photos to messaging apps is so easy as a result which you'll want to do plenty of after taking a few snaps with the Fold 4's new cameras.

The big change here is the addition of a 50MP main camera, up from 12MP on the Fold 3.

The new 12MP ultra-wide shoots very similar photos but they are not as wide as those on the Fold 3 (0.6 v 0.5 x zoom) and the new 10MP telephoto lens features a 3x optical zoom, up from 2x. 

Samsung fans have come to expect sharp, vibrant photos with extremely rich contrast and the Fold 4 doesn't disappoint in daylight. 

Portrait mode generally yields great results thanks to AI that had no issue cutting around the fine hairs of my beach-loving toy poodle.

That being said, portraits are pretty hit and miss in low-light and can be down-right disappointing in darker situations compared to the iPhone and Google Pixel 6 if you aren't using a tripod.

Video can be filmed in 4K at 60 fps or in 8K at 24 fps. 

Slow-motion videos are a little too grainy in comparison to other top-tier phones but – by far – the bigger let down continues to be the Fold 4's selfie camera. 

Samsung debuted its under-screen selfie cam on last year's Fold 3. Given it's literally taking pictures through gaps in pixels, the novelty was enough to excuse the extreme processing every image needed to make them look okay, but certainly not great. 

Unfortunately, it's second attempt isn't much better.

The drop in quality is particularly noticeable when shooting videos, which matters more now that video calls are a bigger part of everyday lives.    

To the eye, the hidden camera is just as visible on the Galaxy Fold 4 as it is on the Galaxy Fold 3 – despite extra pixels covering the lens – topping a long list of similarities. 

Both launched with a $2,499 price tag, they share the same amount of RAM (12GB), the sized 4,400 mAh battery and charge at the same speed at 25W. 

There's now the option of 1TB storage on the Fold 4 which is powered by a top-of-the-line Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chip. 

The phone is a fraction lighter than its predecessor (263 v 271 grams). Disappointingly, it isn't any thinner and the FOLD 4 still doesn't fold perfectly flat, despite featuring a redesigned hinge which – on the plus side – is more durable than ever.

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Samsung bravely used the word "unbreakable" on its website and after watching YouTuber JerryRigEverything take a box cutter to the Galaxy Fold 4, it's fair to say they've done an excellent job.  

No other company is pushing into foldable phones like Samsung. The company is competing in a league of its own right now and is slowly convincing customers to jump on board.

The Galaxy Fold 4 could use an improved selfie camera, but it's otherwise a much improved experience for people who watch a lot of videos or need the power (and the space) to multitask for work or play.  

Samsung loaned 9news.com.au a Galaxy Fold 4 unit for the purpose of this review. 

A pregnant woman has been taken to hospital after a brawl on a street in Sydney's west.

Police were told a 23-year-old pregnant woman was pushed during the incident close to Punchbowl train station about 1.30pm today.

Video filmed from inside a nearby shop showed the group of people exchanging shoves and blows, with the brawl spilling onto the road itself.

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The pregnant woman was taken to hospital for observation.

A 38-year-old man suffered a minor injury to his face, and was treated by paramedics at the scene.

Officers from the Police Transport Command South west have begun an investigation into the brawl.

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