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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-29T14:47:05.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.gbnews.com",
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    "Counter terror police investigating car ramming in Derby as Indian man arrested",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nA \"huge explosion\" was heard in a retail park in Bradford over the weekend, leaving one person in hospital.\n\nEmergency services rushed to the scene following reports of a powerful explosion at around 10am on Sunday morning.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nAround 15 minutes later, multiple police, fire and ambulance crews arrived at Costa, located on Stanley Road.\n\nThey discovered a vehicle that had been severely damaged.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nWest Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service found the car's sides crumpled and glass shattered around it.\n\nCrews conducted searches under the bonnet and around the engine, in the boot and the back of the car.\n\nOne person was hospitalised following the incident.\n\nA local resident was left \"in shock\" following the ordeal.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"I was sat having my morning coffee when I heard this huge explosion,\" they told local paper The Telegraph and Argus.\n\n\"I presumed it was a crash, but when I looked, there was nothing obvious until a fire engine parked up in the Costa car park and the crew began inspecting a car.\n\n\"It looked like the occupants were alright, thankfully, but seemed in shock and were checked over by the ambulance team.\"\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Counter terror police investigating car ramming in Derby as Indian man arrested\n  * Ian Huntley's daughter 'disgusted' after police asked if she wanted to pay towards his funeral\n  * Selfridges force to remove 'antisemitic' globe which 'silenced Israel'\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe cause of the explosion remains unknown at this stage.\n\nThe noise was heard in two areas of the city: Bolton Woods and Frizinghall.\n\nPhotographs captured at the scene revealed the substantial scale of the response, with a fire engine, a pair of ambulance vehicles, and three police cars in attendance.\n\nFire engines left the scene at around 10.50am, while police and ambulances followed shortly after.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe car remains in the car park.\n\nA spokesman for Yorkshire Ambulance Service confirmed it received a call at 10.08am and dispatched one ambulance.\n\nThey added that one person had been taken to hospital.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "'Huge explosion' at retail park in Bradford as one person rushed to hospital"
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