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A tram has crashed into a shop in central Oslo, injuring four people.The tram, which had about 20 passengers, crashed into a computer shop in the centre of the Norwegian capital on Tuesday morning, with the driver among the injured. The four-storey building has been evacuated and will be checked for structural damage, police said.Images from the scene showed most of the first carriage of a blue tram had crashed into the shop as it derailed off the tracks at an intersection on Storgata, one of Oslo's main streets. Image: Pic: NTB/Terje Pedersen via Reuters "We are working to get an overview of the scope, but there is a lot of damage to the store," police said in a statement. Rescue services have cordoned off the area.'I woul...

A child has died and several are injured after a car crashed into a primary school in Australia, police have said.The car veered off a road in the suburb of Hawthorn East, Melbourne, and crashed through a fence and into an outdoor table where five children were sitting just after 2.30pm local time. An 11-year-old boy was taken to hospital with serious injuries but later died.Two girls aged 11, a 10-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy were also taken to hospital with serious injuries, Victoria Police said.The driver of the car, a 40-year-old woman, crashed into the fence while making a U-turn after collecting a child from the school. She was arrested at the scene and remains in police custody.The child who was a passenger in the car was not injured.Read more from Sky News:What we know about...

A 14-year-old British girl has died in Rome after suffering an allergic reaction to peanuts, according to reports in Italian media.The girl and her family had arrived in the Italian capital last Thursday, both the La Stampa and Corriere Della Sera newspapers reported. On the first day of their holiday in the city, they were said to have gone to dinner near their accommodation, but during the meal, the girl reportedly suffered an allergic reaction, which led to her going into anaphylactic shock.She was reportedly rushed to hospital but could not be saved. A manslaughter investigation has now been launched by local prosecutors, the outlets said.Any such probe will hinge around whether her allergy was communicated to the restaurant where they ate or not - or if there were difficulties communi...