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Young couple and their two dogs die in house fire caused by e-bike battery

The fire service is urging the public to be extra careful when using and charging e-bikes, as the number of incidents involving e-bikes and e-scooters has doubled in the past year

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Author: Dan Taylor

Cars ploughed into traffic lights and left crushed in crash near Manchester Airport as two seriously injured

The occupants of a Ford Kuga that had been chased by police fled the scene

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Author: James Holt

Army’s mishandling of assault factor in teen’s death

The mother of a 19-year-old soldier who took her own life has accused the Army of a “cover-up” after a coroner ruled a string of failings contributed to her death.

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Author: @symeonbrown

Angela Rayner ordered to block Chinese plans for ‘a massive spy hub’

The Deputy Prime Minister will make the final decision on the proposal to turn the former Royal Mint building into Europe’s largest embassy.

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Author: Michael Knowles

What is a sinkhole and why do they happen?

People living in 30 properties in the Surrey village of Godstone have been evacuated from their homes after a huge sinkhole appeared on Monday.

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Author: Eddie Hayton

African history students awarded compensation after master’s axed

University of Chichester had suspended recruitment to its history of Africa and the African diaspora MRes

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Author: Aamna Mohdin,Chris Osuh

Nigel Farage cedes control of Reform UK to members

The move is intended to ‘professionalise’ the right-wing party as it ‘prepares for government’

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Author: Max Kendix, Political Reporter

Number of norovirus patients in English hospitals hits record high

Return to pre-pandemic hygiene behaviour may be contributing factor, experts say

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Author: Nicola Davis

Godstone: Sinkhole has left us homeless, residents say

Evacuated residents say they have to “fend for themselves” after a sinkhole appeared in Godstone.

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Author: @BBCNews

Not-for-profit appears to own Reform UK despite Farage’s ‘democratisation’ pledge

Party had brought in a new constitution declaring its 200,000 members were now in control

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Author: Rowena Mason

Mum’s anger after coroner finds Army failures contributed to daughter’s death

Gunner Jaysley Beck took her own life at Larkhill Camp, Wiltshire, in December 2021, after failings by the Army, a coroner has ruled.

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Author: PA News

Pensioners Left Behind by Winter Fuel Payment to Receive Up to £300 in Local Aid

Thousands of UK pensioners who were excluded from the 2024–2025 Winter Fuel Payment will now receive up to £300 in local aid, as councils across the country

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Author: Suman Padhi

Inquest findings in SAS shooting of four IRA men referred to prosecutors

A coroner ruled the soldiers’ use of lethal force in the ambush in Clonoe, Co Tyrone, in 1992 was not justified.

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Author: David Young

Met Office issues new 7-hour weather warning – full list of 27 areas

The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for wind alongside several other weather warnings across the UK.

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Author: Matthew Dooley

Mapped: Where 70mph winds will batter Britain this week

Northern and western parts of the UK will face gusts of up to 70mph and up to 70 mm of rain

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Author: Bryony Gooch

Southport victim was ‘born to be a star’, say parents

Couple are fundraising to build a memorial stage and playground at the school where their daughter Alice da Silva Aguiar was a pupil

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Author: Tom McArdle

Met Office extends yellow weather alert for NI amid warning over potential loss of power

The Met Office has confirmed a weather warning in place across parts of Northern Ireland for Friday has been extended.

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Author: Amy Cochrane

What are sinkholes, how are they formed and why did one appear in a Surrey street?

Failed water main or mineshaft most likely culprits as hole opens up in the village of Godstone

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Author: Ian Sample

Ex-Labour MP Frank Field left eye-watering sum to staff and friends in will

FORMER Labour MP Frank Field left £904,929 in his will, with the bulk going to his staff, charities and friends’ families. Anti-poverty and social justice campaigner Lord Field of Birkenhead never …

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Author: Thomas Godfrey

Buckinghamshire Ukrainian families worry about UK temporary visas

The government is facing calls to offer a route to permanent settlement for Ukrainians living in the UK.

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Author: @BBCNews

British tourist dies while trekking with friend in Himalayas

The two British men were hiking in “extremely difficult terrain” when one reportedly fell.

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Author: @BBCNews

BBC asked to remove Gaza documentary over narrator’s father’s ties to Hamas

Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone’s 13-year-old narrator, Abdullah, has been revealed to be the son of Ayman Alyazouri, a deputy agriculture minister in the Hamas-run government

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Author: Donna Ferguson