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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

People urged to avoid area as firefighters tackle blaze

Firefighters first said they were at the scene at around 11.50pm on Wednesday night

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Author: Tom Burnett

Labour’s VAT raid on private schools helps send inflation soaring

Experts, who warned there would be ‘unforeseen consequences’, say households will shoulder the burden of the higher borrowing costs.

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Author: Jessica Clark

Jet stream to bring ‘unsettled’ weather and ‘disruptive’ 50mph winds to Greater Manchester

The Met Office has warned of potential power cuts and travel disruption across parts of the UK over the coming days

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Author: James Holt

Surrey residents react after sinkhole collapses Godstone High Street

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Author: Sky News

‘Loads of smoke’ as firefighters tackle blaze inside chippy

Three fire engines attended the scene

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Author: Emily Carubia

Inflation hits 3% – what it means for struggling UK economy

The Bank of England is warning that its ambition to chase the inflation rate down to 2 per cent has suffered a setback.

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Author: @heliaebrahimi

What is a sinkhole and how does it form?

Two sinkholes have appeared in the Surrey village of Godstone, but how have they formed and are they dangerous?

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Author: @BBCNews

Man killed in Hackney stabbing named by police

A young man who died after being stabbed in east London has been identified by police as 20-year-old Jason Junior Romeo.

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Author: PA News

Hunting Egypt’s lost pharaoh: Briton makes ‘find of the century’

Staircase carved into an Egyptian cliff leads to what could be the most significant discovery since the tomb of Tutankhamun

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Author: Jessica Sharkey | Magdy Samaan, Cairo

Victim of sex offender postman killed herself on phone to Royal Mail

Carly Wealleans died at her home in Newbiggin, Northumberland, in March 2022 during a call with a manager at the postal service in which she was described as being in a very distressed state.

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Author: Matt Strudwick

Man beats wife to death with son’s skateboard as cops wait 45 minutes outside

Two officers stayed outside as Olubunmi Abodunde carried out a frenzied attack on his wife Taiwo at their home in Newmarket, Suffolk. A PC and an acting sergeant now face disciplinary action

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Author: Kelly-Ann Kiernan

Weather warnings for wind and rain issued as temperatures rise

The Met Office said it could be 16C in parts of the UK on Friday.

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Author: Mathilde Grandjean

Hey, Gen Z: back off ‘wealth-hoarding’ Boomers

Why? Because even the government now accepts the assumption that older people are sitting in oversized properties on mounds of cash is an ageist myth. So, wonders Clair Woodward, how come England still lacks a commissioner for older people?

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Author: Clair Woodward