10 minutes ago Get ready for Ashley! Met Office names first storm of the season with severe gales and rain set to blow in on Sunday after UK fog warning

Storm Ashley was named today and will rapidly form tomorrow by explosive cyclogenesis - also known as a 'weather bomb' - before hitting Britain with strong winds on Sunday.

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94 minutes ago Met Office issues London fog alert with drivers warned 'dense' weather will make journeys tricky

Met Office issues London fog alert with drivers warned 'dense' weather will make journeys tricky  My London

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4 hours ago China posts slowest economic growth in 18 months as optimism fades over stimulus

Blistering sharemarket rally of recent weeks recedes as expectations cool towards long-awaited ‘bazooka stimulus’ for ailing property sectorChina posted its slowest growth in a year and a half on Friday, as Beijing struggles to steady an economy shaken by sluggish consumer spending and persistent property sector woes.Officials have in recent weeks unveiled a string of measures to reignite the world’s number-two economy, with an eye to achieving its official annual growth target of 5%. Continue reading...

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12 hours ago Met officer ‘with links to Jihadi woman in caliphate’ to face misconduct hearing

It is also alleged Pc Ruby Begum failed to tell the vetting unit about her alleged interest in the teachings of extremist preachers.

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14 hours ago Scots M6 crash victims on 'way home from Legoland' as cops probe 'car on wrong side of road'

Jade McEnroe, 33, from Glasgow, was pronounced dead on the motorway in Cumbria alongside her partner Jarek, 42, and his two children Filip, 15, and Dominic, 7.

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16 hours ago First picture of Scots mum killed in horror M6 crash as cops probe 'car driving wrong way'

Jade McEnroe, 33, from Glasgow, was pronounced dead alongside a 42-year-old man and two boys aged 15 and seven on the motorway in Cumbria at around 4pm on Tuesday.

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16 hours ago Who is Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar? Terror chief known as 'The Butcher' who orchestrated October 7 atrocity and is feared among his terror group for being utterly ruthless

Israel says it is now looking into the possibility that Hamas leader has been killed in a military operation - with official confirmation expected in the coming hours.

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16 hours ago Female prison officer, 44, who swapped love letters and hours of calls with convicted burglar behind bars is jailed for four months

Cheryl Hindle, 44, swapped love letters with convicted burglar Dean Holmes, 30, while working at HMP Kirkham in Preston.

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17 hours ago Trump team to ban Project 2025 affiliates from future administration – report

Ex-president continues to distance himself from Heritage Foundation document as son preps staff blacklistUS politics – live updatesDonald Trump’s transition team is reportedly preparing a blacklist of potential officials to be banned from a future administration, with special emphasis being placed on those with links to the radical Project 2025 plan to overhaul the US government.The former president’s eldest son, Donald Jr, is spearheading the drive to compile the list of barred staffers, according to Politico, citing a former official in the first Trump administration. Continue reading...

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