52 minutes ago Storm Ashley brings travel chaos to Britain as high winds cancel dozens of flights and heavy flooding blocks roads

The Met Office issued weather alerts and dozens of flood warnings this week with an amber warning for the north-west of Scotland and a yellow weather warning for the whole country.

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67 minutes ago Gary Neville takes on new Manchester United job after Sir Alex Ferguson steps down

Gary Neville has been representing Man Utd in an ambassador's role after Ineos decided to remove Sir Alex Ferguson from his post at Old Trafford.

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71 minutes ago Shooting at university in Georgia leaves one person dead and five wounded

Shooting at Albany State University is one of two at the weekend that shattered homecoming-related activitiesA mass shooting during homecoming weekend at Georgia’s Albany State University left one person dead and five others wounded on Saturday night, according to school officials.Earlier Saturday in Mississippi, authorities said three people were killed and eight others were injured near Lexington, Mississippi, when at least two people fired guns at a group of several hundred people who were at an outdoor trail celebrating a high school football team’s homecoming game victory.The Associated Press contributed reporting Continue reading...

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1 hour ago Liam Payne's devoted dad refuses to leave his side ahead of battle to get his body home

Officials in Buenos Aires are yet to release the singer's body until final pathology tests have been completed - but authorities expect the results to be finalised this week

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2 hours ago UK Foreign Office issues ‘severe weather’ warning for holiday destination

One person has reportedly died after being swept in a flood wave

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2 hours ago Seven dead in Georgia as officials investigate ‘catastrophic failure’ of dock gangway

Deadly accident occurred as crowds gathered for celebration of Gullah-Geechee community in Sapelo IslandAt least seven people have been killed after part of a ferry dock collapsed on Georgia’s Sapelo Island, where crowds had gathered for a fall celebration by the island’s tiny Gullah-Geechee community of Black descendants of enslaved people, authorities said.Eight people were taken to hospitals, at least six of them with critical injuries, and crews from the US Coast Guard, the McIntosh county fire department, the Georgia department of natural resources and others were searching the water, according to spokesperson Tyler Jones of the Georgia department of natural resources, which operates the dock. Three of them remained hospitalized, said the natural resources department’s commissioner...

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2 hours ago Howard Webb: Sky Sports clear up confusion after William Saliba red card in Arsenal defeat

PGMOL chief has no input in officiating decisions after unfounded questions raised on social media during Gunners loss to Bournemouth

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2 hours ago Russia only country waging war in Europe, says Healey, after ‘proxy war’ claim

The Defence Secretary rejected the Russian ambassador’s claim the UK was waging a ‘proxy war’ against Moscow in Ukraine.

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2 hours ago Katie Piper's heartache over vile trolling as she says 'this is not ok'

Katie Piper hhits back at a vicious troll after they leave cruel comment on her post and the Loose Women panellist tells them 'don't threaten my life and stay off the internet'

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2 hours ago His trusting colleagues thought he was going about his normal business... they didn't have a clue he was running a secret criminal life

The rise and spectacular fall of Andrew Talbot, from respected crime-fighting detective to drug-addicted cocaine kingpin

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