65 minutes ago Snow and ice shuts schools as Storm Bert to hit tonight with new 70mph gale warnings

Ahead of the storm making landfall tomorrow, drivers have been warned to avoid rural areas and travel with a host of essentials in the event they are stranded.

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99 minutes ago A tiny coat left in the snow as Salford community pays tribute to tragic Baby A

Teddies, flowers and messages line the street outside the field where the infant was found

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1 hour ago Young mum's horror as she discovers huge error on daughter's birth certificate

A couple have faced their very own 'worst nightmare' after registering the birth of their daughter and spotting big mistake on the certificate when it was too late

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1 hour ago Scotland faces weekend 'blizzard' as Storm Bert brings urgent Met Office travel warning

Those planning to travel during the barrage of snow, wind, rain and ice are being urged to reconsider.

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1 hour ago Stanley Tucci says church would improve if priests were allowed to marry: ‘It would change everything’

Actor plays a priest during an election for the pope in the forthcoming film ‘Conclave’

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2 hours ago I'm A Celeb's Jane Moore breaks down as she reveals incredible moment with Barbara Windsor

Jane Moore grew emotional as she reflected on a heartfelt memory of the late Barbara Windsor

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2 hours ago Lars Danielsson/Verneri Pohjola/John Parricelli: Trio review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month

(ACT/Edition Palmer)Bassist Danielsson, guitarist Parricelli and trumpeter Pohjola combine folksy melodies, Latin grooves and free-roaming improv on this lustrous albumWhen ACT boss Siggi Loch asked the three European musicians who created this glowing collage of folksy melodies, Latin-grooving and freely roaming improvisations for their three favourite jazz records, they all included one by Keith Jarrett. These singular artists aren’t Jarrett mimics, but see the piano giant as a transitional bridge between the American and European jazz cultures that had shaped their respective soundworlds for years.Swedish bassist/composer Lars Danielsson, former Loose Tubes UK guitarist John Parricelli and lyrical Finnish trumpeter Verneri Pohjola came together at ACT’s invitation to record in the wa...

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2 hours ago Witches review – impressive study of postpartum psychosis recovery equated to witchcraft

Director Elizabeth Sankey’s free-ranging film uses interviews with actors and support groups alongside clips of cinematic covens to draw parallels with her own experiencesThis deeply personal, essayistic film by Elizabeth Sankey impressively manages to be very moving but never mawkish, raw but also surgically precise. It is quite free-ranging in its scope, but is essentially about how witches and their history overlaps with postpartum depression on the one hand and psychosis on the other, all told through the filter of Sankey’s own experience. Looking straight into the camera, she explains how she was engulfed by anxiety and depression after the birth of her son in 2020 during the Covid pandemic; after several trips to A&E and crisis moments, she ended up in a special psychiatric wa...

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2 hours ago Inspiring true story of Netflix's Joy as film shines light on 'forgotten' hero

Joy has just landed on Netflix and tells the remarkable true story of the groundbreaking birth of Louise Joy Brown in 1978 - the world's first IVF baby

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2 hours ago Met Office reveals how long snow will last on ground as Storm Bert hits UK

Storm Bert could bring as much as 40cm of snow to some parts of the country over the weekend, according to the Met Office, but how long will the snow last on the ground?

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