8 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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12 minutes ago Cooper on processing asylum claims abroad: ‘We will always look at what works’

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper also said she feels stronger action is needed to tackle anyone working illegally in the UK.

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14 minutes ago If Putin attacks, London might be covered but the rest of Britain is defenceless if the missiles start raining down, writes ED LUCAS

EDWARD LUCAS: Yesterday, the Russian dictator denied claims that Moscow had launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro.

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20 minutes ago Napoleon’s pistols gifted after Waterloo expected to fetch £14,000 at auction

The former emperor gave the weapons to Captain Marshall on HMS Bellerophon, which was moored off Plymouth.

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20 minutes ago Viral video of Diddy 'assaulting' Cassie Ventura was 'edited' and 'manipulated', his lawyers claim

Security video of Sean 'Diddy' Combs violently assaulting his former girlfriend Cassie Ventura at a Los Angeles hotel in March 2016 was 'edited', his defense attorneys have claimed.

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26 minutes ago Police update as pensioner and teenager seriously injured after van hit shoppers in Caerphilly

Two people remain in hospital with serious injuries after a van hit pedestrians in Caerphilly

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27 minutes ago Britain's military 'is ready to fight Russia tonight': UK army chief's stark warning after Putin declared we are now 'directly involved' in Ukraine war

Lt. Gen Sir Rob Magowan, the deputy chief of the British defence staff, told the House of Commons defence committee: 'If the British Army was asked to fight tonight, it would fight tonight'

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28 minutes ago Watch: Defence secretary John Healey faces MPs as Ukraine fires British missiles at Russia for first time

Watch as defence secretary John Healey faced MPs on Thursday (21 November) after Ukraine fired British missiles at Russia for the first time.

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49 minutes ago Vladimir Putin's new missiles could ‘hit Britain in 20 minutes,' expert warns

Ukraine was braced for brutal new Russian attacks after he dropped his new Oreshnik hypersonic missile on Dnipro yesterday - and there was a warning the UK could be next

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62 minutes ago North Korean general is wounded in Ukrainian strike inside Russia's Kursk region, it is revealed

Western officials confirmed that a high-ranking military officer from North Korea had become a casualty of the war in Ukraine for the first time yesterday, with 10,000 troops in Russia

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