81 minutes ago Stock up on water and food and keep a phone charger nearby, Britons told ahead of Storm Bert

Many have been warned that they should expect power cuts and for rural communities to be cut off

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2 hours ago Darts star SUSPENDED after failing drugs test on the eve of Players Championship finals

Taylor was due to face former world champion Michael Smith on Friday but will no longer take part in the competition after testing positive for a banned substance.

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2 hours ago London mobile phone thieves strike twice in seconds before police helicopter chase thwarts robbery

A pair of thieves stole mobile phones from two pedestrians in London within seconds.

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2 hours ago Jury convicts two men for smuggling of family who froze crossing Canadian border

Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 29, and Steve Shand, 50, were part of operation bringing increasing numbers of Indians into USTwo men have been convicted by a Minnesota jury of charges related to human smuggling for participating in a scheme that led to the deaths of an Indian family who froze while trying to cross the Canada-US border during a 2022 blizzard, according to a prosecution spokesperson.Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel, 29, an Indian national whom prosecutors say went by the alias “Dirty Harry”, and Steve Shand, 50, an American from Florida, were part of a sophisticated illegal operation that has been bringing increasing numbers of Indians into the US, prosecutors said. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Mandelson email to voters in Oxford university chancellor contest draws criticism

Candidates say lack of ‘hard and fast’ rules has led to confusion and poor turnout

Culture

3 hours ago England team vs Japan: Tom Curry returns for autumn finale after latest concussion

George Furbank also returns for must-win clash at Twickenham, with Fin Smith and the uncapped Asher Opoku-Fordjour set for chances

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3 hours ago Child murderer Susan Smith threw a ‘tantrum’ in her cell after board rejected her plea for parole

‘I don’t think she’ll ever be rehabilitated,’ Smith’s ex-husband said

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3 hours ago Brit man who cheated death after being shot outside his Spain home left 'paralysed from neck down'

The masked man who shot the expat, as he entered his apartment block with his girlfriend in the village of Santiago de la Ribera on the Mar Menor near La Manga golf resort, is still being hunted by police

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5 hours ago Wire cutters: how the world’s vital undersea data cables are being targeted

Carrying 99% of the world’s international telecommunications, the vulnerable lines are drawing nefarious interestThe lead-clad telegraphic cable seemed to weigh tons, according to Lt Cameron Winslow of the US navy, and the weather wasn’t helping their attempts to lift it up from the seabed and sever it.“The rough water knocked the heavy boats together, breaking and almost crushing in their planking.” Continue reading...

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5 hours ago Boy, 17, fighting for his life after being crushed by bull in horror attack at rodeo

Walker 'Hollywood' Smith, the 17-year-old Junior Bull Riding Champion of the Year 2022, was left in a critical condition after a bull stepped on his chest during a rodeo

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