52 minutes ago Where Storm Bert will strike next: Terrifying weather map issued after killer storm leaves three people dead and kids are saved from landslide as 16 inches of snow and

Eight yellow weather warnings have been issued by the Met Office , covering the entirety of Wales, the south west and the south coast of England.

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56 minutes ago Strictly Come Dancing fans issue the same complaint as Pete Wicks opens the show

Strictly Come Dancing is back from a bang after Blackpool, with a new set of dances as well as the return of the danceathon

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78 minutes ago The Observer view: ICC’s Israel arrest warrants are a test the world must not fail

International criminal court’s intervention must be supported if global rules-based order is to have a meaningful futureThe decision by the international criminal court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, and Yoav Gallant, Israel’s former defence minister, for alleged war crimes committed in Gaza has huge implications for Israel and Palestine, for international justice and the rules-based global order that the UK and its allies are pledged to uphold. This unprecedented, necessary and impartial supranational attempt to prosecute democratically elected western politicians accused of grievous wrongdoing is a test the international community dare not fail.Netanyahu’s reaction to the charges was to dismiss them as “absurd” and “antisemitic” and the...

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2 hours ago Flood warning issued between Radcliffe and Bury as Storm Bert batters Greater Manchester

The Environment Agency urges anyone living in the affected areas to start acting on your flood plan if you have one

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2 hours ago Revealed: Home Office ‘completely lost grip’ at notorious Manston asylum centre

Court documents contain admissions by officials that they were unable to control the situation at the Kent facility where 18,000 asylum seekers were illegally detainedRacial abuse, physical assaults and no beds: life at Manston migrant centreHome Office officials have admitted that “we completely lost our grip” on the situation at a notorious asylum processing centre that led to 18,000 people being unlawfully detained in horrific conditions.Overcrowding at Manston, a former RAF base in Kent, in autumn 2022 led to an outbreak of diphtheria and scabies. Asylum seekers who had crossed the Channel in small boats were forced to sleep on filthy floors or on flattened cardboard boxes, while toilets were overflowing with faeces. Women and children were forced to sleep close to unrelated men and...

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3 hours ago Coronation Street's Maureen Lipman reveals wedding dance to be choreographed by Strictly icon

Coronation Street star Maureen Lipman has revealed the special role Strictly Come Dancing legend Arlene Phillips will play at her wedding

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3 hours ago Tesco issues important update to anyone buying popular drink at Christmas

The supermarket giant has issued an important notice to anyone planning to buy Baileys in the run up to Christmas, the drink is the second most popular gift for friends and family

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3 hours ago Experts issue urgent Antarctica warning as 'nowhere on Earth is in greater danger'

It's a dire situation to be in, claims scientists who say the Earth faces losing a continent if we don't act immediately, as Antarctica loses millions of tonnes of ice each year

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3 hours ago Storm Bert claims third victim in horror A45 crash in Northamptonshire as police issue plea

Northamptonshire Police said a man died after a collision on the A45 at around 8.20am today. Two more men died in separate incidents in West Yorkshire and Hampshire

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3 hours ago Nine people hospitalized in listeria outbreak linked to South Carolina food processor

An infant in California also died from the disease that US health officials have linked to Yu Shang Food Inc A listeria outbreak linked to ready-to-eat meat and poultry products from a South Carolina food processor has caused 11 illnesses in four states, with nine hospitalizations and the death of an infant, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).The outbreak was traced to Yu Shang Food Inc, a Spartanburg-based company. Its products were shipped to retailers nationwide and were available online. A recall of 72,000lbs of meat and poultry products was issued because of possible listeria contamination is in effect, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said in an advisory. Continue reading...

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