25 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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38 minutes ago Parents of teenagers escorted onto trains out of Manchester city centre amid dispersal order hit out at GMP

Footage showed dozens of uniformed police officers ushering young people onto carriages at Victoria station

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50 minutes ago The moment I knew: a huge water balloon hurtled towards me – and he jumped in front of it

In her first year of university Chantelle Van Niekerk didn’t want a relationship. But then she met Rico, her intellectual and emotional equalFind more stories from The moment I knew series hereIt was January 2003 and I was about to start my studies at the University of Johannesburg – and had officially sworn off relationships. I’d had two serious relationships in high school, both with older boys, where I felt I needed to change who I was in order to be with them. I was done trying to please others and saw university as my fresh start to be truly me.The university had a start-of-the-year tradition – the campus residences would create and parade their floats for charity. My group was tasked with folding blommetjies vou (polystyrene-filled cellophane flowers) for our float, which was base...

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53 minutes ago Only shop in one of UK's smallest villages to close its doors for last time ever this weekend

Phillip and Lucy Payne have run Mersham Stores and Post Office in Mersham, Kent, for more than eight years - but they're closing it tomorrow as they were unable to renew the lease

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65 minutes ago Storm Bert: Man killed by falling tree as heavy snow and wild winds hit UK

The Met Office has warned of 18 hours of non-stop rain from 9am on Saturday to the early hours of Sunday

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68 minutes ago Listeria outbreak horror as boy, 10, dead and at least 10 sick from 'contaminated meat'

Officials have been forced to recall tens of thousands of kilograms worth of ready-to-eat meat following a deadly outbreak that has left one dead and several others in hospital

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86 minutes ago Incredible moment farm shop worker clings to shoplifter's bonnet in bid to stop the thief as he makes his getaway

Matthew Henshaw, 20, closed the gate to Mainsgill Farmshop in North Yorkshire but the man made a quick getaway and drove straight into him.

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1 hour 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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2 hours ago Leicester boss Steve Cooper claims referee’s performance ‘last thing PGMOL needed’

The Leicester boss was furious with Andy Madley’s officiating, specifically the decision not to award his side a late penalty

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