39 minutes ago Storm Conall live: Met Office issues weather warning for rain and more than 150 flood alerts in place in UK

Parts of country brace for potential half a month’s worth of rain as danger to life warning issued just days after Storm Bert battered UK

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42 minutes ago ITV Good Morning Britain Ed Balls' awkward wife admission leaves Susanna Reid stunned

Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna Reid was left taken back as co-star Ed Balls made a rare admission about his wife Yvette Cooper live on air

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86 minutes ago Storm Conall batters Britain: Chaos on rail and roads with South hit by half a month's worth of rain in 14 hours as Environment Agency map shows 255 flood warnings and alerts in place

The Met Office said Storm Conall could bring up to 2in (50mm) of rain across the Isle of Wight, Sussex and Kent with a yellow warning in place for the South East until midday.

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1 hour ago Ancient mask discovered at the base of Mexican pyramid has Reddit users all saying the same thing

The Pyramid of the Sun, in the city of San Juan Teotihuacan, is one of Mexico's most impressive monuments, which attracts millions of visitors a year.

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With the nation’s finances in a parlous state, decriminalisation could raise millions of euros – as well as cut crimeFrance might not be broke, but the state of its public finances is, well, definitely not good. Total debt stands at €3.2tn – 112% of GDP. Interest payments on that debt are the second largest public expenditure after education (which includes everything from crêche, or preschool, to universities) and are higher than the amount spent on defence. And this year’s budget deficit is projected to be 6%, three points above the EU’s 3% limit.If it weren’t for the euro, France might very well be in the throes of a fiscal crisis – as it is, interest rates on some French debt are higher than for Portugal or Spain. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Who are the 2 million people demanding a general election? Crunching the numbers behind the viral petition

Starmer insists he’s ‘not surprised’ by election petition with two million signatures as he rules out another vote

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Regardless of whether President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his pledge to deport millions of immigrants, educators around the U.S. are bracing for upheaval

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4 hours ago Massachusetts man who spent decades in prison for a murder he didn't commit is awarded $13 million

A Massachusetts man who spent 27 years in jail for a murder he claims that he didn't commit has been awarded $13 million by a jury

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Weeks before Thanksgiving, some of the cranberries that will be on dinner plates Thursday are floating on a bog in Massachusetts

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