9 h. ago Met Office maps show where strongest wind gusts up to 66mph could batter UK

The Met Office has warned that some parts of the UK could see wind gusts of more than 70mph this week

Politics

11 h. ago Angels outfielder Mike Trout expected to testify in pitcher's wrongful death trial

Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout is expected to testify Tuesday in a trial over whether the MLB team should be held responsible for the drug overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs

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13 h. ago Drug deaths mapped as Greater Manchester bucks national trend

Last year the number of people dying from drugs overdoses across England and Wales was the highest on record

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13 h. ago MAPPED: The number of drug deaths in your area as Greater Manchester boroughs remain above average

Drug related deaths remain above average for eight out of ten Greater Manchester boroughs

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14 h. ago Pizza Hut closure map shows seven restaurants to shut in Greater Manchester

The full scale of the Pizza Hut closures have been revealed by an interactive map - showing Greater Manchester is set to lose seven of its nine restaurants.

Politics

16 h. ago Brit drug mule gran returns to UK after 12 years on Death Row as she faced firing squad

Lindsay Sandiford, a British woman, has been in a brutal legal battle with Jakarta in a bid to fight her drug smuggling sentence – where she was placed on Death Row

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19 h. ago British grandmother who has spent 12 years on death row in Indonesia is to be sent back to the UK

Indonesia will sign an agreement on Tuesday to repatriate two British nationals, including a grandmother, languishing on death row for drug-related crimes

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39 h. ago Met Office weather map shows when parts of UK will be hit by snow this week

Snow showers are expected for some parts of the UK

Society

40 h. ago Drug addict boyfriend who strangled girlfriend to death before driving around with her body 'receives thousands in benefits' from prison

Gogoa Lois Tape, 28, killed Kennedi Westcarr-Sabaroche, 25, outside his home in London, where the couple's one-year-old daughter slept, in April 2024.

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2 d. ago I nearly died after 22 hours slumped next to a radiator – it was a turning point

Spencer Lowry had a 28-year battle with drug addiction when a brush with death acted as the catalyst for him changing his life for the better

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4 d. ago Drug deaths hit record high as one popular substance 'particularly worrying'

The Office for National Statistics recorded 5,655 drug-related deaths in 2024 - and such deaths have now increased every year since 2012

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4 d. ago Drugs death map of Britain: Use our interactive tool to see where YOUR county ranks

Drug deaths in England and Wales have reached an all-time high, and experts warn that the trend will continue following a terrifying emergence of a 'zombie' substance 300 times stronger than heroin.

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4 d. ago Conservatives buck national trend to retake Greater Manchester council seat

Reform UK beaten into fourth place

Politics

6 d. ago Met Office weather maps show exactly when UK dry spell will end as huge band of rain forecast

A huge band of rain is heading towards the UK, set to hit at the end of the weekend

Society

7 d. ago Do you live in the 'Manchester T'? Creator behind viral London banana sparks furious debate with new map

Livable, the UK's leading platform for local area insights, has put together a brand new map of Manchester to showcase what they claim are the most liveable parts of the North West city.

Politics

7 d. ago Met Office map shows when rain to return to UK as high pressure 'loses grip'

High pressure is set to make way for low pressure by the end of the weekend, according to Met Office forecasts

Events

9 d. ago High youth death rates are an ‘emerging crisis’, global health study warns

Alcohol, suicide and injuries driving rises among teenagers and young adults despite overall rates falling, authors say The world faces “an emerging crisis” of higher death rates among teenagers and young adults, according to a major study on the causes of death and disability worldwide.The reasons vary from drug and alcohol use, and suicide in North America, to infectious diseases and injuries in sub-Saharan Africa, the researchers said, but warned that their data should serve as “a wake-up call”.In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counsellor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...

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9 d. ago National Galleries Scotland: Daredevil photographer Alfred Buckham who defied death to capture perfect shot

They don’t make them like photographer Alfred Buckham anymore

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1 week ago Manchester Half Marathon 2025 route map and where it starts and finishes

Thousands of runners will take part in the 2025 Manchester Half Marathon on Sunday, October 12

Sport

1 week ago Liam Payne drug supplier claims they had 'intimate' night before singer’s death

Liam Payne’s drug supplier Braian Paiz has claimed he had an "intimate" night with the singer just two days before his death, alleging drugs, drinks, and shocking encounters

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