6 h. ago Drug driver who crashed her Mini into tree killing herself and passenger was 'anxious about driving in Britain'

Sara Pancas, 38, died two days after smashing her Mini into a tree beside the A11 at Ketteringham, Norfolk. Backseat passenger Sara Ribeiro, 29, died at the scene of the accident.

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34 h. ago Man killed by falling tree as 'dangerous' 70mph gusts sweep UK

A yellow weather warning for strong winds is in place until 6pm on Monday

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35 h. ago Man killed by falling tree branch as gusts in UK reach up to 78mph during weather warning

A man has tragically been killed by a tree branch that fell at a park in Lancashire, with police cordoning off the area amid a yellow weather warning in place over the weekend

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35 h. ago Man killed by falling tree after Met Office warning over 70mph winds

A man has been killed by a tree branch in Blackpool

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35 h. ago Man is killed by falling tree branch as storm winds of up to 78mph leave at least 600 homes without power and Met Office issue UK

The man in his 40s was found with serious head injuries at Revoe Park in Blackpool, Lancashire, shortly before 5am and was pronounced dead at the scene amid strong winds.

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36 h. ago Man is killed by falling tree branch as storm winds of up to 78mph leave at least 150 homes without power and Met Office issue UK

The man in his 40s was found with serious head injuries at Revoe Park in Blackpool, Lancashire, shortly before 5am and was pronounced dead at the scene amid strong winds.

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36 h. ago Homeless man in tent killed by falling tree branch at Blackpool park as police seal off area

The man in his 40s was pronounced dead at the scene

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55 h. ago School bus driver heading to pick up children 'failed roadside drug test after being caught speeding'

The man, aged 50, and whose identity has not been released, had been hurrying along Sefton Street in Southport in his minibus at around 2.40pm on Monday, September 8.

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6 d. ago Man killed after crashing car into tree named as Metropolitan Police officer as tributes pour in

PC Louie Day, 23 worked for Scotland Yard’s East Area Command and was described as a ‘popular’ colleague

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7 d. ago 'Reckless' drug driver, 24, jailed for 30 months after smashing into two cars just four years after she survived being mown down outside a pub

'Reckless' drug driver Renaisse Monk, 24, from Dudley, has been jailled for causing serious injury by dangerous driving - four years after she survived being mown down outside a pub.

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7 d. ago Woman killed by falling tree branch in Manchester pictured as 'vibrant' wife

Jen Higgins, 49, was killed when a branch fell on her as she was walking along Barlow Moor Road in West Didsbury, in Manchester, on August 30 - emergency services tried but were unable to save her

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7 d. ago Pictured: PR boss, 49, who was killed by falling tree branch

Jen Higgins, 49, was killed when a branch collapsed onto her on while she was walking on Barlow Moor Road in West Didsbury, Manchester, on August 30.

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7 d. ago Woman killed by falling tree branch in Didsbury named as 'inspirational' PR firm boss

Jen Higgins led one of the Manchester's biggest PR firms with her partner

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1 week ago Diversity drive to recruit more women or ethnic troops threatens to humiliate Britain's military and sideline white candidates, Shadow Defence Secretary warns

EXCLUSIVE: James Cartlidge fears the military could be sucked into another RAF-style discrimination scandal over its new recruitment deal with operator, Serco.

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2 w. ago Is Reeves about to drive Britain off a financial cliff? Alarm grows as borrowing costs soar to even HIGHER than surge that toppled Truss (...and the Chancellor's face says it all)

Yields on 30-year UK bonds, known as gilts, leapt to just below 5.7 per cent, the highest level since 1998 in the wake of a reshuffle seen as sidelining Rachel Reeves.

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2 w. ago Flowers left at scene after woman killed by falling tree branch in south Manchester

"It's really tragic - and so random"

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2 w. ago Woman is killed by ‘massive’ tree branch that snapped in windy weather

Greater Manchester Police said death not being treated as suspicious

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2 w. ago Manchester horror as woman killed by huge tree which suddenly 'snapped'

Emergency services were called out to West Didsbury following the shock incident but were unable to save the woman, in her 40s, who died at the scene despite their best efforts

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2 w. ago Tragedy as woman killed by falling tree branch on busy south Manchester road

She sadly died at the scene

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2 w. ago Kemi Badenoch calls for North Sea oil boom: Tory leader vows to end 'impossible' Net Zero drive and focus on maximum extraction of Britain's fossil fuels

The Conservative Party will make 'maximising extraction' the goal, in a move away from Net Zero pledges to end new fossil fuel extraction.

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