38 h. ago Huge Plymouth pipe bursts leaving hundreds of homes without water

Hundreds of homes and businesses in Plymouth are without water this morning after South West Water confirmed it was dealing with a burst pipe

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40 h. ago Poem of the week: The old pond full of flags and fenced around by John Clare

A closely observed country scene teems with the vitality of early summerThe old pond full of flags and fenced around With trees and bushes trailing to the ground The water reeds are all around the brink And one clear place where cattle go to drink From year to year the schoolboy thither steals And muddys round the place to catch the eels The cowboy often hiding from the flies Lies there and plaits the rushcap as he lies The hissing owl sits moping all the day And hears his song and never flies away The pinks nest hangs upon the branch so thin The young ones caw and seem as tumbling in While round them thrums the purple dragon flye And great white butter flye goes dancing byeThe early acclaim won by the so-called “peasant-poet” John Clare (1793-1864), declined during his middle years, and he was almost penniless by 1823. With the support of friends, he and his family were able to leave his home village Helpston for a larger cottage in Northborough, Cambridgeshire, and this is where h...

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41 h. ago Helen Flanagan supported as she emotionally addresses 'broke' accusations amid selling home

The actress recently shared her sadness as she prepares to leave her family home

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65 h. ago In brief: The Homemade God; Mythica; There Are Rivers in the Sky – review

Long-buried truths leave siblings reeling when their father dies; a fascinating reclamation of Homer’s forgotten women; and still waters run deep in a centuries-spanning novelRachel JoyceDoubleday, £20, pp384 Continue reading...

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68 h. ago London leaver: 'a room dedicated to my musical passion is an impossible luxury in London'

A decade of renting in London was enough for Rich Watson who also wanted space to pursue his passions

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3 d. ago Armed cops lock down Edinburgh street as locals 'scared to leave homes'

Police were called to Firrhill Drive in the Oxgangs area at around 2pm on Saturday.

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3 d. ago London council refuses to house homeless young mother after leaving her sofa surfing while pregnant

Hounslow council was told to offer the woman and her baby its next available suitable home after its failures meant she missed out on a number of secure tenancies, but it has refused

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3 d. ago ‘I went line dancing with locals in Austin, Texas – this is the one rule you must follow’

We enjoyed barbecues, bike rides and line dancing in the Texan capital of Austin and the surrounding area, staying in a stunning holiday rental home we never wanted to leave

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4 d. ago Power cut leaves hundreds of Scottish homes without electricity on Good Friday

Engineers are working to restore power.

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5 d. ago On The Beach Easter Egg hunt could win you £4,000 holiday – with no need to leave home

On The Beach has hidden an 'Easter Egg' on its website and the person who finds it will win a £4,000 holiday voucher - here's everything you need to know about the competition

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5 d. ago Smiling Sam Thompson breaks cover after ex Zara McDermott and Louis Tomlinson pictured together

Sam Thompson has been pictured leaving his home in London after his ex-girlfriend Zara McDermott was pictured with Louis Tomlinson for the first time amid their romance

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5 d. ago Smiling Sam Thompson breaks cover after Zara McDermott and Louis Tomlinson debut romance

Made In Chelsea star Sam Thompson appeared in high spirits as he was seen leaving his home in South London following pictures of his ex-girlfriend holding hands with her new love interest, One Direction star Louis Tomlinson

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5 d. ago Mother, 57, is left permanently disabled after being forced to wait almost two hours for an ambulance when she suffered a stroke

Susan Harding, 57, has lost the use of the left side of her body after suffering a haemorrhagic stroke at her home in December last year, leaving her with a bleed on the brain.

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5 d. ago EastEnders fans say legendary character not seen in ten years 'has to return' for Sonia Fowler's exit

Sonia is preparing to leave her Albert Square home for Bali

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7 d. ago Inside Helen Flanagan's 'forever' home as she's forced to leave after 'losing her money'

Helen Flanagan has shared her sadness at leaving her "gorgeous" family home after four years - but admitted that she's "looking forward to a fresh break"

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7 d. ago Helen Flanagan 'sad' as she prepares to leave family home after split and says it's 'really hard to keep on top of'

The actress has shared her sadness as she prepares to leave her family home, almost three years after her split from her ex-fiance Scott Sinclair

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8 d. ago Mum 'went home to take a bath leaving daughter, 4, to die in submerged car' after crash

The 26-year-old mother allegedly had a blood alcohol level "nearly three times" above the legal limit after crashing her Subaru SUV into a canal and leaving her daughter for dead in the backseat

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8 d. ago Helen Flanagan 'sad' to leave home she shared with ex Scott Sinclair as she downsizes

Former Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan has revealed that she's set to move house after living in a stunning eight-bedroom property in Bolton, Greater Manchester

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8 d. ago Helen Flanagan reveals she 'lost all her money' and has to downsize dream home

Former Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan has said she is 'sad' to leave her lavish eight-bedroom home.

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8 d. ago Funeral home owner who left corpse in hearse for a over a year pleads guilty

The Colorado funeral home owner accused of leaving a woman’s corpse in the back of a hearse for over a year has pleaded guilty to corpse abuse and theft

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