32 h. ago Traitors winner Rachel Duffy 'heartbroken' as she announces death of her mum just days after show final

Rachel Duffy has shared the heartbreaking news that her mum has died, just days after she was seen winning hit BBC game show, The Traitors alongside Stephen Libby

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33 h. ago Traitors winner Rachel Duffy announces death of beloved mum who drove her to victory

Rachel Duffy has shared the heartbreaking news that her mum has died just days after she was seen winning hit BBC game show The Traitors alongside Stephen Libby

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41 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Nato chief warns of ‘harshest winter’ in a decade as Russian attacks cut power in Kharkiv

Strikes knock out electricity to 80% of Ukraine’s second-largest city and surrounding region and damage 11th-century Kyiv monastery. What we know on day 1,434Russian drones and missile strikes hit Kharkiv on Monday, knocking out power to 80% of Ukraine’s second-largest city and the surrounding region and striking apartment buildings, a school and a kindergarten, local officials said. Two people were injured, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said in a video posted on Telegram. Mayor Ihor Terekhov said an “energy site” had been targeted in the city as night-time temperatures dipped to -14C. The capital, Kyiv, has been hit by three massive air attacks since the New Year, knocking out power and heating to hundreds of buildings. The war correspondent and executive director of war crimes unit the Reckoning Project, Janine di Giovanni, has suggested Russian president Vladimir Putin is intentionally “weaponising the savage eastern European winter”.In Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian president Volodym...

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45 h. ago Extreme heatwave may break records in Victoria as firefighters warn of bushfire risk in ‘very dry’ state

Ouyen and Mildura in northern Victoria forecast to break state’s all-time maximum on Tuesday, as weather warnings issuedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA day of record-breaking heat looms for Victoria, with temperatures forecast to hit 49C in the Mallee and Melbourne facing its hottest day since Black Saturday 2009.It was 26.1C as the sun rose on Tuesday over the small Victorian town of Ouyen, the Mallee town of 1,170 people whose forecast high of 49C would break the state’s temperature record of 48.8C set in Hopetoun on Black Saturday in 2009. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago UK weather maps show where Storm Chandra will hit Wales worst with month of rain to fall in a day

Weather maps show when and where to expect downpours

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2 d. ago Andy Burnham hits out at 'way the Labour Party is being run these days'

It comes after Burnham has been blocked by the NEC from running as a Labour MP in the Gorton and Denton by-election

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3 d. ago Lisandro Martinez scores own goal vs Arsenal as Man Utd fans say 'Paul Scholes was right'

Manchester United fans have been left fuming over Lisandro Martinez's own goal against Arsenal just days after the defender hit back at criticism by Red Devils legend Paul Scholes

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3 d. ago Full list of UK areas slapped with Met Office rain warnings as ‘flooding’ expected

Several UK areas are expected to be hit with 'flooding' and 'disruption' in the coming days

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3 d. ago Met Office weather maps show parts of UK that will be hit with snow within days

Cold weather alerts have been issued in places as concerns grow for vulnerable people

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5 d. ago Days After Rolex Store Raid, Saint Laurent on Bond Street Hit With Smash

Days After Rolex Store Raid, Saint Laurent on Bond Street Hit With Smash-and-grab  WWD

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5 d. ago Curious case of Crawley opening in Sri Lanka sums up cracks in English cricket | Taha Hashim

Opener had not played 50-over cricket in more than two years, meaning the England selectors are going on instinctAnother continent, fresh pyjamas and, after the disappearance of spin in Australia, a contest dominated by the slow stuff. But it was natural at times to rewind to the Ashes during England’s series-opening defeat against Sri Lanka on Thursday, stretching their losing run away from home in one-day internationals to 11.The flashbacks hit immediately when Jamie Overton took the new ball for the first time in his ODI career, a middle-overs-man miscast, the same way Brydon Carse was when he opened in the Tests. Sri Lanka’s fielding late on in the chase – Dunith Wellalage’s hopscotch grab on the boundary to end Rehan Ahmed’s pyro-party, Dhananjaya de Silva’s swooper at backward point to get rid of Liam Dawson – was clinical, reminiscent of Australia. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Have Reform already hit peak popularity, as polls expert suggests?

Support for Nigel Farage's party has cooled in recent weeks, with 29 per cent of voters saying they would back it at the next election. This is a drop from 32 per cent at Reform's polling peak.

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5 d. ago Ugly row threatens to cloud Timothée Chalamet's bid for Oscar glory: Family of the real

Released in the UK on Boxing Day - the film has been a commercial hit already but Reisman's only direct descendants, certainly didn't give their blessing to the film.

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6 d. ago Internet raises its collective eyebrow after Ted Cruz leaves Texas ahead of winter storm. But, he says he will be back

Cruz was spotted on a flight to California days before Texas is expected to get hit with a potentially deadly winter storm

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6 d. ago Spain is hit with a THIRD train crash as commuter service slams into a crane leaving several injured days after disaster left dozens dead

Spanish rail operator Adif said that traffic on that line was interrupted due to 'the intrusion into the infrastructure gauge by a crane not belonging to the railway operation', without providing further detail.

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6 d. ago Spain suffers third serious train crash in five days as commuter service slams into crane

A third serious train crash has taken place in Spain in five days - after a commuter train hit a construction crane in the southeast of the country.

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6 d. ago Holland Park flooding LIVE: Water supply disruption hits west London for second day after burst pipe

Thames Water warned on Wednesday night that customers in 20 different postcodes, from Queen’s Park to Oxford Street, could be affected

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7 d. ago Exact day more snow could hit Greater Manchester as Met Office gives weather verdict

Weather maps show when more wintry conditions are expected

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8 d. ago Snow maps show UK buried as blizzards hit as far south as London in days

Snow maps show UK buried as blizzards hit as far south as London in days  Daily Express

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8 d. ago London Will Be Hit By Five Days of Snow Next Week: Full Forecast Including Dates and Times

London Will Be Hit By Five Days of Snow Next Week: Full Forecast Including Dates and Times  Time Out Worldwide

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