84 m. ago Flood alerts issued as parts of UK brace for heavy rain after Met Office weather warnings

Wales and parts of south-west England are expected to see heavy rain over the next two days

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90 m. ago UK cops fly to India to hunt fugitive charged with murdering his wife

Northamptonshire Police officers have met the family of Harshita Brella in India as the hunt continues for her husband who is charged with murder

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1 hour ago UK weather set to be a total washout with 18 hours of heavy rain and power cut fears

The Met Office has put numerous yellow weather warnings in place across the country. Forecasters are warning there could be chaos on the roads as well as power cuts

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3 h. ago Met Police officer who tried to meet girl, 10, for sex after messaging her ‘stepfather’ online spared jail

PC Grant Long, 34, snared by an undercover officer posing as a paedophile

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3 h. ago 'Predator' Met Police officer 'confessed in letter to sexually abusing 12

David Carrick is accused of writing a letter ‘confessing’ to sexually abusing a girl

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5 h. ago Met Office weather warning extended across Wales as heavy rain raises flood concerns

Fifteen areas of the country will be affected

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6 h. ago UK lawyers warn of ‘race to the bottom’ after Tory MP issues deportation threat

Top lawyers call for change in rhetoric that has left minority ethnic Britons fearful as politicians target migrantsUK politics live – latest updatesLeading British lawyers have warned of a political “race to the bottom”, after a Conservative MP tipped as future party leader said large numbers of legally settled families must be deported.Katie Lam, a shadow Home Office minister and a Tory whip, said people with legal status in the UK should have their right to stay revoked, to ensure the UK is mostly “culturally coherent”. The Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch, rowed back on Lam’s statement last Thursday, weeks later. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago UK weather maps show where rain will batter Wales as Met Office warning hits

Flood alerts have been issued ahead of the Met Office's yellow weather warning which comes into force across 14 parts of Wales at midday on Tuesday

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8 h. ago Flood warnings issued with 23 areas under threat as Met Office says it's going to get worse

Flood alerts have been issued for a significant number of Welsh rivers, as well as large parts of the Welsh coastline

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15 h. ago Trump threatens to cut funds if ‘communist’ Mamdani wins mayoral election

President backs Cuomo in election eve Truth Social post and says he does not want to send ‘good money after bad’On the eve of New York’s well-watched mayoral election, President Donald Trump issued a threat to its voters: stop Zohran Mamdani or pay.“If Communist Candidate Zohran Mamdani wins the Election for Mayor of New York City, it is highly unlikely that I will be contributing Federal Funds, other than the very minimum as required, to my beloved first home,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “I don’t want to send, as President, good money after bad.” Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Met Office warns of ‘moist’ week ahead as remnants of Hurricane Melissa affect UK weather

"Heavy rain" is expected to hit the UK over the next few days

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23 h. ago London to be hotter than Istanbul as Britain set for ‘unseasonably warm’ weather

Temperatures this week could reach highs of 18C when the average for Autumn this time of year is usually only around 11C in the South of England

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23 h. ago Bleak Britain: Last month was the gloomiest October in 60 YEARS, Met Office reveals

Persistent grey skies and low cloud meant the UK saw an average of just 63.3 hours of sunshine across the entire month.

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24 h. ago Grey skies and ‘gloom’ deliver UK’s third dullest October on record

Only 1960 and 1968 saw less sunshine during the month.

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24 h. ago Full list of UK areas affected by Met Office rain warning as ‘flooding probable’

"Heavy" rain is set to hit parts of the UK over the next three days

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25 h. ago UK flooding: Met Office issues urgent warning for 14 areas as alerts in place

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25 h. ago Met Office issues weather warning for 14 parts of Wales with flood alerts in place

It's likely that the wet weather could disrupt Bonfire Night plans, with some flood alerts already in force for parts of the country

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27 h. ago Met Office issues yellow alert as 'act now' flood warning in place

Heavy rain fall on Monday evening into Tuesday could see flooding in parts of the North West

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2 d. ago Met Office issues November weather verdict including 'fairly strong winds'

Temperatures are expected to be a "good few degrees" above average throughout November

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2 d. ago November expected to be warmer than usual but showers set to continue

Temperatures are expected to reach above average this month but spells of wet and windy weather remain likely.

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