2 h. ago Rescuers in Indonesia search for hundreds of missing people likely buried under landslides

Rescuers are urgently searching for hundreds of missing people in the wake of devastating floods that hit Indonesia a week ago, following extreme weather caused by Cyclone Senyar.

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12 h. ago Evri delivery worker sacked after 'walking away with people's parcels'

The driver was caught out by residents

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14 h. ago Sri Lanka’s capital hit by floods as cyclone death toll nears 200

Hundreds of people still missing after heavy rain and mudslides in country’s deadliest natural disaster for yearsEntire areas of Sri Lanka’s capital are flooded after a powerful cyclone triggered heavy rains and mudslides across the island, with authorities reporting nearly 200 dead and dozens more missing.Officials said the extent of the damage in the country’s worst-affected central region was slowly becoming clear on Sunday as relief workers cleared roads blocked by fallen trees and mudslides. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Range Rover driver caught downing 11 pints on pub crawl with friends before killing teenage biker in crash

A Range Rover driver was caught downing 11 pints on a pub crawl with friends, before getting behind the wheel of the car and killing a teenager in a crash.

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40 h. ago UK MPs push for extra aid and visas as Jamaica reels from Hurricane Melissa

Dawn Butler leads calls for humanitarian visas and fee waivers for vulnerable relatives of UK nationals affected by stormBritish MPs have joined campaigners calling for more aid and humanitarian visas for Jamaicans to enter the UK after Hurricane Melissa demolished parts of the country, plunging hundreds of thousands of people into a humanitarian crisis.The UK has pledged £7.5m emergency funds to Jamaica and other islands affected by the hurricane, but many argue that the country has a moral obligation to do more for former Caribbean colonies. Continue reading...

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52 h. ago Range Rover driver is caught downing 11 pints of cider and Baby Guinness on pub crawl with friends before killing teenager biker in horror crash

Danny Francis, 29, had been drinking all afternoon with his friends in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, and into the night of September 30, 2023.

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54 h. ago Hundreds of people were caught trying to take a driving test for someone else last year

The sneaky trend has grown in recent years

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54 h. ago Death toll reaches 69 as Sri Lanka is hit by rising flood waters

Heavy rain from Cyclone Ditwah has left people stranded, with more than 18,000 evacuated to temporary sheltersTroops in Sri Lanka were racing to rescue hundreds of people marooned by rising flood waters on Friday as weather-related deaths rose to 69, with another 34 people declared missing.Helicopters and navy boats carried out rescue operations, plucking people from treetops, roofs and villages cut off by flood waters. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago Plans to send asylum seekers to military barracks delayed over safety concerns

Ministers had hoped to move hundreds of people to Cameron Barracks in Inverness and Crowborough Training Camp in East Sussex while their claims were processed to get people out of hotels

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3 d. ago Romanian lorry drivers caught trying to smuggle 49 migrants OUT of UK to France are jailed

Marius Bajenaru, 44, and Sorin-Costinel Ivan, 46, made it all the way to dover before they were arrested by officers from the National Crime Agency on September 18, 2025.

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3 d. ago Hundreds feared dead in Hong Kong tower block inferno as maintenance negligence is blamed for the financial hub's worst fire in decades

Hundreds of people are feared to be dead after a huge blaze ripped through a Hong Kong tower block in the worst fire the financial hub has suffered in decades.

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6 d. ago Relatives of disappeared brace themselves as bodies are exhumed from notorious mass grave in Colombia

Medellín’s Comuna 13 neighbourhood saw extraordinary violence in the 2000s, with hundreds of people detained, tortured or killedWhen Operation Orión began in October 2002, Hermey Mejía thought the violence that had ravaged his corner of Medellín for decades would finally come to an end.The 22-year-old told his mother, Teresa Gómez, that he hoped Colombia’s armed forces would get rid of the urban guerrillas who ruled the streets of Comuna 13, then one of the most dangerous districts in the world. The area, of strategic importance for drugs and weapons trafficking, had long been trapped in a cycle of bloodshed: first under Pablo Escobar’s narcos, then, after their fall, leftwing militias. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Scots private hire driver caught with £20k dirty cash allowed to keep licence

Glasgow cabbie Raja Sadiq was given a warning by the city's licensing committee after police objected to his licence renewal.

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9 d. ago Hospice nurse who has watched hundreds of people die reveals seven of the most common regrets

A hospice nurse who claims to have sat with 300 dying patients has listed seven of the most common regrets she's heard people make on their deathbeds.

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1 week ago DWP Universal Credit claimants get HMRC bonus worth up to £1,200

Hundreds of thousands of people on Universal Credit have received extra cash

Economics

1 week ago How to entertain 3,000 people a day: Immersive shows, hundreds of costumes, after parties and DJs aboard luxury cruise ship revealed in Daily Mail documentary

Celebrity Xcel is a brand-new elevated resort at sea ready to set sail for the first time. We go behind the scenes to discover how they bring the performances together.

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1 week ago Hundreds gather for vigil for five people killed in tragic car crash that has left 'a dark cloud over entire town'

Locals said the tragedy has cast a 'dark cloud' over the town as three separate vigils were arranged.

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1 week ago FACT FOCUS: There's no proof each strike on alleged drug boats saves 25,000 lives, as Trump claims

President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that strikes on suspected drug boats his administration began carrying out in September in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean are saving hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. from fatal drug overdoses

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1 week ago People urged to check old Nintendo DS games with 1 classic worth £600

The Nintendo DS was one of the most popular handheld gaming consoles around and there are likely hundreds if not thousands of people who still have a drawer full of the games

Economics

1 week ago Mahmood faces calls for compassion and clarity over hardline asylum policies

Home secretary urged to explain statement that asylum admissions will start at ‘a few hundred’ peopleShabana Mahmood is facing demands for compassion and clarity after it emerged that only a “few hundred” asylum seekers would initially be permitted to come to the UK under three new schemes for refugees.The home secretary had justified a series of hardline policies – such as the deportation of families and the confiscation of assets from claimants – by saying she would also open the “safe and legal” routes for “genuine” claimants. Continue reading...

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