18 h. ago Locals' fears over the Somerset mansion crammed with migrants: After Jacob Rees

Even Jacob Rees-Mogg must realise it was a faintly ridiculous scenario.

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63 h. ago Why what's really happening at luxury hotel where Jacob Rees

The former Brexit minister went viral when he was filmed being rebuffed as he tried to investigate suggestions that secluded Winford Manor is now accommodating illegal, small boat migrants.

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64 h. ago Afghanistan earthquake: at least 250 dead after 6.0 magnitude quake near Jalalabad

Province of Kunar sees large number of casualties, according to local officials, amid fears of much higher toll after shallow quake hits near Pakistan borderAt least 250 people were dead and hundreds more injured in a magnitude 6 earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border, authorities have said, as rescuers combed the rubble of homes looking for survivors.The quake struck the rugged province of Kunar at 11.47pm on Sunday and was centred 27km north-east of the city of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province, the US Geological Survey said. It was just 8km deep. Shallower quakes tend to cause more damage. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago Scottish locals fear reintroduced eagles have swooped away with Shetland PONIES

Farmers have called for a government investigation amid fears that sea eagles are snatching ponies from an island herd.

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69 h. ago Revealed: What's really happening at luxury hotel where Jacob Rees

The former Brexit minister went viral when he was filmed being rebuffed as he tried to investigate suggestions that secluded Winford Manor is now accommodating illegal, small boat migrants.

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3 d. ago Top 20 local heroes named as Brits fear many 'go unnoticed' in modern world

A poll of 2,000 adults explored who they see as humble heroes within their local areas - with teens who help pensioners solve their tech troubles scoring highly

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5 d. ago Moment brazen gang pose for photos after breaking into aristocrat's £3.5million historic country estate

CCTV captured the group - made up of four men and one woman - as they wandered around the 13-bedroom mansion in Somerset and took snaps of the interior.

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6 d. ago West Lothian fire fears over 'hazardous' batteries in electric scooters and bikes

Paul Harvey, a Watch Commander with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, said the spread of lithium ion batteries brought increased frisks of fire from poor equipment.

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1 week ago Japanese knotweed spreading 'extensively' in seaside town water front as locals warn it 'could devalue property'

Locals in a picturesque seaside town are fearing for their homes after the UK's most 'aggressive, destructive and invasive' plant was discovered along the waterfront.

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1 week ago Councils move to close off key alternative to asylum hotels in England

Local authorities tighten controls on houses in multiple occupation amid fears for community cohesion

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2 w. ago What it was like to grow up with the UK's most feared gangster: Locals on Liverpool housing estate where notorious enforcer began his reign of terror are still too afraid to speak his name

EXCLUSIVE: Paul 'Woody' Woodford, a member of the hated Huyton Firm, has convictions for violent offences in Liverpool and mainland Europe stretching back three decades.

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3 w. ago Local dairy fears Ayrshire jobs at risk amid claims multinational firm 'undercuts' school milk contract

Mossgiel Organic Dairy has lost the contract to supply East Ayrshire schools.

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4 w. ago How plans for a £2.5million 'mega mosque' in a Lake District town with just 11 Muslims is threatening a new explosion of racial tension: Locals tell RONAN O'REILLY their fears ahead of fresh protests

Tensions in the quaint town of Dalton-in-Furness have flared this summer over plans to build a three-storey 'mega-mosque' on its outskirts - the first such centre in the Lake District.

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