2 w. ago Don’t despair, Tories: look upon Reform and see your rightful and fitting legacy | Nesrine Malik

If Kemi Badenoch wonders why her party conference looks and feels like a sideshow, perhaps she should reflect on the Conservatives’ 14 years in powerI believe it is good practice as a columnist to keep track of when you have been wrong, and the thing I have got most emphatically wrong over the past few years is the Conservative party’s prospects. I was convinced that the party that still won elections despite the chaos and instability of Brexit, not to mention the calamities of austerity, could get away with anything. I even believed that if it lost power, as it did last year, the risk of a Tory restoration was still very high.What I did not foresee was the most successful political party in the democratic world, by some measures, coming so close to extinction this quickly. As the Tory party conference gets under way in Manchester, with rumours abounding over the weekend about diminished attendance, the polling increasingly suggests that Britain’s next general election will be a con...

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2 w. ago Storm Amy latest: Britain battered as up to 100mph winds and rain bring power cuts and travel disruption

Scottish travel services announced widescale disruption as heavy winds battered the country

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2 w. ago Storm Amy map: When and where up to 100mph winds will hit the UK

The entire UK is covered by weather warnings as the Storm Amy hits, bringing gale-force winds of up to 100mph.

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2 w. ago Storm Amy latest: UK faces ‘danger to life’ warnings with 100mph winds and heavy rain after man dies in Ireland

Weather warnings cover much of country as first named storm of season brings travel chaos and leaves hundreds of thousands of homes without power

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2 w. ago Met Office tells EVERYONE in Britain to prepare three essential items

As Storm Amy is expected to bring heavy rain and wind to all of Britain this weekend, the Met Office has urged people to prepare ahead due to the risk of power cuts

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3 w. ago When will Storm Amy's weather bomb hit? Map reveals when torrential rain and 95mph gales to batter Britain

The Met Office imposed a 31-hour yellow rain warning for western Scotland from 5pm on Wednesday until the end of Thursday, at which point the first named storm of autumn will officially arrive.

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3 w. ago When will Storm Amy's weather bomb hit? Map reveals when torrential rain and 80mph gales to batter Britain

The Met Office imposed a 31-hour yellow rain warning for western Scotland from 5pm on Wednesday until the end of Thursday, at which point the first named storm of autumn will officially arrive.

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3 w. ago Storm Amy map: Where 80mph winds will hit Britain this weekend

Up to 50mm of rain is expected in parts of Scotland in just nine hours

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3 w. ago Storm Amy warning for UK as 'big trouble' forecast over horror 70mph merging hurricanes

Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda could spark "big trouble" for the UK this weekend, as horrifying weather maps show Britain being battered by 80mph winds this weekend by Storm Amy

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4 w. ago First look inside Big Brother 2025 house including 'never seen before' feature

The new series of Big Brother is set to launch this weekend and Good Morning Britain viewers were given an exclusive look inside the house with last year's winner Ali Bromley

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