2 h. ago Storm Floris damage finally cleared after tree crashes into house

Storm damage caused the tree to crash into a Kilwinning home.

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3 d. ago 'I heard a rumble and saw three houses crash through the earth'

The deadly day houses on a Salford street disappeared into the ground as people slept in their beds

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8 d. ago Storm Floris live: Commuters hit by more rail disruption after ‘most damaging summer storm in recent memory’

The Met Office warned flying debris could pose ‘a danger to life’, while 43,000 homes lost power in Scotland

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8 d. ago Storm Floris latest: 120mph winds recorded in 'most damaging summer storm in recent memory'

Met Office warned of injuries and danger to life from large waves hitting seafronts, coastal roads and properties

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8 d. ago I've been left homeless and living out of hotels with my baby after a drunk driver crashed into my living room just moments after I changed his nappy

Last month Ms Sibbald-Wright, 36, from North Shields outside Newcastle was shocked to find her living room destroyed by a drunk driver who crashed in to her house.

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8 d. ago Storm Floris: Wind gusts of 122mph recorded as storm causes widespread damage, disruption across Scotland

Warning that travel disruption could extend into Tuesday

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8 d. ago Storm Floris Kingston Bridge damage sparks traffic chaos as commuters head home

Drivers have been warned that the M8 is restricted due to the incident.

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9 d. ago 'Sturdy' post supports are perfect for repairing fences damaged by Storm Floris

This clever fix is now 17% off, down to £29.99 from £35.99

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3 w. ago Video: Tractor smashes into homes after drug driver runs red light

A drug-driver crashed into a tractor, causing it to smash into a row of houses in Chester.

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3 w. ago Moment tractor smashes into homes after drug driver runs red light

A drug-driver crashed into a tractor, causing it to smash into a row of houses in Chester.

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3 w. ago Mercedes driver's 'one bad decision' that ended in tractor ploughing into houses

Matthew Cumpsty ran a red light and caused a tractor to veer into two houses in a dramatic crash in which miraculously no one as hurt

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3 w. ago Moment JCB tractor veered off the road and crashed into a house after colliding with drug driver's Mercedes when it jumped red light

Matthew Cumpsty, 52, had been snorting cocaine when he drove his Mercedes through a road junction without stopping.

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4 w. ago Women born in East Germany have lived between two worlds. That’s why we’re shaking up art and politics | Carolin Würfel

The stories of curator Kathleen Reinhardt and provenance expert Lynn Rother show how exclusion can be turned to powerful insightIn February 1990, the German news magazine Der Spiegel ran the headline “Why are they still coming?”, adding: “In West Germany, hatred for immigrants from the GDR could soon reach boiling point.” That year, resentment towards so-called newcomers from the east erupted without restraint. East Germans were insulted in the streets, shelters were attacked and children from the former GDR were bullied at school. There was a widespread fear that the weekly influx of thousands of people would overwhelm the welfare system and crash the housing and job markets. The public consensus? It needed to stop.That same year, Kathleen Reinhardt and her parents moved from Thuringia in the former GDR to Bavaria. She was in primary school, and her new classmates greeted her with lines such as: “You people come here and take our jobs. You don’t even know how to work properly.” Con...

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