3 h. ago I've been hit with a £250 fine after a row over a £2.70 hospital parking ticket... I won't back down

Gordon Clark, from Medburn near Newcastle, has been 'driven mad' by the ordeal but insists he won't pay a £252 court letter 'as a matter of principle'.

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3 h. ago Rescuers race to find survivors as Myanmar faces humanitarian crisis – video report

Red Cross officials have warned that Myanmar faces a humanitarian crisis after the deadly 7.7-magnitude earthquake. About 1,700 people have died as a result of the earthquake, with at least 300 people having been reported missingMyanmar earthquake: level of devastation ‘hasn’t been seen in over a century in Asia’, says Red Cross – latest updates Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Volunteer rescuers race to find survivors two days after Myanmar earthquake

Red Cross says devastation is of a level not seen in Asia for over a century as more than 1,700 people killedRescue volunteers, many of them poorly equipped local people, raced to find survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings across central Myanmar, two days after a huge earthquake killed more than 1,700 people in the country and at least 18 in neighbouring Thailand.Red Cross officials said Myanmar was facing “a level of devastation that hasn’t been seen over a century in Asia”, after a 7.7-magnitude quake struck near the centre of the country on Friday afternoon, followed minutes later by a 6.7-magnitude aftershock. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago ‘Wherever I looked I saw collapsed buildings’: Myanmar quake rescuers and medics struggle with size of task

After two days there are still not enough teams to find dead bodies or sufficient equipment to sift through debrisThe scale of devastation in central Myanmar is unlike anything rescue workers or medics have seen before, even in a country that has endured more than four years of brutal conflict.In Sagaing, buildings have collapsed almost everywhere after Friday’s earthquake. Even the provincial fire department building has been destroyed, damaging all the rescue machinery and vehicles inside. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Huge earthquakes 'foretold in Bible verse' and they point to our 'last days'

A tremor hit around 62 miles northeast of the main island of Tonga just days after a massive earthquake thousands of miles away in Myanmar – and it's got people worried

Politics

6 h. ago Experts give grim death toll prediction as frantic rescue mission continues in Myanmar after devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake

Experts have starkly warned that the final death toll of the devastating Myanmar earthquake could skyrocket as rescuers frantically search for victims. 

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8 h. ago Brits facing conscription reel off 'snowflake' excuses but admit WW3 grub is tempting

EXCLUSIVE: After retired Sergeant Matthew Baldwin said Gen Z would be rubbish in the army, the Daily Star asked their Millennial peers to see if they'd fare any better in the trenches...

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9 h. ago Simone Biles on ice: Ilia Malinin shows his only rival is perfection itself | Bryan Armen Graham

America’s Quad God lapped the field to win another world title with a record-tying six quadruple jumps, but his attention remains fixed on a standard just out of reachIlia Malinin had just finished defending his world title with another sensational performance including six quadruple jumps beneath the lights of a nearly sold-out TD Garden. But as he pounded the ice after his final pose, the gesture wasn’t pure triumph like last year in Montreal. It was the frustration of a perfectionist falling short of a standard no one else is asking him to meet.“That was definitely because I didn’t land all seven,” the 20-year-old American said afterward. “It’s still the one thing I want to accomplish – whether before the Olympics or sometime in my career – just to land them all and really maximize my technical ability, while also incorporating the rest of the program.” Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Triple H's marriage Stephanie McMahon, staggering net worth and real fight with WWE fan

Triple H will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame next month in tribute to his professional wrestling career spanning three decades - but what do we know about his life away from the ring?

Sport

9 h. ago My landlord is banning me from flying the Union Flag in my garden because it is TOO PATRIOTIC

EXCLUSIVE: An autistic young patriot has been ordered to remove two flagpoles bearing a Union Jack and a British Army flag from outside his flat by the council.

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9 h. ago Triple H's massive net worth, brutal fight with WWE fan and marriage Stephanie McMahon

Triple H will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame next month in tribute to his professional wrestling career spanning three decades - but what do we know about his life away from the ring?

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9 h. ago ‘I was telling my baby, don’t come out yet’: Woman gives birth to daughter during Myanmar earthquake

Kanthong Saenmuangshin had gone to hospital for a routine check-up but ended up going into labour amid the chaos of Friday's powerful 7.7 magnitude quake

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9 h. ago Richard Chamberlain, TV actor who starred in 'Dr. Kildare,' dies at 90

Richard Chamberlain, the handsome hero of the 1960s television series “Dr. Kildare” who found a second career as “king of the miniseries,” has died at age 90

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9 h. ago Britain's second home ghost towns FIGHT BACK: Locals told to secretly REPORT rich neighbours greedily buying up houses as seaside villages wage war on out

EXCLUSIVE: From April 1, more than 150 councils across the country will increase the tax on second homes to 100 per cent - meaning bills could rise as much as £10,000 for the year.

Society

9 h. ago Forensic teams at scene 'searching for weapons' after horror shooting

The scene was put in place after a man armed with a knife and a gun blasted a motorbike outside a house

Events

9 h. ago Before and after satellite images show devastation caused by Myanmar earthquake – video

Rescue efforts are entering their third day and attempts to find survivors are intensifying after a devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar and neighbouring Thailand, killing at least 1,600 people and injuring more than 3,400, with at least 139 others missing. The initial quake struck near the central Myanmar city of Mandalay early on Friday afternoon, collapsing buildings, downing bridges and buckling roads, causing mass destruction in the country's second largest city. 'What we’re seeing here in Myanmar is a level of devastation that hasn’t been seen over a century in Asia,' the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies wrote in a post on X Myanmar earthquake: search for survivors continues as UN warns over medical supply shortage – latest updatesAftershocks frighten Myanmar survivors while death toll from Bangkok high-rise collapse rises Continue reading...

Culture

10 h. ago Washed up iPad revealed assassination plot of one of UK's most notorious armed robbers

The seemingly unconnected theft of a Ming vase from a Swiss museum and a shooting at a comedian's house were part of a web of international organised crime that police solved after finding an old iPad

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11 h. ago Myanmar earthquake: level of devastation ‘hasn’t been seen in over a century in Asia’, says Red Cross – latest updates

At least 1,700 people killed as Red Cross officials warn Myanmar faces humanitarian crisis; death toll in Bangkock increases to 18Red Cross officials have warned that Myanmar faces a humanitarian crisis after the deadly 7.7-magnitude earthquake.“What we’re seeing here in Myanmar is a level of devastation that hasn’t been seen over a century in Asia,” the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) wrote in a post on X. Continue reading...

Politics

11 h. ago Men armed with machetes attempt to storm Tabu nightclub in Mayfair

Men armed with machetes attempt to storm Tabu nightclub in Mayfair  Metro.co.uk

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11 h. ago Sophie Turner and daughters to return to UK after brutal custody battle with Joe Jonas

Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas' divorce led to a bitter fight over whether daughters Willa and Delphine would live in the US or the UK, and the girls are reportedly set to return home with their mum after months of legal battles

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