18 h. ago Easter travel mayhem as bank holiday travellers are hit by hundreds of rail engineering works while 20million motorists hit the road

Britons face long queues during the Easter getaway with nearly 20million drivers set to hit the roads each day over the long weekend amid major rail disruption.

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24 h. ago Manhunt for rapist who attacked schoolgirl, 16, in Primrose Hill

The girl alerted police officers who were on patrol on nearby Regents Park Road at around 11pm last Friday to tell them she had been raped (pictured, file photo of Primrose Hill).

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48 h. ago Over 1,000 miles of roadworks in England to be halted from Thursday to ease Easter congestion

Around 19.1 million people are expected to hit the road on Good Friday alone

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3 d. ago Moment hero passersby rescue injured officer from overturned police van after horror smash

The first responder was on her way to an emergency in a marked van on Friday afternoon when the collision happened at a junction on Coventry Road in Yardley, Birmingham.

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6 d. ago Shaved heads, collapsed roads and burnt bread: photos of the day – Friday

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6 d. ago Traffic hotspots named as 19 million drivers set to hit the roads on Good Friday

The AA said the Easter weekend being three weeks later than in 2024 will "bump up bank holiday traffic by 15%" - and there are rail disruptions too

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7 d. ago Good Friday traffic warning with 19m drivers expected to hit the roads

AA says the Easter weekend falling three weeks later than in 2024 will ‘bump up bank holiday traffic by 15%’

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1 week ago Britain braced for travel chaos as Met Office makes 'warm' weather prediction

Schools finished for the holidays on Friday and the RAC expects 3.4million people to hit the roads each day - sunny conditions will remain into next week with the Met Office predicting above-average temperatures

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2 w. ago WWE Friday Night Smackdown: Start time, TV, live stream, confirmed match card

The road to WWE WrestleMania continues on Friday night with two huge matches and a debut already confirmed

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2 w. ago 'I cradled my dead brother after football hooligans struck with knives and kebab skewers'

EXCLUSIVE It's set to be an emotional night at Elland Road on Friday, as Leeds United mark one of the darkest chapters in their club's history on the 25th anniversary of Chris and Kev's death

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2 w. ago Kettering fire: Dad's heartbreaking tribute to 'whirlwind' girl, 4, killed in tragic fire

Emergency services rushed to the blaze off Station Road, Rushton, at around 10.30pm on Friday. Despite their best efforts, the three victims were pronounced dead at the scene

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2 w. 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...

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2 w. ago Police discover £100k of cocaine and heroin during raid in Glasgow

Officers searched a flat on Dyke Road in the north west of the city on Friday at 2.50pm, where they sized 3kg of cocaine and 1kg of heroin.

Economics

3 w. ago 'A decomposing body was found in my neighbour's flat and my landlord did nothing about the smell'

The body of a man was found in a flat in the Bronte House block of flats on Newport Road in Cardiff city centre on Friday evening and is believed to have been dead for some time

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3 w. ago Fire 'linked to gangland war' as two premises leased by mob boss go up in flames

Police locked down a busy road following the blaze early on Friday morning.

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