2 h. ago Urgent travel warning as 13 items banned from UK even if from duty

A new government travel warning has been issued for Brits returning from the EU as 13 items have been banned from the UK - with travellers facing fines of up to £5,000 or having items confiscated

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4 h. ago Urgent recall of popular baby product issued by Boots over serious safety concerns

Boots has issued an urgent warning to customers who have purchased a popular baby product after a so-called 'falling hazard' was identified – and have offered a solution

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4 h. ago Urgent warning on popular baby product issued by Boots over serious safety concerns

Boots has issued an urgent warning to customers who have purchased a popular baby product after a so-called 'falling hazard' was identified – and have offered a solution

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8 h. ago Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood: ‘I thought my abusive father was going to kill me’

Craig Revel Horwood has opened up about fearing his father would kill him as he spoke of how he suffered abuse during his childhood.

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10 h. ago Brits braced for heavy 'freezing rain' and 67mph wind gusts as urgent warning issued

The Met Office has warned of heavy rain and thunderstorms which are set to batter parts of the UK today. The conditions have prompted a yellow weather warning for some areas

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20 h. ago Craig Revel Horwood reveals he thought he’d be killed by abusive father

Craig Revel Horwood has opened up about fearing his father would kill him as he spoke of how he suffered abuse during his childhood.

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20 h. ago Man who killed his father, left his body in a cardboard box behind a shed and then used 67

Thomas Sykes, 41, from Burton-on-Trent, was today sentenced to 18 years and seven months behind bars for the murder of his 67-year-old father, Anthony Sykes.

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21 h. ago Cat returns home with block of poison as owner issues urgent warning

Cookie's owner has had to spend more than £500 on vet bills following the incident

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22 h. ago Tragic final moments of father, 35, stabbed to death over drug

Gregory Marshall, 35, was found collapsed and died in an alleyway in York after he was stabbed in the neck and chest by Ian James Franklin, who has been jailed for life.

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27 h. ago Urgent warning to drivers who see a QR code like this in a car park

Council parking machines have been targeted by scammers up and down the country who cheat motorists into parting with their account details

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27 h. ago Urgent warning to holidaymakers over Spain's strict drinking rules

Tourists have been warned of strict drinking rules which are in place in several top holiday destinations in Spain.

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29 h. ago Man arrested on suspicion of murder after father, 53, killed in horror 'gas explosion' that demolished house in Worksop

Nottinghamshire Police said a 43-year-old man was arrested and questioned on suspicion of murder before being bailed.

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29 h. ago Urgent DVLA warning as drivers face £650 fees and consider selling their cars

The DVLA has increased the tax payable by millions of motorists this month, with a raft of different changes to existing charges including an increase in the standard rate for all cars and the removal of the tax exemption for electric vehicles (EVs).

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43 h. ago Doctor issues urgent warning for anyone about to go on a long

For those planning to go on a long-haul flight, a doctor has issued a stark warning saying there is one thing that everyone should do to avoid a potentially deadly condition

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49 h. ago RAC issues urgent warning to anyone travelling over the Easter bank holiday weekend

Drivers have been warned to expect the busiest Easter weekend since 2022

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49 h. ago Urgent police warning for Scots heading to gigs and festivals this summer

Some huge names are coming to Scotland this summer - but if you're buying tickets online, you should be careful.

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53 h. ago Killed, dismembered and scattered: the Honduran father and son who made a stand against illegal logging

The country is the most deadly to be an environmental activist – and the brutal murders of Juan Bautista Silva and Juan Antonio Hernández are the latest in a long line of violent acts against defendersAt about 6pm on Wednesday 26 February, Ana Luiza Hernández Raudelez saw her partner, Juan Bautista Silva, 70, receive a phone call. A land defender who had spent more than 20 years working for the local environment, Silva was preparing to leave on a motorcycle trip to photograph illegal logging near Las Botijas, in Comayagua, central Honduras, to support a complaint to the prosecutor’s office.As he was about to set off, Ana suggested he take their son, Juan Antonio Hernández, 20, with him, as his new mobile phone took better photos. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago Urgent Foreign Office warning to holidaymakers who drink abroad

Government officials have sent a key warning about issues in some popular tourist destinations

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2 d. ago Police issue urgent warning to parents after 'several' children go missing on beach

Families have been flocking to the beach during the recent warm weather

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3 d. ago Journalist Ahmed Alnaouq: ‘It’s our duty to make Gaza’s stories immortal’

The Gaza-born, UK-based journalist, who has lost more than 20 family members in Israeli airstrikes, has taken pieces from an online platform he co-created for young Palestinians and collated them in a new book‘Gaza, it breaks my heart to see you in this state’: three stories from young Palestinian writersOn 22 October 2023, an Israeli airstrike hit Ahmed Alnaouq’s home in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, killing 21 members of his family, including his 75-year-old father, two brothers, three sisters and all of their children.At the time, Alnaouq was living in London, where he works as a journalist and human rights activist. “It crushed me,” he says of the attack. Unable to return home, he could only watch helplessly from afar and grieve alone. Later, he tells me that it’s not anger or hate that consumes him now, but survivor’s guilt. “All the time I think: ‘Why? Why am I alive? Why wasn’t I killed with my family?’” Continue reading...

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