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Dozens of flights cancelled in Storm Kathleen chaos as six rail operators are hit by strikes leaving passengers stranded
Fresh travel chaos has struck Britain as six rail operators have been hit by strikes and airports battered by gales from Storm Kathleen.
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Terror as crane topples over and smashes straight through house roof on quiet street
Witnesses said the crane "sliced through" a house, after a lorry carrying the crane toppled over in a residential street in Wigan on Saturday - leading to an operation to remove the huge metal lifter
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Heathrow emergency as passenger planes crash on airport runway as police and fire crew rush to scene
Witnesses at London Heathrow Airport said a tug was pushing back a Virgin Atlantic plane when its wing collided with the tail of a nearby British Airways aircraft
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Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre now - beachside mansion and persistent nightmares
Virginia Roberts Giuffre claims she was trafficked to Prince Andrew at the age of 17. Now a 40-year-old mother of three, she advocates for survivors of sex trafficking
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Energy suppliers paying out more than £540,000 in compensation over prepayment meters
It comes after Ofgem ordered a review of people who were forced onto prepayment meters between the start of 2022 and the end of January 2023
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UK quit Erasmus because of Brits’ poor language skills
Britain turned down an offer to remain a member of the cultural exchange program after Brexit.
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Prince Andrew’s reduced life now - crumbling home, Beatrice wedding snub and title shame
The release of brand new Netflix drama Scoop tells the story of how BBC Newsnight managed to secure Prince Andrew’s car crash interview about his association with Jeffrey Epstein - and it has shone the light back on the outcast royal whose life changed dramatically after the infamous chat
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Teen arrested over motorbike crash which killed two dogs and left woman in hospital
Lancashire Police were called to the crash in Leyland, Lancashire, in which a woman was injured and two dogs were killed after a teenager allegedly ploughed into them on a motorbike
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British billionaire Joe Lewis avoids US prison in insider trading case
British billionaire Joe Lewis, 87, was sentenced to three years of probation Thursday after pleading guilty to insider trading charges in New York and admitting to sharing business secrets with personal friends...
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King Charles ‘raring to go’ on tour of Australia this year & tells aides to ramp up plans as cancer treatment goes well
The gruelling journey includes 20,000 miles and 21-hour flights just to get there
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Man fuming as commuters use multi-million pound estate as ’free car park’ to dodge low emission zone fines
Peter Collins wants Glasgow City Council to impose harsher parking restrictions after commuters have started using his estate as a free park and ride to dodge Low Emission Zone (LEZ) fines
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National Lottery winners complete bizarre life-long dream after winning mega £2.7 million jackpot
Grandparents Derek and Elaine Thompson, from Newcastle, have taken up visiting horse racing tracks as a full time hobby after scooping a massive £2.7million on the National Lottery and packing in their jobs
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Royal Mail is proposing to reduce second-class letter deliveries to alternate weekdays.
Royal Mail anticipates "fewer than 1,000" voluntary redundancies and no compulsory redundancies as part of this proposed overhaul
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Brit survives after helicopter crashes in Swiss Alps and saves two brothers before it slides off summit
Edward Courage, Teddy and Guy Hitchens were the three British skiers who survived an avalanche and monstrous helicopter crash in Verbier in the Swiss Alps
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Scotland’s recent hate crime legislation inundated police with nearly 4,000 unsubstantiated reports within just 24 hours
The Scottish Conservative shadow justice secretary cautioned that soon the volume of complaints would surpass the number of actual crimes.
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Arms sales to Israel: Top judges urge UK to halt weapons trade
Three former Supreme Court justices have joined more than 600 legal experts in calling for the UK government to end weapons sales to Israel.
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British farmers want basic income to cope with post-Brexit struggles
Schemes to replace EU subsidies will not plug gap left by loss of EU subsidies for most farmers
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A deadly dogfighting ring, led by ’Doctor Death’ and his gang, operated out of a suburban garage, motivated solely by financial gain
Phillip Ali, known as ’Doctor Death’, operated a brutal international contest circuit where participants could win thousands of pounds while animals were subjected to horrific acts of violence in Essex
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Brother jailed for ’completely unnecessary’ killing of sister’s ex-partner he turned up to her garden
Liam Fosbrook, 29, stabbed Dylan Towers, 35, after Mr Towers appeared at his sister Tara’s home in Stockport in December 2021
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Lotto £2.5m thief released from jail to free up space - despite not paying back stolen cash
Convicted rapist Edward Putman was jailed for nine years in October 2019 for stealing £2.5million from the National Lottery with the help of Camelot insider Giles Knibbs
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Inside lavish Balmoral estate as King Charles allows public to see where late Queen died
In a historic first King Charles is opening up the doors to Balmoral Castle, and the public will be able to see inside the Royal Family’s favourite holiday home for themselves