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FORECASTERS have issued 'danger to life' alerts as more flooding is set to cause chaos today. Brits have been told to expect persistent heavy rain and stormy conditions amid three yellow weather warnings in place across the UK. On Saturday a shopping centre was forced to evacuate following flooding in a major seaside town. Priory […]

Battle for Britain’s ‘Atlantis’: Locals go to war with developers who want to build 158 new homes on site of fabled Iron Age settlement A developer is poised to build 158 homes on the site at Thornton, near Blackpool As an archaeological treasure trove, it was once dubbed the ‘Atlantis of the Coast’ over its historical […]

Fury on streets of NYC: Pro-Palestine protestors storm Union Square and climb on George Washington statue chanting ‘long live Hamas’ – after shutting down Brooklyn Bridge and plastering stickers over Starbucks saying ‘Zionists are terrorists’ A pro-Palestinian protest gathered outside the Brooklyn Museum on Saturday afternoon, before making its way into Manhattan later that evening […]

Tragedy as American ice hockey star Adam Johnson dies aged 29 ‘after his throat is slashed by skate in sickening crash during UK match’ – as his devastated mother says: ‘I lost half of my heart today’ Adam Johnson is believed to have taken a blade to the neck during the match  An ice hockey […]

Horror explosion and fire at coal mine in Kazakhstan leaves 36 dead as hunt continues for 10 missing people Chances of finding the missing persons alive are ‘very low,’ rescuers warned Kazakhstan is in nationwide mourning after 36 people died in a fire at a mine in Karaganda owned by steel giant ArcelorMittal on Saturday, the worst such […]

By Matthew Knott and Kate Geraghty Orthodox Jewish males in front of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem.Credit: Kate Geraghty Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Jerusalem: Schmuel Zilberman has two big hopes for Israel’s war against Hamas. He wants to see his nation […]

By Wendy Tuohy Many teenagers found freedom to explore interests away from school during the pandemic years.Credit: Illustration: Aresna Villanueva Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. If it takes a young person to really understand another young person, year 12 student and youth advocate […]

High street bank profits hit as savers shift their hard-earned cash to higher interest rate savings accounts Brits moved millions from their current accounts to new or existing savings pots Canny savers are shifting their hard-earned cash to higher interest rate savings accounts in a blow to High Street banks. Profits have been hit as […]

And for my next trick… the Moon will vanish! Magician David Copperfield announces latest stunt that’s been in the works for the last THREE DECADES 67-year-old magician has been working on the stunt for the past three decades  As illusions go, it should be out of this world. David Copperfield, who has staged some of […]

Why is a new film lionising the upper class deb from Devon who hijacked a helicopter to drop IRA bombs on an Army base? Looking back on her life, Rose Dugdale was asked to recall the happiest day. Might it have been when presented as a 17-year-old debutante to the Queen in 1958, at the […]