Weather: Flood Warnings As Snow Thaws

There are fears of flooding in the UK as rain moves in and rising temperatures spark a rapid thaw of the snow and ice which built up in the past fortnight. The Environment Agency has warned there is a risk of surface water and river flooding this weekend...

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Weather: Snow Storm Brings M6 To Standstill

Hundreds of drivers spent up to eight hours trapped in their vehicles on the M6 in Lancashire after heavy snow brought the motorway to a standstill. The motorway became blocked in both directions between junctions 25 and 27, near Wigan, on Friday night...

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Many Dead After Football Fans Sentenced

Troops are being sent to Port Said after violent clashes erupted following the sentencing to death of football fans who rioted during a game in 2012. As the sentence was read out in court and broadcast live on Egyptian television, families of those...

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Adrian Donohoe Killing Condemned By Irish PM

The Irish leader Enda Kenny has described the fatal shooting of a Garda detective during a botched hold-up as "cold blooded violence". Adrian Donohoe was with a colleague escorting a cash delivery to a credit union in Dundalk, County Louth, when he...

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Murder Confession: Teen Copies Halloween Film

A Texas teenager has confessed to police that he shot his mother and sister after repeatedly watching a horror film about a boy who kills without remorse. Newly released evidence in the case includes a four-page document handwritten by Jake Evans....

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Murray Beats Federer To Reach Oz Open Final

Tennis star Andy Murray is through to the Australian Open final after beating Roger Federer in a five-set thriller. The British number one will face top seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia for the title on Sunday. Murray, who beat Djokovic in the...

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UK GDP Falls By 0.3% In Last Quarter

The UK's national output has fallen by 0.3% in the fourth quarter, according to the Office for National Statistics. The contraction of gross domestic product (GDP), which was worse than most forecasts, compared to a 0.9% rise in the previous three months....

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Man Jailed For 25 Years For Toddler's Murder

A man has been ordered to serve at least 25 years for murdering the 15-month-old daughter of his former partner. Barry McCarney, 33, of Co Tyrone, was found guilty last month of Millie Martin's murder in Enniskillen in 2009. Setting the minimum tariff...

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Chelsea Kick Ballboy Made 'Timewasting' Joke

The ballboy who was kicked by Chelsea star Eden Hazard after refusing to let go of a ball had earlier joked about "timewasting" in a tweet. Hazard has apologised for the kick during his losing side's Capital One Cup semi-final against Swansea last...

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Burger King Dumps Products Over Horsemeat Row

Burger King is dumping thousands of beefburgers from the supplier at the centre of the horsemeat scandal - despite insisting its food was not contaminated. Staff have been ordered to box up Whoppers and Angus burgers and ensure they are not sold to...

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Police In 'Muslim Vigilantes' Victim Appeal

Officers investigating "Muslim vigilante" attacks are appealing for a victim who was abused by the gang for being "gay" to come forward. Scotland Yard says the man is crucial to their investigation into a number of incidents where a gang calling themselves...

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British Nationals Urged To Leave Benghazi

The Foreign Office has urged Britons to leave the Libyan city of Benghazi in response to a "specific and imminent threat" against Westerners. The FCO has been advising against travel to most of the country since last September, but has now stepped up...

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Russia Crash: Baby Thrown Into Path Of Lorry

A one-year-old girl has had an amazing escape after being involved in a road smash that saw her flung in front of oncoming traffic. The Mitsubishi car that the child was travelling in with her parents spun out of control while trying to overtake on...

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Weather: Drivers Rescued After More Snow

More snow has fallen across some parts of the UK causing disruption to schools and travel networks and stranding motorists in their cars. Motorists walk back to their cars after a fire in Dartmoor blocked the road Up to 9cm fell overnight across parts...

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Police Officers 'Abuse Positions For Sex'

Police officers are buying steroids from criminals and abusing their positions to have sex with vulnerable women, a police leader has warned. Mike Cunningham said that most forces were investigating cases where officers had become embroiled with criminals...

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David Cameron Promises 'In-Out' EU Referendum

Mixed Reaction To Cameron Speech Updated: 12:59pm UK, Wednesday 23 January 2013 David Cameron's key speech on Europe has sparked a predictably mixed reaction from within Britain and beyond. Here are the key quotes. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg...

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Bali: Death Penalty For British Drug Smuggler

British woman Lindsay Sandiford has been sentenced to death for drug smuggling on the Indonesian island of Bali. The 56-year-old grandmother, originally from Redcar, Teesside, had been found guilty of violating the country's strict drug laws. Sandiford...

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Sun Reporter Faces Corruption Charges

A Sun journalist and a former police officer will be charged over alleged corrupt payments, prosecutors have said. Ex-Metropolitan Police constable Paul Flattley and The Sun's defence editor Virginia Wheeler are accused of conspiracy to commit misconduct...

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Defence Cuts: 5,300 Soldiers To Lose Jobs

By Alistair Bunkall, Defence Correspondent More than 5,000 soldiers will be made redundant in the latest round of job cuts, the Government has announced. The Army will bear the heaviest burden in this third wave of redundancies because the Navy...

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Ecstasy: Police Warning After Third Death

By Nick Martin, North Of England Correspondent Police in northwest England are warning drug users that a possible contaminated batch of ecstasy tablets could be on the streets. It comes after two men died in Greater Manchester and another collapsed...

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Message In A Bottle Reunited With Family

A message in a bottle found 76 years after it was thrown into the sea has been reunited with the family of the man who wrote it. The bottle was found on a beach in New Zealand by Geoff Flood in November 2012, but had been set adrift in 1936. Inside...

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Avalanche Survivor Leapt To Safer Ground

A survivor of an avalanche that killed four climbers in the Scottish Highlands escaped by leaping from the collapsing sheet of snow and wedging his ice pick into firmer ground. The man, who did not want to be named, said in a statement: "All in the...

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Two Die As Winter Weather Continues Grip On UK

A 25-year-old woman found collapsed in the snow could have died after falling in sub-zero temperatures after a night out, Kent police said. The woman, named as Bernadette Lucy Lee by Sky sources, was discovered by a man walking his dog in Church Meadows...

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