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Further rainfall could exacerbate flooding in south-west England – Met Office
February 2, 2026Further rainfall could exacerbate flooding in the south-west of England in the wake of Storm Chandra, the Met Office has warned. A yellow rain alert has been issued for Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset for Monday and into Tuesday, which will affect previously sodden ground following the recent storm. The Met Office issued the alert […]
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Andrew and Mandelson face pressure to reveal what they know about Epstein
February 2, 2026Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Lord Peter Mandelson are facing calls to reveal all they know about Jeffrey Epstein to US lawmakers, as the peer resigned his membership of the Labour Party to avoid causing it “further embarrassment”. Andrew and Lord Mandelson are both featured in the more than three million documents released by the US Department […]
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North Sea sandstone could be used to store carbon dioxide, report says
February 2, 2026Sandstone beneath the North Sea could be used to store carbon dioxide, a new study has claimed. The British Geological Survey (BGS) report shows how sandstone beneath the North Sea could assist with the UK’s plans for carbon capture and storage (CCS). CCS encompasses a range of technologies designed to significantly reduce emissions from large […]
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Heart transplant patient ‘energised’ by 110km Sahara trek two years after op
February 2, 2026A bank worker who trekked more than 110km across the Sahara desert two years after receiving a life-saving heart transplant has said he feels he can “do anything now”. Fraser Wilson has genetic cardiomyopathy and underwent the transplant in March 2023 when his health deteriorated as a result of the condition. The illness had previously […]
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Charities launch appeal to reverse Nice decision on life-saving cancer treatment
February 2, 2026A formal appeal has been sent to the NHS spending watchdog regarding its decision to remove a potentially life-saving cancer treatment from the health service in England and Wales. Tecartus – which engineers a patient’s own immune cells to kill cancer – was made available for people with a rare type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma through […]
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Woman found keeping 21 cats, a dog and a python in filthy east London flat
February 1, 2026A woman has been banned from keeping pets after authorities discovered 21 cats, a dog and a python being kept inside a flat in east London. The RSPCA launched an inquiry in January 2025 after a veterinary surgery raised concerns about a cat that had been brought in severely unwell. Although emergency treatment was attempted, […]
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Families say fears over paedophile nursery worker were ‘brushed aside’
February 1, 2026Sarah Hooper Published February 1, 2026 4:48pm Updated February 1, 2026 4:48pm Families are taking legal action against a nursery where their children were abused and said their concerns were ‘consistently brushed aside’. Vincent Chan, 45, is facing years behind bars for molesting girls aged three and four while working at the Bright Horizons nursery […]
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Tom Cruise ‘abandons £35,000,000 London flat after claiming city has become unsafe’
February 1, 2026Tom Cruise has quietly stepped back from one of London’s most exclusive postcodes, with sources claiming the Hollywood star no longer felt safe living in the heart of Knightsbridge. The 63-year-old actor is understood to have left his £35million luxury apartment overlooking Hyde Park after a string of high-profile crimes in the area, culminating in […]
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Families taking legal action against firm which ran nursery where paedophile abused children
February 1, 2026A group of families are taking legal action against the company which ran a London nursery where paedophile Vincent Chan abused children. The nursery worker, 45, pleaded guilty last year to assaulting girls aged three and four while working at a Bright Horizons nursery branch in north London, which has since closed. He admitted to […]
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Man stuck for over an hour after falling down well in town’s high street
February 1, 2026A man has been rescued by the emergency services after falling into a well in Staffordshire. Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service said it was asked to come to High Street, Cheadle, at 8.40am on Sunday by West Midlands Ambulance Service. Three crews from Staffordshire Fire and Rescue and a technical rescue unit from Cheshire Fire […]
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