Clifftop residents told to leave because Storm Goretti could destroy their homes
Residents of 14 clifftop homes in Hemsby, Norfolk, have been told to leave because Storm Goretti leaves them in danger of "imminent collapse" onto the beach below.
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Increasing numbers of women are dying during pregnancy or in the weeks after giving birth
Increasing numbers of women in the UK are dying during pregnancy or in the weeks after giving birth, according to new figures.
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'Cliff home was our final destination – what next?'
Residents are told their homes should not be occupied due to a risk of "imminent" cliff falls.
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'Get a grip' on Grok, Starmer tells X after AI tool is used for child sex images
An artificial intelligence (AI) tool producing sexualised images of children will not be tolerated and is "disgusting" and "unlawful", the prime minister has said.
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New powers for councils to fine pavement parkers
Councils will be able to take action against those creating "unnecessary obstruction" of the pavement.
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Maternal death rate up by 20% - as government fails to meet 2025 target
Increasing numbers of women in the UK are dying during pregnancy or in the weeks after giving birth, according to new figures.
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Watchdog to examine West Midlands Police role in Maccabi Tel Aviv fans ban
The police watchdog has told Sky News it will assess evidence provided by West Midlands Police to MPs and consider the findings of a review into how its intelligence assessment was used to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from Aston Villa.
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A weather bomb is coming - what is it and are lives at risk?
Storm Goretti - the first named storm of the year - hits the UK today and is bringing with it a "weather bomb".
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Council ordered to pay £80,000 after man hit by falling lamppost
A council has been ordered to pay £80,000 after a man was struck by a collapsing lamppost.
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A weather bomb is coming - what is it and are lives at risk?
Storm Goretti - the first named storm of the year - hits the UK today and is bringing with it a "weather bomb".
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What is a weather bomb?
Storm Goretti - the first named storm of the year - hits the UK today and is bringing with it a "weather bomb".
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Catherine joins William for London hospital visit
The visit to Charing Cross Hospital is the couple's first public engagement of 2026.
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More changes to farm inheritance tax plans ruled out
The government says it has listened to farmers and increased the proposed inheritance tax threshold.
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Swinney backs action against Russia after Scots airports used during tanker operation
The first minister says he was not briefed on a US-led operation a few hundred miles off Scotland's coast.
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Man pleads guilty to attempted murder of soldier near barracks
A man has pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of an army officer who was stabbed "repeatedly" outside his barracks in Chatham, Kent.
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Government to water down business rate rise for pubs
The hospitality industry had called for a rethink of planned changes to the way the tax based on property is calculated.
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Abandoned baby Elsa to be adopted and regularly see two siblings
Police say all enquiries to find the parents of the abandoned babies have now been "exhausted".
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Avalanche warning and travel disruption as Storm Goretti hits
There are areas of unstable snow in several locations near the top of Yr Wyddfa, said the Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team.
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Police who named wrong fatal car crash victim 'used family description and ID card'
Police who told a teenager's relatives he had died in a car crash when he had, in fact, survived, relied on the family's description of him and a photo ID card when they tried to identify him, a coroner has been told.
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Police in teens' death crash ID error did not do forensics tests
A boy wrongly thought to have died was misidentified based on a description and college ID card.
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