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Video captures moment Tenbury Wells floods

[ad_1] A local resident captured the moment Tenbury Wells town centre flooded, after the nearby Kyre Brook rose and caused a wall to collapse. Rescue workers in the Worcestershire town can be heard telling people to "get back" as the waters quickly spread. There have been no reports of injuries in the town. Storm Bert has brought strong winds and rain to parts of the country, with yellow weather warnings
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British Army officer charged after dummy grenade found at airport

[ad_1] A senior officer in the British Army has been charged after allegedly taking a decommissioned hand grenade through Scotland's busiest airport.Lt Col Hugo Clark, 54 is accused of taking a deactivated explosive through security at Edinburgh Airport on 16 October.A bomb squad was called to the scene and the item, a dummy grenade used in training according to reports, was assessed as "non-viable and posed no threat".He was released
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Lauren Laverne given ‘all clear’ following cancer diagnosis

[ad_1] BBCBroadcaster Lauren Laverne has said she has been given the "all clear" after undergoing treatment for cancer. The BBC presenter said she would be appearing on The One Show on Tuesday "after taking some time off to get better", in an Instagram post on Sunday.She said that, following her experience, she now sees "more beauty in ordinary things than I could have imagined, and feel more than ever that
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Man critical after being stabbed

[ad_1] A man is in a critical condition after he was stabbed on Westminster Bridge in central London, the Met Police has said.Emergency services were called at about 10:45 GMT to reports of a fight on the bridge.London Ambulance Service and the air ambulance also attended and took him to hospital.The Met said three people had been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder while another arrested for affray.Two of those
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Assisted dying bill ‘about right to choose,’ says minister Liz Kendall

[ad_1] The assisted dying bill has been defended by Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall who said it was about the "right to choose".She refused to criticise colleagues who are against the Bill, including Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood, who wrote to her constituents this weekend saying the proposed changes would create a “slippery slope to death on demand”.Kendall told Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg she believed the bill would give people
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I paid scammers thousands thinking they were my farm suppliers

[ad_1] BBCAlan Steven lost £16,000 after being duped by fake invoicesFarmer Alan Steven had no reason to doubt that the invoices he received from his suppliers were genuine.They looked the same as his usual emailed invoices with just one difference - the bank details at the end were different.Alan, who runs a farm near St Andrews in Fife, went on to pay a building contractor £12,000 and a grain merchant
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‘I have same condition as Tulisa on I’m A Celeb

[ad_1] Amy GreenAmy Green, from Leeds, has suffered from Bell's palsy since it first struck seven years agoWhen Amy Green first saw Tulisa Contostavlos on I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, she said it was “like looking at a mirror image” of herself.Though the two women look different, they have both suffered from Bell’s palsy, a condition affecting about 100,000 people in the UK.Amy quickly recognised how Bell’s
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Dozens of flood warnings in place after man dies

[ad_1] PA MediaAreas in Northern Ireland were affected by flooding on SaturdayDozens of flood warnings and alerts remain in place across England on Sunday as disruption from Storm Bert continues in many parts of the UK.A man in his 60s died on Saturday after a tree hit his car near Winchester, while a number of homes were flooded in counties Down and Tyrone in Northern Ireland.Yellow warnings for wind and
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Andy Murray coaching Novak Djokovic: What it could mean for friends and rivals

[ad_1] The most surprising part is the timing. Murray only retired from playing four months ago. That time has been shared between his family and his golf clubs, but as he told the Control the Controllables podcast last year, if his children are at school, he is often bored by Wednesday lunchtime.The opportunity to work with Djokovic is unlikely to come around again and, having lost four Melbourne finals to