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S torm Eunice has brought mighty winds and major disruption to much of the UK. These are the major developments so far: – Casualties One man has died after being struck by a falling tree in Co Wexford, police in Ireland said. Elsewhere, Thames Valley Police said a member of …

Love is always in the air in the tenderly titled town of Lover. A small community in South West England’s Wiltshire county, the village’s name is actually pronounced like “low-ver” but that doesn’t stop hopeless romantics from moving there just so they can call the poetically named place their home. …

At 18, Leanne Wilson’s doctor gave her a leaflet for Alcoholics Anonymous and told her she was unlikely to make her 21st birthday.  But it wasn’t booze that was killing her, it was binge-eating – a habit which caused her to balloon to 336 pounds. Already battling type 2 diabetes, …

With the local elections less than three weeks away, how will the voting process work during the COVID-19 pandemic? Last year, the government made the decision to delay the local elections until 2021 as they were deemed unsafe to carry out during the initial peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. With social …

11 March 2021, 08:23 The UK is being hit with heavy downpours and strong winds. Picture: PA UK weather forecast: the strong winds battered England and Wales last night look set to continue today. A yellow weather warning for wind is in place across England and Wales today, with winds …

LONDON — Britain’s newly established quarantine hotels have received their first guests as the government tries to prevent new variants of the coronavirus from derailing its fast-moving vaccination drive. Passengers arriving at London’s Heathrow Airport on Monday morning were escorted by security guards to buses that took them to nearby …

T here are now more coronavirus patients in England’s hospitals than there were during the peak of the first wave of the pandemic, new figures show. As of 8am on Monday, there were 20,426 patients in the country’s NHS hospitals compared to the 18,974 patients recorded on April 12, NHS …

T he UK has recorded another 316 deaths on Sunday with 30,501 new Covid-19 cases. The boss of the firm behind the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has raised hopes it is more effective than first thought amid the rapid spread of the UK virus strain across the globe. AstraZeneca chief Pascal …

M illions more are spending their first day living under tougher coronavirus restrictions as Tier 4 comes into force in areas of the south and south east of England. The Government said a further 570 died within 28 days of testing positive for the virus as of Christmas Day, while …

S torm Bella is set to bring heavy rain and severe gales of up to 70mph in coastal parts of the UK. The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning for wind as Storm Bella is expected to cause travel disruptions for parts of south England and south Wales. …