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Essex beaches: Up to 150 beachgoers report feeling ill

Tue, 08/27/2019 - 11:36
People report breathing difficulties, vomiting and coughing while visiting three resorts in Essex.

Wrong-way drug driver who killed biker is jailed for six years

Tue, 08/27/2019 - 11:36
William McLean took five lines of cocaine before crashing head-on into Allan Nicholson on the East Kilbride Expressway.

Belfast: Is plan to boost city centre living realistic?

Tue, 08/27/2019 - 11:18
Only 3,000 people live in Belfast city centre and the council wants to boost that to 66,000 more by 2035.

Airbed rescue: Schoolgirls praised for saving man and child

Tue, 08/27/2019 - 11:07
The teenagers swam out to help the pair who were in danger of drowning off the Aberdeenshire coast.

Metal detectorists taken ill eating 'cannabis cakes' in High Melton

Tue, 08/27/2019 - 10:49
Some 13 men and women fell ill at the rally in Doncaster on Saturday night.

Lancashire fracking: Second tremor in a day recorded at fracking site

Tue, 08/27/2019 - 10:29
Operations remain suspended after two tremors are recorded on Monday.

CCTV reveals 1,500 crimes on one hospital ward

Tue, 08/27/2019 - 10:11
The PSNI is examining 300,000 hours of CCTV footage in relation to lapse of care at the home.

'Alarm bells' over private equity foster care firms, councils warn

Tue, 08/27/2019 - 09:53
Councils are concerned about what might happen if a run-for-profit foster care firm collapses.

BBC plans to launch Beeb rival to Alexa

Tue, 08/27/2019 - 09:33
It will work on smart speakers, TVs and mobiles but will Beeb be a good wake-up word?

5G: Rural areas could see bigger and taller masts

Tue, 08/27/2019 - 09:30
A balance has to be struck between the landscape and better connectivity, the digital secretary says.

Poet Lemn Sissay: Foster parents saw 'evil within me'

Tue, 08/27/2019 - 08:47
The poet says he has "empathy" for his foster parents despite his experience.

Disabled artist Alison Lapper's son Parys dies

Tue, 08/27/2019 - 08:27
Parys Lapper, whose disabled mother posed while eight months pregnant, dies suddenly.

Reading Festival: Man dies after being taken ill

Tue, 08/27/2019 - 02:05
The man died in hospital after being found near one of the event stages on Saturday night.

Bank of mum and dad 'one of UK's biggest mortgage lenders'

Tue, 08/27/2019 - 01:33
The average parental contribution for homebuyers this year is £24,100, Legal & General finds.

The Kenyan school that was once a British detention camp

Tue, 08/27/2019 - 01:28
Camps where suspected anti-colonial fighters were brutally treated are now secondary schools.

US Open 2019: Johanna Konta & Dan Evans advance but Harriet Dart & Cameron Norrie lose

Tue, 08/27/2019 - 01:27
Britain's Johanna Konta and Dan Evans come through tricky encounters to reach the second round of the US Open.

A bewildering upbringing: Why Margo Perin was made to have a nose job at 13

Tue, 08/27/2019 - 01:24
Margo Perin was 13 when her father asked if she wanted a nose job. It soon became clear she had no choice.

Soldier's cabin rebuilt as 'safe space' for veterans

Tue, 08/27/2019 - 00:53
Ex-soldier Mike Allen's original cabin was destroyed after being constructed without permission.

Strictly Come Dancing 2019 red carpet launch

Tue, 08/27/2019 - 00:37
This year's celebrities and professional dancers take to the stage in their dance floor finest.

Bandstands: The industry built on Victorian social engineering

Tue, 08/27/2019 - 00:30
How the bandstands which were created to keep the working classes away from drink supported Scotland's ironworks.

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