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Storm Bella will bring severe gales and heavy rain on Boxing Day, the Met Office has warned, after people were evacuated from their homes on Christmas Day due to flooding. Its arrival will bring winds of up to 70mph in exposed coastal locations and further downpours. There was flooding around the country on Christmas Day, … Read more
A drink driver who killed a ‘dedicated and compassionate’ nurse in a 70mph police chase outside a hospital was jailed for seven and a half years on Friday. Kieron Davies, 32, ploughed into Wilbert Catalan Llobrera after a drinking session and left him for dead after a 13-hour shift at the NHS hospital. Emergency services desperately … Read more
A drink driver who killed a ‘dedicated and compassionate’ nurse in a 70mph police chase outside a hospital was jailed for seven and a half years on Friday. Kieron Davies, 32, ploughed into Wilbert Catalan Llobrera after a drinking session and left him for dead after a 13-hour shift at the NHS hospital. Emergency services desperately … Read more
The grandson of late Manchester United ‘Busby Babe’ Denis Viollet has escaped prison after drunkenly leading police on a 70mph chase in his father’s BMW while his six children were home alone on Christmas Day. Nicholas Viollet, 32, has a string of previous convictions for violence, drink driving, theft and other offences. This week at … Read more
Height of stupidity! Daredevil camper is slammed by the coastguard after pitching his tent on the edge of 200ft cliff as Cornwall was battered by 70mph winds during Storm Francis Camper set up his flimsy canvas tent inches from edge of cliff at Portreath Coastguard slammed ‘utter stupidity’ and said lives of rescue teams put … Read more
The ScotRail train involved in the fatal derailment that killed three people was travelling at more than 70mph when it came off the tracks, investigators revealed today. And more than two inches of rain had fallen over the previous four hours in the area of Scotland where the tragedy happened, leading to gravel being washed … Read more
Storm Ellen is set to continue battering Britain with 70mph gale force winds expected ahead of the weekend, bringing the potential for travel disruption and flooding. More than 50,000 homes and businesses in Ireland will remain without power as the Met Office imposed a yellow weather warning of strong winds stretching across England, Wales and parts … Read more
Winds up to 70mph are expected across Britain tomorrow as another storm smashes into the country’s coastal regions – threatening to bring down trees and creating monster waves. It comes just days after the country was hit by 50mph winds and heavy rain when Storm Ellen moved in from the Atlantic on Tuesday night. Winds … Read more
Dramatic moment moped crook is rammed of his bike by police after he cut through park and led them on 70mph chase Kyren Bryce, 23, drove on pavement and ran red lights in chase through London He reached speeds of up to 70mph as he drove away from police in Lambeth Officers cut in and … Read more
Dramatic moment moped crook is rammed of his bike by police after he cut through park and led them on 70mph chase Kyren Bryce, 23, drove on pavement and ran red lights in chase through London He reached speeds of up to 70mph as he drove away from police in Lambeth Officers cut in and … Read more