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Searches are continuing for thousands missing amid the devastating flash flood in Nepal which has left more than 700 people dead. Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) said the death toll on Sunday had reached 734 with almost 2,500 missing. The latest figures from Chinese state media reported 16 people were dead and 546 people were missing in Tibet. Nepalese authorities said among those unaccounted for are […]

Pc Andrew Harper’s killers will be excluded from the early release scheme after Prime Minister Andy Burnham said anyone convicted of unlawful killing would be exempt. Mr Burnham said “hundreds” of people will remain in prison as part of changes to the scheme designed to ease prison overcrowding. Prisoners convicted of historic child sex offences will also be blocked from changes Mr Burnham said: “I know how strongly people feel about this issue. I […]

The death toll from the flooding in Nepal has reached more than 670 as a team arrived in the country from the UK to provide support. On Saturday, an update from Nepali authorities brought the combined death toll in Nepal and Tibet to 676 with nearly 3,000 people missing. The latest figures from Chinese state media reported seven people were dead and 554 people were missing in Tibet. The District […]

Senior Conservative Sir James Cleverly has said he is quitting the shadow cabinet to stand for London mayor. The former foreign secretary and Braintree MP said the capital needs “more than an administrator” after seeing its reputation “slip, at home and abroad, while too many of its problems have been left to fester.” Speculation had rumbled for months that Sir James, who held the shadow housing, communities and local government […]

Traffic is once again travelling along the length of Princes Street in Edinburgh after the thoroughfare reopened following a fire at a historic building in early July. Buses and trams have been able to resume their normal routes after barriers were removed early on Saturday. The road reopened after a section was closed for seven weeks, though traffic on one side is down to one lane because the pavement outside […]

Sarah Ferguson is reportedly set to return to Britain after living overseas amid the fallout over her and ex-husband Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The King’s former sister-in-law is renting a six-bedroom gated property in the Home Counties, according to The Sun. The former Duchess of York, 66, lost her title in October alongside Andrew after revelations over their links to the late financier. Sarah used to […]

The death toll from the flooding in Nepal has reached more than 600 ahead of a team arriving from the UK to provide support. Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said on Saturday that 626 people were confirmed dead, while almost 2,500 people were missing. The latest figures from Chinese state media reported seven people were dead and 554 people were missing in Tibet. The District Administration Office […]

Lando Norris has signed a new £120million McLaren contract to keep him with the British team until at least the end of the 2030 season. The Press Association understands Norris’ four-year contract extension could be worth up to £30m a season, to leave the world champion trailing only Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen as one of the sport’s big earners. It is just reward for Norris, 26, who last season […]

A weather warning has been issued by Met Éireann for widespread rain and possible thunderstorms, as festivalgoers face heavy downpours over the weekend. The forecaster issued the national advisory for wet weather, saying “heavy showers or longer spells of rain” will become widespread from the south-west on Saturday night and during Sunday. The advisory is valid from 3am on Sunday until Monday, with a warning of localised flooding. Met Éireann […]