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Flood warnings are in place in parts of England as heavy rain sweeps across the country.

Parts of a Worcestershire town centre are evacuated as heavy rain falls in the West Midlands.

Drivers across Devon and Cornwall have to be rescued from their vehicles after heavy storms cause

Thousands of people brave the rain to watch a 50ft (15m) high mechanical spider come to life in

A union says "huge difficulties" and safety issues need to be addressed to make 24-hour Tube

A family-run hotel in Devon gets a surprise energy bill for £67,500 after its energy company admits

Man jailed for airline shoe bomb plot loses High Court bid to bring forward release date.

Two teenagers appear in court charged with the murder of a 14-year-old boy in east London.

London 2012 chiefs tell BBC Sport they are not seriously considering a scheme to flatten the

A jury rules that a schoolgirl died while playing at a South Yorkshire quarry because there was no

A woman is found guilty of attempted murder after encouraging her partner to kill his elderly

A woman and her boyfriend are killed when their car hits a tree in Plymouth in the early hours.

Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand will miss England's opening World Cup qualifier against

The owners of Liverpool's two daily papers are moving production out of the city to Greater

A 21-year-old man charged with the murder of a father-of-seven in a Lancashire park changes his

A former England under-21 footballer is found not guilty of assaulting an opponent during a game.

A survivor of the 2004 Asian Tsunami has become a Dorset tourist attraction by surfing while

A man is held after a three-year-old boy is shot in the head with a pellet gun, it has emerged.

Hawks could be used to scare seagulls from the harbour area of a Cornish seaside town.

A divorce lawyer arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice will face no further

"Overzealous" council threatens a schoolboy with an £80 fine for putting up lost cat posters on

Can organic farming survive rising food prices?

The world's largest marrow goes on display at a gardening show after getting in the record books.

Newcastle's Joey Barton is banned for six games - with another six suspended - by the Football

A woman's body is found at a house in Nottingham in the early hours of the morning.

A man organised a murder from his prison cell using a smuggled mobile phone, the Old Bailey has

A multiplex cinema and bowling alley are included in new plans submitted for the redevelopment of a

A man from Cornwall is jailed for failing to stop after a fatal hit-and-run accident in Plymouth.

A former Manchester City youth player is jailed for blackmailing a top Premier League footballer

A £20,000 petrol giveaway to promote a computer game is branded "irresponsible and dangerous".

Two men fighting extradition to Cyprus for manslaughter face a further wait as they continue their

Staff at an owl sanctuary hit by vandals warn the birds could die if they are not recaptured

The mother of Shannon Matthews and a 40-year-old man plead not guilty to kidnapping the Dewsbury

Busier roads mean schools are back - how is it for you?

An MP describes how he was held at gunpoint by guards in Columbia who mistook a jar of coffee

Four thousand staff at Crewe-based carmaker Bentley are going down to a three-day week as demand

Fans vent their anger in a peaceful protest after Kevin Keegan quits.

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