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Snow and rain warnings as cold snap continues

The lowest temperatures first thing are expected across parts of eastern Scotland. Whist Tuesday saw lows in the Highlands down to -7. 2C (19F), Wednesday morning could be even colder at around -8C (18F) or -9C (16F). However, a sub-zero start to the day is also expected in many other …

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Cabinet secretary frontrunner faced multiple bullying complaints

Staff also reported, as one put it, that Dame Antonia insisted they "frame articles in Vogue and the New Yorker about her and place them in the Residence guest bathroom directly in the line of sight at all angles so that regardless of, um, how you use the bathroom, you …

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Police assessing Stansted Airport private flights over Epstein ties

An Essex Police spokesperson said: "We are assessing the information that has emerged in relation to private flights into and out of Stansted Airport following the publication of the US DoJ Epstein files

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I would scream in my sleep: Women from Syria's Alawite minority tell of kidnap and rape

Four of the women and families who spoke to the BBC said they did not know who the kidnappers were. One did, and said it was not someone from the security services. Two said they were released after public pressure, the others said they did not know why they were …

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Climber on trial for leaving girlfriend to die on Austria's highest mountain

At 00:35 on 19 January, he called mountain police. The content of the conversation is unclear but the lawyer says he asked for help and denies telling police that everything was fine. Police allege he then put his phone on silent and did not take any more calls

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Under pressure from Trump, Venezuela's new president has aces up her sleeve

"Trump has implied that Venezuela is now a US protectorate, so she serves at the will of the US president," says Christopher Sabatini, senior research fellow on Latin America at Chatham House think tank. "She has also been investigated by the DEA - there's not a conviction, or bounty on …

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'Just push us into the sea': The frustration of an area failed by politics

The children are encouraged to help in the library or as maths mentors, but to do so, they must fill in application forms and be interviewed. Some of them are unsuccessful and given feedback on how to improve. "It sounds a bit brutal," says the school's deputy headteacher, Vicky Page. …

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Firm assessing Covid vaccine harm replaced after costs spiral to £48m

The new contract is set to run for five years and is estimated at £27m, far more than the value of the contract awarded to Crawford in 2021, but still significantly less than the amount paid to it over the course of its agreement

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How Robert Duvall became a Hollywood great

He reprised the role in 1974's The Godfather Part II, by which time he had collaborated with Foote again in the 1972 film of his play Tomorrow. Network, from 1976, cast him as a venal television producer

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Oasis v Blur rivalry being revived in new play as cast take sides

"My dad was always massively into Oasis, so I grew up listening to it, and I was always such a big fan of him and how funny he is," he says. "So to get to play him is just a dream

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