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Watch – Over 100 firefighters tackle huge 50ft flames at rural field in Buckinghamshire
Footage captured by an eyewitness shows fierce flames and thick smoke engulfing the field of grassland yesterday afternoon
Man held slave for 26 years faces jail for crime traffickers forced him into
A slavery victim was told that his benefits would be slashed and threatened with jail if he didn't pay a historical fine for committing a crime he was forced into by one of the UK's biggest human trafficking rings. The 51-year-old man, who was regularly beaten, starved and at one point forced to dig his own grave, was convicted of stripping a nightclub of scrap metal after being forced into it by the notorious Rooney family. It is thought the...
Hundreds of homes left without water during heat wave after reservoir failure
Thames Water had to hand out water bottles and pump water into the network to keep pressure up
Uranus’ moons and rings pieced together from a giant blow
“Cataclysmic” collision shaped Uranus’ evolution, reveals new research led by Durham University scientists
British Chambers of Commerce issues red RAG ratings for business preparedness over Brexit
Business preparedness over Brexit was ranked almost unanimously red by the British Chambers of Commerce in their latest assessment. The independent business network revealed their RAG ratings today, with just two amber ratings among the 24 otherwise red classifications. RAG ratings are used in project management to flag issues or status reports, based on red, amber and green colours used in a traffic light rating system. The system was used by the BCC to give business answers to practical questions they...
Alleged neo-Nazi leader denies he gave go ahead for MP’s murder
National Action leader Christopher Lythgoe, 32, is accused of giving the go ahead to Jack Renshaw for the planned attack in July 2016.
Nurses quit NHS to work in Lidl because pay, hours and benefits better
Nurses quit NHS to work in Lidl because pay, hours and benefits better. With an astonishing shortage of 40,000 nurses across the UK, the NHS continues to face a drain on staffing as nurses quit for better pay, hours and benefits in supermarkets like Lidl.
Trump’s FART to have “silent but deadly” repercussions
Donald Trump's move to break away from the World Trade Organisation by forming its own Fair and Reciprocal Tariff Act is likely to have "silent but deadly" repercussions, commentators have said. A leaked draft of the act - dubbed the FART bill - shows that the President is set to abandon global trade rules in favour of bespoke agreements with different countries. The draft bill would see the President given unilateral power to ignore global trade rules and set his own tariffs...
Heatwave: Hill walkers find the perfect way to cool off at the top of Ben Nevis
People who climbed the UK's highest peak over the hot weekend used snow patches to help cool down