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UK braces for Storm Bella as flooding forces evacuation of 1,300 homes

Storm Bella will bring severe gales and heavy rain to the UK and Ireland on Boxing Day, forecasters have warned. It comes after more than 1,000 people were advised to leave their homes immediately on Christmas Day due to flooding. People living in 1,309 homes along the River Ouse in north Bedfordshire were told to […]

Boxing Day beauty bonanza! Treat yourself with OK’s fabulous beauty essentials

We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. And if you’ve hit the Boxing Day sales virtually and watched all the Christmas movies possible then it’s time to turn to some self-love and pamper yourself after the business of the […]

Are non-essential shops open in Tier 3?

Matt Hancock: Parts of south to enter Tier 4 on Boxing Day Boxing Day will see England’s tiered rules shift in select areas. Ministers opted to pin down several new areas due to a sudden rise in Covid cases which has seen the pandemic spiral “out of control”. New strains of Covid have pushed Tier […]

Online romance fraud has cost victims £63m in 2020

UK victims of online romance fraud were conned out of more than £63m over the past year, according to figures obtained exclusively by Sky News. Action Fraud, run by the City of London Police, says 800 more cases were reported in 2020 than the previous year. Alex Rothwell, interim Detective Chief Superintendent, City of London […]

France confirms first case on its soil of British coronavirus variant

PARIS (AFP) – France has confirmed the first case of a new coronavirus variant that recently emerged in Britain, its health ministry said. The new strain of the virus, which experts fear is more contagious, has prompted more than 50 countries to impose travel restrictions on the UK. The first French case – found in […]

'Christmas miracle' as couple rescued from submerged car after two hours

A couple has been rescued from a submerged car after almost two hours underwater in what onlookers named a ‘Christmas miracle’. Emergency services saved the unidentified pair from the vehicle at around 10:44am near Norwich on December 24. They were taken to hospital for ‘further assessment and treatment’ by East of England Ambulance Service, as Storm […]