Disaster declared after German army rocket test sparks wildfire
9/21/2018, 12:16:29 PMAbout 1,000 people could be evacuated after blaze rages on moorland near Dutch border ✔ Firefighters have been struggling to contain the blaze on moorland used by the German army for training exercises ✔ Smoke has spread across 62 miles and is visible on satellite images ✔ The defence ministry spokesman, Jens Flosdorff, said the situation was very serious and apologised for any mistakes made
BBC Weather forecast: 'NASTY' storm to unleash DELUGE of rain on UK this weekend
9/21/2018, 2:22:12 PMBBC Weather has warned Britons to prepare for a deluge of rain over the weekend as an area of low pressure brings in some persistent showers during the weekend. ✔ Britain has fallen to the mercy of a powerful jet stream steering a barrage of frenzied cyclonic low-pressure systems in from the Atlantic like a conveyer belt ✔ We need to keep an eye on this one because it could turn out to be quite a nasty storm ✔ A 24-hour government weather warning is in place across the whole of England from Sunday morning into Monday
Villages buried in huge landslide
9/21/2018, 1:25:44 PMA landslide in the Philippines has killed more than 20 people, reducing hillside homes to rubble. ✔ Media player Media playback is unsupported on your device CCTV shows hillside collapse in Philippines landslide A landslide in Cebu province in the Philippines has killed more than 20 people, reducing hillside homes to rubble ✔ The landslide comes days after Typhoon Mangkhut caused destruction and more than 80 deaths
Christine McGuinness hides under her coat as she gets caught in a rain storm on her way to the hairdresser
9/21/2018, 3:50:47 PMCHRISTINE McGuinness hid under her coat as she got caught in a rain storm on her way to the hairdresser today. The mother-of-three, who is married to TV presenter Paddy McGuinness, showed off her i… ✔ Paddy, 45, was pictured pushing his trolley full of bags out to the car and having a swig of a drink he'd bought ✔ However the pair have been working hard on mending their marriage and focusing on family life as well as the difficulty of raising children with autism
Yellowstone volcano: ERUPTION of long dormant Ear Spring geyser stuns after 14 years
9/21/2018, 3:42:49 PMYELLOWSTONE volcano’s Ear Spring geyser roared back into life in spectacular fashion this week, after 14 years of dormancy. ✔ Ear Spring geyser is located near the world-famous Old Faithful geyser on Yellowstone’s Geyser Hill in the Upper Geyser Basin ✔ You can read more about that eruption here: Yellowstone volcano activity: Steamboat Geyser blast lasts ONE HOUR - What does this mean
Latest updates on the Tanzania ferry disaster as death toll tops 136
9/21/2018, 2:12:10 PMHundreds still missing, feared dead
‘May’s INCAPABLE of delivering good Brexit deal’ Corbyn brands EU talks a ‘DISASTER’
9/21/2018, 3:02:46 PMJEREMY Corbyn has branded Theresa May’s Brexit negotiating strategy a “disaster” and claimed she is “incapable” of securing a good exit deal. ✔ The Tories have spent more time arguing among themselves than negotiating with the EU ✔ In a fiery speech which criticised the bloc’s refusal to budge in its demands for the Irish border, she warned her European counterparts neither of the two options they have proposed are acceptable
Carolinas farms could take billions in losses from Florence
9/21/2018, 1:40:03 PMRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Florence is testing the resolve of farmers in the Carolinas, who could face billions of dollars in agricultural damage while still feeling the sting ✔ (AP) Hurricane Florence is testing the resolve of farmers in the Carolinas, who could face billions of dollars in agricultural damage while still feeling the sting from Hurricane Matthew almost two years ago ✔ Roy Cooper said he told President Donald Trump during his visit to the state Wednesday that making farmers whole will take more than just a farm bill
UK weather forecast: Met Office issue weekend weather THREAT TO LIFE warning as storms hit
9/21/2018, 3:21:40 PMMET OFFICE forecasts have taken a turn towards the severe, as a Summer of wall-to-wall sunshine gives way to potentially-killer winds and a deluge of rain. The latest warnings from forecasters suggest a further threat to life this weekend. ✔ Most of England will receive the nasty conditions, with the mid-south and London on track to receive some of the worst ✔ The threat to life is concentrated at the coast, where the winds whipping up large waves and beach materials threaten to hit people close by
Brits face hazardous weekend weather with risks of power cuts and travel mayhem
9/21/2018, 1:39:24 PMStrong gusts of wind could cause damage to buildings, such as tiles blown from roofs or through falling trees and branches ✔ But forecasters said the impact of Bronagh is waning, and is mostly restricted to offshore areas in the North East ✔ Forecasters say it will be drier and brighter elsewhere but with scattered showers in northern Scotland ✔ But Monday and Tuesday will be drier and brighter, with light winds - except for in the far north where showers may be seen
Coronation Street spoilers: Sally Metcalfe’s fate sealed as star drops VERY worrying hint?
9/21/2018, 1:56:17 PMCORONATION STREET fans were in hysterics earlier this week as they saw Sally Metcalfe take on Imran Habeeb in a very sneaky way - but is she set to see disaster in upcoming episodes? ✔ Coronation Street spoilers: Sally may be set for trouble in upcoming episodes (Image: ITV) She will no doubt make some enemies and even on remand she is wanting to make a difference Sally Dynevor Sally is never going to sit back and do nothing! She will try and make something good come out of the worst possible scenario
Melbourne Demons: Oh, the thought of a possible grand final week!
9/21/2018, 1:05:49 PMWhen you have a life-long connection to a football team, while you support them in the present, inevitably you carry with you so many memories from the past. ✔ I have mostly avoided watching the replay of the 1987 preliminary final when Jimmy Stynes ran over the mark, giving Gary Buckenara an extra 15 metres penalty and which enabled the ball to go through for a goal, ensuring our defeat by two points with this last kick of the game
Voulez-vous return your pebbles to our Mamma Mia beach?
9/21/2018, 1:37:02 PMGreek islanders want tourists to stop pinching marble stones from scene of Abba movie ✔ Usually at this time of year, Greek beaches are basking in the sunlight of summer’s dying days ✔ The collapse of the cliff face only narrowly missed holidaymakers sunbathing on its shores below ✔ It shot to global stardom, however, when Hollywood producers used Skiathos as one of the film locations for the first Mamma Mia
Scientists fan the flames to study fire tornadoes
9/21/2018, 12:21:53 PMThe largest wildfire in California history, the deadly Mendocino Complex Fire, was finally fully contained this week. Wildfires have burned about 7.3 million acres across the U.S. so far this year, compared to an average of more than 5.8 million acres for the equivalent over the last 10 years. Scientists are trying to unlock the secrets of how fires spread, with hopes of keeping them away from people and property. Carter Evans reports.
Elephants ride and flood waters rise: Friday's best photos
9/21/2018, 12:04:29 PMThe Guardian’s picture editors bring you photo highlights from around the world ✔ A fifth child and a woman were critically injured Photograph: Rob Engelaar/EPA Culiacan, Mexico Floodwaters in Sinaloa state Photograph: Rashide Frias/AFP/Getty Images Chicago, US A Siamese fighting fish in an aquarium ✔ The fish are found in rice paddies in Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Bucharest, Romania A display of light and music marks the restoration of the city’s largest fountains, built during the rule of Nicolae Ceausescu Photograph: Vadim Ghirda/AP
Kavanaugh accuser Christine Ford lays out conditions for Senate testimony
9/21/2018, 12:21:50 PMChristine Blasey Ford's lawyer says it would be a "deal breaker" to demand she testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday ✔ During their call with the committee Ford's lawyers outlined these demands, according to a source close to the process: Ford will not appear any sooner than next Thursday; No questions to be asked at hearing by any outside counsel -- only senators; Mark Judge must be subpoenaed; Kavanaugh would testify first, then Ford would testify, and Kavanaugh would have no opportunity to respond or rebut; Deadline for her to provide written statement before the hearing would be waived; Provide adequate security; Only one pool camera in hearing room; Ford and Kavanaugh allotted the same amount of time to talk Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, had originally set a Friday deadline for Ford to submit testimony and had scheduled a hearing for Monday
Analysis | Mexico’s president-elect was stuck for hours on a grounded budget flight. He still wants to sell the presidential jet.
9/21/2018, 3:06:53 PMAndrés Manuel López Obrador hopes the sale of the presidential plane will save Mexico some money. ✔ I’m not going to change my mind because of this, he said ✔ López Obrador, 64, won a landslide victory in July’s presidential election in large part due to anger at the current right wing government, which has been embroiled in numerous corruption scandals ✔ Trump suggested a wall across the Sahara, according to Spain’s foreign minister
End the political games over Brexit, UK opposition Labour leader says
9/21/2018, 2:21:19 PMThe leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn said the time... ✔ FILE PHOTO: Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Britain's Labour Party, arrives to attend a meeting of his party's National Executive Committee to discuss its definition of antisemtism, in London, September 4, 2018 ✔ Theresa May’s Brexit negotiating strategy has been a disaster ✔ The Tories have spent more time arguing among themselves than negotiating with the EU ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
How popular your baby name is revealed with interactive tool
9/21/2018, 12:06:47 PM2017 brought a few surprises as well as the return of recent favourites - but how popular is your name? ✔ Leo has made the boys top 10 for the first time, while brand new appearances for girls include Aurora and Hallie ✔ For instance, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West can rest assured that there were no children born in England and Wales called Chicago last year
BMW ploughs into group of terrified schoolchildren sending them flying
9/21/2018, 2:31:44 PMSome of the terrified pupils are lifted onto the bonnet of the white car as it crashes through the crowd in Rodepoort, Gauteng, South Africa ✔ This is the terrifying moment a BMW driver ploughs into a group of schoolchildren sending them flying before driving off ✔ At least three students are knocked to the ground by the BMW before another car carefully drives through the crowd ✔ Local media report the BMW driver is said to have become angry by the pupils because they were scuffling in the road and stopping him from passing
Hitler and Lenin face off for mayor with candidate saying "I'm the good Hitler"
9/21/2018, 1:39:25 PMHitler Alba Sanchez says his dad had had no knowledge of the Nazi leader and gave him that name because it "sounded foreign" ✔ Hitler Alba Sanchez, who had previously been mayor of Yungar, Peru, from 2011 to 2014, is standing as the candidate for the We Are Peru party ✔ He said that he had considered changing his name several times, but in the end had decided to respect his father's choice
'Deranged Theresa May's Brexit statement is like a PM attending her own funeral'
9/21/2018, 3:02:19 PMThat was a deranged, demonic and excruciating seven minutes from a Tory leader losing control rather than taking it back, says Kevin Maguire ✔ Theresa May is Europe's worst poker player after a desperate Prime Minister showed 27 other countries she's playing an incredibly weak hand ✔ She said the UK is at an impasse with the EU and the two big issues are trade and Ireland ✔ Dressed in black, she looked and sounded like a PM going to her own political funeral
Actress slaps audience member who criticises son with Down's Syndome on live TV
9/21/2018, 2:30:21 PMThe topic was about having a baby later in life and Evelina Bledans was invited on the show because she is pregnant with her third child at nearly 50-years-old ✔ Theatre head Elena Lebedeva was passed a microphone and said live on air: It is dangerous to give birth between the ages of 35 and 40 so what about 49 ✔ Will you give birth to another child with Down syndrome ✔ Her eldest son Nikolay, 24, currently lives in Israel
Travelers wait as fighting shuts runways in Libya
9/21/2018, 1:31:18 PMers) - The queue snakes out of the departures hall and deep into the carpark at ... ✔ Misrata airport is not capable of handling these numbers, said Soliman al-Jahimy, the airport’s spokesman ✔ In another part of the building, scores of migrants from other parts of Africa - who were stopped in Libya as they tried to get on to Europe - wait for U.N ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Mum's school gate horror as 'woman tries to snatch her baby girl from car seat'
9/21/2018, 1:06:03 PMThe mum was dropping her kids off at school when she reportedly saw the woman open the back door of her car and try to unclip her baby girl from the seat ✔ She is then believed to have made off in a white van ✔ The letter said: We have been informed today that there has been a reported incident in the local area ✔ Call 101 anytime quoting 20SW/212584Z/18 or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 ✔ BirminghamLive contacted Ryders Green Primary School for comment
'Nothing but empty threats’ Lammy warns May’s Brexit deal has DISINTEGRATED
9/21/2018, 3:02:52 PMREMAIN MP David Lammy has branded Theresa May’s Downing Street Brexit speech as an "empty threat" as the Prime Minister laid down the gauntlet to the EU this afternoon. ✔ Mrs May said the EU should be clear on its ambitions and pledged that she would not break up the country or disrespect the result of the referendum, despite mounting pressure from politicians and campaign groups ✔ Meanwhile, Labour MP Ivan Lewis branded the situation a shamble, tweeting: From Day ONE, Tory Brexiteers+Remainers rejected the Chequers deal as the worse of all worlds
Theresa May Brexit No Deal: Is the UK headed for a no deal?
9/21/2018, 3:21:36 PMTHERESA May has lambasted EU bosses after her “Chequers” Brexit plan was rejected outright by Brussels at Salzburg -– so does that mean the UK will now leave the European Union without a deal? ✔ The Prime Minister said today talks were at deadlock as the bloc’s leaders were intent on keeping Northern Ireland in the customs union ✔ However, Mrs May also insisted while the two sides remain a long way apart the UK will stand ready for open negotiations
Shirtless dad and son gun down neighbour 'in row over dumped mattress'
9/21/2018, 1:07:17 PMWARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Aaron Howard was shot dead in shocking mobile phone video recorded by his fiancée ✔ The pair were rowing over an abandoned mattress, it is claimed (Image: Kara Box) Point it at me ✔ The father and son have been charged with first-degree murder ✔ Taylor County District Attorney told KTXS: Video evidence like this is always graphic and very difficult to watch
Young mechanic died after being crushed by his own car as he worked on it
9/21/2018, 1:05:58 PMJordan Lucken, 21, was unable to breathe when the 1,485kg BMW fell and crushed him underneath ✔ A young mechanic died after being crushed by his own car , an inquest heard ✔ It was in excess of the weight it would have been about to lift in a good condition ✔ He said the seat belt 'could have slipped and unravelled', leading to the car's collapse ✔ The coroner recorded a verdict of death from misadventure
'Secret Assassin' boxer says attack on schoolgirl, 11, was a 'moment of madness'
9/21/2018, 3:37:09 PMJayde Binch, 28, was convicted of assault after Kiesha Schofield was left bloodied and beaten following the incident ✔ Binch was convicted of assualt spared jail and handed a £120 fine and court costs ✔ She said: I’m not the thug people are making me out to be ✔ I grabbed her clothes near her neck - I didn’t punch, kick or slap her ✔ The judge who also watched the CCTV footage in court gave her a fine - how is that justice for attacking a minor
Dad, 34, dies during golf with friends after 'dropping suddenly' at third hole
9/21/2018, 1:07:11 PMTragic Ant Dawson was enjoying a round with two mates when he suddenly collapsed ✔ He was just such a popular person, no one ever had a bad word to say about him ✔ Following Ant's death his friend Martin Hughes set up a JustGiving page to raise money to help the family, which has already raised almost £10,000 ✔ Everyone is invited to go along to the event from 9.30am on Saturday, September 22
New evacuations ordered because of Florence flooding
9/21/2018, 3:42:59 PMWILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A new round of evacuations was ordered in South Carolina as the trillions of gallons of water dumped by Hurricane Florence meanders to the sea, raising riv ✔ More than a thousand other roads from major highways to neighborhood lanes are closed in the Carolinas, officials said ✔ Some areas could stay underwater for weeks, forecasters warned ✔ Many wonder if they will encounter another devastating storm after they rebuild
Man who shed 18st stunned as 92,000 Instagram followers make incredible decision
9/21/2018, 2:50:29 PMSlimming World success story Jack Towers, 21, wants a post-bariatric body lift but the procedure is not available on the NHS and he needs at least £23,000 ✔ Before his transformation, the customer care assistant would spent around £5,000-a-year gorging on takeaways and hiding stashes of chocolate and crisps in his car ✔ But after a great consultation and fantastic after-case with the team, and all involved, I’ve decided that I will be going ahead with the operation ✔ If you'd like to make a contribution to Jack's loose skin surgery, visit the crowdfunding page
May challenges EU as Brexit talks hit 'impasse', sterling tumbles
9/21/2018, 2:30:20 PMesa May said on Friday Brexit talks with the European Union had hit an impasse, ... ✔ We’ve already compromised hugely with the Chequers proposals, Raab told BBC TV ✔ May faces a fight with angry Conservative lawmakers at her party’s annual conference from Sept ✔ To deny its legitimacy or frustrate its result threatens public trust in our democracy ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Student sacked from editor job for saying 'women don't have penises'
9/21/2018, 3:37:15 PMAngelos Sofocleous, a philosophy student at Durham university, says he stands by his views and hasn't been convinced otherwise ✔ These events involved a retweet of mine saying 'RT if women don't have penises', and certain other criticisms of the transgender movement, as well as suggestions to improve the movement's actions ✔ Shouldn't you be encouraging debate about important issues rather than stifling it
'I wrote a letter to my 19-year-old self as I teeter on the edge of turning 30'
9/21/2018, 12:25:32 PMTwenty nine feels like an age cruelly teetering on the start of my future, whereas I see turning 30 as a new beginning ✔ Read More Top Stories from Mirror Online Mylee Billingham: Final footage Storm Bronagh - updates Brit found with tortoise in vagina Tanzania ferry disaster And from the bubble of my immature twenties, women in their thirties seem sassy, sorted and authoritative
Vegetarian sick after eating meat for first time in Domino’s pizza mix-up
9/21/2018, 3:37:10 PMShannon Rich says she had never eaten meat in her life but hungrily ate two slices of a pizza not realising it had ham on top ✔ The alleged ordeal has left Shannon so ‘paranoid’ she says she now checks every single thing she eats to make sure there's no hidden meat in it ✔ They claim the pizza was smothered in ham (Image: Mercury Press) Read More Topless man wrestled to floor by fellow passengers after threatening to blow up plane Shannon said: It would normally take 45 minutes to an hour to get to us – but this time it did take a while ✔ We have also offered a goodwill refund on more than one occasion, though we’ve yet to hear from Ms. Rich
Armed robbers tie up and beat family at gunpoint in terrifying £15k raid
9/21/2018, 12:06:03 PMHarrowing CCTV shows garage owner Lee Harris, 48, being led, bare-chested in his boxer shorts and with his hands bound by cables back into his home by raiders ✔ Nicola tried to intervene and they were hitting her ✔ Nicola, who works for the family business, described how she tried to protect Lee as the robbers reigned down punches upon him ✔ We are keen to find who is responsible and would encourage anyone with information to contact 101 quoting incident 67 of 11 September 2018
Teenage girl died of asthma attack after anniversary meal at Wagamama
9/21/2018, 2:31:45 PMAlice Brooks, 19, died four days after she dined at the high street restaurant with partner Michael Jeffries in November 2014 ✔ A teenager who died shortly after enjoying an anniversary meal at Wagamama with her boyfriend died from a chronic asthma attack, a coroner ruled today ✔ He then took her out of the car and left her between two parked cars and called an ambulance ✔ Death resulted from the consequences of an acute on chronic asthma attack
'Tanorexic' who doused herself in Coca Cola each day now has skin of 85-year-old
9/21/2018, 12:44:53 PMEXCLUSIVE: Former Miss Merseyside Beverley Dodds, 55, has an important message for other sunseekers after battling skin cancer for 22 years ✔ I got these really itchy patches on my legs, they were kind of raised and I thought ‘Oh, I’ve got eczema’ ✔ The British Skin Foundation is working with Miiskin to raise awareness of the importance of self-examination as new figures reveal more people in Britain are losing their lives to skin cancer than in Australia
Analysis | The Daily 202: Conservatives divided over Kavanaugh allegations, mostly along gender lines
9/21/2018, 3:06:44 PMA husband and wife on the right react differently to Christine Ford’s allegations. ✔ (Astrid Galvan/AP) -- ICE has arrested dozens of immigrants who came forward to take care of undocumented children being held in government custody ✔ VIDEOS OF THE DAY: Stephen Colbert predicted what a Senate Judiciary hearing with Ford will look like: Seth Meyers questioned Trump's respect for law and order: Russian state media released a new video of Vladimir Putin posing with a Kalashnikov sniper rifle: Supporters of former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif celebrated his early release from prison after he received a 10-year sentence for corruption: And family and friends attended a vigil for Wendy Martinez, the jogger fatally stabbed in the D.C
Analysis | The Energy 202: Trump's EPA is targeting rules for yet another greenhouse gas
9/21/2018, 12:57:07 PMThis time it's HFCs. ✔ However, a Duke Energy spokeswoman told the AP the dam containing Sutton Lake, a former cooling pond, appeared stable and was being monitored with helicopters and drones ✔ More imagery: https://t.co/ZqksFQUYIH pic.twitter.com/ZQ3Z79Pbgy NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) September 20, 2018
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