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Italy weather: Two more die as DEVASTATING storm RAVAGES Italy to bring death toll to 17

11/3/2018, 8:27:12 PM
TWO more people have died in Italy as heavy rain and devastating winds continue to batter large parts of the country, taking the death toll to 17. ✔ Orange warning for storms were issued in 12 Italian regions out of 22, including Tuscany and Lazio, regions were are situated, respectively, Florence and Rome ✔ If electricity and heating are lacking, it is better that families with children and the elderly do not come



X Factor 2018: Danny Tetley in sound DISASTER causing viewers to switch off

11/3/2018, 9:32:30 PM
X FACTOR 2018 was hit by a huge audio blunder during tonight’s episode of the ITV competition. The show was pre-recorded and broadcast “as-live”. ✔ One viewer tweeted: Has someone forgot to turn the Dalek effect off ✔ A third said: #XFactor sounds like the Daleks!!! @ITV ✔ You messed Danny up the other week with announcing another act! And now sound interference?! It's disgusting! Sort it out @ITV #XFactor, added another



Major oil spill off Australia's coast would dwarf Deepwater Horizon disaster, documents show

11/3/2018, 8:14:32 PM
Plans reveal the potential dangers involved in drilling for oil in the wild, isolated seas off the South Australian coast – a move Resources Minister Matt Canavan says is a “national priority”. ✔ Equinor, which recently changed its name from Statoil, will prepare its own plan to manage the well operations ✔ A spokeswoman for the offshore petroleum safety authority said it would not approve a drilling project unless the proponent addressed risks involved in the conditions, water depth and remoteness of the proposed site, adding that a spill of any petroleum is not acceptable



Two holidaymakers struck by lightening die as Italy storms death toll reaches 20

11/3/2018, 11:57:58 PM
Around 20 people have now died after treacherous weather batters Italy ✔ Veneto region has been described as the aftermath of an earthquake by its governor, Luca Zaia ✔ Read More Top news stories from Mirror Online Texts of couple who left baby to die OAP attack yob moans HE'S 'too scared' Wife of violent husband still wants him Woman gang raped by three men



Storms raze forests bringing northern Italy 'to its knees'

11/3/2018, 9:37:30 PM
Officials say at least 20 people have been killed this week as extreme weather lashes country ✔ The storms in northern Italy on Thursday killed two pensioners, 74 and 73, when a tree fell on their car in the Aosta Valley ✔ Venice was inundated by near-record flooding on Monday Ferocious storms drove high winds, which reached up to 180 kilometres (110 miles) an hour, and hundreds of trees were torn up by their roots in the Italian capital



One of our islands is missing: Japan 'loses' a bit of land

11/3/2018, 9:30:28 PM
Missing: A tiny island in northern Japan. Or so authorities fear, prompting plans for a survey to determine if the outcrop has been washed away, ever-so-slightly shrinking the country's territorial waters. The island, known as Esambe Hanakita Kojima was only officially surveyed and registered by Japan's coastguard in 1987, who… ✔ Or so authorities fear, prompting plans for a survey to determine if the outcrop has been washed away, ever-so-slightly shrinking the country's territorial waters ✔ Japan pours resources into protecting its outer islands, particularly the remote Okinotori islands in the Pacific, which secures a significant portion of the nation's exclusive economic zone



X Factor 2018: Voting CANCELLED after major ITV sound issues

11/3/2018, 10:59:32 PM
X FACTOR 2018 was hit by a huge audio blunder during tonight’s episode of the ITV competition, with show bosses cancelling tonight’s voting. ✔ X Factor 2018: Voting CANCELLED after major ITV sound issues (Image: ITV) You messed Danny up the other week with announcing another act! And now ‘sound interference’?! It's disgusting! Sort it out @ITV #XFactor, added another ✔ The X Factor continues tomorrow on ITV at 8.30pm



'Put ethics before politics' on Nauru, doctors urge Labor candidate

11/3/2018, 8:14:54 PM
Refugee doctors have called on Bennelong candidate Brian Owler to live up to the principles he promoted while AMA president. ✔ Fellow former AMA president Kerryn Phelps' landslide victory in last month's Wentworth byelection sent a message to the Coalition that voter concern about children in offshore detention could jeopardise key seats, prompting the government to reveal that it planned to quietly get children off the island by Christmas



Mental health of 1,400 military risked by spend ing too long on tours

11/3/2018, 9:42:26 PM
EXCLUSIVE: The rules are designed to protect mental health by guarding against too much “separated service” from normal routines ✔ For the RAF the figure is 468 days, while members of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines must not be away for more than 660 ✔ Our Save our Soldiers campaign is calling for all veterans’ deaths to be recorded when an ­inquest is told a suicide is that of ­someone in the Forces ✔ Last week former Army chief General the Lord Dannatt said this move would be a helpful step



My Almost Motherhood

11/3/2018, 9:55:54 PM
I had a lot of questions about my career in tech, but of one thing I was certain: I did not want a child. Then I met a girl who needed me as much as I needed her. ✔ Despite the flood of women in my 6,000-person office, female supervisors could be counted on one hand ✔ July 5, 2018 Rites of Passage is a project of Styles and The Times Gender Initiative ✔ For information on how to submit an essay, click here



Grenfell Tower support worker sent to help families quits after mourner affair

11/3/2018, 10:09:06 PM
EXCLUSIVE The employee has quit over a two-month relationship with the vulnerable woman, who became pregnant. ✔ A wide range of health services are available, ranging from NHS talking therapies to free massages ✔ Read More Top news stories from Mirror Online Texts of couple who left baby to die OAP attack yob moans HE'S 'too scared' Wife of violent husband still wants him Woman gang raped by three men



Jimmy Page looks back at 50 years of Led Zeppelin

11/3/2018, 9:30:15 PM
Jimmy Page once painted a dragon, and used it to slay. The guitar guru was so bursting with creative inspiration 50 years ago that he felt compelled to pick up a brush and use his skills from art school to take poster paints to his favorite instrument, a 1959 Fender… ✔ He said, 'This is yours.' I was absolutely thrilled to bits ✔ Page said he made immediate and intense use of the instrument, and wanted to consecrate it, so he went at it with paints that were used at the time for psychedelic posters, and summoned the dragon ✔ This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.



Millions of Syrians at risk if Idlib truce fails, White Helmets warn

11/3/2018, 8:47:24 PM
Foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt told that west’s help will be vital if Russia breaks ceasefire ✔ We believe there is very important work to be done on stabilisation, with the potential to reduce the scale of the refugee crisis, by improving life conditions inside Syria, and maybe inspiring people to return, and paving the way for reconstruction, said Saleh



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