Flood-hit Britain battered by more heavy rain and gale-force winds
11/11/2018, 9:42:50 AMBritons are set to be hit with heavy showers as they attend Remembrance Day services throughout the country, with the Met Office recommending people 'take a brolly.' ✔ 'For the day itself we are looking at a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers which will slowly push their way north eastwards throughout the day ✔ The powerful locomotives, that were seen billowing steam across the viaduct, took eager spectators back to the Great War when such sights were a regular occurrence on the Settle to Carlisle line
Death toll rises to 23 in California wildfire
11/11/2018, 8:13:10 AMThe charred remains of 14 more people have been found in and around a Northern California town overrun by flames from a massive wildfire, officials said on Saturday, raising the death toll to at least 23. The bodies were recovered in and around Paradise, a mountain community some 90 miles… ✔ He said crews hoped to take advantage of a lull on Saturday in the fierce Santa Ana winds driving the flames, but that gusts could return on Sunday ✔ Our focus is on the Californians impacted by these fires and the first responders and firefighters working around the clock to save lives and property - not on the President's inane and uninformed tweets, said Evan Westrub, a spokesman for California Governor Jerry Brown
From Malibu to Oak Park, wildfire devastation comes into focus
11/11/2018, 11:25:25 AMPerilous winds were poised to roar back early Sunday, threatening to fan wildfires that have claimed two lives, scorched 83,000 acres and forced a quarter-million people to evacuate their homes across Ventura and Los Angeles counties.A lull in the winds Saturday gave firefighters a chance to stam... ✔ The Mediterranean-style estate has two lion statues at the entrance, and palm trees dot the rolling grounds ✔ Standing next to his white truck in the church parking lot, Markham Odell recalled escaping from his property along the Feather River Canyon in Paradise Thursday morning
REVEALED: How Meghan Markle and Prince Harry avoided relationship DISASTER
11/11/2018, 8:06:51 AMMEGHAN Markle and Prince Harry avoided a relationship disaster due to the timing of when they first met, it has been claimed. ✔ Meghan and Harry were introduced by a mutual friend in July 2016 (Image: GETTY) Meghan stepped out with Harry for the 2017 Invictus Games in Toronto (Image: GETTY) Meghan, pictured with Harry at the end of their overseas tour, is pregnant (Image: GETTY) Mr Morton said: Looking back, Harry would be the first to admit that, during his twenties, his life had descended into ‘total chaos’, the prince struggling to process the black cloud of grief that had enveloped his life since the moment he had been awakened from his bed in Balmoral in the summer of 1997 and told that his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, had died in a car accident
President snubs war graves visit 'because of rain' after public spat
11/11/2018, 8:43:50 AMMr Trump and First Lady Melania’s no-show followed a row with Mr Macron over France’s contribution to Nato. Among the furious critics was Winston Churchill's grandson. ✔ Although low cloud apparently prevented the President’s Marine One helicopter from flying the 55 miles from Paris to Belleau Wood battlefield and the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial, critics wondered why the 90-minute journey couldn’t have been made by road ✔ And I think it’s very fair and it’s very important,' he said ✔ 'His good personal relationship with Emmanuel Macron provides at least some hope that progress can be made.'
Firefighters Fight Trump's Threats As California's Deadly Wildfires Continue
11/11/2018, 8:12:30 AMPresident Trump blamed the wildfires on California's "mismanagement." The state's largest group called him "dangerously wrong." ✔ About 40 percent of forests are privately owned by families, Native American tribes or companies ✔ If people don’t evacuate quickly, they risk being overtaken by the fire ✔ Please listen to evacuation orders from State and local officials! Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 10, 2018 Download
BBC Weather forecast: UK set for ROCKETING temperatures as superstorm ends NEXT WEEK
11/11/2018, 10:33:18 AMTEMPERATURES are set to reach above average levels next week with highs of up to 16C for some, as the Atlantic superstorm makes its way to the west of the country. ✔ BBC Weather forecast: Temperatures to rocket to 16C next week (Image: BBC) Temperatures probably peaking in the London area at around 16C as we head on into Thursday Chris Fawkes Temperatures probably peaking in the London area at around 16C as we head on into Thursday
Tearful California wildfires survivor finds charred bodies in cars after narrowly escaping as death toll hits 23
11/11/2018, 11:33:02 AMA TEARFUL survivor of the devastating California wildfires filmed the moment he discovered charred bodies in cars as the death toll reached 25. The harrowing footage shows the man returning to the … ✔ Meteorologist Marc Chenard, with the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center said a devil wind will be hitting the Los Angeles area later today ✔ The flames also stretched into suburbs like Thousand Oaks, a city that just a few days ago saw 12 people killed in a mass shooting at a country music bar
Jack Osbourne serves as police officer to help with Malibu wildfires
11/11/2018, 11:47:09 AMThe TV personality, 33, stepped out as an officer for Malibu's Police Department on Sunday afternoon to help with the recent California wildfires. ✔ He shocked fans when he made the leap from reality star to Federal Reserve System Law Enforcement Officer ✔ Horror: Liam Payne voiced fears he will lose his $10 million LA pad and his 'memories' with ex Cheryl in California wildfires.. ✔ The infamous Bachelor Mansion and the set of West World have been consumed in the destructive flames of the wildfire
Trump tweet threatened to withhold federal payments infuriate everyone
11/11/2018, 9:23:04 AMKaty Perry called the President's comments 'shameful', Zach Braff thought it was a 'parody account', while Kathy Griffin called Trump and 'incompetent piece of s***'. ✔ We know he's a cruel and heartless man - but he's also the definition of a coward ✔ 'Moreover, nearly 60 percent of California forests are under federal management, and another two-thirds under private control ✔ It is the federal government that has chosen to divert resources away from forest management, not California.' Actor and director Don Cheadle's response was direct ✔ He is pictured on Saturday in Paris
Wives of European leaders attend Armistice dinner in Paris
11/11/2018, 10:21:12 AMBrigitte Macron and Princess Charlene of Monaco led the glamour as political leaders and their partners attended a dinner commemorating Armistice Day at the Orsay Museum in Paris. ✔ Meanwhile, Peristera Baziana - the wife of the Greek PM - also cut a striking figure in crimson velvet ✔ 'An American delegation led by Chief of Staff General John Kelly and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joe Dunford will attend on their behalf.'
Charred remains of 14 BODIES found in California as Hollywood stars flee fires
11/11/2018, 11:00:27 AMTHE CHARRED remains of 14 more people have been found in California as the horrific blazes that have ravaged celebrity hotspot Malibu smashes records as the most disruptive ever. ✔ Separate blazes in the sunshine state have already reportedly destroyed houses used by Kardashian family and affected the homes of numerous celebs including Will Smith and Lady Gaga ✔ The Woolsey fire in the hills near world famous Malibu reportedly doubled in size overnight leading to a quarter of a million people to be evacuated as well as thousands from Los Angeles
As California fires rage, officials start grim search for the dead in blackened ruins
11/11/2018, 11:22:35 AMAs firefighters race to slow down the ferocious Camp Fire before the weather turns against them, crews are combing through blackened ruins to asses damage and search for human remains. ✔ The community is known for celebrity beachside homes ✔ Photos: In pictures: Wildfires tear across California Cars destroyed by the Camp Fire sit in a used car lot in Paradise on November 9 ✔ CNN's Deanna Hackney, Sara Weisfeldt, Dakin Andone and Steve Almasy contributed to this report
Here's the biggest news you missed this weekend
11/11/2018, 8:08:20 AMFrom the still growing wildfires in California to All-Star NBA trades, here's everything you need to know this weekned. ✔ They died with their face to the foe and that pathetic inadequate Donald Trump couldn’t even defy the weather to pay his respects to The Fallen, said Nicholas Soames, Churchill's grandson and a member of British Parliament ✔ The move also gives the Sixers a much-needed All-Star and the type of two-way player who can elevate the team to becoming a contender for winning the Eastern Conference this year, writes USA TODAY Sports' NBA reporter Jeff Zillgitt
Former coup leaders seen as top contenders in Fiji general election
11/11/2018, 8:48:21 AMTwo former coup leaders are seen as the leading contenders in Fiji's genera... ✔ Qionibaravi said despite the setbacks, Sodelpa could beat Bainimarama’s FijiFirst party ✔ Stewart Firth, an Australian National University (ANU)Pacific Islands research fellow, said Bainimarama had the advantage of incumbency was likely to win ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Paradise fire map update: How did the Camp fire start in Paradise, California?
11/11/2018, 9:17:05 AMCALIFORNIA's most destructive fire in history has killed at least 23 people. But how did the Camp fire start in Paradise, California? ✔ Paradise fire map update: A fallen power line is seen on top of burnt out vehicles in Paradise (Image: GETTY) Officials hope many of the elderly people on the list just unable to contact loved ones due to being without mobile phones ✔ There was a break in the strong winds yesterday, but officials already know the gusts will be back today, so most evacuation orders remain in place
Severe 'devil winds' expected to whip up deadly California blazes
11/11/2018, 10:33:57 AMSevere hot and dry "devil winds" kicked up on Sunday in fire ravaged S... ✔ An additional 35 people have been reported missing and three firefighters have been injured ✔ As of Saturday night, the Camp Fire had blackened more than 100,000 acres (40,500 hectares) at the edge of the Plumas National Forest ✔ Crews had cut containment lines around about 20 percent of the blaze ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Two Brits fail to turn up to grilling on Kirsty Maxwell's Benidorm death plunge
11/11/2018, 11:41:02 AMEight police officers - including five National Police officers - have also been summonsed to court over the 27-year-old's death on April 29 last year ✔ Kirsty's family had hoped that DNA evidence might point to one of the five Brits under investigation ✔ Read More Top news stories from Mirror Online Ex-soldier's murder conviction quashed UK's biggest family adds one more Family's double cancer blow Meghan Markle's PA 'quits suddenly'
Song saluting women in armed forces slammed as 'embarrassing' and 'cringeworthy'
11/11/2018, 9:21:42 AMThe song's title refers to a common problem faced by military women - members of the public assuming their medals belong to their husbands or male family members ✔ These lyrics make it seem like all we do is go on exercise in south east Queensland ✔ Read More Top news stories from Mirror Online Ex-soldier's murder conviction quashed UK's biggest family adds one more Family's double cancer blow Meghan Markle's PA 'quits suddenly'
Indonesia's Flores opens to the adventurous
11/11/2018, 9:09:17 AMJust east of Bali, the island remains largely unspoiled by tourism ✔ Bored by crowds of Western revelers in the nightclubs of Kuta Beach ✔ Global collectors have long valued eastern Indonesian textiles ✔ The trading routes have gone, but the religion remains ✔ Indonesia is the world's largest Muslim nation, but 90% of the population of Flores is Catholic
Some neighbors fled, others stayed to fight as fire swept through Bell Canyon
11/11/2018, 11:13:59 AMIt was early Friday morning, the sun was just coming up in the Simi Hills and 60-year-old Bell Canyon resident Laurita Gallagher was screaming to her family that it was time to leave.Gallagher and her husband had woken up every two hours to check the Woolsey fire’s progress. Her son, Payson, 24, ... ✔ Read More Nov. 10, 2018, 4:24 p.m. Woolsey fire Dramatic images show California covered in smog from massive fires Wildfire activity is clearly evident across California this afternoon ✔ Standing next to his white truck in the church parking lot, Markham Odell recalled escaping from his property along the Feather River Canyon in Paradise Thursday morning
The day the guns fell silent
11/11/2018, 9:44:13 AMA century ago, on November 11, 1918, bugle calls ended 'the war to end all wars." ✔ Ruane Reporter covering local news, Washington institutions and historical topics Email Bio Follow November 10 at 8:00 AM Sgt ✔ If I can only last out the remainder of the time, and this is everyone’s prayer ✔ The Battle of Belleau Wood was brutal, deadly and forgotten
Super recognisers: the people who never forget a face
11/11/2018, 11:08:01 AMWe all have an innate ability to pick a face out of a crowd. But some can memorise thousands of people – often seen only fleetingly on CCTV. Alex Moshakis meets the ‘super recognisers’ ✔ But the ability has only recently been acknowledged as a professional investigative skill, and it has been embraced by the police hesitantly ✔ How do you define their role in real-life scenarios ✔ Memory tests How do we remember faces and is there a limit to our recall
Armistice Day: victory and beyond | Neal Ascherson
11/11/2018, 8:25:34 AMOn 11 November 1918, jubilant crowds across Britain celebrated the end of the war. But many new struggles were just beginning ✔ When the armistice came, at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, Cambridge undergrads made for Bertrand Russell’s rooms on Trinity Street and smashed them up ✔ It was repudiated in Dublin, pitching free staters and republicans into a tragic civil war for which Lloyd George was largely responsible
How love and a taste of honey brought one Indian woman’s 16-year hunger strike to an end
11/11/2018, 9:12:55 AMForce-fed through a nasal tube, human rights activist Irom Sharmila was revered by supporters. But she grew disillusioned. Then a suitor arrived from England… ✔ Journalists from around the world watched expectantly ✔ I was isolated and idolised, living on a pedestal, without voice, without feeling, she says ✔ Early in 2007, a British-Indian named Desmond Coutinho arrived in the country ✔ Manipuri society is traditional, and there is a certain way courtship should take place
How we fell out of love with milk
11/11/2018, 8:42:07 AMSoya, almond, oat… are dairy’s days numbered? ✔ A couple of weeks ago, some eye-catching billboards began appearing around central and east London ✔ Most plant-based drinks contain oil (typically rapeseed or sunflower) to give the creamy feel we get from milk ✔ Whereas your 100-cow guy couldn’t afford to put up a new diary premises for more cows
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