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Deluged Cumbria Faces New Wave Of Floods

Deluged Cumbria Faces New Wave Of Floods

Cumbria is bracing itself for another heavy downpour as emergency services continue to help people devastated by flooding caused by record rainfall.

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Brit Pair Kidnapped By Pirates Fear For Lives

Brit Pair Kidnapped By Pirates Fear For Lives

The British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates fear they could be killed within a week.

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Radiation Beams Used To Restore Eyesight

Radiation Beams Used To Restore Eyesight

British surgeons are pioneering a technique that uses pinpoint beams of radiation to restore eyesight to blind people.

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Police 'Should See Every Victim Of Crime'

Police 'Should See Every Victim Of Crime'

The police should visit every victim of crime regardless of how serious the offence is, the Home Secretary has suggested.

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Deluged Cumbria Faces New Wave Of Floods

Brit Pair Kidnapped By Pirates Fear For Lives

Radiation Beams Used To Restore Eyesight

Police 'Should See Every Victim Of Crime'

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'Big Bang Machine' Bursts Back Into Action

'Big Bang Machine' Bursts Back Into Action

The machine which could shed light on the Big Bang has been restarted more than a year after it was shut down...

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Baby girl named after car

Baby girl named after car

A Dorset couple have named their new baby daughter Kia - after she had to be delivered on the back seat of a...

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Cyrus' driver killed in tour bus crash

Cyrus' driver killed in tour bus crash

One of Miley Cyrus' tourbus drivers has been killed in a tragic road accident.

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Henry calls for Irish replay

Thierry Henry admits replaying the World Cup play-off against Rep of Ire would be 'the fairest solution'

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Floods: 'Christmas Trade Has Been Taken Away'

Floods: 'Christmas Trade Has Been Taken Away'

Shop and cafe owners in a flooded Cumbrian market town have been dealt a devastating blow in the crucial run...

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The body of Corporal Loren Marlton-Thomas, 28, from 33 Engineer Regiment, is carried from the plane at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire. Corporal Marlton-Thomas and Rifleman Andrew Fentiman, 23, of 7th Battalion The Rifles, who died in separate incidents in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, were flown into the RAF base on Friday morning. (MoD)

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