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Police are hunting an armed gang involved in a violent disturbance. South Wales Police has issued images of the people they want to speak to after it was filmed on a mobile phone on Brecon Road, Merthyr Tydfil, on Monday. It involved up to eight men who were carrying weapons, said the force. A 29-year-old …

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Northern Ireland has had its warmest autumn on record, according to figures from the Met Office. With an average temperature of 11C, the months of September, October, and November collectively were 1.5C above normal. This follows the third warmest summer on record for Northern Ireland. Official thermometers hit 31.3C in Castlederg, County Tyrone, in July, which …

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Thousands of people in the north of England have spent a fifth night without power after Storm Arwen left infrastructure devastated. Supplier Northern Powergrid said it had reconnected 95% of customers but that 16,000 households were still cut off. It described the damage as “unprecedented” but said engineers were striving to restore services. Electricity North …

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A man has died after his car left a road and hit a tree in Aberdeenshire. The crash happened on the B993 Torphins to Kincardine O’Neil road, near to Ardmore Wood, at about 21:05 on Monday. Police Scotland said the man had still to be formally identified and have appealed for information about the crash, which …

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A resident is calling for improved road safety following six crashes in the past nine months outside his home. Dylan Jones, who lives on the A487 in Caernarfon, Gwynedd, said traffic had increased significantly due to tourism and the construction of a new bypass. He said one car crashed into his front wall, causing more …

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A man in his 20s has been attacked by men armed with hammers in Cave Hill Country Park in north Belfast. Police said they received a report about the incident on the Hightown Road at about 20:40 GMT on Monday. The victim was later discovered on the Ballysillan Road and was taken to hospital. The …

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A patient died from a cardiac arrest after waiting in an ambulance for 30 minutes outside a hospital’s emergency department. The person, who was not identified, died at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital on Friday night. A statement from the hospital said the patient had a suspected infection and was assessed and treated by …

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A 72-year-old driver has died after his car crashed into a wall in a car park in East Dunbartonshire. Emergency services were called to the council car park in at Stewart Street, Milngavie at 06:30. The man, who was the only person in the black Vauxhall Corsa, was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital …

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The first signs have appeared that things are getting back to normal at I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! The show was cancelled over the weekend after Storm Arwen caused “significant damage” to the set at Gwrych Castle, in Conwy. Live episodes of the ITV hit will return on Tuesday. The BBC’s Chris …

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An investigation is under way after two men were found dead at a house in Coleraine. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and emergency services attended the “sudden deaths” in Elms Park in Ballysally on Monday. The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) said they had been called to the property at about …

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