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Housing Market Remains Stable Amid Budget Announcements

UK house price growth slowed in November, rising 1.8 per cent year-on-year compared to 2.4 per cent in October, according to Nationwide. Month-on-month, prices increased by 0.3 per cent, taking the typical property value to £272,998. Robert Gardner, Nationwide’s chief economist, said the housing market has remained fairly stable, with mortgage approvals for house purchases […]

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‘Devastating Consequences’: Force Urges Motorists to Stop Drink-Driving

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West Mercia Police has criticised motorists who continue to drive while over the limit, saying it is “extremely frustrating” that some drivers still take to the road after drinking despite decades of awareness campaigns. New figures show that 13 people have died on the region’s roads in the last three years in crashes where alcohol

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Doctors Failed to Spot My Daughter’s Brain Disorder – I Can’t Forgive Them

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The mother of a 12-year-old girl who died by suicide after being sectioned has said she will “never forgive” the doctors who missed a rare brain disorder that could have explained her sudden deterioration. Mia Lucas, described by her mother, Chloe Hayes, as “a beautiful soul who loved life and loved her family”, experienced a

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Home Secretary Considers Bigger Financial Incentives to Encourage Migrants to Leave UK

Net Migration Falls but Asylum Numbers Hit Record High Across the UK

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Net migration to the United Kingdom has fallen sharply, yet asylum seekers now account for almost half of the total, according to new official data. Figures released by the Office for National Statistics show that net migration dropped to 204,000 in the year to June, the lowest level since 2021. Analysts say this fall was

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Bird Flu Confirmed at Second Poultry Farm in Norfolk

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Another case of bird flu has been confirmed in Norfolk, this time at a large commercial poultry farm near Swaffham. Authorities have implemented a 3km protection zone and a 10km surveillance zone around the premises, and all poultry at the site will be humanely culled to prevent further spread of the virus. The return of

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“I Left My House with One Suitcase” Mortgage Repossession Crisis Deepens Across England

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“I am waiting for the bailiff to knock on the door, take my keys and kick me out,” says Jose Da Costa Diogo, one of thousands of people told this year that their homes will be repossessed. The sixty five year old discovered he would lose his home in Thetford, Norfolk, during a brief ten

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Schoolgirl Mauled by XL Bully-Type Dog in Unprovoked Erdington Attack

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The mother of a schoolgirl mauled in a horrific dog attack in Birmingham has said her daughter’s chilling words will stay with her forever. Alicia Isaura was walking home with her nine year old daughter, Eva, from a shop in Erdington when the child was attacked by an XL Bully-type dog in an unprovoked incident.

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Drug Dealer Admits Attempting to Crash Police Car on Norwich Dual Carriageway

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A drug dealer has admitted attempting to crash a police car on a dual carriageway. Charlie Storkey, aged twenty, of Beverley Road, Norwich, was being transported to Essex by officers when the car made a sudden stop on the A47 near Norwich on 6 October, Norfolk Police said. Storkey has pleaded guilty to attempting to

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“Healing Is a Long Road” Family Reacts as Manipulative Predator Jailed

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A man who repeatedly raped a child over eight years has been jailed for twenty years. Christopher Rudd, aged thirty four, of Fenland Road, Wisbech in Cambridgeshire, was sentenced at Kings Lynn Crown Court on Monday after being found guilty of twelve counts of rape, two offences of causing actual bodily harm and one charge

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Judge Says Child Must Retain Rapist Father’s Name to Preserve Identity

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A five year old girl will be required to keep the surname of the father who raped her mother after the High Court ruled that the name forms an essential part of her identity and family heritage. Mr Justice Peel upheld an earlier decision stating that the child, referred to as D, should retain her

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