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Calva Bridge in Workington

Urgent tests on flood-hit bridges Flood-hit Cumbria endures a third day of impassable roads and sealed off homes, as engineers work to check key bridges. Cumbria reeling from floods Floods claims could hit £100m Tracing the floodwaters


Michael McCarthy Men charged over teen stab death
Two men are charged with the murder of a 19-year-old man who was stabbed and then run over in north London.

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Coded plans for The Great Escape are found in the wartime diary of a World War II airman from Greater Manchester.

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