Schools to be told to stop teaching GCSEs early as education shake-up announced

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Two heroic teens used paddleboard to rescue local mom and son, 11, trapped inside flooded home after 911 crews ignored her pleas

Two teen brothers Lucas Marshall, 17, and Jonah Marshall, 15, swam out on a paddleboard to rescue Brittany Grant and her young son, 11, from their flooded home last week in Florida.

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Andy Burnham to look at rape trial changes after Russell Brand conviction

The Prime Minister said the Government "needs to encourage more women to come forward to report rape"

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Tiktok terrorist who prayed for British soldiers to be slaughtered is being housed in £300,000 three-bed council flat in north London

Mohammed Mizanur Rahman, 43, called for British soldiers in Iraq to be brought home in body bags and was jailed in 2016 for five-and-a-half years for inviting support for ISIS.

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Chessington World of Adventures evacuated after reported 'threat'

Chessington World of Adventures has been evacuated and closed after emergency services responded to reports of a threat at the Leatherhead Road resort, causing significant disruption to visitors

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Karoline Leavitt says Democrats only stormed the midterms because they used Trump's own playbook

She's commended the Democratic party for getting votes, but not without crediting her old boss for the party's victory. Leavitt left her role as White House press secretary in August.

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Fresh incident on M20 sparks emergency response

A section of the M20 is reportedly shut, less than a day after another crash involving more than 30 vehicles closed the motorway.

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Firefighters sent to Tesco Extra in Thanet after reports of gas leak

Fire crews were called to a supermarket after reports of a gas leak.

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Stephen Fry was 'not looking where he was going' when he fell off stage at O2 Arena, according to High Court defence papers

Sir Stephen Fry has been accused of 'not looking where he was going' when he fell two metres from a stage at the O2 Arena, according to defence submissions.

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British teenager tragically drowns after going into the sea in Bali on dream family holiday with his parents

Mitchell Ogbourne, who was 19, went out to swim on the tropical island while he was staying at a luxury resort in October.

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British dairy giant suspends milk collection from farms after Mail on Sunday exposed how helpless cows were being viciously beaten and dragged around by tractors

They were secretly filmed kicking cows on the ground, dragging them across concrete with farm vehicles and beating them with metal bars.

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Ex-NYPD officer charged with murdering beloved jogger, 28, was deemed so psychologically unfit he was thrown out of the Marines

Sayed Mohassib, 27, allegedly fatally stabbed Katie Suarez, 28, on October 30 near Bay 17th Street and Shore Parkway in Bath Beach, New York.

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Chris Bowen's $32,000 coffee bill as he splashes an eye-watering amount of taxpayer cash at UN climate talk-fest in Turkey

The UN climate talks get underway in Antalya, Turkey on Monday with Bowen in the role of co-President along with the host nation's Environment Minister Murat Kurum.

Schools to be told to stop teaching GCSEs early as education shake-up announced

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Two heroic teens used paddleboard to rescue local mom and son, 11, trapped inside flooded home after 911 crews ignored her pleas

Andy Burnham to look at rape trial changes after Russell Brand conviction

Tiktok terrorist who prayed for British soldiers to be slaughtered is being housed in £300,000 three-bed council flat in north London

Chessington World of Adventures evacuated after reported 'threat'

Karoline Leavitt says Democrats only stormed the midterms because they used Trump's own playbook

Fresh incident on M20 sparks emergency response

Firefighters sent to Tesco Extra in Thanet after reports of gas leak

Stephen Fry was 'not looking where he was going' when he fell off stage at O2 Arena, according to High Court defence papers

British teenager tragically drowns after going into the sea in Bali on dream family holiday with his parents

British dairy giant suspends milk collection from farms after Mail on Sunday exposed how helpless cows were being viciously beaten and dragged around by tractors

Ex-NYPD officer charged with murdering beloved jogger, 28, was deemed so psychologically unfit he was thrown out of the Marines

Chris Bowen's $32,000 coffee bill as he splashes an eye-watering amount of taxpayer cash at UN climate talk-fest in Turkey

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