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No boring theory or intellectual snobbery. Just poems awash with well-loved lines

John Carey is a welcoming host, full of enthusiasm, and the opposite of crusty. He can throw sparkling light on a poet's method in a handful of words




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Boris Johnson hails 'new chapter' for Britain as Brexit withdrawal bill is passed by Parliament

The Prime Minister will vow to 'mobilise the full breadth of our new freedoms' on Brexit night - as his Bill paving the way for Britain to leave the EU was finally passed by Parliament yesterday.




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Essex lorry deaths: Two charged with 39 counts of manslaughter

Essex Police said a 22-year-old man was arrested in Northern Ireland on Sunday on suspicion of manslaughter and facilitating unlawful immigration.




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Rishi Sunak takes centre stage as Boris Johnson meets with new-look Cabinet

The new Chancellor was beaming as he sat next to the Prime Minister despite the fact that yesterday he saw his boss Sajid Javid purged from the government.




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ICE arrests illegal immigrant after NYPD releases him after charging him with child rape 

Miguel Federico Ajqui-Ajtzalam was picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Monday after originally being arrested in New York last Thursday. NYPD released him despite ICE detainer.




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Leaving the EU will leave Britain with an extra £40billion, Budget documents reveal 

The official Treasury 'Red Book' predicts that cash saved from EU contributions will total £42.3billion over the next five years.




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ICE detainees in Alabama threaten suicide if those infected with coronavirus are not removed 

Two men detained in the immigration detention unit in Gadsden, Alabama, threatened to jump from a ledge with bed sheets tied around their necks on March 20 because of coronavirus fears.




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Etihad to trial airport devices that may be able to identify passengers with coronavirus

Etihad has partnered with Australian company Elenium Automation to test the new technology, which will be trialled at the end of April and throughout May at Abu Dhabi International Airport.




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Man charged with manslaughter in connection with deaths of 39 migrants found in lorry in Essex 

Ronan Hughes, of Co Armagh in Northern Ireland, is due to appear at Dublin's High Court on Tuesday charged with 39 counts of manslaughter, as well as immigration offences.




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Sir Mo Farah's wife Tania Farah does Great North Run with him and says marriage can be lonely

Tania Farah, 33, has been married to one of Britain's most celebrated athletes for almost a decade. Now she is joining Sir Mo and taking to the track herself.




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Box of banned drugs left in kitchen of flat Alberto Salazar shared with Mo Farah

EXCLUSIVE: The extent to which Mo Farah's controversial former coach Alberto Salazar left the Briton exposed to potential embarrassment is revealed.




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Adam Gemili and fellow Team GB athletes set to settle sponsor row with bosses ahead of Tokyo 2020

EXCLUSIVE BY RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: The heated marketing row that casts a shadow over Team GB's preparations for the Tokyo Olympics is expected to be resolved next week.




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X Factor's Dean Ray says he almost took his own life as he struggled with 'anxiety and depression'

Dean Ray scored a deal with Sony Music after he was declared the runner-up on  The X Factor Australia in 2014. 




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Samantha Jade struggled with body confidence but learned to love herself

Samantha Jade has seemingly struggled with body confidence since her steady rise to fame from the X Factor in 2012.




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Makeup-free Natalie Bassingthwaighte is spotted with large scrapes on legs while grocery shopping

Natalie Bassingthwaighte appears to have sustained a nasty injury while in self-isolation with her family.




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Top Gear: Paddy McGuinness teams up with Freddie Flintoff for first look at new series

Top Gear has given fans their first look at the all-new presenting lineup, as Paddy McGuinness and Freddie Flintoff join forces ahead of the new series' launch on Sunday.




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Top Gear fans impressed with 'chemistry' between Paddy McGuinness, Freddie Flintoff and Chris Harris

Paddy McGuinness, 45, joined Freddie Flintoff and Chris Harris in Top Gear all-new presenting lineup on Sunday night. Viewers have taken to Twitter to reveal how impressed they were with the trio.




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Paddy McGuiness shows off home-cooked meals including a wagon wheel with hula hoops

Paddy McGuinness has proudly posted a series of Instagram pictures of his favourite 'meals' - including a bizarre combination of cocktail sausages and a Wagon Wheel biscuit.




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Christine McGuinness steps out with a bouquet of flowers after husband Paddy's surprise vasectomy

The RHOC star, 31, appeared in great spirits as she treated herself to a hair salon visit at The Style Lounge in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, on Wednesday afternoon.




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Top Gear America will return with actors Dax Shephard and Rob Corddry on new lineup

Top Gear America will return with new hosts Dax Shepard, Rob Corddry, and Jethro Bovingdon and MotorTrend announced Tuesday it will be available to stream via their app next year in the spring.




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James May admits it was 'fantastic' not to work with Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond on new show

Speaking to MailOnline and other publications, the TV presenter, 56, claimed he found it 'fantastic' to not work with his The Grand Tour co-presenters in his new travelogue series Our Man In Japan.




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Christine McGuinness admits her kids are 'struggling' with isolation during coronavirus pandemic

In a candid interview on This Morning via video link, Christine, explained she is 'struggling' with keeping her kids at ease at home and daughter Penelope, in particular, is finding it tough.




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Cloudy skies as temperatures dip to 59F in northern parts of the UK with showers expected

The heatwave is over and is being replaced with lower temperatures, a cool breeze and patchy mist and fog in the UK in to this evening, according to a Met Office meteorologist.




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UK weather: Britain braces for more flooding with a month's rain set to fall today

Heavy rain across parts of Britain may coincide with peak travel times during the afternoon and early evening leading to difficult driving conditions, meteorologists warned.




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Washout weekend again as flood warnings are issued with thunderstorms and torrential rain coming

The Met Office earlier issued a severe 'yellow' warning for rain in Northern Ireland and Scotland and warned that the wet weather could cause travel disruption.




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Met Office teams up with Dutch weather officials to name next batch of storms including storm Maura

For five years the Met office and Ireland's Met Eireann have run the Name Our Storms campaign. This year one of the storms even has a Love Island link and is set to be named Maura.




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Autumn is put on hold with Britain set to bask in 79F temperatures as heatwave brings Indian summer

Temperatures have remained approximately one or two degrees warmer across the UK today as southerly winds bring a late warm spell dubbed the 'Indian summer heatwave'.




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Britain will be hotter than Madrid this weekend with temperatures as high as 78F 

Warm air from Spain will bring dry and sunny weather across the UK this weekend, starting on Friday, according to the Met Office, with temperatures soaring.




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Two weeks' worth of rain will hit parts of UK today with 45mph gale-force winds

Soggy September is continuing as flood alerts and rain are forecast for the rest of the week, with meteorologists  issuing wet weather warnings across the UK throughout the weekend.




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Rain soaks much of England and Wales with flood warnings in place

Floods caused chaos on Sunday as rivers burst their banks and roads overflowed as parts of England and Scotland as the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain.




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Thunderstorms and 50mph winds are set to tear through the UK today with an inch of rain

Thunderstorms and winds of up to 50pmh are making their way across the UK today and tonight. The autumnal weather will see lightning strike right across southern England, before moving across to Wales.




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Britain will blow hot and cold this week with 70F Indian summer then -6C Hallowe'en

The Met Office forecast a warm plume from the continent to bring sunny spells, with highs of 19C (66F) by Thursday. But Government weathermen said polar air is set to arrive from the weekend.




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Britain is lashed by rain with weather warning issued for tomorrow with alerts of 47 possible floods

Those across the UK looking to go for a Sunday stroll today should pack an umbrella as rain and showers are expected for most parts.




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Britain is major flood alert today with 115 areas at risk

Boris Johnson was given a rough ride by locals in Fishlake as desperate families across the country brace for more downpours.




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UK weather: Britain faces weekend washout with more than 70 flood warnings still in place

Britain has endured severe conditions in recent days with a week's worth of rain falling over the South West in six hours this morning, after the coldest night of autumn so far yesterday bringing -10C (14F) lows.




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Britain is shrouded in freezing fog with temperatures set to plunge to a chilling -10C

Northern parts of the UK will see freezing temperatures and Scotland and the Highlands may see temperatures as low as -9.7C tonight.




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Britain braces for Storm Atiyah with 70mph gales when it strikes TOMORROW

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning which is in place from 3pm tomorrow through to 9am Monday. Gales of 70mph are expected to batter the south west coastline with 26ft waves and spray.




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Icy blitz to blast UK with 'deadly' 80mph gales and two weeks' of rain on Tuesday

The Met Office said today that the UK is set for an 'unsettled' week ahead and a yellow weather warning has been issued across northwestern Scotland and North East England for Tuesday.




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Britain is set for a wet and windy weekend with 70mph gusts

The Met Office has warned the gales could hit by this afternoon issuing a series of yellow wind warnings which will remain in place between 3am and 6pm on Saturday.




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Met Office issues yellow weather warning with temperatures to plunge to freezing causing ice

Ice patches are expected to form across northern Britain tonight. A light dusting of snow may also fall on north-west England, Exmoor, Dartmoor and the Welsh hills, forecasters have warned.




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Storm Ciara dawns: Hundreds of flights are cancelled with 'danger to life' 90mph gusts and

Storm Ciara first brought gusts of up to 70mph on the west coast of Scotland on Saturday and it is set to sweep across the rest of the country throughout Sunday.




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Storm Ciara lashes UK as 93mph gale-force winds trigger chaos with trees crashing down

The Met Office has hailed it as the 'storm of the century' due to its sheer size, with warnings covering huge swathes of the UK.




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Storm threatens to lash British with inches of rain, life threatening floods and winds of 70mph

Following four deaths during Storm Ciara last week, the Met Office raised the alert to amber for Dartmoor and south Devon, most of Wales, the Pennines and large swathes of Yorkshire.




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Britons battered by Storm Dennis face MORE misery with four-day deluge

Hundreds have been evacuated from their homes since Storm Dennis hit on Sunday and five people have died after being struck by fallen trees or swept away in the deluge.




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Twitter users hilarious tweets about rubbish snow in London amid UK bad weather

Londoners bemoaned the 'pathetic' flakes that fell for just a few minutes this morning before joking that the city would still fall to its knees regardless - paralysed by the smallest bit of bad weather.




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Britons facing heavy downpours with up to four inches of rain and 50mph winds set to batter the UK

The atrocious weather shows little signs of abating, with Brits suffering a fifth consecutive wet weekend. Some areas will three to four inches of rain in heavy downpours and winds up to 50mph.




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Britain will finally be able to welcome Spring weather next week with highs of 16C in the south

Temperatures will rise as high as 15 or 16C in the south on Tuesday. It will feel markedly like spring although it will be colder in the north.




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First day of spring brings warmer weekend after -6C snap tonight with lovely weather for a walk

The UK faces much-needed warm and lovely sunny weather this weekend after a -6C chill tonight, as the country sinks into a gloom amid the raging coronavirus crisis (St Anne's Beach).




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Britain is set to bask in a mini spring heatwave with temperatures soaring to 68F by Sunday

Britons feeling blue because of the coronavirus lockdown are set to bask in some sunshine with forecasters predicting temperatures could soar to 68F by Sunday.




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Britons get creative with bank holiday lockdown plans at home

Temperatures are expected to be warmer than Ibiza in Britain today, with highs of 77F (25C) forecast in the south compared to 64F (18C) in the Spanish holiday hotspot.