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Met Office forecasts ‘mild Christmas’ with ‘notably high temperatures’

The weather service said conditions ‘should not play a factor’ in any disruption to roads over the next few days.

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Christmas weather: Met Office forecasts ‘mild' festive period with ‘notably high temperatures’

The weather service said conditions ‘should not play a factor’ in any disruption to roads over the next few days

Evening Standard

Retailers hoping for a boost as shoppers hit the streets

Footfall is expected to increase this weekend as last-minute shoppers descend.

The Independent UK

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Newcastle boss Eddie Howe delighted with Sandro Tonali’s two-goal display

The Italian midifelder scored two brilliant first-half efforts to set the Magpies on their way to a second Carabao Cup semi-final in three seasons.

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Brenda Blethyn reveals she is ‘semi-retired’ after quitting Vera for her family

Blethyn said author Ann Cleeves attended the show’s wrap party where the cast celebrated with a ‘great big cake shaped like Vera’s Landy’.

Evening Standard

Eddie Howe relieved to start Newcastle’s big week with a much-needed victory

The Magpies returned to form with a 4-0 thumping of Ruud van Nistelrooy’s Leicester.

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How likely are we to see a white Christmas in the UK this year?

For the Met Office to declare a white Christmas a single snowflake has to be observed falling in the 24 hours of December 25 anywhere in the UK.

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Police searching for missing ex-England rugby star Tom Voyce find body in river

His Toyota Hilux was recovered downstream from Abberwick Ford on the River Aln outside Alnwick, Northumberland.

Evening Standard

Lawrence Dallaglio says search for Tom Voyce echoes his own family tragedy

Dallaglio played with Voyce for England and Wasps.

The Independent UK

Dallaglio says search for ex-teammate Voyce echoes his own family tragedy

Tom Voyce is believed to have died after he was swept away while driving across a ford during Storm Darragh

Evening Standard

Everything we know about former England rugby player Tom Voyce as body found in search

A body has been discovered in the River Aln after the former England rugby star tried to cross the water in his 4x4 pickup

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Searches continue for missing ex-England rugby player Tom Voyce

The 43-year-old is believed to have died after trying to drive across a flood-swollen river in Northumberland.

The Independent UK

No further action to be taken after probe into schoolgirl’s mudslide death

Leah Harrison, 10, from Darlington, died on a school trip at Carlton Bank on the edge of the North York Moors.

Evening Standard

£500m train deal secures hundreds of jobs at Hitachi plant

Uncertainty had surrounded the future of the Newton Aycliffe site in County Durham and the 700 people employed there due to declining orders.

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Man in court charged with manslaughter and cannabis production after house blast

Reece Galbraith, 33, appeared at Newcastle Magistrates’ Court following the explosion in Benwell, Newcastle, in October.

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Ex-Scotland captain Stuart Hogg sentenced to non-harassment order

He will be further sentenced in January after admitting domestic abuse against his estranged wife.

Evening Standard

Ex-Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg sentenced to non-harassment order

He will be further sentenced in January after admitting domestic abuse against his estranged wife.

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Arne Slot compares Everton to Arsenal with key similarity: ‘They use it a lot’

Liverpool face the Toffees in the Merseyside derby on Saturday and Slot has praised Dyche’s approach, while comparing his side to the Gunners

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Liverpool boss Arne Slot talks up ‘special player’ Mohamed Salah

The Egypt international scored twice in a six-goal thriller.

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Liverpool let late lead slip in six-goal thriller at Newcastle

Mohamed Salah’s double looked to have sealed a fightback victory for the leaders before Fabian Schar’s 90th-minute strike

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National Trust announces 49 good causes that will receive Sycamore Gap saplings

Seedlings have been grown from the tree beside Hadrian’s Wall which was illegally felled.

Evening Standard

In Pictures: Snow continues to blanket parts of the UK

Temperatures dropped below zero in some parts of the country on Wednesday morning.

Evening Standard

Farming inheritance tax changes ‘straw that broke camel’s back’ – NFU chief

Tom Bradshaw will say the changes are an ‘extraordinary’ betrayal of farmers by the Government.

The Independent UK

Labour doesn’t understand the countryside, say farmers in warning ‘tractor tax’ will destroy village life

Farmers say they’re already seeing the ‘slow erosion of country life’ as they warn last week’s Budget could have dire consequences

Evening Standard

GP who tried to kill mother’s partner ‘struck at public confidence’ in NHS

Thomas Kwan tried to poison Patrick O’Hara with a fake Covid jab and has been jailed for 31 years and five months.

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