Posts Tagged ‘ Britain ’

A British couple was rescued from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean by an Italian tanker after spending 40 days lost at sea. Stuart Armstrong, 51, and his partner Andrea Davison, 48, are heading back to Britain on board the supertanker Indian Point. Although unhurt, they were tired, exhausted and grateful to be returning...
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HMS Vanguard and Le Triomphant are understood to have both been severely damaged in the underwater accident earlier this month. Both are fitted with state-of-the-art technology aimed at detecting other submarines, but it apparently failed completely. Although both France and Britain insist that security was not compromised during the collision and there was no...
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Up to 200 motorists found themselves trapped on a road in Devon last night after three inches of snow fell in an hour. Firefighters were called to a “major incident” on the A38 near Exeter at around 9pm, after a line of cars became stuck on Telegraph Hill in blizzard conditions. As the snow...
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Snow and harsh winter conditions were causing disruption across the UK today, with some councils warning that salt and grit supplies were running low. Further problems were expected for public transport, schools and businesses with severe weather warnings in place in south Wales, north Devon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire today as snow continued to fall....
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The heavy snow that disrupted the lives and businesses of millions of people this week will continue to cause problems as treacherous weather moves across the country, forecasters have warned. Northern Scotland, Wales and south-western parts of England and the south coast are at the greatest risk of further snow later in the week,...
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Torrential rain caused flash floods across much of the UK over the weekend, inundating hundreds of homes and claiming the life of an elderly motorist whose car was swamped by nearly three feet of water. At one point, there were more than 300 flood warnings in place, with south-western England accounting for about a...
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Heavy rain has left hundreds of homes flooded in parts of Britain and is being blamed for a road accident which left a woman dead. Dual carriageways in both Devon and Somerset were under up to 18in (46cm) of water, trees down and people trapped in their cars. A Dorset Police spokesman said officers...
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Large parts of Britain are braced for possible flooding ahead of a predicted downpour. Forecasters said “exceptionally heavy rain” is expected to fall in the Midlands, East Anglia and Wales. Gale force winds are also set to lash coastal areas. Byron Chalcraft, a Met Office forecaster, said: “Exceptionally heavy rain is expected, with 50...
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