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Eddie MitchellA water collection point has been set up at East Grinstead Rugby ClubTens of thousands of people in East Sussex and Kent are starting the working week without water following a weekend of disruption, with the council in Kent declaring a major incident.South East Water (SEW) said a number of issues were to blame, including Storm Goretti and a power cut at its pumping plant.It said 14 postcodes were still affected around the East Grinstead, Frant and Tunbridge Wells areas.Collection points for bottled water have been set up and some customers have been told their supply may not return…

Former Wimbledon finalist Milos Raonic said he has been the “luckiest person” to live out his dreams as he announced his retirement from tennis.The 35-year-old Canadian beat Roger Federer to reach the Wimbledon showpiece in 2016, where he fell to a straight-set defeat by Great Britain’s Andy Murray.Raonic, who won eight tour-level titles, achieved a career-high world ranking of three that same year, having also reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open.”The time has come, I am retiring from tennis,” Raonic posted on social media on Sunday.”This is a moment you know will come one day, but somehow you never…

Farmer Andrew Pritchard has issued a direct plea to Keir Starmer, after farmers in Peterborough have launched a surprise blockade of three major supermarket distribution centres.warns British agriculture is “grinding to a halt” as producers are forced to sell food below the cost of production. He says farmers are being undercut by cheaper imports while supermarkets continue to turn a profit.Mr Pritchard argues inheritance tax was the “final straw”, sparking protests and calls for a full Government U-turn. He warns that without urgent action, food security and homegrown produce are being “neglected” by both Government and supermarkets.WATCH THE CLIP ABOVE…

Sharon KnightDexter Knight (left) featured in the film I Swear which is based on John Davidson’s (right) life.A 13-year-old boy with Tourette’s syndrome has said making his big screen debut in a film about the condition made him “less nervous, because I knew there were people like me”.Dexter, from Sale, travelled to Scotland last summer to film his scenes in the film I Swear, a biopic of John Davidson, a campaigner with Tourette’s syndrome who rose to fame aged 17 in a 1989 documentary about his life called John’s Not Mad.Filming on set was the first time Dexter had the…

Shabana Mahmood has been urged to take the “nuclear option” and sack the Chief Constable of West Midlands Police.Pressure is piling on Craig Guildford after a series of reports – and a Home Affairs Select Committee appearance – revealed major doubts at the intelligence his force used to ban Israeli fans from an Aston Villa game in November.Committee members are said to be “unanimous in their disappointment” at the evidence given by police last week.One MP told The Times that sacking him would be the “nuclear option” – but there was now “no other option” if it was confirmed that…

Farmers in Peterborough have launched a surprise blockade of three major supermarket distribution centres.From midnight on Sunday night, loaded lorries have been barred from entering or leaving – but empty vehicles and supermarket staff arriving for work have been allowed through.Tractors have been seen sporting slogans like “raised right, raised British” and “Labour out” – and have issued a series of demands.Protesting farm workers are demanding higher farmgate milk prices and are accusing retailers of squeezing producers while prices rise for consumers.Ed Pritchard, the farmer behind the demonstration, told GB News on Monday the new “direct action” came from a…

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GettySome residents in Church Court in Strabane say they can no longer open their windows due to the amount of rats climbing on walls in their back gardens People in a County Tyrone town are calling for urgent action over the “absolute hell” of what they say is an “ongoing rat problem” in their area. Some residents of Church Court in Strabane, which is owned by Woven Housing, have said despite the issue persisting for almost two years, no permanent solution has been found.One resident, Clare Earley, said the back door to her home had to be replaced after rats…

Yoganathan was a ball boy at Anfield in 2018 when Divock Origi scored an injury-time winner against Everton in the Premier League, and “loved watching” Philippe Coutinho when he was in the club’s academy.As for Phillips, who retired from cycle speedway at 16 after winning British titles, there is a link with Coutinho too.”I was 16 when I went to America with the first team for a pre-season tour in 2014 under Brendan Rodgers and I got subbed on for Coutinho in one of the games. It was surreal,” he recalls.”I’d just left school and was training with Steven Gerrard,…

Locals in London’s “last town” have banded together to resist a prominent Muslim group’s plans to set up a vast Islamic centre in the heart of their community.Feeling abandoned by local authorities, the residents of Harefield, in the borough of Hillingdon, are working to resist what they see as an attempt to impose a “dramatic shift in character for our village”.In October 2022, the Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheri Muslim Community of London (KSIMC), often known as Hujjat Stanmore, completed the £33million purchase of a 6.3-acre office campus at Widewater Place, just a short drive from Harefield’s picturesque green.Announcing the new site…