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The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued two amber health alerts for parts of the country as cold weather is set to ring in the new year.The alerts, which warn of a rise in deaths particularly among elderly and vulnerable people, cover the North East and North West of England from 20:00 GMT on Sunday to 12:00 on 5 January. Temperatures in these regions are expected to fall to around -4C, with snow predicted in the North West on 3 and 4 January. The low temperatures are likely to affect health and care services, the agency added.Overnight into Monday,…

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Guardiola – who takes his side to Sunderland on New Year’s Day – held several talks with his squad during the Club World Cup in America in the summer and believes the breakthrough came there.He said: “When we went out to Al Hilal, it wasn’t the fact we didn’t win but that we were so good there. It was then holidays so I said: “OK, go on holidays” but I was annoyed because we were good there, good with the guys training, good with the competition. “The place we were in, Boca Raton in front of the beach, everyone was…

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Nigel Farage has written to the Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, urging her to revoke the British citizenship of Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah and order his deportation from the United Kingdom.The Reform UK leader said he was “deeply concerned” by Mr Abd el-Fattah’s return to Britain following his release from detention in Egypt. Sir Keir Starmer had earlier said he was “delighted” to welcome Mr Abd el-Fattah to the UK after Cairo lifted a travel ban, thanking President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi for his role in securing the activist’s release.Mr Farage described that response as “an extraordinary error of judgment”, pointing…

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ITV Corriedale creator addresses plans for potential future soap crossovers after historic episode: ‘People love them’`; const adSlotHtmlSkyRight = “; const targetParentSky = document.querySelector(‘.sky–ad__container’); if (targetParentSky) { targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyLeft); targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyRight); } } else { // console.log(“Inder 3 – skys not showing because user is member”); } `; targetParentBillboard.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adBillboard); } `; return trendingDiv; }

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India Pollock,Wales social affairs correspondentandSian Elin Dafydd, WalesDot GallagherMichael Gallagher and Alison Williams are supported to meet up by familyMany adults want romantic relationships, but for people with learning disabilities it is much harder and sometimes even impossible.If they do find a partner, it can be logistically difficult to sustain the relationship and they can face judgement from other people, with one parent describing how people tut when they see her son holding his girlfriend’s hand.There are calls for more support for people with learning disabilities to initiate and sustain romantic relationships, just like everyone else.The Welsh government said the…

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Charlie Smyth converted a career-long 57-yard field goal as the New Orleans Saints extended their winning streak to four games with a 34-26 victory at the Tennessee Titans on Sunday.The 24-year-old from County Down had been listed as “questionable” to play because illness had curtailed his practice time in the build-up, but he recovered from a early miss to convert his next six kicks as the Saints improved to 6-10 for the season.Smyth – who tied the Saints’ franchise record with five successful field goals in one game against the New York Jets last week – began his full NFL…

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A young girl has lost her life following a devastating house fire in the Kent village of Hamstreet, with a teenage boy remaining in hospital after the blaze tore through a semi-detached property on Sunday.Emergency services were alerted to the incident on White Admiral Way, close to Ashford, shortly after midday.Despite the efforts of neighbours who rushed towards the burning home in a desperate bid to rescue the children inside, the intensity of the flames proved insurmountable.Kent Fire and Rescue Service confirmed that one child tragically died at the scene, while a second youngster, understood to be a teenage boy,…

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PA MediaThe Taxi Charity For Military Veterans said it would remember Douglas Baldwin with “gratitude and respect”A World War Two veteran who fought in Normandy as a teenager before becoming a prisoner of war has died at the age of 100, a charity said.Douglas Baldwin, from Caddington, Bedfordshire, served with the 6th Battalion of the King’s Own Scottish Borderers (KOSB).Aged just 18 he landed in northern France in June 1944, three weeks after D-Day. Later captured by German forces, he was made to work in coal mines during nine months in multiple Stalag camps.The Taxi Charity For Military Veterans, which…

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In the face of severe criticism, particularly from the tennis fraternity, Sabalenka and Kyrgios attempted to justify the event by insisting it would attract a new audience to the sport.Despite the ‘Battle of the Sexes’ moniker, it had little in common with Billie Jean King’s seminal match against self-confessed chauvinist Bobby Riggs in 1973 – a time when women were denied equality in tennis and wider society.Times have changed. Tennis has greater gender equality than any other major sport.So this felt more akin to YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul’s heavyweight bout against former world champion Anthony Joshua – an event designed to…

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Kate Middleton jokes royal fan ate ‘too many mince pies’ after his chair tumbles`; const adSlotHtmlSkyRight = “; const targetParentSky = document.querySelector(‘.sky–ad__container’); if (targetParentSky) { targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyLeft); targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyRight); } } else { // console.log(“Inder 3 – skys not showing because user is member”); } `; targetParentBillboard.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adBillboard); } `; return trendingDiv; }

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