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A drought is expected to be declared in more parts of England on Monday, joining half of the country and the whole of Wales.The National Drought Group – made up of regulators, government officials, water companies and agricultural bodies – will meet on Monday afternoon to assess the situation across England.Almost all of southern England is already officially in drought after an exceptionally hot and dry summer, with heatwave conditions set to return for many this week.Liz Bentley, chief executive of the Royal Meteorological Society, said the number of people under a hosepipe ban is likely to increase from the…

Entering just his third pre-season training camp with New Orleans, Charlie Smyth can hardly be dubbed a veteran at this stage of his fledgling NFL career but the Saints’ incumbent kicker certainly no longer feels a novice either.Smyth’s big chance with the Saints came last November when he stepped up to replace a struggling Blake Grupe in Week 13 against the Miami Dolphins. Signed to a three-year contract the following month, Smyth played in the final six games of the Saints’ campaign, completing 12 of 16 field goal attempts and going a perfect on 13 extra-point attempts.”I’ve got the experience…

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A suspected gas explosion that destroyed a bungalow and left a man injured has been caught on camera. It happened on Cobb Hall Road, Newton Longville, near Milton Keynes on Sunday morning. Additional footage showed flames and smoke rising from the property afterwards.Read more on the story here.Follow Beds, Herts and Bucks news on Sounds, Facebook, external, Instagram, external and X, external.

Welcome to our Who am I? game.The rules are simple. Each day there’s a new footballer and the challenge is to guess who they are in as few attempts as possible.After each wrong guess you unlock a new clue. The fewer clues you need to get the right answer, the more points you score.Three is a good score, four or five points is exceptional.So take part and return for more tomorrow.Today’s player and clues set by BBC Sport’s Flora Snelson.After more quizzes? Go to our dedicated Football Quizzes and Sports Quizzes pages and sign up for notifications to get the…

Almost 90,000 Britons will become victims of crime thanks to Labour’s prison release plan, new analysis suggests.According to the Conservatives, there will be around 500 added sex offences, nearly 1,800 violent crimes and just under 36,000 thefts before the end of this Parliament in 2029.On top of this, the Tories estimate there could be 1,500 crimes for possessing a weapon, more than 7,000 drug-related offences and up to 3,000 public order offences that will be recorded.It comes amid reports the early prison release policy is still under review as Prime Minister Andy Burnham considers viable options to block the release…

The first All Ireland Fleadh in Belfast ended in the early hours of Monday morning with organisers saying they were overwhelmed by the positive response they received from all communities.It is estimated that there were more than a million people in the city centre during the eight days of the fleadh.At least 4,000 were still in the grounds of Belfast City Hall at 01:00 BST to hear the closing speeches and final tunes.Niall McClean, co-chair of the organising committee, told the crowd they were all part of an historic event.He said: “We’ve done something that has never, ever happened in…

Many of Iraola’s attacking principles resemble those of one of his long-time managerial inspirations, the former Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa.The Argentine coached Iraola at Athletic Club between 2011 and 2013 and, speaking to Sky Sports in 2023, the Liverpool boss acknowledged this influence.”I use a lot of exercises from Marcelo that I learned from him, especially with the ball,” Iraola said.”Offensively, his teams are very dynamic, willing to make all the runs to the space, he is ready to accept this kind of disorder offensively.”Like Bielsa’s sides, Iraola already has the Reds playing in a busy manner. When attacking,…

Sisters Nikita Dallison and Mellissa Arkwright were just six and seven years old when they began to be abused by their half-brother Adrian Austin.But while Nikita, 36, can remember the harrowing details vividly, Mellissa, 35, had no recollection of what happen to her as a little girl.It was only when Nikita bravely reported the abuse to police in 2021 that Mellissa decided to have a type of talking therapy known as eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR).This involves listening to sounds, tapping, or flashing lights to remember a traumatic event.”I needed therapy because my mental health had spiralled way out…

The leader of the Green part in England and Wales Zack Polanski said approving Jackdaw and Rosebank would be “a dereliction of duty”.He said: “Whatever weasel words are used on drilling within new or existing licences, one of the new prime minister’s first significant decisions would be to break Labour’s manifesto pledge.”Jackdaw’s owner have themselves said that only 27 direct full time jobs would be created if given the go ahead.”This has nothing to do with boosting the economy for the people of this country and far more to do with boosting obscene profits for fossil fuel companies and their…