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Omaze winner selling his £2.5m home so he can buy his dream house in Yorkshire

Parts of Pontypridd, South Wales, have been left submerged in water as the River Taff bursts its banks.

Watch: Residents bail out their flooded homes after heavy rainfall

We have a long history of fascination with pirates as this illustration for Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Pirates of Penzance shows

International Talk Like a Pirate Day? We've been doing it all wrong Ian Johnston

George Goldsmith with his canine accomplice, Fig

Interview: George Goldsmith on his successful holiday and sporting business

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Cold weather and fog hits the Central Belt. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Heavy wind and rain expected to batter Scotland over weekend as warnings issued

PJ Harvey PIC: Steve Gullick

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World War 2 bunker and staple of Winston Churchill’s ‘chain home’ radar given stunning holiday-home makeover

World War II bunker transformed into coastal holiday home

A child has died after attending Camp Bestival

Child dies after falling ill at ‘UK’s favourite family festival’

Ruairi Kelly previously lived on the Bibby Stockholm migrant barge

‘I lived on Bibby Stockholm - it’s no place for asylum seekers’

Bibby Stockholm migrant barge

Pictured: 9 images inside Bibby Stockholm migrant barge

Workers leave the Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge at Portland Port in Dorset, during what is believed to be a fire drill

Asylum seekers housed on barge ‘within days’

Wetherspoons will introduce a much welcomed price slash on several items for a limited time in January.

15 Wetherspoons sites ‘under offer’ - is your area on the list?

Michael Eavis greeted Glastonbury guests from his Land Rover weeks after founder spotted in wheelchair

Michael Eavis spotted greeting Glastonbury guests at gate

UK’s best dog-friendly beaches - full list of locations

‘Massive gas blast’ sees woman rushed to hospital

S Club 7 singer Paul Cattermole pictured in 2014. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

Paul Cattermole’s death certificate reveals what star died of

Police have issued an update following the death of Paul Cattermole

Police issue major update following death of S Club’s Paul Cattermole

Eddie Gaines was one of the last surviving D-Day veterans (Picture: Blind Veterans UK/PA Wire)

Scotsman Obituaries: Eddie Gaines, war hero who played vital role on D-Day

Paul Cattermole’s death comes just weeks after S Club 7 announced reunion plans (Photo: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

S Club 7 singer’s cause of death confirmed

Police on proactive patrol spotted a car driving on a 60mph road with an unrestrained child in the boot.

Police stop car with unrestrained child in boot on 60mph road

Man travels 2,000 miles from the UK to Ukraine via bike

Paul Cattermole on stage as part of S Club 7 in Birmingham in 2000

Obituaries: Paul Cattermole, Brit Award-winning member of S Club 7

S Club stars Jo O’Meara and Tina Barrett have left tributes to their former bandmate Paul Cattermole by Tim Roney/Getty Images)

S Club stars pay heartbreaking tributes to Paul Cattermole

Tom Glanfield at the property he has bought, Sandbanks, Hampshire. The entrepreneur who bought the ‘world’s most expensive bungalow’ has revealed what it’s like inside - including a “death trap” swimming pool and a leaking roof.

UK’s most expensive bungalow isn’t in the best state for £13.5m

The most expensive seaside location in Great Britain is Salcombe, where the average property goes for £1.2 million - 33% (more than £300,000) higher than in 2021. (image: Adobe)

Most expensive place to buy a seaside home in Britain revealed

The UK’s top trending destinations to get away this Easter

A general view of The Wytch Farm oil production centre, on March 27, 2023 in Poole, England

Major incident declared after oil spill in Dorset

Gary Glitter will ‘probably die in prison’ after breach of bail terms

Imber and Tyneham are two villages that were abandoned during World War Two

England’s ‘lost twin villages’ frozen in time since World War Two

The hut in Westward Ho! Devon.

Beach hut with ‘uninterrupted sea views’ goes on sale for £30k

Foetus found on Dorset Heath: Police appeal to find missing mother

Appeal for missing mother after discovery of foetus on Dorset Heath

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Aurora Borealis: Why 2023 is a good year to see Northern Lights

Only youth games will be allowed to be played at Colehill Cricket Club now

Cricket club banned from hosting adult matches after complaints

Mike Hodges poses at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival (Picture: Carlo Allegri/Getty Images)

Scotsman Obituaries: Mike Hodges, director of Get Carter

Bumblebees have struggled, linked to weather extremes in 2022

Litany of weather extremes challenged wildlife in 2022, National Trust says

The ring which will be up for the auction later this month (Photo: Noonans)

Medieval ring to go to auction for up to £40,000

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (left) and missing friend Nick Fisher.

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall in urgent appeal for missing friend

Durdle Door in Dorset came in at 17.

Durdle Door owner furious with “dishonest” BBC after Doctor Who finale

Dorset was battered by thunderstorms and a band of heavy rain overnight on the weekend.

Rare footage shows thunderbolt hit sea off the English coast

Margaret Pitman was victorious in Mackie’s of Scotland’s summer campaign competition, ‘Mackie’s Moments’ (Photo: Justin Glynn)

Lucky granny scoops a lifetime supply of ice cream thanks to Mackie's

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Keylocks are a familiar site across Edinburgh, which critics say has been blighted by Airbnb short-term lets

Worldwide party and events ban for all Airbnb properties

Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan in Ammonite

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More beavers are being reintroduced to the UK this year - including areas they’ve been extinct for years (Photo: Shutterstock)

More beavers are being reintroduced to the UK this year - including areas they’v...

Former police officer Timothy Brehmer killed mother-of-two Claire Parry in his car in the car park at the Horns Inn in West Parley, Dorset

This killing was about control, not loss of it - Kirsty Strickland

How to find perfect beach staycations across the UK

Here are the UK's most dangerous selfie hotspots

This is how much cash families will splash on beach hut rental

Philippa York in 2018.

Top former cyclist will ride in Scottish homeland for first time in decades for ...

Beaches could be closed if social distancing is not observed, Matt Hancock warns

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83-year-old Jim Hay, who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), has taken on a mission to virtually cycle to London and back from his home in Dorset, where he now lives, to raise money for NHS for Edinburgh and Lothians Health Foundation.

Great-grandpa, 83, virtually cycles hundreds of miles

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Karen Harris was adopted as a little girl in the early 1960s because she was born out of wedlock.

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A 15-week-old puppy had to undergo life-saving treatment after she wolfed down a double pack of bourbon biscuits.

Life-saving treatment for puppy who wolfed down double pack of bourbon biscuits

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