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Fire crews battle mountain blaze near hospital

Flames seen for miles around after the fire broke out on Cwm Mountain near Llandudno General Hospital

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Author: Steve Bagnall

Huge fire destroys grassland on Welsh mountain

According to locals the incident is one ‘of many’ fires to affect the area in recent times

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Author: Lucy John

Mother of Southport victim remembers daughter who loved to dance

Alice da Silva Aguiar’s mother says the Southport community has offered “incredible” support.

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Author: @BBCNews

Godstone: Major incident declared over large sinkhole

The sinkhole appeared on Monday night and grew to at least 65ft by Tuesday lunchtime.

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Author: @BBCNews

Horror as woman’s body found on beach in UK seaside town

The body was found on a beach in Norfolk with police yet to confirm the woman’s name.

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Author: Jon King

MPs criticise ‘wealth-hoarding’ boomers stereotype as ageist

A report from the Commons’ women and equalities committee says age discrimination is widespread.

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Author: bbc.com

New strategy and legal protections needed to tackle ‘pervasively ageist culture’, the Women and Equalities Committee says – Committees

‘Widespread’ and ‘culturally embedded’ ageism requires stronger legal protections against age discrimination and a new cross-Government strategy to address the challenges and opportunities posed by the UK’s ageing population, a new report by the Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) has warned.

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Author: committees.parliament.uk

MPs: UK suffers from ‘pervasive ageism’ and needs a new strategy

A new report from MPs has concluded that the UK has a ‘pervasively ageist culture’ in which older people suffer from widespread discrimination

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Author: Oliver Wright, Policy Editor

Ageism widespread and culturally embedded in UK, MPs warn

There are 11 million people in England and Wales aged 65 or older, including more than half a million who are aged over 90.

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Author: Aine Fox, PA Social Affairs Correspondent

MPs criticise ‘wealth-hoarding’ boomers stereotype as ageist

A report from the Commons’ women and equalities committee says age discrimination is widespread.

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Author: @_JennyMcKiernan

Mother tells of moment she had to save her children after family dog

Petrified mother-of-three, Emma Dean, 25, bravely saved her children when their family dog attacked at her in laws Merseyside home and wouldn’t stop ‘until someone was dead’.

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Author: Shannon Mcguigan

The Real Unforgotten and what happened to Margaret Spooner after murder case

The Real Unforgotten looks at the 1981 cold case murder of Carol Morgan, who was killed in the convenience store she ran with her husband Allen Morgan, who later married Margaret Spooner

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Author: Katie Palmer

North Walsham farmer tells Lib Dem leader about tax change fears

Sir Ed Davey mucks out in a farmyard while listening to fears about “devastating” tax changes.

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Author: @BBCNews

Emergency services attend shopping centre incident

Road closures are in place – follow our live blog below for all of the latest updates

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Author: Kirstie McCrum

Mum’s brutal murder unravelled with 40-year secret kept by lover’s student

ITV’s The Real Unforgotten examines the cold murder case of Carol Morgan, who was hacked to death in the storeroom of the convenience store she owned with her husband. Her killer still walks free

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Author: Sarah Tulloch

Bomb squad called to ‘suspicious package’ found in Hull

People are advised to avoid the area around St Stephen’s Shopping Centre until further notice.

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Author: @BBCNews

Huge cordon around busy UK shopping centre as people urged to stay away

The shopping centre has been evacuated and a huge cordon has been erected with buses, trains and other transport links affected while investigations are carried out

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Author: Benjamin Lynch