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The tranquil surroundings at a former Black Isle primary school are in stark contrast to the turmoil suffered on a daily basis by its visitors.
Read MoreThe tranquil surroundings at a former Black Isle primary school are in stark contrast to the turmoil suffered on a daily basis by its visitors.
Read MoreA woman who was violently abused and forced by her former partner to lie down in a dog basket has said she hopes her ordeal will help other women.
Read MoreMajor investment over a 15-year period is needed to help hundreds of disabled people trapped in their homes or confined to care, says a new report.
Read MorePeople of ethnic minority backgrounds in Scotland are more than twice as likely to be victims of crime as others, according to new police figures.
Read MoreTwo thousand people from across Orkney have agreed to take part in a major study into osteoporosis. The bone thinning condition affects about three million people across Britain.
Read MoreHospices are struggling with debts as funding promised by the government has failed to materialise, campaigners say.
Read MoreWhen Sandra is taking methadone she lives her life under a “black cloud”. She closes the curtains and cannot muster the energy to take her eight-year-old twins to the park or play with her two-year-old son.
Read MoreServicemen and firefighters were battling to protect the electricity supplies of half a million people last night as the highest flood waters in memory continued to rise.
{mosimage}The Government announced an independent inquiry as water levels in the Thames and the Severn exceeded those of the devastating floods of 1947 and were forecast to rise to 20ft (6m) higher than normal.
More than 10,000 families have been left homeless in the West Country and Thames Valley over the past four days and thousands of others have been told to leave their homes as a mass of water surges down river. Electricity supplies to 50,000 homes have been cut and 150,000 homes have been left without water.
The Times was told last night that the utility companies were warned by the Government seven years ago that they needed to make key facilities flood-proof to protect supplies. The Castlemeads power station near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, was shut down yesterday morning, however, leaving more than 50,000 homes without electricity. Supplies to a further 500,000 homes were under threat as a 250-strong force of military personnel and firefighters attempted to prevent rising waters overwhelming the Walham substation.
There was a glimmer of hope last night when the Environment Agency said that the Severn appeared to have peaked two inches below the level that would have overwhelmed the substation. An agency spokesman warned, however, that it was still a “dangerous situation”.
The level of the Thames in Oxford may not peak until early Wednesday. Eight severe flood warnings and 50 other flood warnings remained in place last night as further rain added to the misery. Emergency planning teams met in Cambridgeshire after a flood warning was placed on the Great Ouse and the police prepared for possible floods around St Neots.
Read MoreIt’s the type of highly-desirable family home that is well beyond the reach of many middle-class professionals. A detached period house, with eight bedrooms, a garden, its own driveway and all set in a leafy residential area of well-to-do Newbury, Berkshire.
Read MoreSex equality will take generations to achieve at the current “painfully slow” rate of progress, the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) said today in a final report before being wound up by the government after more than 30 years fighting gender bias across British society.
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