UK news

• Storm Desmond plunges Britain into chaos with hundreds of people left homeless

  06-12-2015 23:46 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Troops have been brought in to rescue terrified residents from flooded towns as 13 inches of rain fall in 24 hours, swamping the Lake District
  
  Read more

• Leytonstone terror attack: Concerns over lack of armed officers

  06-12-2015 23:44 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A former Scotland Yard commander said it was "alarming" that armed officers were not on the scene as uniform officers tackled a crazed 29-year-old man who attacked two men in terror strike
  
  Read more

• Leytonstone stabbing: Commuters on terror alert after knife attack as extra armed police patrol train stations

  06-12-2015 23:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT: Extra officers will be brought in along with police dogs to keep the public safe
  
  Read more

• Man 'bangs on cockpit door and threatens to bring down plane while saying he wanted to see Allah'

  06-12-2015 23:19 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police race to airport after crew and passengers restrain suspect and then stand guard over him during remainder of flight
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Government leave 700,000 mothers untested for infection which kills babies

  06-12-2015 23:18 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Group B Strep cases have risen by a third since an NHS prevention strategy was introduced - which was meant to cut cases by 60 per cent
  
  Read more

• Storm Desmond: What happened to the warning siren, devastated residents demand

  06-12-2015 23:17 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The siren that should have given the people of Appleby-in-Westmorland a head start on mother nature failed to sound, as they suffered a repeat of disaster a decade ago
  
  Read more

• Cadbury owners pay NO corporation tax despite making £2BILLION in sales

  06-12-2015 23:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Mondelez International, previously Kraft Foods, legally avoided paying tax despite Cadbury UK posting nearly £100million profits in 2014
  
  Read more

• Leytonstone terror attack: Hero victim tells of how he "went back to have another go"

  06-12-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Tube station 'machete' attack sees two injured as reports say a man was Tasered after slashing someone's throat, police are treating it as a terrorist incident
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• BBC presenters clash over idea of women talking about menopause at work

  06-12-2015 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Former Countryfile presenter Miriam O'Reilly criticised Jenni Murray after the Woman's Hour host said those suffering the menopause should 'just get on with it'
  
  Read more

• Storm Desmond freak weather brings waterfall back to life after hundreds of years

  06-12-2015 22:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Gallons of water was seen tumbling down the cliff face for the first time in living memory
  
  Read more

• Cameron’s war in Syria is expensive and here’s how we foot the bill

  06-12-2015 22:49 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Tory regime is imposing austerity on Britain but the Prime Minister was determined to join this unpredictable, enduring conflict
  
  Read more

• Excited Prince George will be 'bouncing around like a rabbit' for Christmas at home

  06-12-2015 22:23 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Prince William says his toddler son be 'extremely bouncy' on Christmas Day
  
  Read more

• Watch Storm Desmond floods submerge riverside hotel causing 500 guests to flee building

  06-12-2015 22:12 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Whitewater Hotel in Backbarrow was evacuated as the nearby river burst its banks covering the terrace with 4-foot deep water
  
  Read more

• Jeremy Corbyn spends weekend singing Christmas Carols to raise money for Syria refugees

  06-12-2015 22:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Labour leader joined a Game of Thrones star in singing Christmas carols at a shopping centre for the unpublicised event in his constituency
  
  Read more

• Simon Cowell hails hero who foiled half million pound raid on his home

  06-12-2015 21:44
  
  A SECURITY guard yesterday told how he tackled a burglar fleeing Simon Cowell’s home with a half a million pound haul of gems.
  
  Read more

• See heartwarming moment sign language Santa makes deaf girl's dream Christmas come true

  06-12-2015 21:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The youngster is beaming from ear-to-ear as she sits on Santa's knee - but the magic arrives just moments later
  
  Read more

• Councils squeeze £700m in car charges and fines

  06-12-2015 21:39
  
  DRIVERS were stung for a record £700million in fines and parking charges by English councils last year.
  
  Read more

• Kate Winslet reveals why English actors do so well abroad

  06-12-2015 21:29 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Kate Winslet says foreign filmmakers assume all English actors are 'magically' well trained
  
  Read more

• Leytonstone stabbing 'knifeman spoke with London accent' claims heroic victim slashed in neck during 'terror attack'

  06-12-2015 21:27 via mirror.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT: David Pethers claims the alleged knifeman made threats against his own parents as he tried to diffuse the situation
  
  Read more

• SNP give £12million flood aid to Africa

  06-12-2015 21:25
  
  MORE taxpayers’ cash is to be sent abroad by the SNP to help foreign countries cope with flooding.
  
  Read more

• Star Wars dog dressed as stormtrooper has the best animal costume this Christmas

  06-12-2015 21:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Sabrina Ridler spent hundreds of hours painstakingly making the bespoke costume for her beloved four-year-old pet Penny Bark-Bark
  
  Read more

• Minicabit secures fresh funding weeks after £1.4m investment

  06-12-2015 21:17 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The minicab price-comparison app has raised further finances from two private investors
  
  Read more

• Teen girl 'punched in face by mystery man in daylight attack as she walked to school'

  06-12-2015 20:53 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Police seeking driver of a lorry in connection with the incident
  
  Read more

• Soldier to walk 456 miles home for Christmas in tribute to comrades lost in Afghanistan

  06-12-2015 20:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Staff Sergeant Zak Thorpe will walk from his regiment barracks in Wiltshire to his home in Norfolk as part of the Mirror Christmas Appeal
  
  Read more

• France's National Front to make massive gains in regional election polls

  06-12-2015 20:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The far right party, which is seen by many as having a racist and openly Islamophobic agenda, led an Ifop exit poll after using the Paris terror attacks and Europe’s migrant crisis to win votes.
  
  Read more

• Mother watches as husband and son die in tragic road accident

  06-12-2015 20:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The father and son, 43 and seven respectively, were walking in front of the mother when they were hit by a black Alfa Romeo
  
  Read more

• Kerry McFadyen's daughter is Britain's youngest case of gender dysphoria

  06-12-2015 20:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kerry McFadyen, 32, chose to raise her three-year-old son Daniel as a girl after finding him trying to cut off his penis with scissors in the bathroom of their home in Strathspey, Scotland.
  
  Read more

• Cinema bursts into flames forcing hundreds to flee in terror while watching films

  06-12-2015 20:44 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Debris from the sign and panels at the top of the building could be seen falling to the ground as firefighters battled the flames
  
  Read more

• Cadbury owners avoid paying UK tax

  06-12-2015 20:41
  
  THE US owners of Cadbury’s paid no corporation tax in Britain last year.
  
  Read more

• Storm Desmond sees British Army called in as floods wreak havoc across Cumbria and Scotland

  06-12-2015 20:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Flood waters are expected to reach their peak today as Storm Desmond continues to wreak havoc across Britain, forcing thousands of people out of their homes, including pensioners in Cumbria.
  
  Read more

• Storm Desmond video shows moment two Irish teens JUMP into the massive waves

  06-12-2015 20:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chilling footage captures the moment two boys - who are both wearing nothing but swimming shorts - plunge 20ft from a raised platform into rough seas in Ireland.
  
  Read more

• Storm Desmond: Everything we know so far

  06-12-2015 20:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  One man dies and flood warnings remain in place across swathes of Britain. Here's everything you need to know
  
  Read more

• David Cameron’s admission of failure on EU deal is “sign of strength” says top Tory

  06-12-2015 20:10 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The PM gave up on securing reforms at next month’s Brussels summit but Iain Duncan Smith claims this shows his determination to get the right result
  
  Read more

• Tube station knife attacker shouted - 'This is for Syria'

  06-12-2015 20:09
  
  THE victim of a suspected terror attack at a London Tube station begged for help moments before a knifeman slashed his throat.
  
  Read more

• Storm Desmond gale almost lifts man into air as he struggles to cross road

  06-12-2015 20:09 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The video, shared on Facebook by 20-year-old Boo Postgate, went viral after she posted it on Friday night
  
  Read more

• Final Fantasy VII PlayStation gameplay trailer has been released - and it is AMAZING

  06-12-2015 20:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The crystal clear trailer shows Cloud, Barret and other favourites while also showcasing new gameplay
  
  Read more

• 10 big policy promises broken by David Cameron in his first decade as Tory leader

  06-12-2015 20:06 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As David Cameron marks 10 years as Tory leader, Shadow Cabinet Office Minister Jon Ashworth looks at 10 of the PM's broken promises
  
  Read more

• Nats ‘must probe’ MP Phil Boswell over tax

  06-12-2015 20:02
  
  NICOLA Sturgeon faced fresh questions about her control over the SNP last night after one of her MPs admitted cashing in on a tax avoidance scheme.
  
  Read more

• Dear Coleen: My paranoid, religious parents are ruining my friendships

  06-12-2015 19:58 via mirror.co.uk
  
  I’m 15 years old and my mother is extremely paranoid – she won’t let me do anything. Everything is forbidden!
  
  Read more

• Dear Coleen: My abusive ex wants me back - what do I do?

  06-12-2015 19:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  I was in a relationship with my verbally and physically abusive ex for 11 years, but he says he still wants us to work things out for us. I don’t know what to do. Please help.
  
  Read more

• Dear Coleen: My husband is an alcoholic but said he will commit suicide if I leave him

  06-12-2015 19:56 via mirror.co.uk
  
  I’m finding it so hard to cope with my husband’s constant mental abuse. I really want to leave him, but I have nowhere to go and he said he’d kill himself if I left.
  
  Read more

• Declan Rooney is Britain's biggest sperm donor with 54 babies in total

  06-12-2015 19:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Declan Rooney (pictured), 43, from Middlesbrough, boasts a 50 per cent first-time success rate and says he has even helped couples who have been unable to conceive through IVF.
  
  Read more

• Scotland's art quango slammed over free movie studio snub

  06-12-2015 19:46
  
  SCOTLAND’S arts quango came under fire yesterday over claims it snubbed a Hollywood offer to build a studio for free.
  
  Read more

• Lib Dem leader Tim Farron stranded in Cumbria floods

  06-12-2015 19:46 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Mr Farron was driving through his Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency when he got stuck on a heavily flooded road
  
  Read more

• X Factor's Simon Cowell to give Christmas bonus hero security officer

  06-12-2015 19:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  M'Bathonha Mendes (pictured) approached the 'suspicious' character holding a rucksack near Cowell's mansion in West London's exclusive Holland Park and chased him down the street.
  
  Read more

• Cumbrian floods: cancelled flood defence schemes may have added to misery

  06-12-2015 19:34 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Lib Dem leader Tim Farron called on the government to do more to protect communities, claiming that hundreds of flood defence schemes had been branded 'low priority' and shelved
  
  Read more

• Jaws meets Scarface as shark feeding frenzy becomes a shocking underwater battle

  06-12-2015 19:26 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A younger great white made the mistake of dashing in too quick to dine on a shoal of fish and nearly ended up on the menu itself
  
  Read more

• 'Alien structures' on Mars being 'covered up by Nasa' in new photos UFO experts claim

  06-12-2015 19:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The 'experts' claim the structures were built by aliens who constructed them in such a way as to hide their presence from visitors
  
  Read more

• Britain leaving the EU would be like the fall of the Berlin Wall says Marine le Pen

  06-12-2015 19:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The French far-right leader of the National Front said that if the British public were to vote to leave the European Union it would be ‘marvellous’ for all those who ‘long for freedom’.
  
  Read more

• Doberman pinscher dog dresses as Star Wars Stormtrooper in amazing outfit 

  06-12-2015 18:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Four-year-old Doberman pinscher Penny Bark-Bark, from California, has been transformed into a Galactic Stormtrooper by her talented owner Sabrina Ridler, and would look at home on any Death Star.
  
  Read more

Follow @newslock_uknews on Twitter!