Basit Mahmood

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Motorist has miracle escape after car drives into a SINKHOLE which opens on suburban street in Brentwood, Essex. See SWNS story SWSYsinkhole; The massive depression appeared in the early hours of this morning (Mon) as Storm Ciara raged. Local Oliver Watson, 50, stumbled upon the dramatic scene outside his house on Hatch Road in Brentwood, Essex at around 2:30am.

Sinkhole swallows car during Storm Ciara leaving driver 'lucky to be alive'

UK February 10, 2020

British 'super spreader' gave at least seven people coronavirus after trip to local pub

UK February 10, 2020

Changes to child benefit rules have left a New Waltham family with a huge ?7,400 bill from HMRC that they can't pay. Richard and Rebekha Nicholls were horrified when they discovered how much they had to pay back due to a little-known new rule that was introduced in 2013. It meant individuals who earn more than ?50,000 have to pay back a certain amount of their child benefit in income tax - currently 1 per cent for every ?100 they earn over the threshold. While Richard's salary is under the limit, unbeknown to him, his company car - deemed a benefit in kind - pushed him over it. The family started claiming child tax benefit in 2012, after the birth of their first child, Enya. At that time Rebekha stopped working, while Richard worked as a mechanic and had a much lower salary than he does now. In 2015, Richard got a new job, which vastly increased his salary, although he was still not earning more than ?50,000.

Family receiving child benefits hit with £7,400 bill after dad gets company car

UK February 9, 2020

As fears grew over a potential inferno, passengers and crew were seen using emergency chutes to escape the wreckage.

Plane with almost 100 passengers crash-lands and skids across icy runway

World February 9, 2020

epa08174656 (FILE) - A British Airways (BA) aircraft prepares to land at Heathrow Airport in London, Britain, 16 January 2020 (reissued 29 January 2020). Media reports on 29 January 2020 state British Airways has suspended all flights to and from mainland China with immediate effect amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis. EPA/ANDY RAIN

Storm Ciara helps BA flight break New York to London speed record

UK February 9, 2020

calais migrants

Migrants found in back of lorry trying to escape UK over Brexit fears

UK February 9, 2020

Dawn Butler on Bercow

Dawn Butler says not giving John Bercow a peerage 'is a form of bullying too'

UK February 9, 2020

Caption: Saudi ship carrying weapons docks secretly in UK under cover of darkness

Saudi ship ‘carrying weapons’ docks secretly in UK under cover of darkness

UK February 6, 2020

Anti-semitism

Former Labour MP admits party's record on anti-Semitism helped fuel rise in hate crime

UK February 6, 2020

Caption: Expert reveals full scale of coronavirus as China says it is already running out of beds Picture: Getty

Expert thinks there are actually 50,000 new coronavirus cases a day

World February 6, 2020

The government has been accused of having 'no clear strategy' to deal with the problem (Picture: Getty)

Every 70 seconds someone in England catches an STI

UK February 6, 2020

Builder killed children with building foam

Builder 'murdered his young children by putting building foam down their throats'

World February 6, 2020

Caption: Teens jailed for battering delivery driver to death

Three teens jailed over 'cowardly' killing of Uber Eats driver for his moped

UK February 5, 2020

Millionaire thinks he's solved the homeless crisis

Millionaire says solution to homelessness is 'sleeping pod' made from two wheelie bins

UK February 5, 2020

Sign language interpreter to be trialled for PMQs

PMQs has sign language interpreter for first time in history

UK February 5, 2020

MP with off-the-shoulder top hits out at people who called her a slag

MP called slag for off-the-shoulder top slams sexist keyboard warriors

UK April 10, 2020

Olympic games threatened by coronavirus

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games 'under threat' from coronavirus

World February 5, 2020

A Boeing 737, which was carrying 168 passengers and seven crew members, from Bristol to Barcelona, sits on the tarmac at Limoges airport, central France, on August 26, 2008, hours after a night emergency landing. The jet from the low-cost Irish air company Ryanair plunged 8,000 metres (26,400 feet) after a sudden loss of cabin pressure over France. Sixteen people were taken to hospital for ear problems. AFP PHOTO PASCAL LACHENAUD (Photo credit should read PASCAL LACHENAUD/AFP via Getty Images)

Brits may not be able to apply for Ryanair jobs that require right to live and work in EU

UK February 5, 2020

Caption: Muslim groups renew call for EHRC for inquiry

No progress made in Tory Islamophobia probe for nine months

UK February 6, 2020

$Caption: Mum told daughter \'I\'m going, I\'m going\' as she choked to death on mixed grill$

Mum told daughter 'I'm going, I'm going' as she choked to death on mixed grill

UK January 29, 2020