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A Russian pop group describe scenes of panic on board a plane which caught fire at a Siberian airport, killing at least three people and injuring dozens.
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The family of the murdered landscape architect, Jo Yeates, have paid tribute to her saying she had been “stolen” from them.
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Thousands of people are lining the route through central London The 25th London New Year’s parade has got under way – despite fears that some performers would be unable to attend.
Floats and musicians are marching from the Ritz Hotel in Piccadilly. The parade will pass through Piccadilly Circus, Pall Mall and Trafalgar Square.
Some 8,500 performers will “play their socks off” during the procession, organisers have promised.
It will end with a rendition of Land of Hope and Glory in Parliament Square at 1500 GMT.
The crowd is expected to exceed 500,000.
All of the marching bands have now arrived in the UK, despite concerns hundreds of participants would be stranded by snow in the United States.
The final musicians flew in on Friday morning.
On Thursday morning there was a burst water main on the Victoria Street section of the route, but Westminster Council praised Thames Water for repairing the broken pipe within 14 hours.
The parade’s floats will have a silver theme to mark the 25th year of the parade.
The parade is being broadcast live on the BBC London website.
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Water bowsers were deployed earlier in the week in Carmarthenshire About 400 homes are still without water in Powys as engineers work around the clock to restore supplies.
At one point, 2,000 properties in Llandrindod Wells (LD1) were without water earlier this week, and thousands more across Wales.
In Horeb, Carmarthenshire, about 50 properties are still without supply.
Welsh Water said it has been dealing with an “unprecedented” number of burst pipes due to freezing conditions.
It said it is making “good progress” with repairs, and admits there are more isolated problems elsewhere.
In Powys, operations director Peter Perry said engineers are “expending every effort today to get these customers back on supply”
In Horeb, Carmarthenshire, “air locking” in the mains is affecting about 50 homes since repairs were made at a pumping station in the county which had been causing low pressure or loss of supply to 3,000 homes around St Clears.
Mr Perry said there were still isolated problems in rural areas across Wales.
“We are also very much aware that there are isolated incidents of supply loss affecting single or small numbers of customers across the region.
“We are doing all we can to follow these up and we are looking to contact customers today to resolve these issues. I would urge customers in these circumstances not to hesitate to contact us again if necessary.”
In Llandrindod Wells, Dwr Cymru has made available bottled water at Hundred House common – near the recycling centre – and Glascwm village centre.
Homes in Cregrina, Frankbridge, Glascwm and Hundred House are suffering from low pressure caused by mains leaks.
In addition, engineers are tankering water into a local reservoir which is designed to improve pressure to help supplies return to normal.
As communities continue to be affected in Rhayader, bottled water is also being available from Sun Inn, St Harmon, and Mid Wales Inn, Pant-Y-Dwr.
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Drones have killed hundreds of people in 2010 Two US drone attacks have killed at least 11 people in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal region, local officials say.
The missiles fired from unmanned planes on Saturday targeted militants in an area just north of Miranshah town, reports say.
The death toll cannot be independently confirmed and it is not clear whether all those killed were militants.
The area, near Afghanistan, is seen as a haven for Taliban and al-Qaeda.
On Friday, five people died in a US drone attack, officials said. That attack struck a vehicle convoy near Miranshah.
There have been more than 100 such attacks in the tribal region this year. US drone attacks have increased under the presidency of Barack Obama, often occurring several times every week.
The US does not routinely confirm that it has launched drone operations, but analysts say only American forces have deployed such aircraft in the region.
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Police and fire services are at Ford open prison near Arundel, West Sussex, after a riot broke out, the Prison Service has confirmed.
In a statement, the Ministry of Justice said that around 40 prisoners began smashing windows and setting fires in some buildings.
A spokesman said that prison service staff were forced to retreat.
He added: “We have no reports of any injuries to staff or prisoners at this stage.”
The prisoners involved also set off fire alarms at the prison.
Ford is an open prison housing category D inmates.
The spokesman said: “Specialist teams of prison officers have been called in to deal with the incident.”
HMP Ford accepts offenders who have under two years left to serve on their sentences.
The Prison Service website says that the institution – which can hold up to 557 inmates – does not house criminals who have been convicted of arson, some sexual offences, or restraining offences.
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Dr Tony Falconer says more senior doctors should work overnight in hospitals Pregnant women who give birth overnight at NHS centres are more likely to receive inferior treatment, the UK’s chief maternity specialist has said.
Dr Tony Falconer told the Guardian that inexperienced staff on night shifts were more likely to make poorer decisions than their day colleagues.
He said more senior doctors overnight would mean “fewer mishaps”.
The Department of Health said all mothers should expect “excellent care” all the time.
Dr Falconer, president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, told the newspaper that most out of hours maternity care was safe, but that the issue was of immense concern.
He said: “I don’t want to frighten people and say that the quality of care at 2am is appalling, but it’s not the same level.
The consultant gynaecologist said that mothers faced more risk at night because trainee obstetricians and other integral staff such as anaesthetists tended to be less experienced than those who worked day shifts.
He said: “Obstetric care isn’t the same at 3am as it is at 3pm, and it should be. This is a matter of huge concern.
“One of the ironies of the health service… is this culture that the NHS basically runs at one level for 40 hours a week, and at a completely different level for the rest of the week”
Dr Tony Falconer
“Care overnight isn’t as robust as it is at it is at 9am or 2pm. It’s not as good. At 2am, you do not have the same experience.”
He added that junior obstetric doctors could lack the technical skills and experience needed to use forceps or vacuum to help make the birth process easier.
They may also take longer to realise if new mothers had any complications after giving birth.
He also said that there appeared to be a disproportionate number of NHS payouts over alleged medical negligence in childbirth which involved babies who were born overnight.
The NHS reportedly spends around £300m a year settling these type of cases – money, Dr Falconer said, could be spent on paying for up to 1,000 senior doctors.
He said the NHS ran a multi-tier service – which was inappropriate for acute cases.
“One of the ironies of the health service, and this view is shared by very senior people, is this culture that the NHS basically runs at one level for 40 hours a week, and at a completely different level for the rest of the week.
“And when you are dealing with acute services, that shouldn’t happen,” he said.
In a statement, a Department of Health spokeswoman said that all mothers “should expect consistently excellent maternity services no matter what the time of day or night”.
She added: “Our proposals for maternity networks are designed so that mothers are able to get safe and quality maternity services. Local maternity services should ensure there are appropriate numbers of professional and support staff, and staffing levels should be reviewed and audited annually.”
She said the government was also committed to improving the number of midwives.
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At least two people died when a hot air balloon crashed in Somerset.
It happened just before 1000 GMT on a golf course at Midsomer Norton. Emergency services were at the scene.
John Oliver, of Great Western Ambulance service, said at least two people were dead.
He added that there was no indication yet as to what had caused the balloon to come down.
More to follow.
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Extra ambulance crews were deployed to deal with the surge in calls Bosses at the Scottish Ambulance Service said they have had their busiest New Year on record with 3,141 calls to their three emergency centres.
That represents a 47% increase on last year’s figure of 2,141.
The service, which has call centres in Edinburgh, Cardonald and Inverness, deployed extra ambulance crews and call takers to deal with the surge.
Pauline Howie, chief executive of the Scottish Ambulance Service, said all staff had done a “fantastic job”.
She added: “Hogmanay is always the busiest night of the year, but this year staff had to deal with record numbers across the country.
“Our contingency planning ensured that there were additional resources in place to deal with the demand and respond to patients in need.”
Inverness, which covers Grampian and the Highlands and Islands, was particularly busy and handled additional overflow calls from Edinburgh and Cardonald during peak periods.
The 3,141 calls were registered between midnight and 0700 GMT on New Year’s Day.
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Pope Benedict XVI is to host a summit of religious heads to discuss how they can promote world peace, he says in a New Year’s message.
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Javier Hernandez comes on to score the winner for below-par leaders Manchester United at the expense of West Brom who missed a second-half penalty.
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A Wrexham father has died of suspected swine flu on Boxing Day, just 10 days after his wedding.
Martin Clorley, 37, became ill two days after his marriage to Nicola Bartley, 39, at Wrexham Register Office.
The father of two young children and a stepdaughter died a short time after being taken to Wrexham Maelor Hospital on Boxing Day morning.
“How can somebody get the flu and then be dead? He was a healthy person,” his wife asked.
The family are understood to live in Coedpoeth where she works at a chemist’s. The couple had been together for 12 years.
“He was a big-hearted man who doted on the children,” she told the Leader newspaper.
“I’ve got a pile of wedding cards and another pile of sympathy cards.
“I want answers but really, nothing will help.”
The Daily Post newspaper said results of a post-mortem examination on Friday confirmed Mr Clorley had “succumbed” to swine flu.
It is understood an inquest has been opened and adjourned by the north east Wales coroner.
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A woman in her 20s has been attacked and raped in County Londonderry.
It happened at Catherine Street in Limavady shortly after midnight on Saturday 1 January.
A police spokeswoman confirmed that an investigation is under way. The area around the scene of the attack was cordoned off but has now been reopened.
The PSNI woman said a 23-year-old man had been arrested and was being questioned about the attack. There are no further details at present.
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Two men have died after a hot air balloon crashed on a bowling green in Somerset. Witness Sarah Andrews described seeing the balloon canopy and basket on fire.
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Lyudmila Alexeyeva called on Russia’s fractured opposition to unite A leading Russian human rights activist has complained about the arrest of more than 120 people at opposition rallies in Moscow and St Petersburg.
Lyudmila Alexeyeva said there was no point obtaining permission to protest if people were detained regardless.
Opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was among those detained during the rallies on New Year’s Eve.
The authorities said those arrested in Moscow were going to another, unauthorised demonstration.
Police in Moscow detained 68 people, while more than 50 were arrested at the St Petersburg demonstration, which did not have a permit.
The rallies take place regularly on the 31st day of the month to highlight Article 31 of the Russian constitution, which protects the right to freedom of assembly.
Mr Nemtsov, once first deputy prime minister, described Mr Putin as a threat to Russia. He was arrested when he attempted to break through police lines, police said.
Protesters at the Moscow rally also demanded that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin stand down and called for the release of former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, an outspoken critic of the Kremlin.
Many of the protesters were dressed as Father Frost or the Snow Maiden, traditional Russian characters. Among them was Ms Alexeyeva, at 83 one of Russia’s most respected human rights activists.
Ms Alexeyeva, head of the Moscow Helsinki Group, called on the fractured opposition to unite against the government.
Russia has rejected foreign criticism of Khodorkovsky’s imprisonment, which was extended for another five and a half years after his second trial concluded on Thursday.
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