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Residents were evacuated from their homes in the middle of the night after a landslide caused a 70ft (21m) wall to collapse into their properties. Five families were forced to flee their terraced houses after tonnes of rubble came tumbling down in the pouring rain at 1am on Wednesday. Terrified locals were woken by the sound of bricks and earth collapsing into their gardens on Spalding Road and Windmill Lane, in Sneinton, Nottinghamshire. Emergency services rescued the families from four separate properties as their bathrooms and kitchens flooded during the torrential downpour. Photographs�...

Cold snap continues across East Lancashire as country braces for five days of snow THE country faces five days of snow and ice across northern parts, while heavy rain could cause problems further south. While temperatures are set to return to near freezing across Blackburn, Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale, Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley, people in East Lancashire are largely set to miss out on more snow hitting the country. Weather warnings are in place from today through to Friday in the north east and across to West Yorkshire, with Lancashire narrowly missing out in being hit. The outloo...

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South Yorkshire and parts of Derbyshire, West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester have been warned to prepare for hazardous roads and power cuts.

Parts of mid Wales could be blanketed with up to six inches (15cm) of snow this weekend. A yellow weather warning for snow, which at times will be heavy, has been issued by the Met Office, covering much of Wales. Forecasters said snowy conditions could bring some disruption to travel, with a warning in place from 3am until 6pm on Saturday. In Wales and the West Midlands, low lying areas could see up to three inches of snow (7cm) while higher ground above 200 metres may have up to six inches. The Met office said there is a "very low chance" of as much as eight inches (20cm) over high...