Great Britain Under Water
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A photographic look at the damage caused by the worst floods to hit the country in 60 years
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Emergency workers rescued hundreds of trapped people Monday as water swallowed swaths of central England in the worst flooding to hit the country for 60 years. Officials said some rivers were still rising, with the western section of the rain-swollen River Thames on the verge of bursting its banks.
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Parts of the UK could face flooding as severe gales meet this year's highest tides, weather forecasters warn.
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LONDON: Rescue workers combed an English coastal village in north Cornwall yesterday for people missing after a flash flood caused by torrential rain hit Britain&#39;s southwestern Atlantic coast.
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Trapped residents in Boscastle are lifted to safety from the roof of their flooded home. Three people were missing yesterday after a flash flood hit a coastal tourist area in south-west England, sweeping dozens of cars into the sea and leaving hundreds ...
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Great Britain enjoyed one of its best ever days at the Olympics on Saturday, claiming five gold medals. Rower Matthew Pinsent led the way, winning his fourth Games title in the coxless four ahead of Canada.
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Britain was separated from mainland Europe after a big flood about 200,000 years ago, a sonar study confirms.
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Divers may have found the wreck of a ship from the last foreign invasion of mainland Britain, over 200 years ago.
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A break in the weather in the North Atlantic has allowed a British tug to attach a line to the fire stricken Canadian submarine off the coast of Ireland.
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By Robin Turner  Tombstoning - the craze in which people jump into the sea from rocks or tall buildings - will kill again, coastguards warned last night. Their alert follows the death of a 46-year-old man from South Wales, who died after jumping 30ft into the sea off the South Devon coast.
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A storm heading from the Atlantic towards the UK prompts authorities to issue new flood warnings.
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LONDON, July 23 -- Britain's worst flooding in decades left tens of thousands of families without water or electricity Monday night and forced thousands from their homes, including some dramatically rescued from rising waters by helicopters and boats.
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Great Britain ended its gold medal drought at the Athens Olympics thanks to a superb victory in the Yngling class sailing competition here.
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HMS Vengeance returns to Faslane submarine base on the river Clyde. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images.Comment
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Science & environment: Proposals to protect almost 10,000 sq km of sea around Britain will fail, conservationists say
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LONDON  British police said today they believed no one had died in flash flooding that struck seaside communities in southwest England, but rescue operations were continuing.
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A government review is ordered into whether floods in parts of England could have been prevented.