Christmas chaos as English town goes car park crazy
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Drivers have reduced a quiet English market town to motor mayhem in the Christmas shopping rush, shamelessly cashing in while the only local traffic warden is suspended, reports said.
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Severe weather warnings are issued across the UK, as heavy snows bring a white Christmas for many.
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First came the sickening crack of splitting earth, then a sudden roar as dirt and vegetation swallowed home after home. Alerted to the landslide by screams and honking horns, some in this sliver of a town found themselves literally racing the fast-moving flow downhill as it tore through cars and telephone poles.
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UP to 3000 workers face an uncertain Christmas after Melbourne-based auto parts maker Ion collapsed yesterday, weighed down by more than $300million in debt.
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Hundreds of passengers face spending Christmas in hotels after fog causes major flight disruption at Heathrow.
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This holiday, toys are popping up in the most unexpected places: gas stations, auto-parts chains, home and garden stores.
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Elaine Withers figures she lost an hour looking for parking on Christmas Eve at Southwest Florida International Airport. When she moved to Naples, she thought she&#39;d gotten away from the Yankee winter weather.
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Shoppers flocked to Britainâs stores for the busiest weekend so far this Christmas, retailers said. Early indications show pre-season sales bucked takings at the tills compared to the same time last year.
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London's police are putting a new jingle into Christmas.
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THE OLD Christmas carolâs âlittle townâ is now a city larger than Charleston, and itâsa depressing place. Four years ago, more than 91,000 tourists visited in a year to see Bethlehemâs religious
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A vandal has knocked over a controversial waxwork nativity scene which portrays David Beckham as Joseph and his wife Victoria as the Virgin Mary.
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Police today told of their shock at the &quot;utter devastation&quot; of the Berkshire rail crash. The car driver, who was among the dead, had parked across the track at the crossing in an apparent suicide.
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A series of tornadoes causes damage to buildings and vehicles across central and southern England.
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Heavy snow and storms caused chaos on Britain's roads and seas Friday, with a ship's captain being airlifted from his battered vessel with serious injuries and dozens of motorists rescued from cars.
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Overhead line damage causes rail chaos for passengers between London and the eastern counties.
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Dozens of Little Britain fans say their night was ruined when their cars were clamped outside a concert.
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FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. - Paula Barstow's singing Santa stopped singing after holiday vandals pulled out his power cord and ran over his head. Baby Jesus was literally cut out of the Shalimar Presbyterian Church's wooden Nativity display.