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A burglar has been jailed for nine years after landing hauls which included porcelain from a country house worth £1 million and a £200,000 clock from another.

Around 50 people have been evacuated from their homes in Cheshire after a suspected gas explosion, police said.

A free telephone warning system has been set up to alert people living in Scotland when their area is in danger of flooding after the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) revealed that 100,000 properties are at risk.

Climate change is a more pressing issue in the minds of people who have seen flooding take place in their local area, research has suggested.

An increasing perception of police forces being stretched as a result of cuts could, in turn, encourage more people to commit crime, experts have claimed.

A large scale rescue exercise has taken place in North Wales, with emergency services working under the same kind of conditions that would be associated with severe flooding.

A new report has linked man-made greenhouse gases to an increased risk of flooding in the UK.

The roof of a block of flats in Dumfries and Galloway has been torn off by 90mph winds

The Tory-Lib Dem Government needs to provide enough money to ensure the country's flood defences are adequate, MPs have said.

The first months of 2011 will see a hike in online searches from the UK for products related to home insurance, experts have said.