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NHS appeals for more ethnic men to step forward and donate blood
Emmanuel Amuah has his transfusions once every five weeks to help deal with sickle cell disease. The NHS has launched an urgent appeal calling on more black men to donate blood. NHS Blood and Transplant says that unless tens of thousands more black minority ethnic men come forward, there will be shortage of some rarer blood types.
NewsYahoo UK News VideoNew York museum is going to the dogs
The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog is opening in midtown Manhattan, returning to New York after three decades on the outskirts of St. Louis. The collection boasts portraits of royal and presidential pets, artefacts that trace canine history as far back as an estimated 30 million-year-old fossil, and devices that "match" visitors' faces with dog breeds and let people try their hand at basic dog training with a virtual puppy.
- NewsYahoo UK Staff
The catch-up: Your daily 5pm round-up of today's top stories
Including a witness to Prince Philip's car crash and the UK's new favourite car colour.
- NewsDavid Harding
Homeless man found dead in Belfast city centre
A homeless man has died on the streets of Belfast, police said
NewsYahoo UK News VideoAvalanche triggered to spectacular effect
A huge avalanche was triggered above the slopes of Grimentz, in the Swiss Alps, following heavy snow that had accumulated during recent bad weather, leading to raised avalanche warnings.
- NewsEllen Manning
Vicious gang jailed for a combined 60 years for 'ferocious' acid attack
The gang of nine were all sentenced - seven to jail terms - at Wood Green Crown Court following the attack in Hackney in May.
- NewsDavid Harding
'Callous and deceitful' trio who killed five in 'bomb-like' shop blast insurance scam jailed for life
Three men - Aram Kurd, Arkan Ali and hawker Hassan - have been jailed for life after murdering five people in a 'bomb-like' shop explosion in Leicester.
- NewsJane Howdle
Head teacher who penned moving letter to pupils is buried in coffin covered in their drawings
Sue East's touching letter reminding her pupils that "there is fairy dust to be found in every situation" went viral.
- NewsEllen Manning
Adventurous family quit the rat race and sell everything to travel around in a converted school bus
Derek Cobia and wife Amy, from Atlantia, Georgia, sold everything to travel around in a converted eco-friendly school bus.
- NewsDavid Harding
Boris Johnson makes fresh pitch for Tory leadership and says Brexit can unite the country
Boris Johnson makes a pitch to be Tory leader with a speech calling for post-Brexit lower taxes and immigration
- NewsJane Howdle
Murder probe launched after boxer, 21, gunned down at Doncaster pub
Tom Bell died after the incident at the Maple Tree in Doncaster, which happened shortly before 9pm on Thursday.
- NewsJane Howdle
Bum deal? UK could run out of toilet paper post-Brexit, former Labour MP tells French TV show
The Remainer warned that a sudden reinstatement of the customs barriers could see truckloads of toilet roll unable to access the UK.
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Rubbish piles up on Birmingham streets as binmen work to rule in ongoing dispute with council
Homeowners in parts of the Sparkhill and Balsall Heath areas of Birmingham say their rubbish hasn't been collected for over a month because of the dispute between binmen and the council.
- NewsDavid Harding
After Prince Philip's car crash, what are the rules for Britain's older drivers?
What is the safe age for drivers to still be on the road?
NewsYahoo UK News VideoUK weather: snow falls across parts of Britain
Flurries of snow have fallen across parts of Britain as freezing wintry conditions grip much of the country, but those expecting a thick blanketing could be disappointed. The Met Office has issued an ice warning for most of England and all of Wales and Northern Ireland that also reaches up into southern Scotland.
- NewsJane Howdle
UK temperatures plunge as Met Office predicts cold weather continuing into February
If you think -10C sounds horribly cold then you're going to need to brace yourself for what next week's weather has in store.
- NewsDavid Harding
'Killers' of child murderer found out about his crime just hours before 'luring him to his death'
Three men murdered their neighbour and tried to hide evidence after discovering he was a convicted child killer, a Welsh court has heard.
- NewsEllen Manning
Divers in Hawaii have close encounter with world's largest great white shark
A team of divers swam with a huge great white shark, believed to be one dubbed 'Deep Blue', in waters off Hawaii.
- NewsEllen Manning
May faces Cabinet revolt over no-deal Brexit after telling Corbyn she can't rule it out
Theresa May has told Jeremy Corbyn it is impossible for her to rule out a no-deal Brexit.
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Duke of Edinburgh was 'dazzled by the sun' before crash on 'accident blackspot'
Witness Roy Warne said he heard Prince Philip say he had been 'dazzled by the sun' when he crashed his Land Rover on the A149 near Sandringham in Norfolk.
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Duke of Edinburgh car crash: Prince Philip 'not injured' after accident on Sandringham Estate
The Duke of Edinburgh has been involved in a road accident while driving close to the Sandringham Estate. Philip, 97, was not injured in the crash on Thursday afternoon, Buckingham Palace said. Norfolk Police said officers were called to the Sandringham Estate shortly before 3pm “following reports of a collision involving two cars”.
- NewsYahoo UK Staff
The catch-up: Your daily 5pm round-up of today's top stories
Including the British family kicked out of New Zealand and the arrival of freezing weather.
NewsYahoo UK News VideoNew Zealand asks unruly British tourists to leave
A group of British tourists has been asked to leave New Zealand after they were reported for shoplifting, littering, threatening residents and causing chaos, an immigration official said. The family, who are travelling on British passports, were involved in a series of incidents in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, and Hamilton that have shocked New Zealanders.
- NewsAndy Wells
Dramatic footage shows motorist driving on wrong side of carriageway at speeds of 70mph in a 30mph zone
Jay Fenton jumped a red light on the A24 at Dorking in a silver BMW on December 9 last year.
- NewsAndy Wells
Pro-Remain group posts giant billboards featuring quotes from prominent Brexit MPs around Dover
Costs for the billboards are estimated to be in the region of £400.
