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With water levels already high across the north of England, and in parts of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales - after Storm Desmond in the first week of December brought record rainfalls and flooded thousands of homes in Cumbria and Lancashire, with heavy rain persisting throughout the month - on 26 December, Boxing Day, more rain caused the Environment Agency to...

The English pantomime developed out of the commedia dell'arte, a form of theatre that arose in Italy in the 16th century, and was characterised by comic improvisation based on sketches and masked types. Unusually for the period, the commedia dell'arte featured professional actors, with women rather than boys playing the female roles. Performers typically acted outside on temporary stages, utilising props,...

What's hot on the First TransPennine Express is the people, who find themselves rudely pressed together on these trains which even the most overexcited anorak - damp long before he starts sweating - must admit are unfit for purpose. First TransPennine Express is a British train operating company co-owned by FirstGroup - who were once maligned only for their buses - and the French transport firm Keolis. The company's...