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  • Boy survives ravine plunge

    A teenage boy was recovering in hospital today after plunging almost 50ft from a rope swing into a woodland stream. Emergency services spent two hours trying to find the teenager after the rope swing, attached to a tree, snapped and sent him plummeting

  • Air strikes start on Kabul

    The United States and Britain have tonight launched air strikes against the Afghan capital, Kabul. As explosions and anti-aircraft fire were heard in the city, President Bush's spokesman Ari Fleischer said: "We are beginning another front in our war against

  • County battens down hatches

    People in areas prone to flooding were keeping a close watch on the weather tonight after high winds and torrential rain battered Sussex. West Sussex bore the brunt of the storm, with 70mph gusts bringing down trees and causing travel chaos. The storm

  • Boy survives ravine plunge

    A teenage boy was recovering in hospital today after plunging almost 50ft from a rope swing into a woodland stream. Emergency services spent two hours trying to find the teenager after the rope swing, attached to a tree, snapped and sent him plummeting

  • County battens down hatches

    People in areas prone to flooding were keeping a close watch on the weather tonight after high winds and torrential rain battered Sussex. West Sussex bore the brunt of the storm, with 70mph gusts bringing down trees and causing travel chaos. The storm

  • Air strikes start on Kabul

    The United States and Britain have tonight launched air strikes against the Afghan capital, Kabul. As explosions and anti-aircraft fire were heard in the city, President Bush's spokesman Ari Fleischer said: "We are beginning another front in our war against