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Three people are dead and two are injured after eating chocolate mousse thought to be contaminated by listeria bacteria (Picture: PA/Getty) Listeria is believed to have left three people dead, putting the NHS on high alert, but its symptoms are not always obvious. The deaths, one of which has been confirmed, are thought to be linked to frozen chocolate mousse desserts supplied to the health service. While they are being…

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The cost of applying for a passport is going up (Picture: Peter Titmuss/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) The government has announced it’s increasing the cost of applying for a passport. The new fees will come into place on April 10 and will see a variety of services provided by HM Passport Office put their prices up. The new prices are subject to approval from parliament first, though. It’s…

If you have one of the affected products in your freezer, return it for a full refund (Picture: SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett) A popular supermarket has recalled a microwave meal because it could contain pieces of plastic. Iceland is recalling its own-brand Vegetable Lasagne as the possible presence of plastic makes the meal unsafe to eat. The warning applies to 400g packs with best before dates of July 23 and…

The man died at the scene (Picture: Alamy) A man has been killed after a police car collided with a pedestrian. The incident happened in Acocks Green, Birmingham, just before 7pm on Wednesday. A marked police car was responding to a 999 call after the force were alerted to a man carrying knives on Warwick Road. The pedestrian, a man in his 40s, died at the scene. The two officers…

Bianca Bastos, Jordan Jeffreys, and their Australian Shepherd Milo enjoy the warm weather in Battersea Park, London (Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire) You could easily mistake the first day of spring for summer today as it’s the hottest day of the year so far, the Met Office has said. The Met Office has confirmed temperatures hit a whopping 20°C in southern areas in the UK today, just in time for the…

The garden retailer announced the openings after they fell into administration in November last year (Picture: Geoffrey Swaine/REX/Shutterstock) Homebase has announced they will open 14 new stores across the UK next month. The garden retailer announced the openings after they fell into administration in November last year. Homebase managed to strike a deal with retail group CDS, saving around 70 of their stores and 1,600 jobs. Now 14 brand new…

Cooper is described as 5ft 7ins tall, of medium build with short, cropped hair, (Picture: PA; Dave Nelson) A man has escaped from a prison van in the middle of a motorway on the way to court. Jamie Cooper, 33, fled from the prison van which was carrying suspects to Lancaster Magistrates’ Court, on the M55 by Catforth, Preston. He faked a medical emergency, before ‘overpowering and evading’ escort officers…

The body of the 84-year-old man was found on Butterstile Lane in Prestwich, Bury (Picture: Jake Lindley/Manchester Evening News) A 70-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after an elderly man was found dead in his home. The body of the 84-year-old man was found on Butterstile Lane in Prestwich, Bury, on Thursday, Greater Manchester Police said. Detectives said the injuries sustained by the victim were deemed to…