UK: Widespread Flooding Hits Greater Manchester Forcing Hundreds To Evacuate 6

Heavy rain caused severe flooding across Greater Manchester on New Year's Day, forcing at least 13,000 people to evacuate. Emergency services declared a major incident. The River Mersey reached its highest levels in 66 years and burst its banks. Around 400 homes were evacuated, and 500 people, including asylum seekers, were rescued from the Britannia Country Park Hotel.

Father, sister of missing British woman meet press

Father, sister of missing British woman meet press

TOKYO, Japan - Tim and Sophie Blackman, the father and sister of a 21-year-old British woman missing in Japan, meet the press July 13 at the British Embassy in Tokyo. Lucie Blackman disappeared after leaving her apartment in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on July 1. Two days later, a British friend of hers, Louise Phillips, received a call from a man speaking in broken English saying Blackman was undergoing training in a new religion in Chiba Prefecture.

Kid Galahad film (1937)

Kid Galahad film (1937)

Edward G. Robinson & Bette Davis Characters: Nick 'Nicky' Donati & Louise 'Fluff' Phillips Film: Kid Galahad (USA 1937) Director: Michael Curtiz 26 May 1937 Date: 26 May 1937

Father, sister of missing British woman meet press

Father, sister of missing British woman meet press

TOKYO, Japan - Tim and Sophie Blackman, the father and sister of a 21-year-old British woman missing in Japan, meet the press July 13 at the British Embassy in Tokyo. Lucie Blackman disappeared after leaving her apartment in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on July 1. Two days later, a British friend of hers, Louise Phillips, received a call from a man speaking in broken English saying Blackman was undergoing training in a new religion in Chiba Prefecture.