Portent of a Budget crash? Watch moment large branch breaks off as Mail political journalist sets out challenges Chancellor is facing

France is bracing for further chaos today ahead of a day of protests which will see shopkeepers prepare for violence and 70,000 riot police take to the nation's streets.

Software engineer Kieran Hughes, 25, wandered out of his 6th floor room at 4.15am on the sunshine holiday in Malta before accidentally tumbling to his death.

An amber weather warning is in place today across Scotland, the north of England down to Carlisle and the north-east of Northern Ireland.

Around 200 firefighters were deployed to battle the blaze at the Nazi dictator's remote and difficult-to-access Kehlsteinhaus residence in southern Germany.

Juniper Rayner, two, has battled complex medical issues including serious bowel problems, epilepsy and repeated infections - and has been in and out of hospital for the past 27 months.

'He probably thought he had got away with it'

The yellow warning for heavy rain will be in place throughout Saturday, while an amber alert will come into force from 9pm

"Very easy to set up, no bother at all, holds plenty in."

Leanne Gregory, 36, died on Tuesday while on a snorkelling expedition in the south of the island with her husband and sons when the current carried them away.

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