Heavy snow could fall in large parts of England within the next week as the UK braces for several days of unstable weather, with a cold weather alert coming into force and dozens of flood warnings already in place. The Met Office has issued yellow warnings for rain for Wales and many areas in England,
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A cold weather alert has been issued for large parts of England, with the Met Office warning of heavy snow and health risks to vulnerable people. The level 2 alert runs from 6pm on Sunday to 9am on Thursday across the North, Midlands, and central and eastern parts of England. The Met Office says there
The Treasury is set to make £3.8bn in profit from the intervention the Bank of England made in markets last year. The Bank bought £19.3bn worth of government debt – or gilts – in the wake of Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng‘s mini-budget in September. Soaring interest rates put some pension funds at risk of
Around 40 percent of mortgage deals have been removed by lenders, despite Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s attempts to reassure financial markets. Sky News’ Adele Robinson takes a look at the details. #politics #conservative #number10 #costofliving #mortgage Read more here: https://news.sky.com/politics SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews
Though millions of people have visited Disneyland, few know about three secret locations inside the park. Cristina Alesci goes inside the most sacred spaces in the “Happiest Place on Earth,” all with special ties to Walt himself.
The RMT union has announced it is working with train operators “towards a revised offer” following more talks to end strike action. Following today’s negotiations with the Rail Delivery Group (RDG), the RMT said: “We have had detailed discussions and we are working jointly towards a revised offer. “Both parties have agreed to continue discussions
Wind turbine blades photographed at a facility in China’s Hebei Province on July 15, 2022. The world’s second largest economy is a major force in technologies crucial to the planned energy transition. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images The world is moving into “a new age of clean technology manufacturing” that could be
Blue singer Lee Ryan has been found guilty of the racially aggravated assault of a black female cabin crew member on a British Airways flight. It comes after an incident on a plane journey from Glasgow to London on 31 July last year. Ealing Magistrates’ Court heard the singer was “slurring his words and staggering
The PGA Tour’s 2023 calendar started with a bang last week, as Jon Rahm rallied from a 6-shot deficit over the final nine holes to catch Collin Morikawa at the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Kapalua, Hawai’i. The tour stays in the islands for one more week at the Sony Open in Honolulu, before starting
Jan 9, 2023 NFL NationESPN The 2022 NFL season came down to the end once again, as the Lions’ victory over the Packers at Lambeau Field on Sunday night sent the Seahawks to the playoffs. Seattle was in that position thanks to its overtime win against the Rams. The Dolphins also earned their way into
In this article FTT.CM= BNB.CM= VYGVQ Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Former FTX chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried (C) arrives to enter a plea before US District Judge Lewis Kaplan in the Manhattan federal court, New York, January 3, 2023. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images In a Thursday morning Substack post, FTX
A meeting between civil servants’ unions and the government was a “complete farce” so they will go ahead with their strike, union leaders said. On Wednesday, the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union announced its 100,000 members, from 124 government departments, will strike on 1 February over pay, jobs and conditions. It will be the
A university department in the US has said it has removed the word “field” from its curriculum because it may have racist “connotations”. Under the change, phrases including “field work” and “going into the field” will no longer be used, according to a letter from the school of social work at the University of Southern
Average ambulance response times in England last month were the longest on record – as more than half of people at major A&Es had to wait longer than four hours for the first time since records began in 2011. New figures show the average response time in December for ambulances in England dealing with the
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Sky News was given exclusive access to the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria, including to the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo, which has been described as the most hazardous building in Western Europe. The site is focussed on cleaning up 70 years of our nuclear waste legacy. Read more here: https://news.sky.com/story/sellafield-an-inside-look-at-the-most-hazardous-building-in-western-europe-as-work-to-remove-radioactive-sludge-begins-12630798 #Nuclear #SkyNews SUBSCRIBE to our
Former FBI agent Tracy Walder argues that the suspect arrested in connection to the killings in Idaho didn’t learn enough about criminal investigations while studying criminal justice. #CNN #News
A bagpipe player and a belly dancer on stilts, participants in the “Burning Man” festival, cross a section of the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. Mike Nelson | AFP | Getty Images Organizers of the art and cultural festival Burning Man and several environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Amazon workers arrive with paperwork to unionize at the NLRB office in Brooklyn, New York, October 25, 2021. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters A federal labor agency on Wednesday certified an independent union’s landmark victory at Amazon‘s Staten Island warehouse and threw out a litany of
An additional batch of classified documents have been discovered by aides to President Joe Biden. The papers were found in a location separate from the Washington office he used after leaving the Obama administration, NBC News reported, citing a source familiar with the matter. It comes after the White House said on Monday that the