Investigators believe there are two new areas to search for missing British girl Madeleine McCann in Portugal. In their recent efforts, authorities are focusing on exploring the remote Barragem do Arade reservoir in the Algarve region. This location, referred to as a
Britons have been warned that even more torrential downpours are set to drench the UK in the coming days as many areas run the risk of lightning and flash flooding. The low centre from Wednesday has shifted southwards to Ireland, causing more
Portugal’s government on Thursday presented legislation to extend a ban on smoking to outdoor areas including covered terraces and to restrict tobacco sales, as it hopes to raise a tobacco-free generation by 2040. “With this amendment, we will start today to protect
A major review into Lancashire Police’s handling of missing mum Nicola Bulley’s disapperance will focus on three key areas of the force’s investigation, the county’s police and crime commissioner has said. It’s been announced today the independent review into Lancashire Police’s response
Battered by three intense cyclones in the space of a year, southeast Madagascar is experiencing the knock-on effect of those climatic disasters: “catastrophic” hunger in remote, inaccessible areas that is gaining little international attention, humanitarian groups say. Cyclone Batsirai hit in February
Michael Gove has said the Government plans to ban the sale of laughing gas to stop public areas from being turned into drug-taking “arenas”. The Communities Secretary was asked on Sky News’s Sophy Ridge On Sunday programme whether nitrous oxide would be
UK weather: Snow showers forecast by Met Office The UK is bracing to be smothered in heavy snow and the coldest temperatures of the year so far, with the latest weather maps showing the exact areas of the country to be worst
Hong Kong will lift its mask mandate on Wednesday, ending the city’s last major restriction imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The city’s chief executive, John Lee, said masks will no longer be required both outdoors and indoors, including on public transit, but
Dominic Raab gives update on Brexit The EU will retain a series of advantages on trade with the UK despite Rishi Sunak’s success in signing a deal allegedly solving the Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol stalemate. The Prime Minister has insisted that his
The Met Office has released a more in-depth weather forecast for March, with snow not entirely ruled out. The UK’s leading meteorologists have now shed more light on how next month will look, with some wintry showers expected. But there is no