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
Bird flu has killed tens of thousands of birds, mostly pelicans, and at least 716 sea lions in protected areas across Peru, the authorities said, as the H5N1 strain spreads throughout the region. Peru recorded its first case of the virus in
Defying the decline of crime overall, offences involving knives and other sharp objects remain a serious concern for British police. Responsible for roughly two-fifths of all homicides each year, some areas of England and Wales experience far higher rates of knife crime
PM defends Levelling Up funding and denies it favours South East On Friday morning, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt described the “over-concentration of wealth in the South East” as a weakness of the UK economy. This reflects the core of the Government’s levelling up
BEIJING, China – With the first infections of COVID-19 cases in China’s big cities having passed, all eyes are on the rural areas as a new wave of infections is predicted, preparing China’s remote and often poorer regions will be complicated. “Even
Storm-battered California is braced for another deluge tonight as major hubs experienced 11 months worth of rain in just 11 days. Evacuation warnings remain in place after entire communities – such as celebrity hotspot Montecito – were forced to flee their homes