The Met Office issued a yellow alert for fog, warning Britons of reduced visibility due to freezing fog. The warning is in place from 3am until 11am this morning. The meteorological office says the freezing fog is set to cause travel chaos with slower
Experts have issued a stark warning over a looming rise in bird flu cases in the UK this year. A significant wave of avian flu, which has already killed millions of birds in Britain, is poised to grow worse in the spring.
Energy regulator Ofgem has issued a dire warning over the UK energy industry, after Shell announced that it was considering exiting the country’s retail sector. Ofgem chief executive Jonathan Brearley warned that this move raises important questions over the industry’s attractiveness to
The ‘“Kraken” strain is on a rampage through the UK amid a 50 percent surge in Covid cases over the last 10 days. The sublineage of Omicron -XBB1.5 – accounted for 11 percent of Covid cases on January 16, doubling its presence
“Theoretically they could assassinate someone, if they needed to.” The Parliament’s cross-party Intelligence and Security Committee welcomed the new bill but said it was “disappointed” it had taken the Government such a long time to draft it, a spokesperson for the committee
Dog owners should be careful after cases of a life-threatening canine disease have been recorded around the United Kingdom. Two new cases of Alabama rot, known medically as cutaneous and renal glomerular vasculopathy, have been reported this year, according to vetinary specialist
Violent winds of up to 80mph are set to batter large swathes of the UK today, with Scotland copping the brunt over a 16-hour period. The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for wind covering four large regions, with experts
Joe Biden’s US has successfully tested a groundbreaking hypersonic weapon at speeds exceeding Mach 5, at altitudes above 60,000 feet, sending a powerful message to Russia’s Vladimir Putin about the US’s emerging capability. And developers are now confident such weapon systems can
The Jane Austen novel Northanger Abbey has been given a trigger warning by a university in London for “gender stereotypes”. The University of Greenwich accused the 19th century classic of depicting “sexism” and toxic relationships and friendships”, despite being published over 200
Covid cases have increased 50 percent in 10 days as a result of the omicron Kraken sub-variant. According to data from GISAID, Kraken doubled its share of UK Covid cases in the first two weeks of January, accounting for 11 percent of cases