Month: January 2018

Weather warnings issued for parts of UK, including coastal alerts due to dangers posed by high waves hitting the shoreBritain is to experience wind gusts of up to 80mph as Storm Eleanor approaches, the Met Office has warned.The fifth named storm of the season would bring a “very windy” spell Read more…

Wildlife rescuers retrieve 43 eggs thought to be from of one of the world’s most poisonous snakes, the eastern brownStudents at a school on the New South Wales mid-north coast have learned a valuable lesson: sandpits make great snake nests.Wildlife rescuers were shocked when a call to remove about a Read more…

Total of 60,000 properties empty for the last two years Via: More than 11,000 homes in the UK have been empty for at least a decade, research finds

Winds of up to 80mph expected to hit parts of the country Via: Gale-force winds to hit Britain as yellow warnings issued by Met Office

Former chair of the Police Federation says the organisation is preventing progression of women and people from black and minority ethnic communities Via: Policing reforms blocked by Freemasons, former chair of the Police Federation says

The money wasted could have funded 1m more cataract operations or 250,000 hip replacements, says chief nursing officerAs the NHS struggles with budget cuts, soaring demand and staff shortages, almost £1bn is being wasted annually by patients missing appointments, figures reveal. In response, England’s chief nurse has urged patients to Read more…

Brexit secretary uses phrase of EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier to say UK wants ‘full sweep of economic cooperation’The Brexit secretary, David Davis, has turned the European Union’s negotiating mantra against the bloc to warn that it cannot “cherrypick” the terms of a free trade deal.Britain wants “the full sweep Read more…