However, you must leave your home if the authorities order you to evacuate. Mr. Centoni said that when evacuation orders for the S.C.U. Lightning Complex were issued in mid-August it meant to leave home as soon as possible in order to save lives. [Read the latest updates on the fires …...Read More
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Quiet streets of the Gatwick 'ghost town'
Advertisement Businesses in Crawley fear thousands of job losses at Gatwick Airport could cripple the town centre and devastate their livelihoods. Analysis by the aviation union Unite predicts more than 6,000 people based at the airport - employed directly by the airport, airlines, or in supply chains - have already …...Read More
Coronavirus cases in Britain ARE rising, statistics show
Advertisement Coronavirus infections in England are doubling every week and the reproduction 'R' rate could be as high as 1.7, according to a Government-led study. Health Secretary Matt Hancock today said that the spike in infections justifies the Government's strict new rule of six, warning people 'the pandemic is not …...Read More
Is that Hogwarts floating in the sky? Harry Potter's school seems to appear above Chinese city
Footage of the likeness of a Hogwarts-style castle appearing to float in the sky has caused a sensation on Chinese social media. The ghostly image of what looked like Harry Potter's school was spotted hovering above modern buildings in Shandong Province in eastern China this morning, according to accounts. Local …...Read More
How comeback kid Sweden got the last laugh on coronavirus
Advertisement While coronavirus cases rebound across Europe, Sweden is enjoying record low numbers of infections and deaths despite months of scepticism about its lockdown-free strategy. Sweden's infection rate - once the highest in Europe - is now lower than in Britain, Spain, France or Italy, as well as Norway and …...Read More
The U.S. imposed sanctions on a Ukrainian with ties to Russia, citing election interference.
The Trump administration imposed sanctions on a Ukrainian lawmaker Thursday for waging “a covert influence campaign” to undermine the presidential election after he disseminated information intended to hurt Joseph R. Biden Jr. The Treasury Department accused Andriy Derkach, a member of the Ukrainian Parliament, of being “an active Russian agent …...Read More
The clock is ticking, and Trump keeps engulfing himself in chaotic news cycles.
President Trump is running out the clock on his own re-election campaign. With less than eight weeks left until the election, and with early voting beginning in some states this month, the number of days Mr. Trump can afford to burn is dwindling. He is trailing Joseph R. Biden Jr. …...Read More
Shrinking sanctuary: 90 per cent of protected lands are isolated from one another
Protected areas of land around the world have become isolated from each other due to human activities such as farming, mining and urbanisation, study finds. More than 90 per cent of forests, parks and conservation areas are under intense pressure, leaving protected networks of plants and animals disconnected. Researchers from …...Read More
Massachusetts couple's gender reveal goes painfully wrong when flare fires into dad-to-be's crotch
A dad-to-be has been literally left accidentally set off a gender reveal flare straight into his crotch - leaving one friend to joke 'no need for that vasectomy'. When Kristin Cressotti and husband Tom gathered family and friends for a gender reveal party at home in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, on …...Read More
Neighbours who spent three months building rockery outside flats are forced to remove it by council
John Supron, who helped build rockery, said it was 'health and safety gone mad' The council ordered to demolish it due to worries over loose stones and rocks Neighbours who spent three months building a rockery outside their flats have been forced to remove it by the council over health …...Read More
