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A three-year-old child has been identified as one of two new local cases in Melbourne while authorities say her potentially infectious mother has been tested three times with completely different results. Victorian Minister for Health Martin Foley said on Sunday the child and an unrelated hotel quarantine worker had attended a private dinner on Sydney … Read more
More than 80 ‘high risk’ Chinese academics at Oxford are working in sensitive fields with potential military applications, think-tank claims More than 80 ‘high risk’ Chinese students in sensitive fields at Oxford last year 669 Chinese nationals who attended army-linked universities now work in UK The students pursue subjects that have potential military applications Now … Read more
Student’s scam alert over online modelling: Woman, 20, warns other would-be influencers not to hand over money up-front for the chance of commission on sales Millie Clarke, 20, from north London, approached to model for Instagram ‘brand’ Bristol University student found herself £284 out of pocket after buying clothes Brands lure would-be influencers in with … Read more
Communities in parts of Britain could be cut off ‘for several days’ by blizzards with a ‘whiteout weekend’ in prospect for most of Scotland after multiple warnings for snow were issued culminating in a 60-hour alert. The Met Office said ‘some higher rural communities could become cut off’ for days, with no gas, electricity, water … Read more
Blizzards bringing up to 16in (40cm) of snow are set to blast across a swathe of Britain this week – with yet more rain predicted for saturated parts of the country, after temperature fell to -7C (19F) overnight. Forecasters warn the wintry weather will hit from 10pm tonight and could last the rest of the … Read more
Blizzards bringing up to 16in (40cm) of snow are set to blast across a swathe of Britain this week – with yet more rain predicted for saturated parts of the country. Forecasters warn the wintry weather will hit from 10pm tonight and could last the rest of the week – while more than 250 flood … Read more
Thousands across the country are braced for more flooding in the wake of Storm Christoph as the Met Office warned of ice danger and said the UK is set ‘to get more wintry’ with -10C over the weekend. Care home residents were among those evacuated after floods in several areas across the North West and … Read more
Scam alert: Thieves claiming parking machines have swallowed their bank cards are making off with those belonging to sympathetic motorists and ‘stealing thousands of pounds in minutes’ Richmond Council has reported a rise in card thefts at parking payment machines in recent weeks in Kew, Twickenham and Teddington It says latest cases have seen criminals … Read more
Storm Christoph has put the army on standby in Britain as heavy rain triggered weather warnings across the country with more travel chaos predicted today – as the Met Office warns a ‘timeline of hazards’ lies ahead. Yesterday parts of Cumbria saw more than 80mm of rain of fall across Cumbria, with 77mm falling in … Read more
Sleeping Caribbean volcanoes rumble and smoke sparking a rare alert for 100,000 people who inhabit the chain of islands Volcanoes in Martinique and St. Vincent and the Grenadines are rumbling Officials issued an alert to the more than 100,000 people living on the islands The most recent warning was issued for La Soufriere volcano in St. … Read more