Green wave batters Emmanuel Macron in local elections as his centrist party suffers humiliating loss

Green wave batters Emmanuel Macron in local elections as his centrist party suffers humiliating loss to socialist alliance with eco warriors Alliance between eco candidates and left-wingers proved dominant tonight Among them was Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo who won another six year term  Macron’s candidate for the mayoralty had just a 16 percent share of … Read more

HSBC profits halved as virus batters global economy

HSBC profits halve to £2.6billion in first quarter as coronavirus batters global economy – but banking giant puts 35,000 redundancies in Europe and US on hold ‘to reduce the uncertainty’ By Martin Robinson, Chief Reporter For Mailonline Published: 06:25 BST, 28 April 2020 | Updated: 08:16 BST, 28 April 2020 HSBC today revealed its first … Read more

Massive tornado batters Nashville as ‘extremely dangerous’ supercell sweeps through downtown

A massive tornado swept through Nashville early this morning leaving two people dead, multiple injured and thousands without power as high winds wreaked a trail of destruction. At least two tornadoes struck central Tennessee as heavy ‘supercells’ caused damage near downtown Nashville, knocking out power and tearing through buildings. Thousands were left without power as nearly 16,000 Nashville … Read more

Homes are almost totally under water as yet another storm batters Britain

Homes have been left almost totally underwater as yet another storm batters Britain – and father-to-be Boris Johnson still hasn’t visited a single victim.   Strong winds of up to 70mph, showers and snow across parts of Scotland and northern England are forecast for Sunday morning, with many areas waking to a frost and ice. There … Read more

Fourth storm in successive weekends strikes Britain as 70mph Storm Jorge batters flood-hit towns

Flood-hit towns took another severe battering yesterday as February was declared the wettest on record. Storm Jorge was the latest in a series which have struck the UK, bringing heavy downpours, 70 mph gales and snow. More than 300 flood warnings and alerts were in place across England and Wales yesterday. And today there are … Read more