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Great white sharks are being forced to move into cooler waters due to climate change – but the move is putting local endangered wildlife at risk, experts warm. Researchers from Monterey Bay Aquarium tracking the movement of young Great White Sharks noticed dramatic changes in their movements from 2014 onwards. They found that following a … Read more
Tipping point! Moment driver flips truck after taking bend too fast – forcing van to swerve off road to dodge crash Truck driver spotted losing control after taking sharp turn on a country road Narrowly clipped a food bank van before flipping over onto its side The incident was caught on a driver’s dashcam in … Read more
Hundreds of residents were evacuated from their homes after more than a month’s rain in 56 hours turned rivers into raging torrents – with at least one person feared drowned. Storm Christoph brought a trail of destruction to north-west England and Wales yesterday, and worse could be yet to come as across the country major rivers … Read more
Tens of thousands of small businesses are set for a £1.2billion windfall after the Supreme Court ordered insurers to pay out for losses from the first Covid lockdown. Cafes, pubs, beauty parlours, holiday firms and wedding planners are among the 370,000 firms that had policies which should now pay out. Former footballer Gary Neville, who … Read more
British tourist is blamed for Covid-19 outbreak in Switzerland that has caused officials to scrap Ski World Cup races 91st Luberhorn classic in Wengen, Switzerland, was cancelled earlier this week Covid outbreak infected 60 at resort – half of the cases blamed on a single Briton World Cup races moved to Kitzbuehel but Austrian officials have … Read more
Cattle grids don’t just stop cows! Metal grates trigger emergency brakes in new cars forcing drivers to skid off the road Somerset council said cattle grids are leaving some modern cars confused The cars mistake the grids for obstructions and automatically brakes the vehicle The council have spent £70,000 addressing adapting the grid to By … Read more
Once, British banks were regarded as solid and dependable institutions, staffed by responsible people who would guard customers’ savings as they would their own, come famine, flood or war. What was left of that image was destroyed in the 2007/08 banking crisis — symbolised by the queues of people outside Northern Rock branches desperate to … Read more
Indonesian volcano erupts forcing thousands to flee their island homes as giant cloud of deadly gas fills sky and avalanche of lava roars down mountainside The Mount Ile Lewotolok volcano in the East Nusa Tenggara province of Lembata Area near the volcano is likely to be inundated with ‘hot clouds and lava stream’ No casualties have … Read more
Working from home is giving people a sore throat, scientists claim, and it is caused by having to continuously raise and strain voices during Zoom meetings. Researchers from Trinity, College Dublin surveyed 1,575 people on times they have suffered from a hoarse voice or vocal tract discomfort since coronavirus lockdown. More people began working from … Read more
Forcing elderly veterans to stand outside on Remembrance Sunday because of a lockdown ban on mass church worship has been branded ‘imbecilic’ by the House of Lords. The lockdown, which comes into force across England at midnight tonight, will ban veterans from attending Remembrance Sunday services inside churches and will instead require them to stand outside to play … Read more