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Wales weather: Snow and ice cause accidents and road closures BBC Snow hits North Wales as police issue ‘impassable’ road warning – North Wales Live Heavy snowfall causes road disruptions The Independent Traffic warning as snow and freezing temperatures make for treacherous driving conditions Belfast Live Snow and ice cause disruption in northern Scotland amid …

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Rishi Sunak’s government has blocked legislation passed by the Scottish Parliament that would have made Scotland the first part of the UK to introduce a self-identification system for people who want to change their gender. Scottish Secretary Alister Jack announced he would use section 35 of the Scotland Act 1998 for the first time to …

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Jeremy Clarkson has emailed an apology to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, he has revealed, following a backlash against his column in the Sun newspaper in which he said Meghan was ‘dreaming of the day they parade her naked. the streets”. The presenter of ITV’s Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and Amazon Prime’s …

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Keir Starmer has said he could support tougher laws against gun ownership, speaking in the wake of a shooting outside a north London church at the weekend. While there is no indication that the gun used in Saturday’s incident, in which four women and two children were injured by shotgun blasts, was legally owned, Starmer …

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Are you ready for Blue Monday, the day that falls this year earlier this week, calculated by former Cardiff University psychologist Cliff Arnall in 2005 to be the most depressing 24 hours on the calendar? Arnall’s damning conclusion about the third Monday of the first month (which he has since tried to counter) was based …

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Emma Raducanu aims to go beyond the second round at a Grand Slam event for the first time since winning the 2021 US Open. Dates: January 16-29 Venue: Melbourne Park Coverage: Commentary every day from 07:00 GMT on Radio 5 Sports Extra ‘Tennis Breakfast’ live from Melbourne, with selected live text commentary and match reports …

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Key events Show only key events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature Nadal 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 Draper* (* indicates server) Draper serves to stay at set. But with the score in his favor Nadal is forcing the issue. It works, too, as a hard drive by Nadal on the baseline catches Draper off balance. …

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A day in the life of a frontline doctor in the Donbas | On the ground For free real-time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox, sign up for our breaking news emails Sign up to our free emails for breaking news The chances are “minimal” of pulling more survivors from the wreckage of …

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Space is a vital part of our everyday life. We depend on satellites for weather forecasts, communications, banking transitions, not to mention valuable surveillance tools for nation states. And it’s getting busy out there. About 5,000 satellites were launched in 2021. 20 years ago, about 800 were released each year.