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Rise in UK deaths expected due to snow and ice weather warnings
Public health bosses in the UK are expecting a rise in deaths from cold weather, amid severe weather warnings for snow and ice over the next five days.
The UK’s Health Security Agency (UKHSA) issued an amber alert for social care in England, saying vulnerable people were at risk as …
Thursday briefing: Why Kemi Badenoch’s rough start as Tory leader shouldn’t be a surprise
Good morning. I hope you had a restful Christmas and New Year, spent in a spirit of calm and conviviality. Kemi Badenoch, the already embattled new leader of the Conservative party, spent hers on the front pages after picking an extravagantly unnecessary fight with Nigel Farage over
the reliability …
A quarter of a century on: what we got right and wrong about sport’s future
Spectacular aurora australis thrills sky gazers across south-east Australia
South-eastern Australia was treated to a dazzling natural light show to begin 2025.
A vibrant aurora australis was visible to the naked eye on New Year’s Day in Tasmania and parts of Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and New South Wales.
Streaks of green and purple southern lights were visible …
Tweaking the Olympics cycle is a champion idea | Letters
Sean Ingle’s suggestion of holding the Olympics every two years is an interesting one (
Paris Olympics were great, so why not hold summer Games every two years?, 30 December
). However, another option would be to take some or all of the indoor sports out of the summer …Three-day snow warning issued for parts of England, Scotland and Wales
A three-day heavy snow warning has been issued by the Met Office as thousands of households mopped up after torrential new year rain led to flooded properties, travel chaos and power cuts.
Temperatures could plunge to well below freezing at the weekend with up to a foot of snow across …
It’s a washout: how Sydney’s Test cricket rain curse stops play and leaves Australian cities in its wake
Even if it doesn’t rain at the New Year’s Test this year, and the forecast a day before the first ball is promising, history suggests it would be safer to hold the match earlier in the cricket season. At least 26 full days of play have been rained out at …
‘We can be weirdos too’: the Black mermaids creating their own fantasy worlds
The Spin | Let the Ashes mind games begin: gazing through a crystal ball at cricket in 2025
January
The final game between Australia and India at the SCG, the Aussies’ last home Test before they face England in Perth in November, features every single member of Pat Cummins’ side becoming complicit in what is interpreted within the England camp as a significant escalation in Ashes mind games. …
Wednesday briefing: The people, policies, places and pop culture that could define 2025
Good morning – and happy new year.
Whether you are reading this on the way home from a
very
late night or feeling refreshed after tucking yourself in at precisely 00:01, welcome to 2025. While technically it may be just another day, it’s hard to avoid the feeling of …