Storm Gerrit: ‘Tornado’ damages 100 homes in Stalybridge
Rooves are torn off houses, trees are blown down and walls collapse during Storm Gerrit.
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Israel Gaza war: Israeli minister warns Hezbollah over border fighting
33 minutes ago About sharing Fighting on the Israeli-Lebanese border earlier this week By James Gregory BBC News Israel’s military will act to remove Hezbollah from the border with Lebanon if its attacks continue, an Israeli minister has warned. Benny Gantz said the IDF would intervene if the world and the Lebanese government did not…
Jacques Delors: Tributes pour in for architect of modern EU
12 minutes ago About sharing The dreams of integration of Jacques Delors, seen here in 2012, faced stiff UK opposition By James Gregory BBC News Political leaders have paid tribute to former European Commission President Jacques Delors, who has died aged 98. Serving from 1985 to 1995, Delors helped create the single market allowing the…
Ukraine war: US releases last military aid for Kyiv for now
3 hours ago About sharing A Ukrainian soldier near the front line in Donetsk this week By Mike Wendling BBC News The White House has approved another tranche of US military aid to Ukraine worth some $250m (£195m). The latest package includes air defence, artillery and small arms ammunition, and anti-tank weapons, US officials say….
China is ramping up the pressure for Taiwan’s election
1 hour ago About sharing Campaigning is in full swing for Taiwan’s presidential election on 13 January By Rupert Wingfield-Hayes BBC News, Taiwan The December sun is baking on the Heng Chun peninsula, the tongue of land that juts out from the bottom end of Taiwan into the Philippine Sea. A half-smoked cigarette pokes from…
RSV: Jab for winter virus could cut baby hospitalisations by 80%, study says
31 minutes ago About sharing The government’s immunisation advisory committee is considering whether to recommend the monoclonal antibody treatment nirsevimab By Fergus Walsh Medical editor Hospital admissions from a winter virus could be reduced by more than 80% if babies are given a single dose of a new antibody treatment, a study says. Respiratory syncytial…
Junior doctors’ strike: Thousands of NHS appointments hit by walkout
1 hour ago About sharing By Nick Triggle Health correspondent Nearly 89,000 NHS appointments had to be cancelled because of last week’s junior doctor strike in England. Most – just over 86,300 – were hospital check-ups and operations, but 1,500 community and mental health appointments were also affected. Overall more than 1.2 million appointments have…
Russian celebs at ‘almost naked’ party stung by backlash
51 minutes ago About sharing Nastya Ivleeva and Philipp Kirkorov were pictured during the party By Steve Rosenberg Russia Editor This is Partygate: Russia-style. What happened at a Moscow nightclub was bizarre. What happened next says so much about the current atmosphere in Russia. On 20 December, blogger and TV presenter Nastya Ivleeva threw an…
Architect of modern EU Jacques Delors dies aged 98
Delors helped create the single market, but his dreams of integration faced stiff UK opposition.