Day: December 4, 2020
Is it going to snow in London?
December 4, 2020Snow could fall across the capital today, with urgent ‘yellow’ weather warnings issued this morning for some parts of the city. The Met Office said snow may be ‘briefly heavy’ in the boroughs of Havering, Redbridge and Greenwich, Bexley and Bromley, in the east and south-east of London. But don’t get too excited, because the […]
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Three tier two areas are now among England’s worst Covid hotspots
December 4, 2020Three areas which are in tier two are now among the 20 worst coronavirus hotspots in England, according to the latest data. The Government has imposed strict restrictions on large parts of the country in a bid to bring infection rates down before Christmas. But some areas are contesting which tiers they have been put […]
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Investigations continue after four killed in water works blast near Bristol
December 4, 2020Three employees of Wessex Water and a contractor were killed in the blast at the firm’s water recycling centre in Kings Weston Lane, Avonmouth, on Thursday. The explosion happened in a silo that held treated biosolids before they are recycled to land as an organic soil conditioner. A fifth person was also hurt but their […]
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Prospect of Brexit trade deal breakthrough ‘receding’ as UK accuses EU of making fresh demands at 11th hour
December 4, 2020Hopes of an imminent deal appear to be fading after Thursday’s negotiations in London between the teams led by Lord Frost and the EU’s Michel Barnier. A senior UK Government source said: “At the 11th hour, the EU is bringing new elements into the negotiation. A breakthrough is still possible in the next few days […]
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