UK weather: Francis batters UK overnight with record-breaking 80mph gales

Storm Francis left a trail of devastation in its wake today after battering Britain with record-breaking wind gusts of more than 80mph and six weeks’ worth of rain that brought travel chaos and flooded hundreds of homes. Rescue teams will resume two separate search operations in Cardiff this morning after reports of a man and … Read more

Labour leader Keir Starmer calls for jobs to be protected as coronavirus crisis batters the economy 

Labour leader Keir Starmer calls for jobs to be protected with a ‘back-to-work budget’ as coronavirus crisis batters the economy Sir Keir Starmer said Labour would not let workers pay for the COVID-19 crisis The Labour leader also described the Government’s pandemic response as slow He was speaking at an online broadcast of the annual … Read more

Labour leader Keir Starmer calls for jobs to be protected as coronavirus crisis batters the economy 

Labour leader Keir Starmer calls for jobs to be protected with a ‘back-to-work budget’ as coronavirus crisis batters the economy Sir Keir Starmer said Labour would not let workers pay for the COVID-19 crisis The Labour leader also described the Government’s pandemic response as slow He was speaking at an online broadcast of the annual … Read more

Green wave batters Emmanuel Macron in local elections as his centrist party suffers humiliating loss

Green wave batters Emmanuel Macron in local elections as his centrist party suffers humiliating loss to socialist alliance with eco warriors Alliance between eco candidates and left-wingers proved dominant tonight Among them was Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo who won another six year term  Macron’s candidate for the mayoralty had just a 16 percent share of … Read more

Massive tornado batters Nashville as ‘extremely dangerous’ supercell sweeps through downtown

Tornadoes ripped across Tennessee as families slept early Tuesday, shredding more than 140 buildings and burying people in piles of rubble and wrecked basements. At least 22 people were killed, some before they could even get out of bed, authorities said. About 156 people have been hospitalized after first responders pulled them from the rubble of … Read more