5 d. ago Avalanche that killed 8 people 'triggered by massive 600% increase in rain and snowfall'

Experts pointed to extreme weather effects from climate change to explain the disaster which struck India on Friday.

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5 d. ago Wooden spoons are making us sick? I thought that was fish slices | Arwa Mahdawi

Another day, another health scare. I’m struggling to know which dangers I should take seriouslyIf you want to stir up online controversy, wooden spoons are the perfect tool with which to do so. Every few years, influencers go viral with warnings about how the wooden spoons in your kitchen are covered in disgusting gunk and if you don’t boil them immediately you will poison yourself and everyone you love.In 2023, for example, a woman called Lulaboo Jenkins posted a TikTok video of her boiling spoons. Millions of people watched the water turn brown and it triggered a deep-cleaning craze. The Guardian’s Tim Dowling had a go, detailing the results in an article that prompted more than 1,000 comments. Who knew spoons could inspire such a feverish response? (Well, Jenkins, I suppose.) Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Angela Rayner claims 'the biggest upgrade in workers rights in a generation' will BOOST the economy  amid fears firms will drown in red tape

The Deputy Prime Minister insisted that the Employment Rights Bill would trigger a boom in spending because millions of people would have the security to 'get on in life'.

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7 d. ago Eight killed in Himalayan avalanche as dozens of workers rescued from shipping containers

Northern Indian region struck by calamity is ecologically sensitive and prone to avalanches and landslides

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1 week ago British climber killed in avalanche while scaling frozen waterfall in Norway

The man and a friend had attempted The Gausta Marathon, a frozen waterfall slope close to Rjukan

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1 week ago British climber is killed by avalanche while climbing frozen waterfall in Norway

The man, who has not been identified, died while scaling one of the three frozen Gaustatoppfossen waterfalls on the Gaustatoppen mountain in Telemark, in the southeast of Norway, on Friday.

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1 week ago British climber killed in horror avalanche while scaling frozen waterfall with friend

His body was recovered yesterday and his pal - a man in his 30s - was airlifted to hospital by helicopter but his injuries were not believed to be life threatening

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1 week ago Brit climber killed in horror avalanche while scaling frozen waterfall with friend

The intrepid pair, who have not been identified, tackled the icy slope of frozen falls dubbed The Gausta Marathon in Norway but tragedy struck as a wall of ice and snow thundered into them

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1 week ago Trigger Happy TV's most controversial moments – from arrests to unsettling politicians

Satirist Dom Joly's iconic hidden camera show, Trigger Happy TV, has been making people laugh for 25 years - but some of the most memorable scenes nearly went horribly wrong

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2 w. ago Avalanches in western US claim more lives in recent weeks including a weekend death in Colorado

One person has been killed in a weekend avalanche in Colorado

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2 w. ago Snowboarder killed in fourth avalanche death in the West this week

Colorado snowboarder was killed in powerful snow slide near Silverton while a partner skiing with her survived

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2 w. ago Snowboarder killed in Colorado avalanche in 4th slide death in West this week

A snowboarder has been killed in an avalanche in the mountains of southwestern Colorado

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2 w. ago Ski shop heir and his wife killed in horror avalanche that pummeled two states

Terance Skjersaa, 57, and Susan Skjersaa, 52, of Bend, died on Monday while snowmobiling in Happy Valley in the Deschutes National Forest after being buried under an avalanche.

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2 w. ago The names of 2 backcountry skiers killed by an Oregon avalanche have been released

Sheriff's officials have released the names of two backcountry skiers who were killed by an avalanche in Oregon's Cascade Mountains

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2 w. ago 2 people killed in Oregon avalanche near a snowmobile trail, authorities say

Search and rescue crews have recovered the bodies of two people buried in an avalanche near a snowmobile trail in Oregon

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2 w. ago There are many ways Trump could trigger a global collapse. Here’s how to survive if that happens | George Monbiot

It could be wildfires, a pandemic or a financial crisis. The super-rich will flee to their bunkers – the rest of us will have to fend for ourselvesThough we might find it hard to imagine, we cannot now rule it out: the possibility of systemic collapse in the United States. The degradation of federal government by Donald Trump and Elon Musk could trigger a series of converging and compounding crises, leading to social, financial and industrial failure.There are several possible mechanisms. Let’s start with an obvious one: their assault on financial regulation. Trump’s appointee to the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Russell Vought, has suspended all the agency’s activity, slashed its budget and could be pursuing Musk’s ambition to “delete” the bureau. The CFPB was established by Congress after the 2008 financial crisis, to protect people from the predatory activity that helped trigger the crash. The signal to the financial sector could not be clearer: “Fill your boots...

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