4 d. ago The moment ramraiders caused £35,000 damage at a village store

"This was a carefully orchestrated incident"

Economics

5 d. ago ‘She rang me to say there was water coming into the house’ – This is climate breakdown

His mother had lived in the same house for 83 years. When the floods came, no one was ready. This is Paul Gilbert’s storyLocation Chesterfield, UKDisaster Storm Babet, 2023Paul Gilbert’s mother, Maureen, lived in Chesterfield. In 2023, Storm Babet claimed seven lives across the UK, led to more than 10,000 people being evacuated from their homes and caused in excess of £450m in property damage. Extreme rainfall is more common and more intense because of human-caused climate breakdown across most of the world, and experts have linked some of the damage caused by Storm Babet to the climate crisis. Continue reading...

Society

7 d. ago Over 1,000 flights canceled and 5,000 delayed as FAA forced cuts continue to cause havoc for travelers

The FAA already reduced flights by 4 percent Friday, with plans to ramp up reductions in the coming days

Transport

7 d. ago Over 1,00 flights canceled and 5,000 delayed as FAA forced cuts continue to cause havoc for travelers

The FAA already reduced flights by 4 percent Friday, with plans to ramp up reductions in the coming days

Transport

8 d. ago Honda recalls over 400,000 of its most popular vehicles due to possible fault causing wheels to fall off

Honda Civics from 2016 to 2021 are affected by the recall

Politics

2 w. ago Drone footage shows Jamaican fishing village reduced to rubble after Hurricane Melissa

Drone footage captured how a Jamaican fishing village was reduced to rubble in damage caused by Hurricane Melissa.

Events

2 w. ago Shocking images show devastation Hurricane Melissa has reaped on Jamaica and Cuba

Up to 8,000 British citizens on Caribbean island as ‘storm of the century’ causes catastrophic winds and flash flooding

Events

2 w. ago London City Airport’s Community Fund donates a further £39,000 to local charities and organisations to support good causes

London City Airport’s Community Fund donates a further £39,000 to local charities and organisations to support good causes  London Post

Economics

2 w. ago What happens to your flight now air traffic controllers are not getting paid

Over 8,000 flights were delayed on Sunday due to massive staff shortages caused by the government shutdown

Politics

2 w. ago What happens to your flight now that air traffic controllers are not getting paid

Over 3,000 flights were delayed on Sunday due to massive staff shortages caused by the government shutdown

Politics

2 w. ago Common fuel pump mistake can cause £3,000 of damage as drivers warned

A diesel engine expert has warned drivers they could be causing thousands of pounds worth of damage to their vehicles by making a simple mistake when they fuel up

Events

2 w. ago The Guardian view on electronic implants: a new way of seeing, not of being | Editorial

Electronic implants are helping people to see again. Their promise is profound, but so are the risks. Progress must be guided by ethics and accessibilityIn medical terms, the eye is not the window to the soul, but to the mind. The retina and the optic nerve are outgrowths of neural tissue, and the remarkable success of electronic implants in restoring sight shows how far brain-computer interfaces have come. These have not delivered a sci-fi vision of augmented humans with incredible new powers but, perhaps more happily, significant progress has been made, restoring ability and agency to those who have suffered injury or disease.People with age-related macular degeneration face a fading world. The disease, affecting about 600,000 people in the UK, causes progressive loss of central vision. There is no cure, but new trials offer something else: a new way of seeing. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Just Stop Oil doctor who vandalised petrol pumps gets his license suspended

A DOCTOR who ­damaged petrol pumps at a service station during a Just Stop Oil protest has been suspended. Dr Patrick Hart used orange spray paint and a hammer during the demo. The climate activist struck 16 pumps at Thurrock Services on the M25 in Essex, causing almost £10,000 damage in 2022. Three quarters of...

Politics

3 w. ago Weather balloon blamed for causing plane’s windshield crack at 36,000 feet and forcing emergency landing

One X user described the front of the plane as looking as though it had been ‘sand blasted’ after the alleged collision

Politics

3 w. ago Speeding driver crashed into iconic lake and caused £90k damage – but lied about it

The driver led police on a high-speed chase through Southport before crashing into a Grade II-listed bandstand and falling into the Marine Lake, causing damage estimated to be in the region of 90,000

Events

4 w. ago Alaska storm damage so bad many evacuees won’t go home for at least 18 months, governor says

Damage to remote Alaska villages hammered by flooding last weekend is so extreme that many of the more than 2,000 people displaced won’t be able to return to their homes for at least 18 months

Events