The Met Office says a “wintry mix of showers” will move across the country next week, bringing snow, sleet and hail – with temperatures expected to plunge as low as -10C (14F) in places. And it warned there are “strong signals” the cold weather “could last well into February, bringing a range of winter hazards […]
Professor Stephen Powis, NHS England medical director, contacted the pharmacy chain after it announced it would be offering cosmetic procedures such as Botox and filler treatments on the high street. In response, Superdrug has put in place additional checks to protect those suffering from anxiety about their body or another mental health condition, including a […]
A youth was threatened at knifepoint by two men outside a Dart station during rush hour. The incident occurred on Wednesday, January 16 at approximately 5.30pm. Garadí report the youth, who is understood to be 13 years old, was allegedly assaulted and threatened by two men with what’s believed to be a knife. The young […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Former British prime minister John Major urged Theresa May on Saturday to drop her “red lines” on Brexit or allow parliament to find a way forward to avoid a damaging no-deal departure from the European Union in March. Major said he compromised on key decisions on the Northern Irish peace process and […]
Politicians and their staff are being asked to give intimate details of incidents of sexual harassment and bullying they endured while working in Leinster House. A newly issued survey, which has been obtained by the Irish Independent, has asked people what type of sexual harassment they experienced and the position of the person who perpetrated […]
Details of 18 near misses between the devices and aircraft in Britain’s skies have emerged following major disruption at Heathrow and Gatwick in recent weeks. In one incident on 22 July, the pilot of an Airbus A380 spotted a “large commercial drone” pass along the right side of the aircraft at 3,400ft (1,036m). The device […]
LONDON — Prince Philip was at the wheel? To the astonishment and alarm of some Britons, he was. At age 97. On a public road, alone. And, on Thursday afternoon, straight into the path of a minivan hurtling down a motorway with a 9-month-old boy inside. The crash flipped the armor-plated Land Rover driven by […]
Lawyers for a man given life for the murder of two elderly brothers with special needs have been asked to outline the status of his appeal to the Coroner for Mayo, as an inquest into their deaths is being held up. Alan Cawley (31) of Four Winds, Corrinbla, Ballina, Co Mayo had admitted killing Thomas […]
MOSCOW (REUTERS) – Russia said on Friday (Jan 18) the new US missile defence strategy would unleash a dangerous arms race in space and amounts to a relaunch of the Cold War-era “Star Wars” programme. US President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled a plan that envisages developing space-based sensors to detect incoming enemy missiles and […]
HOSPITAL patients still face strike disruption at the end of the month as there was no breakthrough at talks on a nurses’ pay dispute tonight. General Secretary of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, Phil Ni Sheaghdha, said there was a “very frank exchange of views” at a meeting of a body that oversees compliance […]