How well do you know car dashboard warning lights? As a poll finds that half of drivers ignore them – take our quiz on the most common alerts A survey of 2,000 UK adults has revealed that 46% of drivers ignore the alerts One in five claim they will drive for two or three days … Read more
Up to four inches of snow is set to sweep East Anglia and leave villages ‘cut off’ as the Met Office warned of road closures and power cuts. Drivers described ‘horrendous’ conditions on Britain’s roads as the wintry weather hit the Home Counties in the early hours and forecasters are now predicting snow will be replaced … Read more
Snow has hit London this morning as the Met office issued an amber weather warning for the south east with up to four inches of the white stuff set to fall. Drivers warned of ‘horrendous’ conditions on Britain’s roads as the wintry weather hit the Home Counties and some villages are at risk of being … Read more
Britons woke up to another icy morning today after temperatures plunged to -11C (12.2F) on England’s joint coldest night of the winter so far and forecasters issued a further 18-hour snow warning this weekend. People travelling during the lockdown were warned to expect more ‘tricky’ conditions as ice and freezing fog brought further hazards one … Read more
The Royle Family is the latest BBC show to be given a warning for discriminatory language due to Jim Royle’s ‘nancy boy’ slur. The third episode of the second series, which first aired on 7 Oct 1999, sees Ricky Tomlinson’s disagreeable character watching an episode of Changing Rooms, during which he calls Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen a ‘nancy boy’. Following similar … Read more
After a brief respite from the freezing start to the new year in Britain, winter is set to return with a vengeance. Up to eight inches of snow is predicted to fall through today and tomorrow across northern England and Scotland, along with ‘significant travel disruption’ and freezing rain, which turns to ice on hitting … Read more
The football season was on the brink of collapse on Monday night as the game braced itself for a stern warning from the Government following another weekend of Covid breaches. With Aston Villa’s Premier League match at home to Tottenham postponed — and Fulham angry at being asked to play Spurs instead — it can … Read more
Chris Whitty today warned the next few weeks are set to be the worst yet for the NHS as the government begs people not to ‘push the boundaries’ of the lockdown – and threatens to make it even tougher. The chief medical officer took to the airwaves to highlight the scale of the threat, saying … Read more
Freezing fog settled across London and parts of the south east this morning after temperatures dropped well below freezing overnight – as a weather warning for ice continued over parts of Britain. Temperatures dropped as low as -12C in Scotland yesterday, with Brighton recording overnight temperatures of -3C, and London seeing the mercury fall to … Read more
Police have been told to fine Covid rule-breakers after just one verbal warning in another ramping up of lockdown enforcement. Officers will ‘move through the gears’ and charge people £200 if they think a person is flouting the restrictions and they will not go home when asked once. It comes as footage emerged showing three police … Read more