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Storm Jocelyn latest: ‘Major travel disruption’ as new storm hits UK Sky News says The 10th named storm of the season, Storm Jocelyn, has arrived – and is already affecting western parts of the UK, the Met Office has said. Today is expected to be a wet day – before wind speeds start to pick up towards the evening. There is a good chance this season will be the stormiest since records began in 2015, a meteorological expert has said. Jocelyn is the 10th named storm this cycle, one behind the highest, 11 in 2015/16, and it has come a…

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Wind warnings as 99mph Storm Isha hits UK The Guardian says Storm warnings have been issued across parts of Britain as Storm Isha takes hold, with potentially life-threatening gusts and travel disruption expected into Monday. A “tornado watch” zone was in place for Northern Ireland, as well as parts of Scotland and northern England, but expired late on Sunday. The Met Office issued two amber wind alerts and a red warning for parts of northern Scotland until the early hours of Monday, while rail, sea and air travellers faced disruption, with closures, cancellations and delays on a number of services.…

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Sunday Papers – ‘Hunt promises tax cuts’ & ‘HS2 back on track’ – the full perspective Sunday’s newspapers cover a variety of stories, mostly focused on domestic news as politics gears up for the upcoming general election. Several of the tabloid papers feature images and reports on the latest royal news. ‘Tax-cutting Chancellor’ Jeremy Hunt, as reported by The Mail on Sunday, has written a ‘gung-ho’ article promising to be a tax-cutting chancellor, inspired by Nigel Lawson’s approach in the 1980s. He aims to bring about a similar economic boom and could have a £10 billion budget for tax cuts in…

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Elementor #581059January 21, 20241 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Observer – Free our young from Brexit work and travel banThe Observer reports London mayor Sadiq Khan has called for young people to be able to move freely to and from the EU for the first time since Brexit in order to lessen the economic and cultural damage caused by the UK’s decision to leave the European Union.Speaking to the Observer in one of the most pro-European interventions by a senior Labour politician since the 2016 referendum, Khan said he backs either a bespoke “youth mobility” agreement with EU…

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HS2 returns with cross-party plan & Tax-cutting chancellor – Paper Talk Sunday’s newspapers cover a variety of stories, mostly focused on domestic news as politics gears up for the upcoming general election. The royals and celebrity gossip feature in the tabloids. ‘HS2 returns with cross-party plan’ The Sunday Express declares that the HS2 high-speed rail project is “back on track” with a cross-party plan to complete the northern stretch using private sector funds. Talks involving West Midlands mayor Andy Street and Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham are mentioned. ‘Tax-cutting Chancellor’ Jeremy Hunt, as reported by The Mail on Sunday, has written…

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