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Storm Éowyn batters Ireland as 560,000 homes without power and wind records broken 6am:More than 560,000 people are waking up without power on Friday morning as Storm Éowyn has made landfall.Ireland’s all-time wind record, set in 1961 during Storm Debbie, appears to have been broken at Mace Head. Met Éireann say that a gust of 183km/h was recorded at the weather station there.The mean speed of 130km/h at the same station would be considered a hurricane force wind.Wind observations at 5am Max gusts (km/h): – Mace Head 183 (Red) – Knock 139 (Red) – Shannon 137 (Red) Note: The record gust…

Storm Eowyn: How rare are red weather warnings and what is the danger? A rare red weather warnings has been issued by the Met Office for Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland as Storm Éowyn is set to bring severe winds to the UK on Friday. The extreme weather event has seen hundreds of schools close in preparation, and dozens of rail operators halt their services. The storm marks the first time Northern Ireland has seen a red weather warning since the current system was introduced in 2011. It covers the entire country. Parts of Scotland are also covered by…

The Met Office has issued a red warning across Northern Ireland and Scotland Storm Eowyn map: Where and when snow and 100mph winds will hit UK after Met Office weather warnings issued Storm Eowyn is set to bring strong winds across the entire country, potentially putting lives at risk, the Met Office has warned. Gusts of more than 100mph with the small possibility of isolated tornadoes could cause power cuts, travel disruption and damage to buildings as Storm Eowyn threatens the UK. There could also be a danger to life caused by flying debris. Storm Eowyn map: Where and when…

Storm Eowyn tracker live: Rare ‘stay at home’ weather warning issued as dangerous 100mph winds pose threat to life Schools have been closed and people warned not to travel on Friday, as 100mph winds are set to pose a danger to life in parts of the UK. Rare red weather warnings will become active in Northern Ireland from 7am on Friday as Storm Eowyn is likely to damage buildings, uproot trees and cause power cuts, the Met Office said. The warning will spread to Scotland at 10am, while amber and yellow warnings are in place across the rest of the UK on…

Some 55 per cent of respondents said they would support cutting or abolishing inheritance tax Majority of Brits support cutting or abolishing inheritance tax, new poll shows, as farming backlash grows The British public are in favour of cutting or abolishing inheritance tax, a new poll has shown, as backlash over the government’s tax raid on family farms continues to grow. Campaigners have said the survey should be a “reality check” for the government amid growing frustration over the decision to extend inheritance tax to agricultural properties. The latest polling, conduced by Public First for the Taxpayers’ Alliance – a…

Housing affordability remains ‘stretched’ across the UK Where are the most and least affordable areas to buy a house? House prices are continuing to grow and mortgage activity has been “surprisingly resilient” despite ongoing affordability challenges, according to a report from Britain’s biggest building society. Nationwide also found that people working as cleaners, couriers, labourers and in customer service or caring professions could potentially see more than half their take-home pay swallowed up by their mortgage, based on a typical first-time buyer property. UK housing affordability had seen a modest improvement over the past year, due to earnings growth marginally…

Booming use of temporary accommodation to house homeless families has led to ‘crisis situation’ for England’s councils Councils ‘haemorrhaging funds’ as costs of housing homeless surge Record levels of homelessness are placing unsustainable pressure on councils’ crumbling finances, an influential committee of MPs has warned as the annual cost of emergency accommodation rose by almost a third. The booming use of temporary accommodation for homeless families by local authorities has led to a “crisis situation” that must be urgently dealt with across government, a report from the Public Accounts Committee has found. Some 123,000 households in England are being housed…

Tens of thousands of people were allowed to return to their homes as authorities lifted an evacuation order on Thursday, with firefighters, aided by water-dropping helicopters, finding some success in restraining a fire in the mountains north of Los Angeles. Multiple uncontrolled fires around the city and its surrounding counties continue to place residents under evacuation warnings. Residents allowed to return as firefighters make progress on north Los Angeles fire

  A Paris court sentenced a Pakistani man to 30 years in prison on Thursday for a 2020 knife attack outside Charlie Hebdo’s former offices. The court found Zaheer Mahmood, 29, guilty of attempted murder and terrorism in an Islamist-motivated attack in September 2020, which left two people injured. Mahmood believed he was attacking employees of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, not realizing that the satirical magazine had relocated after Islamists gunned down 12 of the magazine’s staff in January 2015. Attack after Charlie republished cartoons of Prophet Mohammed The knife attack came five years after the Al-Qaeda-linked attack on Charlie Hebdo’s…

‘Gripping’ crime drama finally available to watch in the UK after months’ long wait After a four month wait, UK audiences can finally tune into a crime drama series declared ‘captivating’ by fans. First airing in the United States in September last year, High Potential is based on the French/ Belgian TV series HPI, which itself aired in 2021. The series stars Kaitlin Olson (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Hacks) as single mother of three Morgan, who works as a cleaning lady for the Los Angeles Police Department. However, after she manages to solve a case – having a high…