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Engineers assess damage as heavy rains cause first major breach of Bridgewater canal since 1970sEngineers are assessing the scale of damage to a canal built more than 250 years ago after flood waters caused a dramatic collapse of part of its elevated embankment in Cheshire.The Bridgewater canal, which was previously used to transport coal but is now a leisure waterway, caved in near Dunham Massey, in the first major breach of the waterway for 54 years. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/02/bridgewater-canal-embankment-cheshire-collapse-flooding Author : Sandra Laville Environment correspondent Publish date : 2025-01-02 18:32:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

Party loses overall control of Broxtowe borough council over claims Labour has abandoned traditional valuesTwenty councillors at a local authority in Nottinghamshire have quit Labour, saying the party has “abandoned traditional Labour values” under Keir Starmer’s leadership.The move means that Labour has lost overall control of Broxtowe borough council, which it gained in 2023, and those defecting include the council leader, Milan Radulovic, who had been a party member for 42 years. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jan/02/labour-loses-20-councillors-broxtowe-nottinghamshire-keir-starmer-leadership Author : Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent Publish date : 2025-01-02 17:27:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Cetiosauruses and a megalosaurus are thought to have left prints at trackway dating to nearly 166m years agoGary Johnson was clearing clay with a digger at the Oxfordshire quarry where he works when he hit an unexpected bump in the limestone surface.“I thought, it’s just an abnormality in the ground,” he said. “But then it got to another, three metres along, and it was hump again, and then it went another three metres, hump again.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jan/02/large-dinosaur-footprints-oxfordshire-quarry-cetiosaurus-megalosaurus Author : Esther Addley and Geneva Abdul Publish date : 2025-01-02 16:40:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the

President cautions against ‘jumping to conclusions’ while president-elect labels country a ‘disaster’ New Orleans truck attack – latest updatesJoe Biden and Donald Trump have given drastically contrasting reactions to the deadly New Year’s Day explosions in New Orleans and Las Vegas that killed at least 16 people.The US president cautioned against “jumping to conclusions” and expressed empathy for victims and the city of New Orleans, while his incoming successor sought to blame Democrats, “open borders” and institutions that he has vowed to purge, including the FBI, once he returns to office. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/02/new-orleans-attack-trump-biden-reaction Author : Robert