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Snowy holiday season in the upper midwest and north-east comes as a cold front is expected to hit the southA powerful winter storm was sweeping east from the Plains on Sunday, driven by what meteorologists describe as an intense cyclone that is expected to impact much of the US with a mixture of snow, ice, rain and strong winds.“Part of the storm system is getting heavy snow, other parts of the storm along the cold front are getting higher winds and much colder temperatures as the front passes,” said Bob Oravec, a lead forecaster at the National Weather Service (NWS)

Emergency services say ‘intense fire’ spread throughout semi-detached property in Hamstreet near AshfordA child has died and a second has been taken to hospital after a house fire in Kent, emergency services have said.The blaze occurred in White Admiral Way in the village of Hamstreet, near Ashford, on Sunday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/28/house-fire-kent Author : Nadeem Badshah Publish date : 2025-12-28 19:30:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Dissident released by Egypt was welcomed back to UK by Keir Starmer but offensive social media posts have since surfacedSuccessive UK governments are facing questions over their decision to campaign for the release and return of British-Egyptian democracy activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah after past violent and offensive social media posts came to light.The dissident’s historical remarks – in which he appeared to call for violence towards “Zionists” and the police – have prompted a widespread backlash since his return from detention in Egypt on Friday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/28/successive-uk-governments-face-questions-over-support-for-activist-alaa-abd-el-fattah Author : Pippa Crerar Political editor Publish date :