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UK public health agency issues amber alert for social care in England, as country braces itself for heavy snowPublic health bosses in the UK are expecting a rise in deaths due to cold weather, amid severe weather warnings for snow and ice over the next five days.The UK’s Health Security Agency (UKHSA) issued an amber alert for social care in England, saying vulnerable people are at risk as the country braces itself for heavy snow and ice going into the weekend. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/02/ice-warning-travel-alerts-uk-flooding Author : Robyn Vinter and agency Publish date : 2025-01-02 12:27:00 Copyright for

Rapper banned from driving for nine months after pleading guilty to using mobile behind wheel of car in LondonStormzy has been banned from driving for nine months after an undercover police officer caught him using a mobile phone while behind the wheel of a Rolls-Royce in west London.The rapper, named Michael Ebenazer Owuo Junior, 31, pleaded guilty via a letter to driving the Rolls-Royce Wraith while using his device on Addison Road, west Kensington, shortly after 3.30pm on 7 March last year. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/02/stormzy-given-ban-for-using-phone-while-driving-rolls-royce Author : PA Media Publish date : 2025-01-02 11:22:00 Copyright for syndicated

House fire in New Orleans home also believed to be ‘connected to this event’, says Louisiana attorney general Liz MurrillShamsud-Din Jabbar, the 42-year-old US citizen from Texas identified by the FBI as the New Orleans attacker, peviously pleaded guilty to two charges, including driving under the influence in 2015, reports CNN.According to documents from a US district court in North Carolina obtained by CNN, Jabbar had driven under the influence of an impairing substance in November 2014 and recorded a blood alcohol level over the legal limit. CNN reports that documents also showed Jabbar was driving with “an open container

Cost of average home in December reaches £269,426, with value increasing over year by almost £12,000House prices rose for a fourth consecutive month in December, ending 2024 on a “strong footing”, Nationwide said, with the cost of an average home hitting £269,426.The building society’s monthly tracker found prices in December rose 0.7% on the previous month and were up 4.7% on an annual basis. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/02/uk-house-prices-rise-for-fourth-month-in-a-row-says-nationwide Author : Mark Sweney Publish date : 2025-01-02 09:52:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.