Snow risk for Friday morning’s rush hour
Liam Dutton explains tricky scenario of rain turning to snow early on Friday morning, which will mean a challenging rush hour for some parts of England and Wales.
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UK train fares will rise by an average of 0.7 per cent above the rate of inflation from January 2012, the Asssociation of Train Operating Companies has announced.
Overnight and through Friday morning some parts of the UK were affected by a spell of snow, bringing a challenging morning commute – especially across higher routes where the snow settled.
Liam Dutton explains tricky scenario of rain turning to snow early on Friday morning, which will mean a challenging rush hour for some parts of England and Wales.
The jobless total rises by up 128,000 to 2.64 million – but the number on benefits is falling. One employment expert tells Channel 4 News that people are being “slung out of the benefits system.”
As Scotland works to get back to normal after Thursday’s gale-force winds, Channel 4 News looks at the row over wind power after a turbine caught fire in the storm.
Hurricane-force winds which battered parts of Britain on Thursday causing power cuts and forcing school closures have eased off, but weather warnings remain in place.
Wind pounds Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of England, forcing drivers to stay off the roads. Channel 4 News Weather Presenter Liam Dutton says there was “perfect recipe for an explosive storm”.
Libya’s rebel fighters break inside Colonel Gaddafi’s fortified compound as street battles continue in Tripoli. For latest video and updates from Channel 4 News on the ground follow the live blog.
As a state of drought is officially declared in some parts of England, one farmer tells Channel 4 News he has already had restrictions placed on him and that his crops are “desperate for rain”.
Voters punish Nick Clegg’s Lib Dems in local elections – SNP wins control in Scotland – Labour gains in Wales – Tories hold ground – no to AV. Channel 4 News live blog – add your voice. #c4news
Up to 15 people, believed to be rebel fighters, may have been killed in a NATO airstrike in the besieged Libyan city of Misrata, local sources tell Channel 4 News.
FactCheck has taken ministers to task before on local government funding. Are they robbing from the poor again in an effort to curb the housing crisis?
Half a million people ‘on the sick’ are really fit to work, the Government estimates. But how realistic are the claims behind the benefits shake-up?
The claim “Each family (is) to pay over £1,000 for a vanity project” TaxPayers’ Alliance letter to The Daily Telegraph, March 10, 2011
Two men who set up what they claimed to be a Lapland-style theme park, but which amounted to no more than fairy lights and a broken ice rink, have been convicted of misleading thousands of customers.