Frost and fog to start December – but probably no snow
With November about to draw to a close, the arrival of December marks the start of meteorological winter, with thoughts not only of Christmas in our minds, but also the prospect of snow.
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With November about to draw to a close, the arrival of December marks the start of meteorological winter, with thoughts not only of Christmas in our minds, but also the prospect of snow.
Here in the UK, a mere 4 inches of snow can send the country into chaos. But imagine this: 4 feet of snow – falling in just one day.
A new “supercomputer”, weighing as much as 11 double-decker buses, could improve the Met Office’s weather forecasting and climate modelling.
Laura Poitras’ movie CITZENFOUR captures the man at the centre of today’s Watergate moment – Edward Snowden – in a compelling story of whistleblowing and NSA snooping.
It was founded in the aftermath of the second world war, and now Conservatives want to curb the reach of the European Court of Human Rights. Here are six rulings it has forced on the UK.
Alex Salmond’s Scottish National Party says over 22,000 people signed up since the referendum vote last Thursday, putting the party’s membership size ahead of the Liberal Democrats.
Iran’s chief negotiator tells Jon Snow that it is actively engaging Islamic State, which “threatens UK and Iran equally”, but that US sanctions on its nuclear programme go against the spirit of talks.
David Cameron tells MPs it is wrong to think that violence in Iraq is “nothing to do with us” because Islamist militants are “planning to attack us here at home in the United Kingdom”.
The researcher and author, Roger Kline, recently published a report he called The Snowy White Peaks of the NHS – It could not have been more apt a title.
So is it payback time for the worst financial crisis in living memory? If so, who was to blame?
The EU/Nato powers must be prepared to accept Ukraine for what it is – a buffer state in which both powers have some interest.
After international talks in Geneva, the Russian foreign minister and the US Secretary of State both call for “de-escalation” in Ukraine and agree to expand an international monitoring mission.
A new report on how GCHQ and the UK’s other spy agencies used NSA data is published – but it leaves many questions still unanswered.
MPs defend the UK military’s controversial drones programme, saying pilots are not video-gaming “warrior geeks”, and call for more clarity around their secretive use.
David Cameron was at pains to get the Swedes onside when he announced his referendum plan last year. So, why do they still have ‘no idea’ what it is?