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Northern lights visible over the UK for second straight night

Cloudy skies unfortunately prevented some keen stargazers in England’s south from getting a second glimpse

Evening Standard · Feb 28, 2023

La Niña is finishing an extremely unusual three-year cycle – here's how it affected weather around the world

It was anchovy fishermen in Peru who first noticed and named El Niño events in the tropical Pacific hundreds of years ago. Their catches would fluctuate and the largest declines were seen near Christmas when the ocean was at its warmest – they called it El Niño de Navidad, the…

The Conversation · Feb 28, 2023

Why thousands of people who thought they were British could lose their citizenship

Confusion has arisen around the British government’s own understanding of its citizenship laws, following a judgment by the UK’s high court. In a ruling handed down on January 20 2023, in the case of Roehrig v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Mr Justice Eyre determined that the restrictive…

The Conversation · Feb 28, 2023

The huge economic impact of BT on the Welsh economy

A new report has looked at the direct, indirect and induced impacts of the telecoms group on the economy

Birmingham Post · Feb 28, 2023

UK weather: Temperature set to drop ahead of snow warning

Cold weather likely to persist in March first week, ahead of Sudden Stratospheric Warming

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023

How the McCrone Report influenced the creation of the Scotland Act

CONTROL over North Sea oil and gas was reserved under the Scotland Act due to “nervousness” in the UK Government of the time that the boost to…

The National (Scotland) · Feb 28, 2023

Leeds thug Lucas White filmed himself with sawn-off shotgun before firing bullets at 'rival' in car

Lucas White and his accomplice Luke Dickinson are now behind bars after a dramatic police chase

Leeds Live · Feb 28, 2023

How Scotland's oil funded Thatcher's devastating transformation of Britain

THE first thing you ought to know about Scotland’s oil money is that it was never officially recognised as such when it was swallowed up by…

The National (Scotland) · Feb 28, 2023

Northern lights visible over the UK for the second straight night

Cloudy skies unfortunately prevented some keen stargazers in England’s south from getting a second glimpse.

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023

UK weather: Snow verdict as Met Office says bitter cold snap could blast Brits in days

A senior Met Office expert has given the national forecaster's verdict on the likelihood of snow falling in the UK next week, with current movements in the jet stream playing a major role

Daily Mirror · Feb 28, 2023