Cold Arctic air to bring icy conditions to Dorset this week
On Friday, January 3, widespread frost is predicted alongside plenty of sunshine. Temperatures are expected to peak at 5C by midday before dropping again to between minus 1C and minus 5C by 5pm.
Royal Navy bomb disposal specialist from Hampshire dies aged 100
A SECOND World War bomb disposal specialist has died at the age of 100. Boyd Salmon, from Lymington, was one of the last surviving Royal Navy bomb disposal experts from the war. He died just before ...
Woman allegedly threatened man with knife in Poole
A WOMAN allegedly threatened to kill a man and pulled out a knife in Poole. It is reported that at around 8pm on Saturday, December 28, a man and woman were walking in the area of Lagland Street when ...
Roy Keane says spell as Martin O’Neill’s Ireland assistant ‘highlight of career’
Roy Keane has described his five years as Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill’s assistant as “the highlight of my career”.
In Pictures: Temperatures drop amid weather warnings
As the country prepares for lower temperatures, here is a selection of images from across the UK.
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Man among pedestrians hit by car on Christmas Day dies in hospital
A man who was among four people hurt when a car hit pedestrians in London’s West End on Christmas Day has died. Aidan Chapman, 25, died in hospital on New Year’s Eve after sustaining life-threatening ...
2024 was fourth hottest on record for UK as climate warms, Met Office says
Provisional figures for 2024 from the Met Office showed an average temperature for the UK of 9.78C, 0.64C above the 1991-2020 average and putting it in fourth place for the warmest year following 2022 ...
Major incident stood down after flooding which saw almost 1,000 evacuated
Fire crews in Manchester attended more than 100 incidents after heavy rain on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.
Sea Life counts more than 30,000 aquatic creatures in annual stocktake
Aquarists armed with their measuring tapes and clipboards counted more than 30,000 creatures at Sea Life aquariums across the UK as they undertook their annual stocktake.
Tesco: Concern over crashed car found at supermarket
CONCERNED shoppers phoned the police on a woman who had a crashed car parked in Tesco. The black Seat was in Tesco Tower Park in Yarrow Road, Poole, on Thursday morning, January 2. It’s understood by ...
Suella Braverman blasted for Italy and Turkey wall claim
During an appearance on LBC, Suella Braverman claimed she had seen the land border between Italy and Turkey. The former Home Secretary has since been heavily ridiculed as in actual fact no such wall ...
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Tesla reports first year-on-year sales drop since at least 2015 after 1.1% dip
Tesla’s global sales rose 2.3% in the fourth quarter, but the increase was not enough to overcome a sluggish first half, and sales for the full year fell short of 2023 numbers. It was the first ...