Written by 86,000 homes in England, Scotland and Wales without power The Energy Networks Association said 86,000 homes in England, Scotland and Wales are without power. A spokesperson said about 385,000 customers have been reconnected overnight, with more than 1,000 engineers ready to be deployed. Share Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to […]
Hundreds of people have been detained in Northern Ireland trying to get into Great Britain by crossing the border from Ireland in an operation aimed at cracking down on people smugglers. Criminal gangs are charging up to €8,000 for the illegal travel package they present as a safer route to crossing the Channel on small […]
The search for Máire Ní Fhátharta, who worked as an Irish language planning officer, was one of the largest and most organised ever mounted along the west coast. Source link
Natalie Rouse shows a bag of baleen taken from a fin whale that washed up near downtown Anchorage. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media) Natalie Rouse opened a large freezer on Thursday stocked with bags of assorted whale parts. “So here are pieces of blubber,” she said. “And then we’ve got a little bit of baleen in […]
In perhaps the largest swatting case to ever be prosecuted, an 18-year-old from Lancaster, California, has pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from a nationwide spree of hundreds of shooting and bomb threat hoaxes that sent police scrambling to high schools, courthouses, and the homes of law enforcement officials. Alan Winston Filion now faces a […]
In today’s The Big Story podcast, if the entire online ecosystem feels like it’s trying to scam you these days, well, you’re not alone. And you’re not wrong either. The past few years have seen a truly seismic growth in the amount of money Canadians have reported as lost to fraud, and most experts will […]
Audio quality: It seems like it would go without saying, but we’re saying it anyway: You can’t always tell from a spec sheet how a gaming headset will sound. A well-made stereo headset can sound better than a poorly made 7.1 Dolby Atmos surround sound set. Check reviews to get a sense of how a […]
A new Mayan city, lost in the dense jungle of southern Mexico for centuries, has been discovered from the computer of a PhD student hundreds of miles away. This is the story of how he did it. The settlement, named Valeriana after a nearby freshwater lagoon, has all the characteristics of a classic Maya political […]
SYRACUSE, Utah (ABC4) — More than 700 bison were corralled at Utah’s Antelope Island State Park on Saturday, Oct. 26, as part of an annual event to prepare the animals for yearly health checkups and an auction. The Utah Department of Natural Resources said the herd on Antelope Island is “one of the nation’s largest […]