Record high temperatures are being recorded across North America, with more than 100 deaths reported so far in Canada and states in the north-western US, caused by a so-called “heat dome”. A heat dome is a weather phenomenon in which high-pressure atmospheric conditions have trapped air coming in from the Pacific Ocean, heating the air
Month: June 2021
It’s been a quarter of a century since the Spice Girls first zig-a-zig-ahhed into our lives, making the message clear from the start. “If you wannabe my lover, you gotta get with my friends,” was their sing-song warning to the boys, in a song about friendship and, of course, girl power, that paved the way
A ‘heat dome’ engulfing Canada and the US states of Washington and Oregon is thought to have caused dozens of deaths, officials said on Tuesday. Police in British Columbia said they had responded to 65 sudden death callouts since the heatwave began in the region on Friday. “Vancouver has never experienced heat like this, and
Fans, football legends, celebrities and politicians have praised the England team after their 2-0 Euro 2020 victory over Germany at Wembley. Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane‘s goals were enough to see England through to the quarter-finals on Tuesday evening. The Three Lions now face Ukraine in the last eight in Rome on Saturday. While the
The first opioid trial in US history to target the entire supply chain of the drug has opened in New York. Suffolk county, Nassau county and New York state attorney general Letitia James have brought legal action against seven defendants they claim have brought death and destruction to their communities. It is the first ever
Ministers have rejected demands to allow more time for EU citizens to register to stay in the UK after Brexit by declaring: “Don’t delay, apply today.” The deadline for applying for post-Brexit residency under the government’s EU Settlement Scheme passes at midnight, with claims of a backlog of 400,000 cases. And some EU citizens who
Businesses will have to start paying part of the cost of furlough from tomorrow – even though many of them remain shut or operating at limited capacity under lockdown rules. The Treasury has been paying 80% of the wages of workers temporarily laid off because of COVID-19 for more than a year but the support
England have beaten Germany 2-0 at Wembley to book their place in the quarter-finals of Euro 2020. Second-half goals from Raheem Sterling and skipper Harry Kane were enough to see England progress to the last eight. It was not all plain sailing for the home side – but fans could have been forgiven for thinking
It was expected to be the biggest video game blockbuster of 2020. Cyberpunk 2077 took more than 500 people eight years to finish. Released to great fanfare on 10 December 2020, developers CD Projekt Red had even booked Keanu Reeves to make an appearance. What could go wrong? Image: The game is now available once
Two big festivals have announced they will be going ahead this summer. Tramlines Festival, in Sheffield, will run as part of the government’s pilot events programme from 23-25 July, with acts including The Streets, Royal Blood and Richard Ashcroft set to play to a full capacity of 40,000 fans. Standon Calling, in Hertfordshire, is not
Black holes have been detected eating neutron stars “like Pac-Man” – a first-time discovery. Astrophysicists spotted two instances of this violent cosmic event using the Advanced LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors. Previous gravitational wave detections have spotted black holes colliding, and neutron stars merging. However, this is the first time scientists have detected a
Elvis Costello has defended teenage star Olivia Rodrigo over an accusation that she copied one of his songs. Brutal, a track on Rodrigo’s chart-topping album Sour, sounds similar to a riff that featured in Costello’s 1978 track Pump It Up. Veteran singer-songwriter Costello stepped in to defend the young star after a Twitter user described
The government’s efforts to help school pupils catch up from lost learning during the COVID pandemic are “feeble” when compared to other countries, a former adviser has said. Sir Kevan Collins, who recently quit as Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s catch-up tsar amid a row over funding, told MPs on Tuesday that the “biggest impact” of
Senior overseas business executives will no longer need to quarantine when arriving in England if their trip is likely to be of “significant economic benefit to the UK”. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) said that, subject to business leaders meeting strict criteria, they could “temporarily” leave mandatory COVID-19 isolation for work
More than 20 million Australians – about 80% of the population – are now under some form of lockdown or COVID-related restrictions as officials tighten rules on movement and push for vaccinations to contain outbreaks of the highly infectious Delta variant. Australia has so far been relatively more successful than many other developed countries in
When a city known for cool drizzle in “June-uary” is as hot as the Middle East it’s clear something unusual is happening. The average June high in Seattle is 21.1C (70F), but on Monday the northwestern city hit 42C (108F). It was the second day in a row of record temperatures, after the 40C (104F)
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