Travel warning: Storm Gerrit disrupts trains and flights in UK
Yellow weather warnings have been issued for several parts of the UK on Wednesday with wintry conditions forecast. Travellers in the UK are being warned of hazardous driving conditions and disruptions to rail and air transport as Storm Gerrit batters the country. Several flights were cancelled due…#stormgerrit #metoffice #scotland #wales #greatermanchester #stalybridge #newyeareve #britishairways #heathrow #aberdeen (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘Localised tornado’ rips roofs off houses as Storm Gerrit sweeps across UK
The Scottish Green party has said climate change could be to blame for the storm. A ‘localised tornado’ has severely damaged homes in Greater Manchester as Storm Gerrit batters the UK. Thousands of people are also without power and travel has been plunged into chaos across the country. Scotland…#greatermanchester #stormgerrit #scotland #stalybridge #gmp #areasofscotland #ssen (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
3D-printed chip showing body ’s reaction to drugs could end need for animal tests
Exclusive: Device with compartments replicating major organs could also speed up patients ’ access to new medicinesScientists have developed a pioneering 3D-printed device that could speed up patient access to new medicines and eliminate the need for animal testing.Thousands of animals are used in the early stages of developing medicines worldwide every year, yet many drugs tested on animals do not end up showing any clinical benefit.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 27, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Andrew Gregory Health editor Tags: Drugs Animal experimentation Science UK news Scotland Source Type: news
Very rare rainbow clouds appeared for three days in a row in the Arctic over Christmas
Polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) are seen in the sky over Jukkasjarvi, northern Sweden, on December 17, 2023, in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden. Roy Rochlin/Getty Images Arctic observers got a rare festive treat when rainbow-colored clouds appeared in the skies. So-called polar stratospheric clouds were…#sweden #jukkasjarvi #royrochlin #arctic #norway #finland #alaska #scotland #ramunesapailaite #livescience (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Trauma-informed sentencing in South Australian courts - McLachlan KJ.
This article uses a trauma-informed practice framewor... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 25, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
The most memorable newspaper front pages of 2023
Following the political turmoil of 2022, which saw three different prime ministers pass through Downing Street, it was hoped this year would provide a period of relative calm ahead of the rough and tumble of a general election expected in 2024. But Nicola Sturgeon's resignation as Scotland's first…#downingstreet #nicolasturgeon #scotland #rishisunak #conservativeparty #nigelfarage #ukraine #hamas #israeli #gaza (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bob Dylan's Scottish estate sells for over $5M
Bob Dylan's Scottish Highland country house has sold for just over $5 million. Dylan's property, known as Aultmore House, was built between 1911 and 1915. The home was fully reconstructed in 2000, a few years before Dylan purchased the home. Dylan, whose legal name is Robert Zimmermann, first…#bobdylan #scottishhighland #aultmorehouse #robertzimmermann #tatler #scottishhighlands #edwardian #curlewospreyandheron #tomstewartmoore #ruralagency (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Keep UK trains running at Christmas and save engineering works for January, say campaigners
There was a familiar sense of misery for many travellers in the week before Christmas as hundreds of trains were cancelled, motorways were closed and ferry passengers queued for miles waiting to board their ships. But it doesn’t have to be this way, transport campaigners say, as politicians and…#rac #boxingday #scotland #stormpia #inrix #m25 #eurotunnel #metoffice #wales #cbt (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
UK gives green light to rocket launches from its first spaceport on a remote Scottish island
The spaceport's operators say up to 30 rockets can be launched from the island of Unst each year, with the first launches planned for 2024. The UK has solidified its place in the European space race with the licensing of its first spaceport on a remote Scottish island. The country attempted to…#cornwall #saxavord #unst #shetlandarchipelago #norway #faroeislands #frankstrang #timjohnson (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why Queen Elizabeth's daughter felt " relief " at monarch's funeral
Queen Elizabeth II's only daughter, Princess Anne, has revealed in a new documentary that she felt "relief" during the late monarch's funeral. Anne, Elizabeth's second child who is nearly two years younger than her brother King Charles III, became a leading member of the royal family throughout…#elizabethii #princessanne #kingcharlesiii #princessroyal #balmoralcastle #scotland #stgeorge #charlesiii #coronationyear #queenvictoria (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Global chains pile the Christmas tat high
The wreath is made from real pine branches. It is attractive and cheap. I can smell the pine. But the label confirms what I already know: made in Germany and shipped across the sea then loaded on to lorries along recently expanded motorways, to this supermarket in Scotland. And it so happens that…#scotland #bulgaria #muslims #germans #romania #moldova #ukraine #nordic #blackisleberries #inverness (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The REAL nightmare before Christmas: Covid rates double in a fortnight with up to one in 16 people now infected in worst-hit parts of UK
One in 24 people across England and Scotland had the virus in the week to December 13, up from one in 55 two weeks earlier, according to surveillance data. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Watch rescue dog's reaction to seeing snow for the first time: " Innocence "
A woman has shared heartwarming footage of the moment her newly adopted rescue dog experienced snow for the first time. Victoria Donnelly, who lives in Scotland, shared a video to TikTok of her family's rescue pup enjoying a day out in the snow after being rescued from a life on the streets of…#victoriadonnelly #scotland #crete #donnelly #gordonburghardt #scientificamerican #tiktok (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Scotland ’s CNO to retire next spring
Scotland’s chief nursing officer (CNO) Professor Alex McMahon is set to retire next spring, the Scottish Government has confirmed. Professor McMahon, who has been in post since late 2021, will be stepping down in April 2024. A spokesperson for the Scottish Government said arrangements for the recruitment of a successor ‘will progress’ in the new... Read moreThe post Scotland’s CNO to retire next spring appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - December 19, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Megan Ford Tags: Latest news Source Type: news
Wasted wind power adds £40 to household energy bills, says think tank
When it is very windy, the grid cannot handle the extra power generated. Wind farms are paid to switch off and gas-powered stations are paid to fire up. The cost is passed on to consumers. Most of the UK's offshore wind farms are in England - Dogger Bank off the coast of Yorkshire is the largest…#englanddoggerbank #scotland #southeast #barnabywharton #greatbritain (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
