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Urgent investigation ordered into power outage that closed Heathrow Airport
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has ordered an urgent investigation into the power outage caused by a substation fire that shut Heathrow Airport on Friday. The investigation, led by the National Energy System Operator (NESO), would build a “clear picture” of the incident and UK’s energy resilience more broadly to prevent it “from ever happening again”,…
‘I closed my eyes to brace for impact’: the man who escaped a whale’s mouth
Adrián Simancas encountered a humpback off Chile’s coast – but scientists say he was never at risk of being swallowed Adrián Simancas had been paddling for two hours in the calm but icy seas of the Strait of Magellan, off the coast of Chilean Patagonia, when something massive emerged from the water and dragged him…
Southport killer’s referral to counter-terror scheme closed too early, review finds
The Prevent counter-terrorism scheme “prematurely” closed its case on Axel Rudakubana three years before he went on to murder three children in Southport, a government review has found. Security minister Dan Jarvis MP told the House of Commons Rudakubana had already discussed the Manchester Arena bombing and stabbing people when Prevent decided to end its…
Schools closed and flights disrupted in Scotland
Snow and ice disruption is expected to continue to affect Scotland into Wednesday, after a new yellow weather warning was issued for parts of the country. The newest alert will run for 12 hours from midday, covering Grampian, the Highlands, Orkney & Shetland, Dumfries & Galloway and across Ayrshire. Wintry conditions meant dozens of schools…
Middle East crisis: WHO chief at Yemen airport during Israeli airstrikes; Netanyahu says attack ongoing ‘until we complete the job’ – as it happened
This live blog is now closed. For the latest on the Middle East, read our full report: The director-general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said he was in the Sana’a international airport when it was targeted by an aerial attack. As we were about to board our flight from Sana’a, about two…
European markets close higher ahead of Christmas shutdown; Novo Nordisk resumes recovery
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