The United Kingdom is circling the drain in so many ways, it’s hard to keep track…but we try. Between giving chunks of the kingdom away (like Chagos), screwing over the parts they’re still sort of keeping… It’s taken a week for the Independent to catch up with what we all realized straight away – “Spain...
Victoria Police have released footage of the moment a man tried to commit arson by setting a restaurant on fire in Melbourne on 21 May 2024. The unknown man poured liquid from a jerry can around the premises before accidentally setting his clothes on fire. Police have released the CCTV in an appeal to the...
For some reason, this morning, sixty million people across all of the Iberian Peninsula and a good chunk of France had no power. I mean, BOOM BOOM – OUT WENT THE LIGHTS In Portugal the consumption dropped from 6100 MW to 600 MW in 15 minute, but seems to be recovering to around 3 300...
The Northern Lights have put on colourful displays in the night sky across Devon and Cornwall. Spectacular images were taken by BBC Weather Watchers across both counties on Wednesday as the lights, also known as Aurora Borealis, appeared between 22:00 and 23:00 BST. The lights, which had a pink-purple hue, were spotted over parts of...
Street lights in parts of Devon will be dimmed for one year in a bid to save money. The 12-month trial is to be rolled out in April and involves altering about 80% of the county’s 80,000 street lights, said Devon County Council. The council said the trial could save about £300,000 per year, on...
For a few weeks now beyond the spring equinox – marked on 20 March this year – there is evidence of an enhancement to the aurora. Professor Mike Lockwood, president of the Royal Astronomical Society told BBC Weather that “your chances of seeing aurora at low latitudes is enhanced at the equinoxes because of the...