Instagram head Adam Mosseri posted a video addressing mounting concerns about changes to the app’s feed and its increasing emphasis on video.Source: Adam Mosseri, Twitter
Storms are now expected to hit across Scotland from 9am on Sunday, with the heavy rain continuing into Monday, the Met Office forecasts.
Gregory Vooght was accused by the Metropolitan Police of flouting the pandemic restrictions, but told a court he was sitting at his desk working when officers arrived.
The heartwarming scenes were hard-earned.
England’s Abby Dow enjoyed a watching brief as Twickenham threw open its doors to the public for a Red Roses open training session.
Dolphins wowed onlookers as the animals put on a stunning display by swimming alongside a small boat off the west coast of Ireland.Footage by John FitzGerald shows the spectacular moment. He said the video was captured near the Blasket Islands on Wednesday, August 10. Credit: John FitzGerald via Storyful
The Foreign Secretary has also set her sights on boosting links between the UK and Israel, with a plan to secure a free-trade deal.
A second cruise ship berthed on the Clyde could be used to house Ukrainian refugees arriving in Scotland prompting concern from human rights campaigners.
Four drivers and car owners are facing large bills after they failed to respond to court summons and were convicted in their absence.
A waterspout was spotted off the coast of Destin, Florida, on Thursday, August 11.This footage posted to Facebook by Eric J Westbrook shows the waterspout spinning in the distance. Other social media users posted similar videos of the phenomenon.“That is nuts, man. It’ll be raining fish here soon,” Westbrook says in the background of the video.According to the National Weather Service, waterspouts are similar to tornadoes over water. Onlookers should never move closer to investigate a waterspout as they can be just as dangerous as tornadoes, the NWS said. Credit: Eric J Westbrook via Storyful
Residents of Heimaey, an island off the coast of Iceland, form puffin patrols to rescue chicks
NFU deputy president Tom Bradshaw said the situation was ‘hugely challenging’ for farmers.
It comes amid a 24-hour strike across the UK, which saw train drivers walk out over jobs, pay and conditions.
Mexican authorities said on Friday they are in a position to enter the flooded coal mine where 10 workers have been trapped for more than a week.
Ten people, including two children, were killed when a man went on a shooting rampage through the quiet streets of the western Montenegro city of Cetinje. The gunman used a hunting rifle to first shoot the two children, aged eight and 11, and their mother, who lived as tenants in his house. Montenegrin police chief Zoran Brdjanin said the attacker was a 34-year-old man identified only by his initials, VB.
Firefighters from across Europe have joined their French counterparts to help battle several wildfires, including in the south-west of the country.
Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Russia is using the Zaporizhzhya plant as “unconcealed nuclear blackmail” in a video address on Thursday, 11 August. “What is happening now around the Zaporizhzhya NPP is one of the biggest crimes of the terrorist state,” the Ukrainian president said in reference to Russia. Zelensky said that “Russia has once again gone through another floor in the world history of terrorism.”
Parts of England are likely to declare a drought on Friday, local media reported ahead of a meeting between the government, its environment agency and water companies to discuss a long period of dry weather. Parts of England are in the middle of their second heatwave this summer with temperatures forecast to top 30 Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) for the next few days, having reached their highest ever of more than 40C last month. This July was the driest on record for some English regions and the driest for England overall since 1935, with just 35% of average rainfall.
(Reuters) -Hadi Matar, the suspect in the stabbing of author Salman Rushdie at an event in New York state, has been charged with attempted murder and is being held without bond, prosecutors in Chautauqua County said on Saturday. Matar, a 24-year-old man from Fairview, New Jersey, was arraigned late on Friday, accused of attempted murder in the second degree and assault in the second degree, the county's district attorney, Jason Schmidt, said in a statement. Indian-born author Rushdie, who spent years in hiding after Iran urged Muslims to kill him over his novel "The Satanic Verses", was stabbed in the neck and torso on stage at a lecture on Friday.
TRAINS will not stop at Yoker station due to a "line incident".
The author was stabbed as he was about to give a lecture.
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