Fukushima tests to help assess cooling of damaged reactors: Tepco
11/9/2018, 9:46:33 AMThe owner of the Fukushima nuclear plant, destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami... ✔ Then Tepco will resume full pumping, but in March the company will stop all cooling for a seven-hour period to test analytical models which have shown that the reactors will not overheat, he said ✔ Tepco said it would use the test results to better understand radioactive reactions during an emergency cooling halt ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
HURRICANE: Storm Deirdre reaches hurricane levels – but where in UK will it strike?
11/9/2018, 10:00:07 AMBRITAIN is bracing itself for power cuts, travel chaos and flooding as Storm Deirdre gathers hurricane strength – but where will it strike? ✔ But forecasters have not officially given it a title, yet ✔ We do have a yellow weather warning in force for wind and rain on Friday ✔ Sunday will still be unsettled and breezy with showers or heavier rain, especially in the west and south ✔ The north and east will see the best weather with some sunshine
Where is Storm Dierdre, what's the latest weekend weather forecast?
11/9/2018, 8:40:01 AMTHE fourth named storm is expected to hit the UK this weekend and Deirdre is set to bring hurricane strength winds and torrential rain. An official title is yet to be issued – but will you be… ✔ Alamy Live News 8 Winds of 60mph will hit exposed and coastal areas What is the forecast for the weekend ✔ But for many Friday evening's rush hour isn't going to be very pleasant ✔ Temperatures will be 10 to 14 degrees, so not cold, and more sunshine and showers to come on Sunday
I'm A Celebrity camp swarming with blood-sucking leeches after heavy storm
11/9/2018, 11:05:57 AMI'm A Celebrity stars will be eaten alive by plague of leeches after storm bashed the camp in Australia ✔ There's a plague of leeches in camp (Image: ITV/REX/Shutterstock) Conditions are getting worse (Image: ITV/REX/Shutterstock) Read More I'm A Celebrity's Holly Willoughby forced to wake up at 1.30am for gruelling 16-hour jungle days Holly had better pack her wellies for the launch, as well as her swimsuit
Northern California wildfire leaves town in ruins, thousands flee
11/9/2018, 9:34:49 AMA fast-moving wildfire advanced to the outskirts of the Northern California city... ✔ Paradise is located on a ridge and had limited escape routes ✔ Traffic accidents turned roads into gridlock and residents abandoned vehicles and ran from the flames carrying children and pets, officials said ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Thousand Oaks Residents Devastated By Wednesday's Shooting Are Fleeing A Wildfire
11/9/2018, 11:18:15 AMWeary residents fled their homes in Southern California Thursday night as the Woolsey Fire tore through the area. ✔ A Southern California community already devastated by the deaths of 12 people in a mass shooting on Wednesday was forced to evacuate overnight as a fierce wildfire tore through the area ✔ His wife was stuck on the freeway when he spoke to BuzzFeed News ✔ She had gone shopping, but has been cut off by road closures
‘Heart in my throat’: Major earthquake strikes near Norwegian volcanic island in Arctic Sea
11/9/2018, 9:21:53 AMOfficials in Norway say a powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 has occurred in the Arctic Sea, between a volcanic Norwegian island and Greenland. ✔ The quake struck at a shallow depth of 10km below the sea floor on Friday morning ✔ However, the employees of the meteorological institute and several troops stationed on the mostly uninhabited volcanic island were shocked by the jolts, according to local media ✔ I had the heart in my throat when I woke up because the mirror and the cabinets shook, engineer Silje Wennesland Silje Wennesland told Norway’s NTB news agency
BBC Weather: Britain set for TORRENTIAL downpours and gales this weekend
11/9/2018, 8:38:00 AMTHE NEXT 24 hours will bring cataclysmic sheets of rain and whipping gales of up to 60 mph to the UK. ✔ The swirling depression is grumbling in from the Atlantic and will slowly churn up the country from west to east ✔ It’s this low pressure that will really upset the weather across western areas of the UK - it’s charging in and it’s going to bring gales ✔ Coastal areas should be avoided as spray is blasted inland
Powerful underwater quake off Norwegian Arctic island
11/9/2018, 10:51:59 AMThe quake struck in the Arctic Ocean northwest of the largely uninhabited and remote Norwegian island Jan Mayen, officials said. No injuries or damage were immediately reported. ✔ Silje Wennesland told NTB that 'I had my heart in my throat when I woke up because the mirror and the cabinets shook.' NORSAR said aftershocks are expected but no tsunami warning was issued ✔ The previous such quake was recorded Aug. 30, 2012, and had a magnitude of 6.6
Woolsey fire evacuation MAP: Where is Kim Kardashian's house? Thousands forced to FLEE
11/9/2018, 11:10:23 AMCALIFORNIA is in the grips of a massive wildfire which is sending families racing from their homes. ✔ Reality TV star Kim Kardashian is amongst the thousands who have had to evacuate due to the Woolsey fire.The blaze broke out in the Hill Canyon area on Thursday and spread rapidly, scorching some 8,000 acres and is 0 percent contained ✔ On Thursday night, the City of Calabasas tweeted that the Woolsey Fire which was sweeping through the area earlier in the day had grown to over 2,000 acres with 0 percent containment
'A wall of fire' in California: 3 wind-powered wildfires gain momentum
11/9/2018, 9:08:42 AMAs the Camp Fire raged in the northern part of the state, about 90 miles north of Sacramento in Butte County, the Hill and Woolsey fires triggered widespread evacuations to cap a hellacious day in Ventura County that began with news of a mass shooting that left 13 people dead at a neighborhood bar. ✔ Flames can be seen spreading across the hillside near Thousand Oaks, California ✔ NOAH BERGER, AP Fullscreen Medical personnel evacuate patients as the Feather River Hospital burns while the Camp Fire rages through Paradise, Calif., on Nov. 8, 2018
Heroism, harrowing escapes as fire destroys California town
11/9/2018, 10:14:33 AMA fast-moving wildfire that ravaged a Northern California town Thursday sent residents racing to escape on roads that turned into tunnels of fire as thick smoke darkened the daytime sky, wiping out what a Cal Fire official said was a couple of thousand structures. ✔ Thick gray smoke and ash filled the sky above Paradise and could be seen from miles away ✔ ___ Associated Press writers Jocelyn Gecker, Paul Elias, Janie Har, Daisy Nguyen, Olga R ✔ Monroe in Phoenix and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher in Honolulu contributed to this report
Wildfires Rage Across Northern California And Thousand Oaks
11/9/2018, 10:33:04 AMThe Thousand Oaks community is still reeling from a mass shooting one day earlier. ✔ A series of wildfires continued their tear through California on Friday, encroaching upon an area still reeling from a mass shooting that struck the community of Thousand Oaks just one day earlier ✔ Things started exploding, said resident Gina Oviedo ✔ There are dozens of strike teams that we’re bringing in from all parts of the state
French are prepared! Border official REVEALS Macron ready to GRIDLOCK Britain post Brexit
11/9/2018, 9:24:45 AMFRANCE has the potential to have the United Kingdom spiral in a chaotic gridlock in the event of a no deal Brexit, border official Lucy Moreton claimed. ✔ It’ll be confusing for a little while and I certainly wouldn’t plan a ferry trip to France in the next couple of weeks but other than that we will pretty much carry on ✔ It will be chaos in Dover, in Calais, in the North of France, by the tunnel, everywhere
Japan government eyes 10 trillion yen stimulus to offset sales tax...
11/9/2018, 9:26:11 AMJapan's government is considering a stimulus package worth around 10 trilli... ✔ FILE PHOTO: People walk on a crosswalk at a business district in central Tokyo, Japan September 29, 2017 ✔ The nationwide sales tax is scheduled to rise to 10 percent in October 2019 from 8 percent currently ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Teen left needing SKIN GRAFTS on her hands after freak nail polish accident
11/9/2018, 10:53:44 AMA TEENAGE girl has been left needing skin grafts after she suffered third degree burns in a freak accident while doing her nails. ✔ Maya fears she could have burned the whole house down, and her mum rushed to help when she heard her screams ✔ My only intention for the post was to spread awareness – which everyone can see it is doing ✔ The teen has been left with her hands totally wrapped in bandages while she recovers
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Fire at low-cost dormitory in Jongno kills 7, injures 12
11/9/2018, 8:16:42 AMundefined ✔ There was a ladder at the emergency exit and it came down on it but I got a fire burn on my back, said a man who survived from the third floor ✔ Police believe the fire started in room 301 after a resident turned on an electric heater ✔ The resident tried in vain to stop the fire but had to flee
Emperor, empress host final garden party at palace
11/9/2018, 9:54:29 AMEmperor Akihito and Empress Michiko hosted their last garden party at the Akasaka Estate in Tokyo on ✔ Shortly after she started her business in 1987, Watanabe hired ex-convicts because she learned about the severe discrimination they face when they return to society ✔ A female employee had told Watanabe that her husband was in prison, and she was in tears worried that she would be fired because of her husband’s actions ✔ (This article was written by Ayako Nakada and Yasuhiko Shima.):
Holly Willoughby shares rare snap of kids ahead of jetting to Oz
11/9/2018, 9:15:03 AMThe This Morning presenter treated her three children to dinner at a burger bar on Thursday, ahead of the family jetting to Australia for the upcoming series of I'm A Celebrity. ✔ She is just days away from jetting to Australia to host I'm A Celebrity.. ✔ And then suddenly it’s all sorted logistically.' The evening treat comes after the blonde beauty took to Instagram to share a delicious cake wishing her luck ahead of her presenting stint
'Our freedom is in PERIL' British fishermen's BRUTAL response to EU's fishing demands
11/9/2018, 11:00:01 AMBRITISH fishermen have waned their “freedom is in peril” as the European Union demand continued access to UK waters in exchange for agreeing to Britain’s plans to prevent a hard border in Ireland. ✔ Does the EU demand and do they cave to surrendering their natural resource for market access ✔ The British Government is pushing for the right to withdraw from this backstop, to stop it becoming a permanent relationship ✔ Responding to the reports, former Ukip leader Nigel Farage tweeted: Fishing is the acid test of Brexit, we must take back our waters from Brussels
Skincare expert claims we should stop using moisturiser
11/9/2018, 8:27:26 AMEdinburgh-based Dr. Sobia Ali warns that the millions of British women using cream on a daily basis could be making themselves dependent on the product, leading to a 'vicious cycle'. ✔ A doctor has given her practical advice for ditching the product - along with her top tips for caring for your skin throughout the winter (file photo) 'This is a vicious cycle, as the more that the moisturiser is placed on to the skin, the drier the skin will be on the insider, resulting in long-term skin problems
West Gate Tunnel builders go to Fair Work in bid to force agreement
11/9/2018, 9:40:40 AMTunnel builders go to Fair Work Commission in bid to force agreement ✔ Construction Forestry Maritime Mining Energy Union state secretary John Setka attacked John Holland for turning their back on negotiations around workers' rights and conditions ✔ Unions and construction companies are, however, close to an agreement on another huge project, the $11 billion Metro Tunnel, with the Cross Yarra Partnership building it expected to reach agreement within days
We now know it’s folly to rage against Trump | Simon Jenkins
11/9/2018, 11:55:57 AMThe president will never be out-ranted, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins ✔ He was taunted as belligerent, racist, a liar, a sex maniac, a fraudster, a deranged narcissist or merely, in Rupert Murdoch’s reported words, a fucking idiot ✔ Over 40% of white millennials voted for Trump in 2016, and appear to do so still ✔ Thus the anti-Trump, anti-Brexit champions have found it easier to abandon reason for moral damnation ✔ Let reason go and there will always be a Trump waiting in the wings
Wong Kar-wai: The master of ‘Hollywood East’
11/9/2018, 11:13:22 AMThe Hong Kong director made three of the 100 greatest foreign-language films in BBC Culture’s poll. His unique style and universal human themes mark him apart from his peers. ✔ Chungking Express charts in parallel spaces the quirky romantic adventures of two lonely Hong Kong policemen ✔ Making a name on the international stage was possible, and going to Hollywood wasn’t the only way ✔ - 12 g reat foreign-language masterpieces you may not know
Terrorists, cultists – or champions of Iranian democracy? The wild wild story of the MEK
11/9/2018, 8:14:30 AMThe long read: They fought for the Iranian revolution – and then for Saddam Hussein. The US and UK once condemned them. But now their opposition to Tehran has made them favourites of Trump White House hardliners ✔ Mostafa and Robabe Mohammadi came to Albania to rescue their daughter ✔ Men in sunglasses trailed them from their hotel on George W Bush Road to their lawyer’s office; from the lawyer’s office to the ministry of internal affairs; and from the ministry back to the hotel ✔ For Saddam, the MEK was a useful, but disposable, tool in his war against Iran
The great Christmas sandwich taste test!
11/9/2018, 9:14:59 AMFEMAIL's Martha Cliff- with the help of her very hungry colleagues - have sampled more than 50 of the festive sandwiches on offer on the high street this year - so you know which ones to go for. ✔ These days Christmas lunch comes far more than just once a year, with supermarkets and coffee chains scrambling to produce the best on-the-go versions for hungry commuters up and down the country ✔ What was unforgivable was the mushy stuffing-mayonnaise that was holding the whole thing together, almost as though someone had already chewed it once for me and for that the whole experience was bought down to a 1.5
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