Beast from the East storm in 2018 was fuelled by sea-ice loss from the Barents Sea, study finds

‘What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic!’ Beast from the East storm that plunged Britain to 12°F in 2018 was fuelled by sea-ice loss from the Barents Sea, study finds Researchers from Finland set out to understand the source of the 2018 storm Sea-ice loss in the Arctic potentially supplied 88% of … Read more

Coronaphobia fuelled property slump: UK house prices fell by 0.2% in March and April

Coronaphobia fuelled property slump: UK house prices fell by 0.2% in March and April making average home worth £234,612 amid fears over rise in Covid cases and lockdown being imposed UK house prices dropped 0.2% between March and April on completed sales Office for National Statistics said average property value stood at £234,612 But there … Read more

Drunk female Sergeant HEADBUTTED soldier in the face at alcohol fuelled Army social event

Michelle Cook, 33, pictured outside Bulford Military Court in Wiltshire A female Sergeant got drunk on a booze-fuelled Army social event at a racecourse and headbutted a male colleague in the face. Michelle Cook, 33, became so incensed when the male soldier accused her of pushing a colleague she lashed out at him ‘in the … Read more

How story that sparked a week of national rage was fuelled by fake news

The Dominic Cummings furore began with an untruth. ‘Police spoke to Cummings about lockdown breach’ declared The Guardian’s front page headline on May 23. Setting the tone of subsequent coverage, the involvement of the police was an essential element of the story of how the Prime Minister’s top adviser had supposedly flouted his own rules, … Read more

Iranian airline ‘fuelled Middle East’s coronavirus crisis by continuing flights to China’

An Iranian airline fuelled the Middle East’s coronavirus crisis by flying infected passengers into Lebanon and Iraq and continuing flights to China, an investigation has found. Mahan Air, a private company linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), is accused of lying about these passenger flights after Tehran barred all flights to China on … Read more