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Traffic-calming measures trigger spike in fire service delays

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Emergency service vehicles are being delayed hundreds of times every month because of Sadiq Khan’s controversial low-traffic zones.  Newly-released data shows The London Fire Brigade was delayed to call outs more than 330 times a month between June and November 2020 – up 18 per cent from the previous year – due to new traffic … Read more

Foreign holidays could trigger ANOTHER UK-wide lockdown, experts warn

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Foreign holidays could trigger another lockdown because they risk bringing back vaccine-dodging coronavirus variants, experts warn.  Boris Johnson has promised his ‘roadmap’ will end the crippling restrictions ‘once and for all’, as Britain marks a year since life as we knew it ground to a halt. But SAGE scientists say trips abroad this summer could … Read more

Melting Antarctic icebergs may trigger chain reaction to new ice age

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Icebergs in the Antarctic gradually melting further and further from the frozen continent could be the trigger that plunges Earth into a new ice age, study finds.  Researchers from Cardiff University reconstructed past climate conditions and identified tiny fragments of Antarctic rock dropped in the open ocean as part of a study designed to understand … Read more

Melting icebergs in the Antarctic could trigger a chain reaction leading to a new ice age

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Icebergs in the Antarctic gradually melting further and further from the frozen continent could be the trigger that plunges Earth into a new ice age, study finds.  Researchers from Cardiff University reconstructed past climate conditions and identified tiny fragments of Antarctic rock dropped in the open ocean as part of a study designed to understand … Read more

Weather: Sudden stratospheric warming at the North Pole may trigger another ‘Beast from the East’

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Sudden stratospheric warming event around the North Pole could trigger another ‘Beast from the East’, scientists warn British researchers studied stratospheric warming events from the last 60 years During these episodes, temperatures in the stratosphere can rise by 90°F in days This disturbance can travel downwards and cause cooling shifts in the jet stream The team worked … Read more

Britons react to news that allowing family get-togethers could trigger month-long ‘lockdown 3.0’

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‘On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me… five days of quarantine!’: Britons react to news that allowing festive family get-togethers could trigger month-long ‘lockdown 3.0’ in January England could face 25 days of extra restrictions for five days of festive freedom Jokesters flooded Twitter with memes about potential ‘lockdown 3.0’ … Read more

Burberry warns scrapping duty-free sales will trigger tourist exodus and damage UK economy

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Burberry has warned that the government’s plan to end duty-free shopping will trigger a tourist exodus and damage UK economy as the brand announced its profits plunged by two thirds during lockdown.  Chancellor Rishi Sunak is ending refunds for international visitors to British shops from January 1. The luxury clothing brand, which currently has 10 … Read more

Texas man is shot in the leg by his DOG when its paw got caught on trigger of owner’s pistol

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Ruff day! Texas man carrying a pistol in his waistband is shot in the leg by his DOG when its paw got caught on the trigger A man in Texas was shot in the leg by his dog whose paw set off his pistol, the Plano Police Department announced Monday He had his pistol tucked … Read more

COVID-19 ‘nanoparticle’ vaccine could trigger strong immune response

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Scientists develop a ‘nanoparticle’ COVID-19 vaccine that could trigger a 10-times stronger immune response than the reaction seen in survivors and protect against future mutated strains Scientists have developed an experimental vaccine that uses nanoparticles, which mimic the structural features of the coronavirus The body is trained to recognize the receptors the virus uses to enter … Read more