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Seven US states declare state of emergency over winter storm – as national guard deployed to help stranded drivers | US News
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Seven US states have declared a state of emergency as a winter storm continues to strike. The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning some areas are at risk of seeing their “heaviest snowfall in at least a decade”. The storm has built across the US since Saturday, producing heavy snow and significant ice, making road…
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When is winter solstice and the shortest day of the year? | UK News
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Fed up with it getting dark at 4pm? Well after Saturday, the days will start to get a little longer. The first day of the weekend – 21 December – marks the winter solstice, which brings with it the shortest day and the longest night of the year. Daylight will last for seven hours and…
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See if you are eligible for free vaccines as ‘tripledemic’ of winter illness approaches | UK News
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Millions of people can book their flu and COVID vaccines from today, which officials hope will ease pressure on the health service ahead of the winter months. It comes amid concerns from NHS England over a so-called “tripledemic” of flu, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Bookings open at 9am on Monday and can be…
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‘Digital mimics’ among 16 projects launched to help NHS with winter pressure | Science & Tech News
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Researchers are using artificial intelligence (AI) to “digitally mimic” households struggling with the impact of the cost of living crisis to simulate the most effective ways to help. It’s one of more than a dozen projects spanning data analysis to machine learning that have been launched to help counter the winter pressures facing the NHS.…
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Anxious time for farmers forced to use winter stores in drought | Science & Tech News
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David Exwood is happy with his crop of oats. Like other cereals, they’ve benefitted from rain in the earlier part of the year and then the heatwave ripened the crop and dried it out before harvesting. But it’s still an anxious time. Not just because combining his crop on flinty soil brings the risk of…