Thunderstorm warning issued as UK set for hail and flash flooding

UK weather: Met Office forecasts colder conditions Britons in southern England and Wales have been warned to expect “hail and localised flash-flooding” from thunderstorms hitting the UK on Monday. The first blast of wet weather will arrive in the west of the British Isles, as an area of “showery rain” falls over Wales, the Midlands, south west England and over […]

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Man given £2,000 fine for driving motorhome through low emission zone

Holidaymaker hoping for a ‘relatively cheap’ break is hit with £2,000 fine after driving his motorhome through London’s low emission zone to a campsite within the M25 over Easter weekend Geoffrey Eaton, 53, from Colchester, said it has ruined his family’s holiday plans  Read more: Woman ‘unfairly’ fined after briefly stopping in disabled parking spot A self-employed architect was hit with […]

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Summit County man who back over wife charged with vehicular homicide

A 66-year-old Summit County man faces a vehicular homicide charge after backing over his wife as she was walking behind the car in their driveway. The preliminary investigation found that Bradley Wilson was under the influence of alcohol or prescription medication, according to Summit County Sheriff Jaime FitzSimons. Wilson was taken into custody without incident and booked at the Summit […]

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Twitter fueled run on Silicon Valley Bank, new paper finds

Illustration: Shoshana Gordon/Axios Which came first, the tweets or the bank run? A new paper finds evidence that tweets — particularly from those in the startup community— exacerbated the run on Silicon Valley Bank last month. Why it matters: Social media-fueled bank runs — SVB's collapse was the first — are a new risk to the financial system, and regulators don't […]

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School violence in Brazil mirrors US. Its reaction doesn’t – The Denver Post

By LAÍS MARTINS and COLLIN BINKLEY (SAO PAULO) About two weeks after a man killed four children in a Brazilian daycare center, authorities already have rounded up some 300 adults and minors nationwide accused of spreading hate speech or stoking school violence. Little has been revealed about the unprecedented crackdown, which risks judicial overreach, but it underlines the determination of […]

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