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A WEEK’S worth of rain could hit parts of Britain today as the rest of the country shivers in cold and frosty conditions. The Met Office issued a “severe” yellow weather warning for rain covering the south west of England. Weather forecasters warned that heavy rain during rush-hour this morning could spark travel chaos on the roads and railways. Up to 30mm of rainfall could within six hours, according to some estimates. It comes after freezing fog caused havoc for commuters as "slippery rails" delayed trains in London yesterday morning. In the North, temperatures are set to drop to -6C and parts of the South are bracing for -3C over the next few days.Northern parts face snow flurries on higher ground, which would make it England's earliest winter snow for 11 years. Most days will struggle to hit double-digits in the North this week - while the South will see high temperatures range from 10C to 12C. Met Office forecaster Greg Dewhurst said: “Slow-moving rain … [Read more...] about UK weather forecast: Met Office issues warning as frost and a week’s worth of rain to hit today

A UK ticket-holder has won the £105million EuroMillions jackpot, the National Lottery said. The astonishing win has instantly made the lucky punter richer than Coldplay's Chris Martin and Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe - and one of the biggest British winners of all time. The Lucky Star numbers were 04 and 06. Last night's National Lottery EuroMillions winning numbers are: 08, 10, 15, 30 and 42. Someone also became a millionaire by matching the Millionaire Maker code ZMSF62402. Andy Carter, senior winners’ advisor at The National Lottery, said: "On our 25th birthday, one very lucky ticket-holder has scooped tonight’s entire £105m EuroMillions jackpot."Players across the country are now urged to check their tickets to see if they have won big." He added that last night’s "big winner has scooped the sixth EuroMillions jackpot banked in the UK this year." Tonight's National Lottery Thunderball winning numbers are: 04, 11, 29, 34 and 35. The Thunderball … [Read more...] about UK Euromillions winner scoops £105million jackpot in one of the biggest payouts of all time

A WEEK’S worth of rain could hit parts of Britain today as the rest of the country shivers in cold and frosty conditions. The Met Office issued a “severe” yellow weather warning for rain covering the south west of England... Weather forecasters warned that heavy rain during rush-hour this morning could spark travel chaos on the roads and railways. Up to 30mm of rainfall could within six hours, according to some estimates. It comes after freezing fog caused havoc for commuters as "slippery rails" delayed trains in London yesterday morning. In the North, temperatures are set to drop to -6C and parts of the South are bracing for -3C over the next few days.Northern parts face snow flurries on higher ground, which would make it England's earliest winter snow for 11 years. Most days will struggle to hit double-digits in the North this week - while the South will see high temperatures range from 10C to 12C. Met Office forecaster Greg Dewhurst said: “Slow-moving … [Read more...] about UK weather forecast: Met Office warning as frost and a week’s worth of rain to hit today

I’ve been traipsing around London for the past week with a doctor’s prescription in my pocket – trying to find my next three months’ supply of HRT patches. Hormone replacement therapy is just one of the drugs in desperately short supply across the UK. A poll of more than 400 pharmacists reveals 84 per cent are struggling to obtain any HRT stocks while others are running out of ­contraceptives, anti-depressants, blood pressure, diabetes and epilepsy ­medications. It’s hard to get a ­definitive answer as to why. A pharmacist told me there’s a shortage of the Chinese made ­adhesive used in HRT patches. Then my doctor muttered something ­cryptic about “pharmaceutical ­companies game-playing”. It’s no secret that Big Pharma control the market so tightly that a glitch in just one ­factory can stop production around the globe. But we still have absolutely no idea what additional impact Brexit will have. … [Read more...] about Rachael Bletchly: I’m facing falling off a HRT cliff because of UK drugs shortages

A chemical at the centre of a £225million legal payout to a man dying of cancer can still be found in a host of garden products on sale in the UK, MirrorOnline can reveal. Dewayne Johnson, 46, was awarded the huge sum on Friday after a California jury of lay people concluded Monsanto's Roundup was a "substantial factor" of his non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Jurors also found that the potential risks of the product were known by the scientific community and Monsanto failed to "adequately warn" of the danger. However, Monsanto insists glyphosate, the herbicide in its product, does not cause cancer and plans to appeal the verdict. The jury's decision also appears to go against the largest study done into the herbicide, carried out by the UN and World Health Organisation in 2016, which said the chemical was “unlikely to pose a carcinogenic risk to humans from exposure through the diet”. Despite the controversy around it use, the herbicide can still be found in a number of popular … [Read more...] about Roundup weedkiller case: Five household products which contain glyphosate on sale in UK and could be in your home