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Days after floods hit, further heavy rain likely to cause travel delays and flooding from 4pm on SundayWeather warnings have been issued as strong winds and heavy rain are on the way to the UK, days after some areas were hit by flooding.A yellow rain warning has been issued by the Met Office – meaning further heavy rain is likely to cause some travel delays and flooding – covering much of southern England and south Wales between 4pm on Sunday and 9am on Monday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/28/uk-weather-wind-rain-warnings-issued-southern-england-south-wales Author : PA Media Publish date : 2024-09-28 12:09:48 Copyright

Next month, New College of Florida will welcome activist and writer Steve Sailer, a ‘proponent of scientific racism’New College of Florida (NCF) will host the extremist writer Steve Sailer, who has been described as a “white supremacist” and a “proponent of scientific racism”, at a college-branded public event next month.New College has made headlines since January 2023, when the rightwing governor, Ron DeSantis, vowed to transform it from a university known for liberal values into a conservative institution, and installed a new board of trustees including the rightwing culture warrior Christopher Rufo. That board in turn appointed DeSantis’s “close ally”

Former PM says leadership candidates must understand that party lost election because it ‘trashed our brand’The Conservatives “failed to see the threat from the Liberal Democrats” while focusing too much on the rise of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, Theresa May has said.Writing in the Times on the eve of the party’s annual conference in Birmingham, Lady May said the remaining candidates for the Tory leadership could “play into Reform’s hands” by failing to understand the reasons behind their electoral humiliation. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/28/tories-too-focused-reform-lib-dem-threat-theresa-may Author : Guardian staff and agency Publish date : 2024-09-28 11:35:12 Copyright for syndicated