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Passengers are advised to plan their journeys ahead of the holidays Source link

Traveling alongside Webb as it grew and evolved, and to be able to add my signature to each photograph captured, was of course an honor, but also an immense challenge. With each image, I wanted to express the awe that I felt seeing Webb integrated right before my eyes, knowing that it was destined to shed new light on the mysteries of the cosmos.CHRIS GUNNNASA/GSFC Lead Photographer for Webb Telescope Source link

A body has been found in Cumberland Road, Brighton, this morning. Source link [Featured] [Just In]

Gillingham play the bottom three teams in their next four league matches – but the head coach won’t allow the table to dictate their thinking.Stephen Clemence takes his Gills team to second-bottom Forest Green Rovers on Friday night and after hosting mid-table Crawley Town on Boxing Day they welcome basement side Sutton United three days later and before a trip to third-from-bottom Colchester United on New Year’s Day.Gillingham head coach Stephen Clemence not reading anything into the table ahead of festive fixtures Picture : Keith GillardMore: Deeney takes charge at Forest Green“Every game is tough and it doesn’t matter who…

Location : The A1 southbound between the M62 and the junction with the A639 . Reason : Congestion. Status : Currently Active. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 10:30 and 10:45 on 23 December 2023. Delay : There are currently delays of 10 minutes against expected traffic. Source link

Not so fast on that Christmas present for precarious gig workers in the EU: A political deal announced mid month, which aims to bolster platform workers rights across the European Union by establishing a legal presumption of employment, does not have the necessary qualified majority backing among Member States, it emerged today. In an brief update to the European Council’s online press release, where it had trumpeted the earlier political deal on the file, the institution writes: “[O]n 22 December 2023 the Spanish presidency concluded that the necessary majority on the provisional agreement among member states’ representatives (Coreper) could not…

At the beginning of this year Rishi Sunak made five pledges to the country. His government would halve inflation, grow the economy, reduce debt, cut NHS waiting lists and pass laws to stop small boat crossings. But his new plans to curb net migration may end up undermining all of them. Responding to figures that revealed net annual migration has increased by 745,000, the Prime Minister and home secretary, James Cleverly, unveiled policies that they hope will cut the number of people who qualify for work, student and family visas to just 300,000 per year. Among the announcements, the Home…

Fearless – the youth programme of charity Crimestoppers – is running a series of crime prevention messages on social media to raise awareness of how young people can speak up if they’re concerned that they might be being harmed or exploited.   Regardless of the day or time – even Christmas Day – young people can go to Fearless.org and complete an online form with information or suspicions about anyone involved in crime in their area.   From there, one of the charity’s highly trained staff in their UK contact centre processes what is sent to Fearles.org and passes it on to Police Scotland – first making…

Travellers making cross-Channel journeys at the port of Dover have been urged to prepare for potential long waits Source link

NIST researchers placed a common type of Christmas tree in a sealed chamber for 17 days to monitor and measure the chemicals it emits. These chemicals called volatile organic compounds (VOCs) give that pine smell and can react with ozone to form byproducts. They found low amounts of these chemicals, which may be a potential concern for people who are sensitive to them. Credit: M. King/NIST Every holiday season, Americans buy nearly 30 million live Christmas trees. Many families enjoy not only having a live tree inside their homes but also smelling the fresh fragrance it creates. That smell comes…