Sunday, 17 October 2010

Wrap up warm: Early winter snow forecast in Britain from Tuesday onwards


Britain will be hit by early winter snow from Tuesday as biting winds from the North Pole make daytime temperatures feel as cold as 3C, the Met Office have warned. There was rolling mist over Northumberland hills on Sunday morning - the first time the temperature has dipped below freezing - as the cold sets it. ...


Distraught relatives gather outside Chinese mine as rescuers battle deadly coal dust in bid to free 11 trapped miners

Distraught: Relatives of the dead and trapped miners in China's Henan province gathered outside the mine today as rescuers battled tons of coal dust in an effort to rescue them

Hopes of rescuing the remaining trapped workers were fading as they were buried under coal and it could take three or four days to try to find them.






Peter Mandelson wept as he prepared to leave office for the last time, reveals fly-on-the-wall documentary

The Real PM?: The film shows Mandelson managing problems such as Gordon Brown's 'bigot' gaffe

Film-maker and family friend Hannah Rothschild spent six months shadowing Peter Mandelson for a fly-on-the-wall television documentary