Gatwick Airport chaos as passengers evacuated leaving hundreds of Brits rushing for flights - The Mirror

Hundreds of passengers were evacuated from London's Gatwick Airport early this morning due to a fire alarm being activated. Crowds were seen gathering outside the airport's north terminal, and a fire crew was pictured climbing up an escalator.

One traveller took to Twitter complaining of a "lack of guidance" from staff, posting: "Evacuated at Gatwick due to a fire alarm! Not great from the staff here as no guidance. Poor operations!"

Another wrote alongside a photo of two firefighters: "Gatwick Airport evacuation, fire alert", while a third shared a video of people milling around outside, saying: "Fire alarm at Gatwick, this is going to be fun."

As of 7.30am, passengers were being allowed back inside the airport. A Gatwick spokeswoman apologised to passengers for any inconvenience, and said the evacuation took place for a "short time".

As of 7.30am, passengers were being allowed back inside the airport ( @DanDEnglish/Twitter)

She told the Mirror: "London Gatwick’s North Terminal was evacuated for a short time this morning due to a fire alarm being activated. As always, safety and security are our number one priority. We apologise to passengers for any inconvenience."

Meanwhile, an easyJet flight was forced to land back at the airport this morning shortly after takeoff, before being escorted off the runway by emergency vehicles.

The evacuation comes after Unite union called off strike action that was due to take place amongst baggage handlers and ground staff at the airport this weekend. ASC workers voted in favour of a double digit pay rise, while workers at Menzies voted in favour of a 13 per cent increase for ground handling staff and a 17 per cent increase for the lowest paid staff, as well as enhancements to annual leave and sick pay.

The votes in favour of the deals mean that both disputes have now ended, and all strike action related to them cancelled, said the union. Earlier this week, strikes by Gatwick DHL workers were also called off after workers voted to accept a 15 per cent pay deal.

A fire truck seen outside the airport ( @DanDEnglish/Twitter)

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: "These excellent results were achieved because Menzies and ASC workers at Gatwick are unionised and stood strong. Unite does what it says on the trade union tin: Defend and improve jobs, pay and conditions for our members."

Meanwhile, workers at GGS have started balloting on an improved pay offer, for which a further announcement will be made in due course, added the union.

Unite regional officer Dominic Rothwell said: "As these results demonstrate, workers looking to improve their wages and working lives should join Unite and get their colleague to do the same."

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The picturesque riverside Nottinghamshire village swarmed by visitors in the summer - Nottinghamshire Live

As the weather gets warmer many residents flock to the seaside or spend a day walking along or sailing in the River Trent, but for some riverside villages this can be problematic. Gunthorpe is a beautiful village located near Lowdham stretching along the river, with Gunthorpe Lock one of the largest locks on the Trent.

But residents have warned that each summer the village's only car park gets full and people fill up Main Street with their cars. Retired Steve Henesy, 63, explained he doesn't experience the issue as he lives "far enough away from the river." He said: "Parking will be a problem closer to the river as the road does tend to get full there."

Steve explained the village often gets busy in summer, and people come from all over to go to the pubs and businesses on the riverfront all year round. He added: "If you're a local then probably you don't go to the pub when the sun is out as it's too busy."

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He said he didn't think there were enough resources in the village, and added that some years "we have the youths jumping off the bridge which brings the emergency services round".

A retired 75-year-old, who lives in Gunthorpe but did not want to be named, said he had noticed a problem: "Very much so. It's mainly the amount of car parking on the Main Street which is horrific and trying to get round the roads when we know it's going to be busy which is any good sunny Sunday.

Retired Steve Henesy (Image: Laycie Beck)

"I don't even attempt to go in from the bridge [Gunthorpe Bridge], I go in from the Lowdham end because it can be quite difficult to get through all the cars." However, he explained that when it's not busy he likes to enjoy the River Trent as well.

He added: "If it's not too busy then we can walk across the river and walk out to Caythorpe." Speaking about the offering for children in the village, the man replied: "They are trying, the school does stuff and the people who operate the village hall try to do stuff for them, so they have even got some junior football teams being sorted."

Regarding the car parking, Gunthorpe mum Emma Kenna, 31, said: "There tends to be a bit more traffic along the main road but nothing that bothers us." Speaking about the businesses on the riverfront, she added: "They get really busy in summer with visitors, so we tend to avoid them at those sorts of times."

Emma explained that sometimes boats come past or people go on the river for water sports. She said: "There's a group of people who all do water sports. They have water skis and stuff like that."

The mum added that there used to be a boat that people could hire to "go along the river for an hour or two" but this stopped a few years ago.

"There's plenty in Gunthorpe, there's a park that not a lot of people know about, there's plenty of nice walks and there are the surrounding villages that are within walking distance like Burton Joyce and Caythorpe."

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'Exciting' street trading plans 'will help boost town's economy' - North Wales Live

Street trading could soon be allowed on several Llanrwst streets, boosting the economy in the market town with a series of annual events such as Christmas fayres. Llanrwst Town Council has approached Conwy Council, seeking to have "prohibited streets" converted to "consent streets", potentially allowing on-street trading.

If agreed, this would allow traders to apply to Conwy Council through its street trading policy for on-street trading. At a Conwy licensing committee meeting this week, representatives of Llanrwst Town Council spoke by video link, indicating they already had an event in mind this Christmas, should the application be successful.

Llanrwst councillor Aaron Wynne isn’t on the committee but spoke in favour of the application. "I'm very supportive of this application by Llanrwst Town Council," he said.

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"These plans that the council have are very exciting plans and would definitely give a boost to the town's economy, and I think this is the right step forward." Cllr Harry Saville proposed the committee back the proposals, and this was seconded by Cllr Abdul Khan. The committee’s vote was unanimous.

Public notices will now be placed on the streets and in newspapers. Cllr Goronwy Edwards, though, pointed out it was important that provisions for litter at events were put in place.

The streets included in the application are: George Street, Parry Road, Llanddoged Road, School Bank Road, Abergele Road, Denbigh Street, Watling Street, Tan y Graig, Conwy Terrace, Station Approach, Gwydyr Road, Ancaster Square, Church Street, Willow Street, and all streets leading into the above for a distance of 50 yards.

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2022 was UK’s warmest year on record, says Met Office - The Guardian

2022 was the warmest year on record in the UK, the Met Office has confirmed, with experts warning the unprecedented heat is a sign of things to come.

It was also the first year in which a temperature above 40C (104F) was recorded in the UK. A record-breaking 40.3C was recorded on 19 July at Coningsby, Lincolnshire.

Prof Liz Bentley, the chief executive of the Royal Meteorological Society, who oversees the journal that published the annual report, said: “I’ve never seen 40C in the UK before … to break that record I think was a real milestone.

“This was probably the first time we saw a hot, dry summer for a while. If you look at future climate projections, we are on a path [towards] hotter, drier summers. So 2022 was very much a sign of things to come.”

A host of other records were set last year. It was warmer than average throughout 2022, except for December, which was the coldest since 2010. Despite this, all four seasons were in the top 10 hottest since records began in 1884. The past decade, from 2013-22, was also the UK’s warmest.

Met Office studies have found the record heat and the heatwave last July, when the organisation issued its first red warning for extreme temperatures, were made more likely because of human-induced climate breakdown.

Mike Kendon, the lead author of the report, said: “The observations show that extreme temperatures are changing faster than the average and, as our climate warms, we expect far more high temperature records to be broken, potentially by wide margins, and far fewer low temperature records.”

The report also found that the sea level in the UK had risen by 18.5cm since the 1900s, with about 11.4cm of this rise having taken place over the past 30 years.

A newer section is on phenology, the study of recurring biological or natural events in relation to climate. This refers to events such as leaves staying on trees longer or flowers blooming earlier.

Fritha West, a phenologist at Woodland Trust, said: “Species will react in different ways, and these reactions will impact human life in different ways, but the speed of these changes could cause concern.”

How species react could tell us a lot, such as how spring arriving earlier and autumn getting milder, she added.

The report also found:

• 2022 was one of the least snowy years on record compared with the past 60 years.

• January to August 2022 was the driest across England and Wales since 1976.

• Last year was the seventh sunniest in the UK since 1919.

The report also included possible scenarios for average temperatures. The study forecast that in 2060, under a medium emission scenario, 2022 would be considered an average year in terms of temperature, while by 2100 it would be considered a cool year.

Kendon said the UK’s future climate was dependent on political decisions made today. He added: “Our role is to provide the science to government to make the policy decisions that they do. But obviously the science is clear: the longer we take to reduce emissions, the longer and harder it will be to reduce the impacts that we are seeing.”

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2022 was UK’s warmest year on record, says Met Office - The Guardian

2022 was the warmest year on record in the UK, the Met Office has confirmed, with experts warning the unprecedented heat is a sign of things to come.

It was also the first year in which a temperature above 40C (104F) was recorded in the UK. A record-breaking 40.3C was recorded on 19 July at Coningsby, Lincolnshire.

Prof Liz Bentley, the chief executive of the Royal Meteorological Society, who oversees the journal that published the annual report, said: “I’ve never seen 40C in the UK before … to break that record I think was a real milestone.

“This was probably the first time we saw a hot, dry summer for a while. If you look at future climate projections, we are on a path [towards] hotter, drier summers. So 2022 was very much a sign of things to come.”

A host of other records were set last year. It was warmer than average throughout 2022, except for December, which was the coldest since 2010. Despite this, all four seasons were in the top 10 hottest since records began in 1884. The past decade, from 2013-22, was also the UK’s warmest.

Met Office studies have found the record heat and the heatwave last July, when the organisation issued its first red warning for extreme temperatures, were made more likely because of human-induced climate breakdown.

Mike Kendon, the lead author of the report, said: “The observations show that extreme temperatures are changing faster than the average and, as our climate warms, we expect far more high temperature records to be broken, potentially by wide margins, and far fewer low temperature records.”

The report also found that the sea level in the UK had risen by 18.5cm since the 1900s, with about 11.4cm of this rise having taken place over the past 30 years.

A newer section is on phenology, the study of recurring biological or natural events in relation to climate. This refers to events such as leaves staying on trees longer or flowers blooming earlier.

Fritha West, a phenologist at Woodland Trust, said: “Species will react in different ways, and these reactions will impact human life in different ways, but the speed of these changes could cause concern.”

How species react could tell us a lot, such as how spring arriving earlier and autumn getting milder, she added.

The report also found:

• 2022 was one of the least snowy years on record compared with the past 60 years.

• January to August 2022 was the driest across England and Wales since 1976.

• Last year was the seventh sunniest in the UK since 1919.

The report also included possible scenarios for average temperatures. The study forecast that in 2060, under a medium emission scenario, 2022 would be considered an average year in terms of temperature, while by 2100 it would be considered a cool year.

Kendon said the UK’s future climate was dependent on political decisions made today. He added: “Our role is to provide the science to government to make the policy decisions that they do. But obviously the science is clear: the longer we take to reduce emissions, the longer and harder it will be to reduce the impacts that we are seeing.”

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Warnham: Teenager dies after village stabbing - BBC

By Bob Dale

BBC News

A 17-year-old boy has died after being stabbed at the weekend.

He was injured in the early hours of Sunday at an address in Marches Road, Warnham, near Horsham, West Sussex, and taken to hospital in a critical condition.

He died on Tuesday, Sussex Police said.

A 16-year-old boy is in custody after being arrested on suspicion of murder, while a 16-year-old girl and a 52-year-old woman have been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.

Det Ch Insp Kimball Edey, of the Surrey and Sussex Major Crime Team, said: "Our thoughts are with the victim's family and friends at this incredibly difficult time.

"We know that there were a number of young people in attendance at an event, and are keen to speak to them.

"Further arrests have been made in this case, and we ask the public not to speculate about the incident on social media as it may jeopardise the ongoing investigation."

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NatWest chief executive Alison Rose steps down after Nigel Farage row - Financial Times

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