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It’s a busy start to the year for skygazers. There’s a supermoon coming on Jan. 3, the same day as the peak of the Quadrantids meteor shower. Tonight, meanwhile, the aurora borealis is predicted to make an appearance. If you don’t mind the cold this weekend, you’ll have plenty to …

Nick TriggleHealth correspondent Getty Images The number of patients in hospital with flu has fallen in England, but NHS bosses are warning the cold snap could increase the pressure on the health service in the coming days. The start of January is normally the busiest time of year for the …

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A powerful storm system continues to disrupt travel, placing 64 million people under winter weather alerts that span the eastern two-thirds of the country. A string of tornadoes erupted in central Illinois on Sunday, with preliminary National Weather Service reports saying eight homes and a garage were destroyed and two …

Messy winter weather — including snow, ice and strong winds — is putting more stress on already busy post-holiday travel plans. A bomb-cyclone dumped snow on the midwest through the northeast over the weekend, and as of Monday, 32 million are under winter weather alerts across the upper midwest, northeast and New …

Watch: President Trump’s name added to facade of Kennedy Center The head of the Kennedy Center in Washington DC has demanded $1m (£740,000) in damages from a musician who cancelled a concert after President Donald Trump’s name was added to the venue. Chuck Redd called off his Christmas Eve performance, …

Santa is speeding through his Christmas deliveries, but a sheriff in Ohio had to stop him on Saturday for “flying a little too fast” with Mrs Claus through Fulton County. “No coal was issued – just a friendly reminder that even sleighs need to slow down,” the sheriff said. BBC …

Watch: The BBC reports on the latest Epstein file release The US Department of Justice released its latest – and largest – tranche of Jeffrey Epstein files on Tuesday. The 11,000-plus documents continue a stream of released information that began on Friday, the deadline mandated in a new law that …

Jim Reed,Health reporter, Wesley Stephenson,BBC Verifyand Nick Triggle,Health correspondent Getty Images The NHS remains on high alert over flu, health bosses say, but there are clear signs the surge in the virus has come to an end for now at least. Community spread appears to have stabilised, the UK Health …

Hospitals across the UK are seeing high levels of flu cases this winter. The NHS in England has said it is on “on high alert” after seeing the highest ever number of flu cases in hospital for this time of year, in the week ending 14 December. You can use …

On Monday, nearly two dozen states, plus the District of Columbia, filed an amended complaint in the FTC’s lawsuit against Uber. According to the lawsuit, Uber charged consumers for the Uber One subscription without their consent, billed them before the end of a free trial, and shared misleading claims about …

The Indiana Senate has rejected a voting map meant to favour Republicans in the 2026 midterms, defying a months-long pressure campaign by the White House. Enough Republican lawmakers in the state joined all Democrats to resist the changes that otherwise would occur every 10 years to reflect population change. US …

An extensive recall of shredded cheese is underway due to the possibility that it contains metal fragments. According to a report by the US Food and Drug Administration, the cheeses were distributed in 31 states and Puerto Rico, with many of them sold at popular retailers such as Aldi, Target and Walmart. …

Daniel SandfordUK correspondent Dan Kitwood/Getty Images The UK’s asylum system is affected by inefficiencies, “wasted public funds” and a succession of “short-term, reactive” government policies that have moved problems elsewhere, the National Audit Office (NAO) has said. As part of its analysis, the spending watchdog looked at a sample of …

As he called the House Judiciary Committee into session on a cold and snowy February day in Washington, DC, Chairman Jim Jordan was ready to take a victory lap. American free speech had been critically threatened, and now it was saved — in large part thanks to him and his …

Alex Bish & Jonathan EdenSouth East investigations team Adele the sniffer dog searches lorries and coaches for small boats smuggled into Europe More than 1,600 miles (2,574km) from the white cliffs of Dover is one of the world’s busiest land borders. Customs staff use an English pointer called Adele to …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Pirtobrutinib, a non-covalent Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor, met the primary endpoint for non-inferiority in terms of overall response rate in the first head-to-head comparison with ibrutinib, a covalent BTK inhibitor. Based on the study results, researchers suggest pirtobrutinib shows promise as initial BTK inhibitor …

Housing Secretary Steve Reed has admitted there will need to be a sharp surge in housebuilding to meet Labour’s promise to build 1.5 million new homes. The government is currently forecast to narrowly miss its target, after the number of new homes started fell from 207,000 to 139,000 after Labour …

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BBC The rallies represent both sides of the debate over plans for Cameron Barracks People are gathering for opposing rallies near a Highland military base where the UK government plans to house asylum seekers. Cameron Barracks, near Inverness city centre, could accommodate about 300 men from next year. The Home …