Injured drivers and smashed windscreens as hailstorm halts traffic in northern Italy

A violent hailstorm has brought traffic to a halt on one of Italy's main highways, injuring a number of people and smashing car windows.

Injured drivers and smashed windscreens as hailstorm halts traffic in northern Italy

A violent hailstorm has brought traffic to a halt on one of Italy's main highways, injuring a number of people and smashing car windows.

Torrential rain and floods ‘on our own doorstep’ demonstrates urgency of tackling climate change, says COP president

Heavy rainfall and severe flooding witnessed in the UK in recent days emphasizes the urgent need to tackle climate change, Alok Sharma has said.

Student stabbed around ‘120 times’ by man she mistook as her Uber driver

A South Carolina university student was stabbed more than 100 times by a man who attacked her after she mistakenly thought his car was an Uber ride, a murder trial was told.

COVID will ‘circulate for decades and probably centuries’, health expert says

COVID-19 will be a part of life for decades and possibly centuries, according to a health expert.

Tesla shrugs off chip shortage to post $1bn quarterly profit for first time

Tesla has shrugged off the global chip shortage to notch up quarterly profits of more than $1bn for the first time.

Safe swimming: The dangers, what to look out for and what to do in an emergency

More than 630 people died in accidental drownings around the UK in 2020, Swim England says.

‘Unprecedented disaster’: At least 900 people evacuated as forest fires rage in Sardinia

Raging forest fires in central Sardinia have forced at least 900 people from their homes.