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• England appoint former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum as Test coach Former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum (Picture: Getty)England have appointed former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum as head coach of their men’s Test team. The 40-year-old agreed to take the role at the start of the week after impressing England chiefs in a series of interviews held on Monday and Tuesday. McCullum, who played 101 Tests for New Zealand and retired in 2019, replaces Chris Silverwood following the Yorkshireman’s sacking in February. Silverwood spent just over three years in the…
• Mother’s Day weekend delivered some wild weather, and it’s not over yet Flaming Gorge Resort posted on social media early Monday morning, “Almost 11 inches over night, and it is still snowing!”Facebook.com/FlamingGorgeResort It’s a common saying in Utah: If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes and it will change. Mother’s Day weekend was all that — offering dust storms, snow storms, sunshine and freezing temperatures in some locations. “It’s been pretty weird, pretty crazy,” said Sam Webber, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Salt Lake City. Webber worked Sunday…
• Tenant left four tonnes of rubbish and told landlord ‘take care of the mess’ Lee Locking says every room was left ‘piled high’ with debris and rubbish (Picture: Media Wales)A distraught landlord has been shocked to discover mountains of rubbish, mouldy food and piles of cat faeces in his flat. Lee Locking, 56, returned to the home for the first time in five years after the previous tenant moved out. The man had told Mr Locking he could keep his £400 deposit to ‘take care of the mess.’ But the ‘mess’ is likely to…
• Breezy under partly cloudy skies, it’s a fling with Spring like temperatures Our fling with Spring-like temperatures continues.  A cool start under cloudy skies leads to a mild afternoon under partly cloudy skies.  The onshore wind builds today bringing a high risk of Rip Currents to our area beaches.  Mainly clear and cool tonight.  Windy, sunny and cool Tuesday. Today:  Open window weather!  Mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies with less than seasonal afternoon highs.  Highs today will average mid 70s to low 80s inland, 70s along the beaches.  Wind NE 10…
• NHS worker caught with 9g of cocaine is called ‘evil’ and jailed for 3 years Courtney Healy, 21, was jailed for three years (Picture: Wales News Service)An NHS worker who took cocaine into a music festival has been jailed for three years. Courtney Healy, 21, had 14 wraps of the Class A drug in her bag as she went to Creamfields on a weekend off. She claimed she was taking the 8.9 grams of drugs – valued between £420 to £1,100 – in for her friends. But text messages revealed she was smuggling them in…
• Headteacher sacked for covering up more than 28,000 pupil absences Peter Spencer was found to have committed unacceptable professional conduct (Picture: Wales News Service)A headteacher has been struck off for failing to disclose more than 28,000 pupil absences altered in a bid to bolster his school’s attendance figures. Peter Spencer, 52, allegedly ordered staff to log missing pupils as present when they were not in class after an inspection had called for improved attendance. The deception, at Queen Elizabeth High School in Carmarthen, South Wales, went on for five years…
• Warm weekend weather, low humidity pose fire risks in Southern California Southern California temperatures began to climb on Friday and will continue rising into the weekend, bringing with it lower humidity levels that could impact fire conditions across the region. Los Angeles and Orange counties reached into the mid 80s Friday afternoon, while Riverside and San Bernardino counties had hit a sweltering 97 and 96 degrees, respectively. A downward trend of humidity into the 20s — and even lower inland — is likely to continue through Saturday, but is expected to…
• Climate change a major factor in fatal South Africa floods The fatal floods that wreaked havoc in South Africa in mid-April this year have been attributed to human-caused climate change, a rapid analysis published Friday by a team of leading international scientists said. The study by the World Weather Attribution group analyzed both historical and emerging sets of weather data relating to the catastrophic rainfall last month, which triggered massive landslides in South Africa's Eastern Cape and Kwa-Zulu Natal provinces, and p and concluded that climate change was a contributing…
• Pupils evacuated from school after chemical spill sparks panic Emergency services raced to Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen this morning (Picture: Google)Emergency servicers had to be called to a school in Wales after a chemical spill. Pupils at Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen in Caernafon were evacuated after a suspected hazardous leak sparked panic. It’s unclear how the toxic material was introduced to the premises. Pupils were reportedly rushed out of the school this morning while investigations were carried out. Specialists got on top of the situation quickly and no injuries…
• Storm chasers face host of dangers beyond severe weather The deaths of four storm chasers in car crashes over the last two weeks have underscored the dangers of pursuing severe weather events as more people clog back roads and highways searching for a glimpse of a lightning bolt or tornado, meteorologists and chasers say. Martha Llanos Rodriguez of Mexico City died Wednesday when a semitrailer plowed into her vehicle from behind on Interstate 90 in southwestern Minnesota. The car's driver, Diego Campos, told the Minneapolis Star Tribune that he…