Polar vortex: eight dead as Arctic air spreads across midwest

Posted on January 30, 2019 by Admin

Thousands of flights canceled, schools close, and post office halts deliveries as Chicago lows approach record

Frozen Arctic winds brought record-low temperatures across much of the US midwest on Wednesday, as a blast of Arctic air known as the polar vortex unnerved residents accustomed to brutal winters.

As of Wednesday evening, at least eight deaths were linked to the system, including an elderly Illinois man who was found several hours after he fell trying to get into his home and a University of Iowa student found behind an academic hall several hours before dawn. A man was struck by a snowplow in the Chicago area, a young couple’s SUV struck another on a snowy road in northern Indiana and a Milwaukee man froze to death in a garage, authorities said.

Man stabbed to death on train in Surrey ‘was not thought to have known attacker’

Posted on January 4, 2019 by Admin

Murder hunt underway after incident on service from Guildford to London Waterloo

A murder inquiry has been opened after a man was stabbed to death on a train in Surrey.

The man, who was believed to be 51, was with his 14-year-old son, and is not thought to have known his attacker, British Transport police said. He suffered multiple stab wounds and died at the scene.

UK trains ‘are packed to near double capacity’

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Admin

Some major routes to be 208% over capacity by 2022, shows data compiled by Labour

Overcrowding on trains is at the highest level for years, according to official data compiled by Labour showing some major routes are to be 208% of capacity by 2022.

A study of government figures found the most overcrowded services were on average 187% of capacity in 2017, an increase of 25% since 2011.