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Bird flu prevention zone now covers all of Scotland
Every bird keeper in Scotland must follow compulsory biosecurity rules from noon on Tuesday 10 November, after more bird flu was found in wild and captive birds.
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Fog warning for Monday night covers the Midlands, East Anglia, Yorkshire and parts of Wales
A yellow Met Office warning runs from 6pm on Monday to 10am on Tuesday 10 November, with visibility expected to drop below 100 metres. It follows a morning of dense fog across much of England and Wales.
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Yellow fog warning covers southern and central England overnight into Sunday
The Met Office warning runs from midnight to 10am on Sunday 8 November, with visibility below 50 metres in places. It covers parts of the South West, the South East, the Midlands and the Isle of Wight.
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21 organisations funded to set up second wave of VALOUR veteran centres
A second funding round worth £13,260,580 will more than double the number of VALOUR-recognised centres, which help veterans and their families with housing, health and work.
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Bus charters in England should promise buses no more than five minutes late, DfT guidance says
Department for Transport guidance sets the minimum commitments councils should include in bus passenger charters, from punctuality and cleanliness to a one-month deadline for answering complaints.
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H5N1 bird flu confirmed at poultry premises near Biggar, Scottish Borders
A 3km protection zone and a 10km surveillance zone are now in force around the site. It is the third outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu in UK poultry since the season began on 1 October.
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Shamonda virus found in cattle in Great Britain for the first time
Tests at the Animal and Plant Health Agency's Weybridge laboratories confirmed the midge-borne virus on two dairy farms, one in Powys and one in Shropshire. No extra disease controls are planned for now.
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Report Fraud warns of phone calls from criminals posing as Amazon staff
Callers claim to have spotted suspicious activity on an Amazon account, and victims lost £86,837 across 110 reports between 5 and 14 October.
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About one million phone lines still to leave the analogue network, Openreach says
The total includes roughly 300,000 business premises, with the old telephone network due to close on 31 January 2027.
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New guidance tells councils how to plan school and college travel
The Department for Education says most children will be able to share a vehicle, and that travel should be weighed before a school is named in an education, health and care plan.
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Budget puts £100m into cheaper on-street EV charging and sets up a home tariff taskforce
An independent review published alongside the Budget found public charging prices have far outpaced inflation since 2021. The government is funding lower prices at local chargers from spring 2027.
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MPs press security minister over digital landlines failing in power cuts
Members for island, Lake District and West Country seats told Dan Jarvis that the end of the copper phone network leaves isolated households with no way to call for help when storms cut the electricity.
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Old IT systems and weak password controls leave police and fire services open to cyber attack, inspectors find
A national inspection of six organisations in England and Wales found every one still depends on legacy technology, and that basic safeguards such as multi-factor authentication are not used widely enough.
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About 90,000 properties still without power after Storm Boelo as new wind warnings are issued
Engineers are working to reconnect homes in Scotland and northern England. In Great Britain, households cut off for long periods are owed fixed payments under rules set by the energy regulator.
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Scottish Government puts £150,000 into habitat recovery after the Abernethy wildfire
The money for the fire-hit Cairngorms is part of a £1.35m nature package that also covers rivers, deer management, invasive species and urban meadows.
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Storm Boelo brings amber wind warnings to Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland
Gusts of 60 to 70mph are expected widely in the amber areas from Saturday night, with yellow rain warnings covering much of England and Wales during the day.
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How the Met Office decides when to name a storm
Why UK and Irish storms get names, who chooses them, the threshold a storm has to reach and why some letters of the alphabet are always skipped.
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How the UK's emergency alerts on mobile phones work
What the government's Emergency Alerts system is, why it sounds even on silent, what it does and does not know about you, and how to switch alerts off.
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How jury service works in England and Wales
A guide to who gets summoned for jury duty, how long it lasts, what you can claim back and the rules jurors must follow in court.
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