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The Manchester game dev scene and the Northern Powerhouse that never was

We spoke to game publishers and developers based in the northern UK city of Manchester about the challenges of growing a successful studio outside of London.

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How El Niño may affect the chances of clear skies for the 2024 total solar eclipse

On April 8, a total solar eclipse will be visible across North America. We take a look at where the weather is looking most promising and how El Niño may impact the chances of clear skies.

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Russia-Ukraine war: US announces extra funding for Ukraine; Russia criticises Kyiv-backed peace talks – as it happened

Antony Blinken, US secretary of state, announces additional security assistance ; Moscow says talks in Malta without its presence will be ‘counterproductive’

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Winter forecast: A warmer North, wetter South because of El Nino, climate change

Most of the country is predicted to be warmer than normal with that warmth stretching north from Tennessee, Missouri, Nebraska and Nevada, along with nearly all of California, say federal forecasters.

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Forecasters say we can expect a warm, wet winter. You can thank El Nino.

The upcoming United States winter looks likely to be a bit low on snow and extreme cold outbreaks, with federal forecasters predicting the North to get warmer than normal and the South wetter and stormier

The Independent UK

Federal forecasters predict warm, wet US winter but less snow because of El Nino, climate change

The Independent UK

Dams full, flood warnings issued

The Office of National Water Resources warns of possible flooding in areas below large reservoirs in the North, the Northeast and the Central Plains from Thursday to Wednesday next week.

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Second severe flood warning issued as Scottish Government holds further crisis talks

A SEVERE flood warning has been issued for Perth from North Inch to Friarton Bridge.

The National (Scotland)

HS2 alternative plans watered down or dropped a day after being announced

Shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh said Network North was a ‘back of a fag packet’ plan.

The Independent UK

Did the North even want HS2 in the first place?

City Voices: The ‘King of the North’ was singing a different tune only eight months ago

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak defends U-turn on HS2 as former premiers lead backlash

PM says he’s a man of his word after days-old video emerges confirming the decision to cancel northern leg of the high-speed railway

Evening Standard

Humza Yousaf pans Rishi Sunak for 'wiping Scotland off map' in transport plans

THE First Minister has panned Rishi Sunak after the Tory leader shared a map about plans to “level up” the north – which omitted most of…

The National (Scotland)

Why UK PM Sunak axed part of high-speed rail link HS2

Rishi Sunak has cancelled the north leg of the HS2 high-speed rail project, citing ballooning costs and mismanagement.

Al Jazeera

What does scaling back of HS2 mean for travellers?

‘Network North’ and a range of piecemeal road and rail projects will replace the western leg of the high-speed line

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Transport projects supported by PM as HS2 axed north of Birmingham

Rishi Sunak pledged to ‘reinvest every single penny, £36 billion, in hundreds of new transport projects’.

The Independent UK

Sunak axes HS2 to Manchester because ‘facts have changed’ and costs doubled

Rishi Sunak said he would reinvest ‘every single penny’ of the £36 billion in hundreds of transport projects in the north and Midlands.

The Independent UK

Northern Ireland businesses briefed on day-to-day workings of Windsor Framework

Key measures of the Windsor Framework came into effect for Northern Ireland on Sunday, including the green/red lane system for the movement of goods.

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Sunak to rail against 30 years of politics and present himself as a reformer

The Prime Minister is widely expected to axe the northern leg of HS2 in his Tory conference speech.

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The Independent UK

Manchester United and northern businesses urge Sunak not to cancel HS2

More than 30 organisations from Greater Manchester and the surrounding area have signed the letter.

The Independent UK

HS2 north of Birmingham: What work has started and what might happen next?

The PA news agency answers 13 key questions on the situation.

The Independent UK

Scrapping of HS2 northern leg slammed by locals: ‘Biggest two fingers to the North in decades’

Business leaders and residents in the North slam government plans to delay HS2 as ‘complete betrayal’

The Independent UK

Pressure on Sunak as his own former levelling up minister calls for HS2 to be finished in full

Dehenna Davison and Jake Berry join backlash against PM’s move to axe northern leg

The Independent UK

Tory MPs demand Cabinet minister position for the North and 500,000 new homes

The Northern Research Group said the North of England will act as ‘kingmakers’ at the next election.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson: Cutting HS2 route to Manchester would be betrayal of North

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has repeatedly refused to commit to the high-speed rail route linking Birmingham and Manchester.

Al Jazeera

American soldier Travis King returns to US after release from North Korea

King lands at US army base in Texas, more than two months after he was detained for illegally crossing into North Korea.

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