Clear-up operations are under way and engineers are working to reconnect power to thousands of homes cut off by violent storms which hit Scotland.
See the rest here:
Scotland counting cost of storms
A murder investigation is under way after the body of a 19-year-old woman was found in a house in Hertfordshire where she was babysitting her niece and nephew.
Excerpt from:
Relative finds murdered teenager
A rescue operation is under way after a boat carrying hundreds of asylum seekers sinks off the Indonesian island of Java.
Continued here:
Migrant boat sinks off Indonesia
Welsh teaching union leaders claim “a quiet revolution” is under way to help them take back control and improve standards in the classroom.
View post:
Teachers claim ‘quiet revolution’
Vote counting is under way in the contest to determine the new leader of the Scottish Conservative Party.
Read the original post:
New Scots Tory leader to be named
The Labour Party conference gets under way in Liverpool later, with more than 11,000 visitors expected to bring in about £15m to the local economy.
Here is the original post:
Labour conference arrives in city
An operation is under way to rescue four men trapped in a drift mine in the Swansea Valley.
Original post:
Four miners trapped in colliery
The second day of the Notting Hill Carnival is under way with record numbers of police officers on the streets.
See the rest here:
Record police numbers at carnival
An investigation is under way into the care and welfare of children at two privately-run nurseries in York.
Read more from the original source:
Investigation into nursery care
The world’s largest submarine rescue exercise involving 24 nations and 2,000 people, is under way off the coast of Spain.
Read the original here:
VIDEO: Submarines take part in Nato rescue drill
The Church of Scotland’s General Assembly, under way in Edinburgh, is to consider the ordination of gay ministers.
Read this article:
Kirk assembly debates gay clergy
The final free practice session is under way in Barcelona at 1000 BST, before Spanish GP qualifying from 1300.
Read more from the original source:
Live – Spanish GP practice
Asafa Powell wins the Diamond League 100m in Shanghai, with the Great Salford Swim under way and the Great City Games coming up on a day when Haile Gebrselassie and Helen Clitheroe win the Great Manchester Run.
Continue reading here:
Live – Athletics and swimming
An internet campaign is under way to get the Stoke City anthem Delilah back into the charts.
Here is the original post:
Why, why, why? Fans back Delilah to top charts
A mass migration of rats is under way into the deserts of Australia after a run of high rainfall seasons, scientists say.
Read more:
Australian rats scurry to desert
