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BBC Weather fault forecasts hurricanes across world
A fault with the BBC Weather website and app is leading to incorrect forecasts of hurricane force winds in the UK and across the globe.Graphics show estimated wind speeds of 13,508mph in London and 5,293mph in Rome - far in excess of any genuine hurricane such as Milton which struck Florida overnight.
And temperatures of 404C in Nottingham, 384C in New York and 378C in Sydney were among those being wrongly displayed.
BBC Weather said it was aware of a data issue with a third-party supplier and it was working hard to fix the problem.
BBC News understands the fault is mostly affecting wind speed forecasts.
Presenter Matt Taylor said in a post on X: "Don't be alarmed folks - Hurricane Milton hasn't made it to us here in the UK! There's been a data glitch between our suppliers and the app/online. Folk are working to solve the issue."
In another post, lead presenter Simon King said: "Oops, don’t be alarmed by some of our BBC Weather app data this morning.
"Be assured there won’t be 14408mph winds, hurricane force winds or overnight temperatures of 404C."
Forecasters have also acknowledged the issue on TV bulletins, which have not been affected by the fault.
In a statement, BBC Weather said: "We have an issue with some of the weather data from our forecast provider which is generating incorrect numbers and text on our BBC Weather app and website.
"It’s mainly been impacting wind readings but some temperatures are also displaying wrongly.
"We recognise there is huge interest in weather today and this is incredibly frustrating.
"We are really, really sorry about this and working very hard to fix the problem."
A BBC spokesperson also apologised and said it was working with its supplier to fix the issue as soon as possible.
Meteorological forecasting company DTN, which supplies BBC Weather with data, said it was aware of the issue but did not know when it would be fixed.
A spokesperson for the US-based firm said: "There has been a problem, but at this moment we have no exact time when it will be working again."
In Edinburgh, the glitch suggested winds speed would be 17,246mph. In Belfast, it was suggested gusts would reach 14,398mph, and in Cardiff winds were said to be 12,585mph.
Meanwhile, Truro in Cornwall was displaying wind speeds of 16,309mph and they were said to be 15,227mph in Liverpool.
Forecasts also currently say Paris will see hurricane force winds of 13,322mph and Bangkok 13,491mph.
In reality, on Thursday there will colder air moving in, be rain and drizzle in the south of the UK and blustery showers near the east coast.
Wind gusts will reach a maximum of 33mph in Aberdeen, according to the Met Office.
Next week Florida's Hurricane Milton could bring uncertainty to UK weather if its remnants end up in the Atlantic, but the Met Office said it was "highly unlikely to reach the UK.
Hurricanes are powerful storms which develop over tropical waters.
They involve sustained winds near the surface of at least 74 mph. In a category 5 hurricane, the most severe on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale, winds can reach over 157mph.
Hurricane Milton, which made landfall as a category 3, storm has battered Florida, bringing tornadoes, floods, and the risk of storm surges.
More than three million homes and businesses are without power, and there have been "a number of deaths" reported on the Atlantic coast.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0kjrp2rngzo
Eighteen treated for severe nausea in Stuttgart after opera of live sex and piercing
I do not see how feeling sick 'cos you saw something you paid to see can really need a doctor.
Eighteen theatregoers at Stuttgart’s state opera required medical treatment for severe nausea over the weekend after watching a performance that included live piercing, unsimulated sexual intercourse and copious amounts of fake and real blood. A doctor had been called in for treatment in three instances.
Holzinger, 38, is known for freewheeling performances that blur the line between dance theatre and vaudeville. Her all-female cast typically performs partially or fully naked, and previous shows have included live sword-swallowing, tattooing, masturbation and action paintings with blood and fresh excrement.
“Good technique in dance to me is not just someone who can do a perfect tendu, but also someone who can urinate on cue,” Holzinger told the Guardian in an interview earlier this year.
Sancta, Holzinger’s first foray into opera, premiered at the Mecklenburg state theatre in Schwerin in May, and is based on Paul Hindemith’s 1920s expressionist opera Sancta Susanna, which has its own history of controversy.
Hindemith’s original opera tells the story of a young nun who, aroused by a tale told by one of the nunnery’s older women, steps on to the altar naked and rips the loincloth from Christ’s torso. An encounter with a large spider leads her to repent her action and beg the other nuns to wall her up alive.
It was originally meant to premiere at Stuttgart’s state opera in 1921, but was not put on stage until 1922 after protests against its allegedly sacrilegious content.
The version that unsettled audience members in Stuttgart this year supplanted the original musical performance with naked nuns rollerskating on a movable half-pipe at the centre of the stage, a wall of crucified naked bodies and a lesbian priest saying mass.
I do not see how feeling sick 'cos you saw something you paid to see can really need a doctor.
Eighteen theatregoers at Stuttgart’s state opera required medical treatment for severe nausea over the weekend after watching a performance that included live piercing, unsimulated sexual intercourse and copious amounts of fake and real blood. A doctor had been called in for treatment in three instances.
Holzinger, 38, is known for freewheeling performances that blur the line between dance theatre and vaudeville. Her all-female cast typically performs partially or fully naked, and previous shows have included live sword-swallowing, tattooing, masturbation and action paintings with blood and fresh excrement.
“Good technique in dance to me is not just someone who can do a perfect tendu, but also someone who can urinate on cue,” Holzinger told the Guardian in an interview earlier this year.
Sancta, Holzinger’s first foray into opera, premiered at the Mecklenburg state theatre in Schwerin in May, and is based on Paul Hindemith’s 1920s expressionist opera Sancta Susanna, which has its own history of controversy.
Hindemith’s original opera tells the story of a young nun who, aroused by a tale told by one of the nunnery’s older women, steps on to the altar naked and rips the loincloth from Christ’s torso. An encounter with a large spider leads her to repent her action and beg the other nuns to wall her up alive.
It was originally meant to premiere at Stuttgart’s state opera in 1921, but was not put on stage until 1922 after protests against its allegedly sacrilegious content.
The version that unsettled audience members in Stuttgart this year supplanted the original musical performance with naked nuns rollerskating on a movable half-pipe at the centre of the stage, a wall of crucified naked bodies and a lesbian priest saying mass.
Illegal to talk about the health of the president?
Cameroon bans discussing president’s health as absence fuels speculation
Cameroonian authorities have banned discussions about the health of the president, Paul Biya, after the latest round of speculation about his prolonged failure to appear in public.
In a 9 October letter to regional governors, the interior minister, Paul Atanga Nji, said discussing the 91-year-old president’s health was a matter of national security and “any debate in the media about the president’s condition is therefore strictly prohibited”.
Nji, who said offenders would be prosecuted, instructed the governors to set up units to monitor broadcasts on private media channels. The ban also applies to social networks.
The directive follows an awkward denial by the government spokesperson René Sadi earlier this week of rumours that Biya had died either in a Paris hospital or in Geneva. The Cameroonian ambassador to France also added that the president was in good health in Geneva.
Cameroon bans discussing president’s health as absence fuels speculation
Cameroonian authorities have banned discussions about the health of the president, Paul Biya, after the latest round of speculation about his prolonged failure to appear in public.
In a 9 October letter to regional governors, the interior minister, Paul Atanga Nji, said discussing the 91-year-old president’s health was a matter of national security and “any debate in the media about the president’s condition is therefore strictly prohibited”.
Nji, who said offenders would be prosecuted, instructed the governors to set up units to monitor broadcasts on private media channels. The ban also applies to social networks.
The directive follows an awkward denial by the government spokesperson René Sadi earlier this week of rumours that Biya had died either in a Paris hospital or in Geneva. The Cameroonian ambassador to France also added that the president was in good health in Geneva.
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Police discover drugs in bag labelled 'definitely not a bag full of drugs'
The stash was discovered in Portland, Oregon, when officers stopped a driver and passenger inside an allegedly stolen car.Posting about the incident on X, Portland Police Bureau said scales, cash and a loaded gun were also found.
Pictured along with the items recovered from the vehicle was a small brown make-up bag with the words "definitely not a bag full of drugs" written on the front.
Despite the claim on the vanity case, more than 10g of fentanyl and meth was reportedly found inside.
https://news.sky.com/story/police-d...d-definitely-not-a-bag-full-of-drugs-13232352
Holy Grail found where Stephen Spielberg said it would be!!
At The Treasury in Petra, where Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade staged finding the Holy Grail they found a tomb with a skeleton clutching a ceramic cup that is clearly the one from the film:
The cup under Al Khazaneh
The cup in the film
Petra’s Al Khazaneh, aka The Treasury though it probably wasn't.
At The Treasury in Petra, where Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade staged finding the Holy Grail they found a tomb with a skeleton clutching a ceramic cup that is clearly the one from the film:
The cup under Al Khazaneh
The cup in the film
Petra’s Al Khazaneh, aka The Treasury though it probably wasn't.
Spoiler This is the scene if you do not know but care :
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Ordnael
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Aahhh The Petra! Making deserts cities possible and profitable since CIV VI first launched!
EnglishEdward
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Brand new German fire station caught.....
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Brand-new fire station in Germany burns down as it had no fire alarms
A fire alarm system wasn't installed in the building because experts did not consider it necessary.
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Children’s soft play centre apologises over ‘body bag’ Halloween decorations
A children’s soft play centre has removed its hanging “body bag” Halloween decorations after concerns were raised by parents.
Rugrats and Halfpints in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, which caters for children aged 0-12 has apologised over the objects resembling human corpses covered in black plastic.
Some appeared to be wrapped with tape bearing the words “caution” and “danger” and were hanging upside down from poles adjoining one of the soft play structures, according to pictures posted online.
A children’s soft play centre has removed its hanging “body bag” Halloween decorations after concerns were raised by parents.
Rugrats and Halfpints in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, which caters for children aged 0-12 has apologised over the objects resembling human corpses covered in black plastic.
Some appeared to be wrapped with tape bearing the words “caution” and “danger” and were hanging upside down from poles adjoining one of the soft play structures, according to pictures posted online.
The Great Cheese Robbery
Considering the hoops normal people have to jump through for the smallest transaction how do you just give away a third of a million quids worth of stuff without getting paid for it?
Hundreds of truckles of cheddar worth more than £300,000 have been stolen from London cheese specialist Neal’s Yard Dairy.
Fraudsters posing as legitimate wholesalers received the 950 clothbound cheeses from the Southwark-based company before it was realised they were a fake firm.
Neal's Yard Dairy sells Hafod Welsh for £12.90 for a 300g piece, while Westcombe costs £7.15 for 250g and Pitchfork is priced at £11 for 250g.
Fancy Cheese
Considering the hoops normal people have to jump through for the smallest transaction how do you just give away a third of a million quids worth of stuff without getting paid for it?
Hundreds of truckles of cheddar worth more than £300,000 have been stolen from London cheese specialist Neal’s Yard Dairy.
Fraudsters posing as legitimate wholesalers received the 950 clothbound cheeses from the Southwark-based company before it was realised they were a fake firm.
Neal's Yard Dairy sells Hafod Welsh for £12.90 for a 300g piece, while Westcombe costs £7.15 for 250g and Pitchfork is priced at £11 for 250g.
Fancy Cheese
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Butter shoplifters strike again! Two more large-scale thefts reported in Guelph, Ont.
Butter continues to be a hot commodity in Guelph, Ont.At least seven large-scale thefts have been reported over a 10-month period, including two hauls in just the last month.
On Oct. 12, at around 7:45 p.m., two men entered a store on Speedvale Avenue East.
“They placed a number of items in a cart – including three cases of butter with a value of $936 – and left out a receiving door,” the Guelph Police Service said in a news release.
Both men were described as brown-skinned, approximately 40 years of age and 5’7”, with medium builds. One was wearing a dark sleeveless vest and a blue and white baseball cap, while the other was wearing a dark winter coat and red baseball cap. They were last seen leaving in a white four-door sedan.
Four days later, police said two men entered a business on Eramosa Road, placed four cases of butter in a cart and left through an emergency exit.
The value of the butter was estimated at $958.
The men were described as having brown skin. One wore a tan jacket, black pants and a black winter hat. The other wore a black jacket, black pants and a black baseball cap.
Previous butter thefts
In August 2023, butter thieves targeted two Guelph businesses.Police said a man walked out of a store at Gordon Street and Clair Road with two cases of the dairy product. The total cost was approximately $500.
An hour later, a man filled two bags with $300 worth of butter from a store at Kortright Road West and Edinburgh Road South. He was last seen leaving in a white Toyota Corolla.
Then, on Dec. 24, 2023, police caught three men from Brampton with more than $1,000 in stolen butter. They said the men were seen putting a case in their cart, walking out of the store and driving away with the goods.
An hour later, the vehicle was discovered outside another grocery store. Police arrested the two men in the vehicle and a third as he was leaving the business. A witness told officers the third man had abandoned a cart just outside the store and, when police checked it, they found stolen butter.
In all, they recovered 144 sticks of butter and 17 containers of ghee.
https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/butter...scale-thefts-reported-in-guelph-ont-1.7082517
Tram derails and crashes into shop in central Oslo
At least four people injured including the driver in ‘surreal’ incident that caused panic in Norwegian capital
www.theguardian.com
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