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Killer dentist Colin Howell has been sentenced to a minimum of 21 years before he can be considered for release.
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Wikileaks had defended its decision to publish thousands of secret documents The website of whistle-blowing organisation Wikileaks has been shut down by the company providing it with domain name services.
EveryDNS.net said it had terminated services because Wikileaks.org had come under massive cyber attacks.
It said the attacks threatened its infrastructure and endangered access to thousands of other websites.
Wikileaks says it has faced disruption since it began publishing thousands of secret US diplomatic cables.
The memos, which discuss US diplomatic relations and military activities, have been causing controversy across the world.
In a post on Twitter, Wikileaks acknowledged that its domain had been “killed” by EveryDNS.net.
It was not clear how long disruption to the site would last for.
In a statement on its website, EveryDNS.net said it had issued a 24-hour termination notice to Wikileaks which ended at 0300 GMT on 2 December.
It said the domain wikileaks.org had become the target of “multiple distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks”.
“These attacks have, and future attacks would, threaten the stability of the EveryDNS.net infrastructure, which enables access to almost 500,000 other websites,” it said.
“Any downtime of the wikileaks.org website has resulted from its failure to use another hosted DNS service provider,” it added.
Wikileaks says its website has been under attack since it began publishing more than 250,000 classified US diplomatic cables.
It turned to the online store Amazon to host its site but the company ended the agreement on Wednesday – a move welcomed by US officials.
Wikileaks said its site is now being hosted by servers in Europe.
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BT announces plans to trial a one gigabit fibre broadband service in Suffolk.
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A Cheshire businessman arrested over the death of his girlfriend in a Paris hotel room will be extradited to France, a court rules.
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Tom Lyon, an energy expert with uSwitch explains how to save money on energy bills during the cold weather.
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The outcome of a court ruling into last month’s decision banning Phil Woolas from elected politics for three years is expected later.
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Foreign firefighting crews begin to arrive in Israel to help it combat a massive forest fire out of control near Haifa.
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Chris Hoy win the men’s Keirin to clinch another gold at the track World Cup event in Melbourne while Victoria Pendleton has to settle for silver in the sprint final.
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Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi announces it is to invest £100m in a research and development centre in Scotland.
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Travellers face more misery as airports, roads and rail continue to be badly hit
Snow showers across England have eased off but disruption for travellers continues as temperatures struggle to get above freezing.
Motorists in areas most affected by snow are being advised to only travel if necessary and there are delays on many train services.
Gatwick has reopened but flights are limited and other airports are experiencing delays and cancellations.
Temperatures dropped to as low as -19C in North Yorkshire overnight.
The Met Office has issued a warning of icy roads in the South West but is no longer warning of heavy snow.
Met Office forecaster Gavin Robbins said the snow showers should ease off on Friday but temperatures would struggle to get above freezing.
In Topcliffe, North Yorkshire, -19C was recorded overnight while temperatures dropped to -10C in parts of Manchester and Yeovil, Somerset.
Forecasters said about 15in (38cm) of snow had fallen overnight in Redesdale, Northumberland, while another 10in (25cm) fell in Charlwood, West Sussex.
At Brough in East Yorkshire, nine inches (23cm) of snow fell overnight.
There has been disruption to train services Mr Robbins said: “Today will be bitterly cold across the UK with temperatures struggling to get above freezing almost everywhere.”
Friday’s disruption includes:
Some train services cancelled by First TransPennine, First Capital, Cross Country, First Great Western and Northern Rail.Severe disruption to London Overground, East Coast, East Midlands, First Hull and South WestContingency timetables in place for Southern, Southeastern and South West TrainsEurostar is operating a reduced service with delays of up to 90 minutes and there are no Gatwick Express trains.No trains are running between Cleethorpes and Doncaster, Lincoln and Grimsby and between Lincoln and Doncaster. The line from Bridlington to Scarborough is still blocked.Flights suspended at Humberside Airport and Durham Tees Valley Airport is closed.Bournemouth Airport and Southampton Airport will not open until at least 1200 GMT.Robin Hood Airport in Doncaster will be closed until Sunday.Disruption at London City Airport and Heathrow Airport.Police forces in Kent and Surrey advise drivers to travel only if necessaryMore than 800 schools are closed across Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight. Hundreds more are shut in Yorkshire, Essex, Kent, Surrey and across the North East.
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Transport Secretary Philip Hammond has announced a review into this week’s travel chaos.
He has written to the train companies to remind them of their responsibilities.
A statement on Gatwick Airport’s website said: “Our advice to passengers remains do not travel to the airport without first checking with your airline to make sure that your flight is departing today.
“Passengers should expect delays and cancellations and it is likely to take a few days before flight schedules return to normal.”
In Cumbria, investigations are under way after two elderly people died in their gardens in Cumbria in freezing weather.
An 80-year-old woman was found dead in her back garden in Workington on Wednesday and a man was found in his garden in Kirkby Stephen on Tuesday.
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Bosnia, Serbia and Montenegro declare flood emergencies as the River Drina reaches its highest level in 100 years.
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Heavy snow is causing problems across Northern Ireland with nearly 40 schools closed and some roads impassable in the north west.
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There are further warnings about hazardous driving conditions Temperatures are expected to plunge once again across Wales into Friday as fresh warnings are issued about snow and ice.
Parts of the country were expected to be as cold as -15C (5F) overnight and more snow has been forecast.
The Royal Mail said there had been disruption to services in some “deep rural” areas of Wales.
Drivers are again being warned to take extra care on the roads because of concerns about ice, snow and fog.
Councils across Wales have warned that grit supplies are “disappearing fast” in the wintry weather.
The big freeze is now starting to affect mail deliveries in some areas.
A Royal Mail spokesperson said: “All our postmen and women are working hard to keep the mail moving in Wales and the rest of the UK and we are making deliveries and collections where it is safe and possible to do so.
“However, given the adverse weather conditions, there has been some disruption to services – most recently in deep rural parts of Wrexham in north Wales and mid Wales.”
Councils gritting teams have been out across the country on Thursday night but supplies are being hit by the big freeze.
Three councils, Powys, Carmarthenshire and Caerphilly, have used at least a quarter of their stock, while across Wales 15% of the salt supply has gone.
Drivers are being urged to take extra care on the roads, particularly those that are untreated.
BBC Wales weather forecaster Derek Brockway said “a very hard frost” was expected on Thursday night.
“This will be followed on Friday by an awkward mix of rain, sleet and snow, with some freezing fog and more ice over the next couple of days,” he said.
“There will also be the odd snow shower on Thursday night and very low temperatures of -4C to -9C, with a widespread hard frost.”
He said some areas could see temperatures plunge to -15C (5F) and deep snow cover.
The lowest temperature recorded in December in Wales is -22.7C (-9F) at Corwen in Denbighshire on 13 December, 1981.
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Peter Snow shows John Humphrys his model railway
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Robert Hall takes to the skies to survey the extent of the disruption
Travellers face continuing disruption due to severe weather across the UK.
Gatwick Airport has reopened after two days of closure due to snow, but passengers are being warned to expect delays and cancellations.
There are continuing problems on trains, with Southern and Southeastern railways operating revised timetables and trains in East Yorkshire cancelled.
Snow showers have eased but the Met Office is now warning of widespread icy roads in south-west England.
BBC weather forecaster Laura Tobin said it would be much, much, colder across much more of Britain on Friday.
Overnight, temperatures plunged to -16C at Aberdeen airport and -15C in Edinburgh. Manchester airport and Yeovil recorded -10C, while temperatures dropped to -7C in Birmingham.
Areas such as Northern Ireland, western Scotland and north-west England are set to be the next affected by snow during the course of Friday.
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The Independent Petrol Retailers Association claimed that up to 500 independent petrol retailers in Scotland and the east of England risked running out of petrol and diesel by the weekend. Filling stations in rural areas away from the main trunk roads were particularly vulnerable, it added.
The easing of snow showers meant Gatwick Airport reopened on Friday morning, although major delays and cancellations were expected to continue to cause headaches for travellers.
A statement on the airport’s website said: “Our advice to passengers remains – do not travel to the airport without first checking with your airline to make sure that your flight is departing today.
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“Passengers should expect delays and cancellations and it is likely to take a few days before flight schedules return to normal. Train services to and from the airport continue to be limited and road networks are likely to remain severely affected by the weather.”
In other developments:
Southern trains, which operates in south London and between central London and the south coast, said it would be operating a revised timetable on FridaySoutheastern trains, which runs out of London Victoria and Charing Cross, said it was operating an extremely limited number of services from an emergency timetableNational Rail Enquiries has set up a hotline for information about snow-related disruption on 08453 017 641, and also has updates at @nationalrailenq on TwitterPolice forces in Kent and Surrey continued to advise drivers to only travel if necessary as the low temperatures turned snow into iceEurostar said its timetable would be significantly reduced, with cancellations and delays, until SundayBournemouth airport will be closed until at least 0800 GMT on FridayNo trains are running between Cleethorpes and Doncaster, Lincoln and Grimsby and between Lincoln and Doncaster.Humberside airport closed until 0730 GMT. Flights at Robin Hood Airports cancelled
On Thursday, Transport Secretary Phillip Hammond told the Commons he was doing everything he could to keep Britain moving, but his Labour shadow minister Maria Eagle accused him of “complacency”.
The government said that “challenging” road conditions were making it difficult to supply fuel to some areas – even though the refineries themselves were operating without major disruption.
The Association of Train Operating Companies (Atoc) said that at Thursday lunchtime 70% of normal services were running and 58% of those were on time.
Mr Hammond said he had heard “far too many stories” of rail passengers being unable to obtain information about train services.
The transport secretary has written to the train companies to remind them of their responsibilities.
An active search by mountain rescue team volunteers for missing fell walker Gwenda Merriot, 60, from Wiltshire, has ended, but posters are being put up and hotels and B&Bs are being contacted.
She was last seen in Ambleside in the Lake District on Wednesday morning and there has been heavy snowfall since then.
Some 1,200 schools were closed in Scotland on Thursday, representing 45% of the total number of schools.
Some children in the north-east missed out on lessons for a sixth day and about 250,000 Scottish pupils had the day off.
More than 4,000 schools were closed in England.
A total of 38cm (15in) of snow has fallen in Sheffield, the most recorded in December since records began in 1882.
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