In January 2021, Leeds student Xen Watts organised a lockdown snowball fight and was hit with a £10k fine that ruined his life. Half of the 120,000 Covid fines went to 18-24 year-olds. We owe young people a massive apology.
Train services were cancelled over the weekend after the trade union Aslef told drivers – who've recently been given a bumper 15% pay rise by Labour – not to walk on snow, calling it "basic safety stuff".
Important evidence has emerged showing summer temperatures in the high Alps were up to 7°C higher between 4,000 BC and around AD 700, showing how Earth's temperature undergoes large natural changes.
David Attenborough's latest claim is that climate change is making avalanches "more unpredictable". In fact, though, their number has dropped dramatically in recent years.
