Heavy rain across parts of southern Thailand has prompted fresh flood warnings, with authorities urging people in risk-prone areas to act before conditions worsen. Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, known as the DDPM, issued Cell Broadcast flood alerts on Wednesday, 11 November 2026, for Koh Samui and Koh Phangan districts in Surat Thani, and Thung Tako district in Chumphon. The warnings follow persistent rainfall that could trigger flash floods, rap

At 11:00, the country paused. Traffic noise, conversation and daily routines gave way to a two-minute silence marking Armistice Day, when people across the UK remembered the end of World War One and honoured those who have died in conflicts since. The silence fell on 11 November, the date the Armistice came into effect in 1918. It marked the moment the guns of the Western Front stopped after more than four years of fighting. More than a century later, the act of stopping toge

The first real cold snap of the season is arriving with purpose. Parts of England are now under yellow cold health alerts as Arctic air pushes into the UK, bringing widespread frost, sub-zero nights and the chance of sleet or snow in some northern areas. From midweek onwards, many towns and cities are expected to fall below 0C overnight. Rural spots could drop to minus 5C or lower, especially where skies clear and winds ease. In the far north, sleet and snow may develop, whil

A London-based court has delivered a major ruling for LGBTQ+ rights in the Caribbean, striking down laws in Trinidad and Tobago that criminalised same-sex intimacy. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, often called the JCPC, ruled that the laws were not compatible with the “fundamental individual right to respect for private and family life.” The decision ends a long legal battle led by Jason Jones, a 62-year-old dual citizen, and could shape future rights cases acros