Day: November 14, 2025

Brisbane expected to get 100mm of rain, while damaging winds, large hail and possible flash flooding on the cards for Queensland

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A weekend of wet weather is set to start across the country from Friday, with the Bureau of Meteorology forecasting severe storms across eastern parts of Australia, particularly in Queensland.

Showers and storms were forecast in all states and territories over the weekend, but north-eastern parts of New South Wales and south-east Queensland would be “particularly wet” and with severe storms expected.

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Investigation by Guardian and Carbon Brief finds just a fifth of funds to fight global heating went to poorest 44 countries

China and wealthy petrostates including Saudi Arabia and UAE are among countries receiving large sums of climate finance, according to an analysis.

The Guardian and Carbon Brief analysed previously unreported submissions to the UN, along with data from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), that show how billions of dollars of public money is being committed to the fight against global heating.

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Radio host uses chart songs that didn’t quite make top spot to highlight issue of Windermere pollution

If you Sit Down and wonder why Britain’s streams, rivers and lakes are so filthy, you’re probably Holding Out for a Hero to halt this Scandalous discharge of sewage.

Step forward the Lake District Radio DJ Lee Durrant, who will go Radio Ga Ga with a 24-hour live broadcasting marathon on Friday, playing songs that peaked at No 2 in the charts to highlight the ongoing stench of not quite Golden Brown “number twos” floating downstream.

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Thirteenth action since March 2023 will put further pressure on stretched budgets, say NHS groups

Thousands of resident doctors have begun strike action across England in a dispute over pay.

The five-day action, which began at 7am on Friday, is the 13th walkout by doctors since March 2023 and health leaders have warned that the NHS may have to cut frontline staff and offer fewer appointments and operations if the strikes continue.

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