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<p>Ministers have repeated several warnings in the last 18 months about the threat of hybrid attacks from overseas</p><p><strong>Andy Burnham is “determined” to introduce the tourist tax across the country and could overrule councils and elected mayors, the Times has reported.</strong></p><p>Burnham told an online meeting of mayors he wanted to counter the “

<p>Be Ready campaign aims to prepare UK for impact of climate crisis, technological dependency and threats by hostile state</p><p>Every Briton is being urged to stock up to nine litres of bottled water and three days’ worth of food in new government guidance designed to ensure that households can survive a weather, cyber or other serious emergency.</p><p>The

Forrestania Resources has declared its Zenith Minerals takeover bid unconditional, clearing the decks for a bigger WA gold business as it snaps up 400,000 tonnes of ore feed from Star Minerals.

President Trump framed last week's deal for the U.S. government to take a stake in Venezuelan oil as a boon for the depleted Strategic Petroleum Reserve. But the plan faces some hurdles, experts say.