A bottle-return scheme where people will be paid to hand in plastic, steel or aluminium for recycling at a collection point is scheduled to come into force in England and Northern Ireland in 2027.

The UK Government has officially confirmed that a Deposit Return Scheme will be introduced in England and Northern Ireland from October 2027.

One of the strongest storms in decades leads to cancelled flights, suspended rail services, and closed schools.

It has been confirmed that at present approximately 65,000 customers remain without electricity across Northern Ireland following the devastation brought by storm Eowyn, and the subsequent yellow weather warning for today,

Emergency crews are cleaning up after a storm bearing record-breaking winds left at least one person dead and more than a million without power across the island of Ireland and Scotland.

A massive storm is battering parts of the U.K. and Ireland today, bringing devastating winds, heavy rain and snow, according to the Met Office, the United Kingdom's national weather and climate service.

Ireland has called in help from England and France to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people after the most disruptive storm for years

Millions of people in Ireland and northern parts of the U.K. are being urged to stay at home as hurricane-force winds disabled power networks.

Further support has been promised from London as work continues to repair damage caused across Northern Ireland by Storm Eowyn. On Sunday evening, more than 75,000 people remained without power and work continued to clear fallen trees from roads.

The storm brought 100 mile-per-hour winds to the island and also battered Scotland and northern England. Britain’s weather office issued a red warning, its highest level of alert.

Storm Eowyn caused havoc Friday as it battered Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland, killing one person and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without power, flights grounded and schools shut, officials said.

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