
— Direct Energy advises that, should snow pose a threat, households ought to prepare by purchasing non-perishable food items and essentials in case access to local shops becomes impossible, or in the event of a power cut, ensuring you won't go without while waiting for severe weather to subside. Households should ensure they have non-perishable food that doesn't need cooking, such as ready-to-eat tinned meat, fruit or vegetables (and a tin opener). They added there were six food and drink items to stock up on: Bottled water - there is no standard figure for this as emergencies can vary in duration and people use different amounts. A minimum of 2.5-3 litres of drinking water per person per day is recommended by the World Health Organisation for survival. 10 litres per person per day will make you more comfortable by also providing for basic cooking and hygiene needs. Additional water might be needed to make up baby formula, for medical devices and for pets. Bread, milk, tinned goods, especially warming foods like soups and stews, snack foods, such as crisps, crackers and cookies in sealed packages, cereal and granola, dried pasta and jars of sauce.
— Hundreds of protesters blocked a road in Portadown, County Armagh on Sunday, preventing a contentious Orange Order march from taking place. The Drumcree parade, which in the 1990s sparked some of the most serious disorder in Northern Ireland's history, was due to go ahead for the first time in 30 years after a series of legal challenges. Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill, who is also vice-president of Sinn Féin, joined the protesters, while members of the Order and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politicians gathered about a mile away to wait for the road to clear. Most recently, at approximately 04:00 BST on Monday morning, a group of men attempting to carry out the parade were blocked by several police Land Rovers.
— Burnham acknowledged there were risks in a nationwide reform, likely to be costly and complicated to implement, although he rejected suggestions it could cost £18bn a year. "It's not that high," he told the BBC.
— Guardian: During the major incident the residents of 85 households in the Cotswolds village of Whelford were rapidly evacuated to Cirencester leisure centre and a 400m cordon was placed around the white vans as robots from the army's bomb squad examined them. The suspected plot appears to have been foiled by chance when a member of the public spotted unusual behaviour late at night in the countryside from a group of men and called 999.
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