Erin Black

3 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Erin Black |Alex Green |Kirk England

Image caption, Christine from Plymouth said she felt "very angry" her bill had increased because she did not have a water meterDisgruntled South West Water (SWW) customers have been speaking out after the utility company announced average customer bills for this year would go up by 28%. The increase followed the news the £50 government contribution towards SWW customers' bills had also been removed.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | John Henderson |Erin Black

Work to create a "mirror image" of one of Britain's last remaining ancient temperate rainforests has started in Devon. Last week, volunteers from Moor Trees planted 450 saplings grown from acorns specially collected from Wistman's Wood on Dartmoor. This work, which took place near the collection site, aims to support an expansion and regeneration plan by the Duchy of Cornwall to double the size of the woodland by the early 2040s.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Erin Black

Erin Black - BBC South WestSat, March 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM UTC1 min readThe eclipse was visible across the UK and much of the northern hemisphere [Brown Owl Sarah]Photographers across Devon and Cornwall were busy on Saturday morning as they captured the partial solar eclipse. It was visible across the UK and much of the northern hemisphere as the moon passed partly in front of the sun. Although cloud cover affected some people's view, others watched as it seemed to take a nibble out of the sun.

1 month ago | telemundo40.com | Leslie Josephs |Erin Black

Estados Unidos ha tenido una escasez de controladores de tráfico aéreo durante años. La dotación de personal de controladores de tráfico aéreo "está en su punto más bajo", dijo Nick Daniels, presidente de la Asociación Nacional de Controladores de Tráfico Aéreo, su sindicato. En una entrevista con CNBC, Daniels dijo que la situación ha "llegado a un punto crítico". "Actualmente contamos con 10,800 controladores profesionales certificados, de los cuales necesitamos tener 14,633.

1 month ago | cnbc.com | Erin Black |Leslie Josephs

The U.S. has had a shortage of air traffic controllers for years. Air traffic controller staffing "is at an all-time low," said Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, their union. In an interview with CNBC, Daniels said the situation has "hit a critical point. "We currently have 10,800 certified professional controllers where we need [to have] 14,633.