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When it comes to weather, there's only one thing we all like more than talking about it – and that's looking at it.Especially when things get dramatic.And so it's little wonder that storm-chasing photographer Adam Kyle Jackson, from Texas, has garnered almost 60,000 followers on Instagram – because he posts absolutely jaw-dropping pictures of extreme weather. Storm-chasing photographer Adam Kyle Jackson, from Texas, has garnered almost 60,000 followers on Instagram. This incredible image was taken in Perryton, Texas. One of his followers commented: 'Wow, wow, wow' The stunning image on the left was taken in Abilene, Texas. Adam captioned it 'one 30-second shot into pure darkness'. He described the image on the right - taken in Perryton, Texas - as 'the calm after th...

Countries with female leaders have fared significantly better during the coronavirus pandemic than nations led by men, research suggests.An international team of experts led by Trinity College Dublin analysed outbreaks in 35 countries, 10 of which were run by women.Among them were Germany, New Zealand, Denmark and Finland - four nations which have been widely praised for their responses to the pandemic.The study found male-led countries had six times more Covid-19 deaths than nations with women in power. When this was broken down by deaths per capita, female-run countries still had 1.6 times less fatalities. And average excess mortality per million population was 4.8 in female-led countries and 21 in men-led countries - marking a 4.3-fold difference. Nations governed by women were also ...

Police on the hunt for child grooming gangs in Rochdale have made a number of arrests. Operation Lytton is a complex inquiry into abuse committed in the town between 2002 and 2006.  It is the latest probe to focus on historical abuse in Rochdale following the 2012 convictions of a gang of nine Asian men - eight of Pakistani and one of Afghan heritage - who were jailed for grooming young white girls. Police on the hunt for child grooming gangs in Rochdale (pictured) have made a number of arrestsThose offences happened in and around Rochdale in 2008 and 2009 when the victims aged between 13 and 15 were given alcohol, food and money in return for sex.The case was later dramatised in the BBC TV series Three Girls.In the wake of the 2012 trial, another inquiry, Operation Doublet, was...