A​ powerful "bomb cyclone" named Storm Éowyn (pronounced AY-oh-win) has pummeled parts of Ireland and the United Kingdom with fierce winds and heavy rainfall Friday, and it has roots in the historic winter storm that just hit the U.

Ireland's national weather service says the country has seen 114 mph wind gusts, the highest ever recorded on the island.

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

A powerful storm has left hundreds of thousands of homes without power and caused massive travel disruptions in the United Kingdom.

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

Kids can sit in the front seat of the car, without a car seat, from the age of 12 years old or when they’re over 135cm tall (or 150cm in the Republic of Ireland). But, as with adults, they must wear a seat belt.

The government has pledged to "clean up Britain" - and is giving people a financial incentive to bring their empty containers back

UK households will soon be paid to return their empty bottles and cans to supermarkets under a new government recycling scheme announced today. The deposit return scheme, set to launch in October 2027 in England and Northern Ireland,

"Storm Éowyn, a bomb cyclone, will bring extreme weather conditions, including snow and winds up to 160 km/h across the UK and Ireland."

The names of the 29 victims, including a woman pregnant with twins, were read aloud and a minute's silence held as a public inquiry into the 1998 Omagh bombing got under way.

The government has announced a new deposit return scheme for plastic bottles and cans in a bid to tackle plastic waste and households will be paid to bring empty bottles back to stores

The initiative has been branded a 'silver bullet' by environmental charities that will 'save the taxpayer millions' in clean-up costs