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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Climate
- Yahoo
Long queues as fallen power lines cause severe delays on A13 in south Essex
FALLEN power lines have caused severe delays on the A13 in Basildon this morning between Saddlers Farm and Pitsea Flyover. While the fallen cables, which saw two lanes closed, have now been cleared major traffic jams remain on the major roundabouts due to the delay. The wires were reported "hanging down" onto the major road and the congestion runs down to Stanford le Hope bypass and extends to the A130 Southbound. A13 Londonbound all lane now OPEN between Sadlers Farm and Pitsea – after some hanging down cables were cleared – Traffic remains slow from before Pitsea to the Stanford le Hope bypass. — Essex Travel News (@Essex_Travel) May 27, 2025
7NEWS
06-05-2025
- Business
- 7NEWS
Microsoft scraps video call service Skype after years of declining popularity
Most millennials remember their first Skye account, after it first launched in 2003. But it will soon become a distant memory for former users, after Microsoft scrapped the once-popular video call service. At the height of its popularity, Skype had 300 million users. However, it has since been overtaken by rivals like Zoom and WhatsApp, which younger users have gravitated towards. Microsoft pulled the plug on Skype on May 5, US time, 15 years after it was purchased for $US8.5 billion ($A13 billion). The tech giant revealed in February it would be retiring the service in order to 'streamline free consumer communications'. The Washington-based company is looking to migrate remaining Skype users to Microsoft Teams. Skype For Business, a separate service, will remain functional. 'The timing of this shift is driven by the significant advancements and adoption of Microsoft Teams,' Microsoft said on April 29. 'In the past two years, the number of minutes spent in meetings by consumer users of Teams has grown 4X. 'And Teams free offers many of the same core features as Skype: 1:1 calls, group calls, messaging, and file sharing, as well as enhanced features like hosting meetings, managing calendars, and building and joining communities — all for free. 'By consolidating our efforts to focus on Teams, we can provide the best possible communication and collaboration experience.' A number of X, formerly Twitter, users posted their upset at the end of Skype. 'RIP Skype — from being the way we said 'hello' in long-distance love to becoming a ghost in the Teams machine. End of an era for the OG video calls,' one user wrote. 'Before there was Teams or Discord, it was Skype. RIP,' another added. 'I have vibrant memories of video calling relatives who were abroad and sometimes even friends who lived down the street. Another online legend goes into the history books. RIP Skype,' another wrote.
Perth Now
23-04-2025
- Sport
- Perth Now
The ambitious Aussie flying under golf's major radar
Hannah Green and Minjee Lee are commanding the attention but there's another Perth prodigy with big hopes and dreams entering women's golf's first major of the year in Texas. Hira Naveed may be flying under the radar ahead of the $US8 million ($A13 million) Chevron Championship in Houston but the 27-year-old has the credentials to back up her belief that she too can contend on the world's biggest stages. Initially hailing from the same stable as Green and Lee, Naveed grew up playing with and against the now-major champions in the esteemed West Australian development program before taking a vastly different path to the LPGA Tour. While Lee turned pro at at 18 and won her maiden tour event six months later and Green captured the 2019 Women's PGA Championship at 22, Naveed carved out a hugely successful college career in the US. She was a West Coast Conference Player of the Year and All-American while juggling studies with golf at the prestigious Pepperdine University in LA between 2015 and 2019. "I just don't think I was ready to turn pro right out of high school," said Naveed, who upset four-time major champ Lydia Ko at last month's Match Play in Las Vegas. "I don't think I had the maturity at the time and financially my family couldn't afford it. "And so the best route really was to go through college and I'm really glad that I did do that. Moving across the world by myself to America and going through college and playing collegiate golf really helped hone my skills as a professional athlete." Naveed has always been a little different while also possessing obvious pedigree. "Nobody in my family plays golf," she said. "My parents emigrated from Pakistan in the 90s to New Zealand and that's where they had me. And then pretty much as soon as I was born, we moved to Australia and that's where I picked up golf. "I was just a really athletic kid growing up. I used to enjoy playing all types of sports - footy, cricket, soccer, all of it. Then I just chose golf. "I liked the individual aspect of it. I started off at Royal Freo in Perth where Minjee and Min (Woo Lee) were at and took some lessons from the coach there and worked Ritchie Smith a little bit." Naveed made an immediate impact after graduating to the LPGA Tour last year, finishing runner-up at the Ford Championship behind world No.1 Nelly Korda in her second event. The second-year emerging star enters this week's championship on the back of seven straight cuts made and a far more experienced player than when she missed the weekend on her major debut last year. "I didn't really know what was the best way to prepare and how to approach a major, so I kind of just winged it a little and obviously that's not something that's ideal going into a major week," Naveed said. Hoping for much more than merely making the cut, Naveed "absolutely" believes she can emulate Green and Lee and contend for majors. "I mean, I grew up playing with them and competing alongside them and there's a lot of times where I came out on top against them, and so that definitely gives me that belief that I can compete and out here like them," she said. "And it's definitely inspiring when you grow up with people like that who go on to achieve such great things and it just gives you that extra little fire in the belly to go out and achieve the same things."
Local France
16-04-2025
- Climate
- Local France
MAPS: Where will traffic be heaviest in France this Easter weekend?
France's roads monitor, Bison Futé , has issued a red travel alert - its second highest warning level, indicating 'very difficult' travel conditions - across the entire country on Friday, notably on routes away from the major cities, as it expects heavy additional traffic with families making the most of the long Easter weekend. This year, Easter falls at the mid-point of schools' staggered Spring holiday period, corresponding to the first week of the holidays for pupils living in Zone A, the middle weekend of the holidays for those in Zone C, and the end of the two-week break for those in Zone B. It also coincides with the end of the school holidays in neighbouring Luxembourg. As well as 'very difficult' conditions nationwide on Friday, Bison Futé also warned that there are likely to be significant tailbacks and slow-moving traffic on Saturday and Monday, particularly in the north-west quarter of the country. READ ALSO Rain, storms and snow return to France ahead of Easter Friday, April 18th The busiest day so far in 2025 on France's key routes, with 'very difficult' travel conditions predicted nationwide. The main bottlenecks are expected to be along the northern borders, Île-de-France, Normandy, the Atlantic coast and the south-east quarter of France – particularly around the Mont Blanc tunnel. Traffic in France, Credit: Bison Futé Tailbacks are expected from early morning and last until late in the evening. Advertisement The whole country is on red alert for very traffic, and Bison Futé particularly advises motorists to: Outward travel leave or cross Île-de-France before 9am; avoid the A1 between Paris and Lille between 1pm and 9pm; avoid the A25 between Lille and Socx between 3pm and 6pm; avoid the A13 between Paris and Caen, between 4pm and 7pm; avoid the A63 between Bordeaux and Bayonne, between 5pm and 8pm; avoid the A7 between Lyon and Orange, from 1pm to 11pm, and between Orange and Marseille from 3pm to 7pm; avoid the A46 and the N346 for the eastern Lyon bypass from 12noon to 7pm; avoid the Mont-Blanc tunnel (N205), heading towards Italy between 10am and 5pm. READ ALSO Shops, tourist sites, travel: What's open and closed in France over Easter Return journeys reach or cross Île-de-France before 5pm; avoid the A25 between Socx and Lille, from 11am to 7pm; avoid the A1 between Lille and Paris, from 3pm to 7pm; avoid the A7 between Marseille and Salon-de-Provence, from 4pm to 7pm; avoid the A9 between Narbonne and Montpellier from 4pm to 7pm; avoid the A54 and the N113 trunk road between Nîmes and Salon-de-Provence from 3pm to 8pm; avoid the A41 between Switzerland and Chambéry from 1pm to 5pm; avoid the A46 and the N346 trunk road for the eastern Lyon bypass from 1pm to 5pm. READ ALSO Aires: Everything you need to know about motorway services in France Saturday, April 19th Significant traffic jams are expected on the roads serving the northern borders of France, the Île-de-France, the Normandy coast, and the Atlantic coast. To a lesser extent, there may be delays in the south-eastern quarter. Traffic in France, credit Bison Futé Bison Futé particularly advises motorists heading away from major cities to popular tourist destinations to: leave or cross Île-de-France before 6am or after 5pm; avoid the A1 between Paris and Lille from 3pm to 7pm; avoid the A25 between Lille and Socx from 11am to 2pm; avoid the A13 between Paris and Rouen from 11am to 6pm; avoid the A11 between Le Mans and Angers from 12noon to 6pm; avoid the A63 between Bordeaux and Bayonne from 10am to 4pm; avoid the A7 between Lyon and Orange from 10am to 6pm, avoid the Mont-Blanc tunnel (N205) heading into Italy from 7am to 6pm. Sunday, April 20th No major problems are forecast on French roads. READ ALSO The best Easter activities in France for families Monday, April 21st Advertisement Motorways in the northern half of the country are expected to be very busy, with congestion forecast from the end of the morning until late in the evening, particularly on key routes in Île-de-France. Traffic in France, Credit Bison Futé The main advice from France's roads watchdog for motorists heading back to major cities from holiday destinations is: reach or cross Île-de-France before 11am; avoid the A25 between Socx and Lille from 5pm to 8pm; avoid the A13 between Caen and Paris from 3pm to 7pm; avoid the A11 between Nantes and Angers from 4pm to 7pm; avoid the A10 between Poitiers and Orléans from 5pm to 10pm; avoid the A7 between Orange and Lyon from 12noon to 10pm; avoid the A71 between Bourges and Orléans from 4pm to 8pm; avoid the Mont-Blanc tunnel (N205) into France from 12noon to 11pm. READ ALSO Driving in France: What are the French 'villages étapes'?
