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China quake: Deadly tremor rocks Sichuan city in lockdown

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 No less than 21 individuals have been killed after a 6.6 size tremor hit southwestern China, state media said. The tremor struck at 13:00 nearby time (05:00 GMT) in Sichuan region at a profundity of 10km (6 miles). The effect cut off broadcast communications lines and set off mountain avalanches that caused "serious harm", neighborhood media reports say. About 21 million individuals in Sichuan's capital Chengdu were before requested to remain at home due to Covid rules. The focal point of the shake was at Luding, a town in a distant mountain district situated around 226km southwest of Chengdu, as per the China Earthquake Networks Center. Quakes shook structures in Chengdu and the adjoining uber city of Chongqing, leaving streets impeded and cutting broadcast communications lines in regions home to in excess of 10,000 occupants, as per CCTV. The shocks additionally constrained a power stations to close down in the space of Garze and Ya'an, the Chinese telecaster said....
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Highway Code: 61% of drivers have not read new guidance, AA survey suggests

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 More than three-fifths of UK drivers have not perused ongoing updates to the Highway Code, as per the AA. The motoring gathering's study of 13,327 individuals recommended 8,090 (61%) drivers had not perused changes made in January. Exactly 6,972 drivers had found out about the new guidelines however had not understood them at this point, while 1,118 drivers were totally uninformed about the changes. The new direction gives people on foot, cyclists and pony riders more prominent needs out and about. Vehicles ought to give something like 1.5m (4ft 11in) space while overwhelming cyclists, and 2m (6ft 7in) for ponies. Drivers and other street clients ought to give way to people on foot going across at street intersections, and are not permitted to cut across weak clients when leaving an intersection. The Highway Code presently encourages cyclists to ride in the focal point of paths on calmer streets, in more slow moving rush hour gridlock and while moving toward intersections. A progr...
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