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#BBC News - For First Time Voters

Crowds of people in the UK

To vote in a UK general election, you must fulfil certain requirements and your name must be on the electoral register.

REQUIREMENTS

You must be:

• 18 years of age or over on polling day

• Resident in the UK

• A British citizen, a qualifying Commonwealth citizen or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland

• Not subject to any legal incapacity to vote.

Full article on news.bbc.co.uk

#BBC News - Low solar activity link to cold UK winters

By Mark Kinver
Science and environment reporter, BBC News

Satellite image showing the British Isles covered in snow (Image: NASA)
A period of low solar activity could lead to more cold winters in the UK

The UK and continental Europe could be gripped by more frequent cold winters in the future as a result of low solar activity, say researchers.

They identified a link between fewer sunspots and atmospheric conditions that "block" warm, westerly winds reaching Europe during winter months.

But they added that the phenomenon only affected a limited region and would not alter the overall global warming trend.

The findings appear in the journal Environmental Research Letters.

The Ice Age is coming back!!!