Prime Minister Boris Johnson said a ‘barrage of sanctions’ will be launched against Russia (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
(Picture: PA Wire)As Russia orders troops into two rebel-held regions in eastern Ukraine, security expert Richard Bingley from the Global Cyber Academy says there’s a heightened risk to British cybersecurity from tensions between Moscow and the west.
It came after British defence secretary Ben Wallace said military personnel were ready to launch a digital strike if Moscow targets UK computer networks.
Wallace told the Commons the UK has “offensive cyber capability” led from a base in north-west England.
A 2.8 magnitude earthquake hit the town of Walsall, near Birmingham, with residents reporting feeling a minute of jolting ground tremors.
The British Geological Survey says the quake happened at a depth of almost four-and-a-half miles at about 11pm.
World class pterosaur fossil in amazing condition and with a 2.5-metre wingspan found on the Isle of Skye in Scotland.
The 170 million-year-old Jurassic fossil of the huge flying reptile is the largest discovered from the Jurassic era.
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