A 28-year-old British woman is preparing to set sail on a solo loop of the Arctic Circle to break a record made potentially possible by melting sea ice.

Sir Keir Starmer has said the Government wants to make more pensioners eligible for winter fuel payments - but how could that work?

A high pressure system in the Tasman Sea extends a ridge to the south of the state, while a trough lies off the Mid North Coast, bringing fresh east to southeasterly winds to the Sydney Local Waters.

A cold front will move over coastal waters on Wednesday morning then another high will move across the Bight mid to late next week. A cold front will move across from the west next weekend.