Liam Dutton
2024 was Earth’s warmest year on record
2024 was Earth’s warmest year on record. Will 2025 be of the same ilk?
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LA fires latest: 10 dead and 10,000 buildings destroyed
For a fourth day, wildfires are raging around Los Angeles, where entire neighbourhoods have been devastated.
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‘I grabbed my medication and dog…and got out’: Swimmer loses 10 Olympic medals in LA fires
We spoke to former US Olympic swimmer Gary Hall Jr, who’s lost his home in Pacific Palisades.
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Trump uses LA fires to resume feud with California governor Newsom
Donald Trump has slammed the Biden administration, saying he can’t wait till January 20th – the day he takes office.
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A ‘shame’ residents will ‘pick up the tab’ for LA fires damage, says Republican politician
We speak to Bill Essayli, a Republican politician in the California State Assembly.
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‘Wildfires will get worse as the planet gets warmer’, says climate scientist
We spoke to Michael Mann, a climate scientist from the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania.
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British Gas owner Centrica warns of low gas stores after cold snap
We may have just had the world’s hottest year on record, but the UK has now measured its coldest January night in 15 years.
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Venezuela: Maduro sworn in as US offers reward for his arrest
Nicolas Maduro has been sworn in for a third term as Venezuela’s President, six months after an election he’s widely believed to have stolen.
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The residents uniting against ‘forever chemicals’ polluting their town
Some local residents in Bentham are pursuing legal action because of “forever chemicals” known as PFAS polluting their homes.
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Inside the UK’s first legal drug consumption room
Lynn Macdonald shows me around Glasgow’s new drug consumption room. She’s an NHS nurse who will supervise people as they inject their own drugs here, free from the fear of arrest.
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Actor Rory Kinnear on what next for ‘Bank of Dave’
In the film ‘Bank of Dave’, Dave Fishwick battled London’s financial elites to set up a community bank, played by the BAFTA-winning actor Rory Kinnear.
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FactCheck: Labour and Conservatives clash on mandatory reporting of grooming gangs – explained
In an ongoing debate about whether or not a new national inquiry into grooming gangs should be carried out, there have been various claims about what the last government did, or was about to do, regarding recommendations from Alexis Jay’s 2022 inquiry.
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The residents uniting against ‘forever chemicals’ polluting their town
They’re nicknamed “forever chemicals”. PFAS are a group of industrial compounds that don’t break down in the environment. They’re found in everything from non-stick pans to waterproof clothing and firefighting foams.
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Army veteran becomes first disabled person to ski solo to South Pole
An army veteran has become the first disabled person to ski solo to the South Pole.
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Jimmy Carter funeral: Presidents pay tribute in Washington DC
Five former and serving US presidents have come together for the state funeral of Jimmy Carter.
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Busiest year on record for NHS emergency services in England
NHS England figures today say it was the busiest year on record for emergency services.
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Bradford’s year as UK city of culture begins – what will it change?
First Londonderry, then there was Hull and Coventry. Now, it’s the turn of Bradford to take up the mantle of UK City of Culture.
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Farmers heckle Environment Secretary during speech
The Environment Secretary has been met by a barrage of tractor horns and heckling farmers as he gave a speech on reforming the agricultural sector.
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‘Reeves has made UK more vulnerable’ says economist
We spoke to the economist Rupert Harrison, who was chief of staff to former chancellor George Osborne.
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UK economy: slump in pound piles pressure on Labour
The cost of government borrowing rose again this morning and the pound fell – with financial markets still worried by the country’s faltering economy and weak public finances.
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How LA fires and climate change are fuelling US insurance crisis
With LA still under a red flag alert and new fires having to be dealt with, the impact on the ability of local people to insure their homes is under the spotlight.
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LA fires ‘like being in a blast furnace’, says journalist and author
We were joined by John Vaillant, journalist and author of the Baillie Gifford prize for non-fiction for his book Fire Weather, an account of the 2016 inferno that engulfed the oil town of Fort McMurray in Canada and an examination of our future in a more flammable world.
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‘In hours 100 houses were gone’ – Hollywood director describes LA fires
We spoke to Malibu resident Jon Turteltaub. He’s also a film director and his credits include ‘Cool Runnings’, ‘National Treasure’ and ‘The Meg’.
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LA fires latest: wildfires become most destructive in city’s history
The LA fires still rage – catastrophic reality has rivalled fiction in the home of American disaster movies. As the fires spread the insurance losses mount. Estimates are that they’ve reached $13bn in just 24 hours.
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UK’s first drug consumption room set to open in Glasgow (dubbed)
In a few days, the UK’s first drug consumption room will open its doors in Glasgow. The centre, known as ‘The Thistle’, will provide a clean place for people to inject drugs under medical supervision. This is a dubbed version of the report.
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UK’s first drug consumption room set to open in Glasgow
In a few days, the UK’s first drug consumption room will open its doors in Glasgow. The centre, known as ‘The Thistle’, will provide a clean place for people to inject drugs under medical supervision.
