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British cities embrace cycling after lockdown
Across Britain, streets are being transformed and we’ve begun to see what our new normal looks like.
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May 2020 sunniest month on record
The Met Office has just confirmed that last month was not just the sunniest May on record, it was the sunniest month on record.
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Stork chicks hatch in UK for first time in centuries
The last time such a thing was documented was in 1416, a year after Henry V defeated the French at Agincourt.
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Government announces fund for ‘infection control’ in care homes in England – but is system working?
One area the government has prioritised is making sure that patients are tested negative for Covid-19 before being discharged from hospital to care homes.
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Meet the non-medical workers on the frontline of against coronavirus
Throughout this pandemic, Channel 4 News has been talking to frontline workers in the NHS – and beyond.
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Highlands and Islands communities come together amid coronavirus tourism downturn
Just a week into Britain’s lockdown – and normal life is anything but. Livelihoods too have vanished – not least in tourism – with areas which once relied on visitors now relying on the Government bailout instead – and helping each other to keep their communities going.
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How the Highlands is adjusting to coronavirus restrictions
In Scotland, two more patients have died from coronavirus today, taking the total to 16 – and prompting people across the country to urge visitors to stay away.
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FactCheck: Scottish government shelves ‘confusing’ advice on social distancing
The advice caused confusion on social media, with users pointing out that it seemed to be at odds with other guidance from NHS Scotland.
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Lack of snow forces closure of Cairngorms sled-dog centre
It’s a tradition going back centuries, and associated with the coldest places on earth, but a changing climate means dog sledding is sliding into history in this country. When the winter ends, the Cairngorm Sleddog Centre will close its doors after nearly two decades – and the huskies will have no work. Our Chief Correspondent…
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Council approves plans to build first deep coal mine for 30 years
This week ministers announced they were bringing forward their target to phase out coal by a year, yet Cumbria County Council has just approved plans to build the country’s first deep coal mine for 30 years.
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Police and council failed child victims of Manchester grooming gangs, says report
Today’s report into grooming gangs in Manchester concludes that police and social services failed to protect dozens of children and didn’t pursue prosecutions, despite victims giving them names and addresses of abusers.
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DUP say they won’t support Johnson Brexit deal
In Northern Ireland, pro-Remain parties have been joining together in ad-hoc electoral pacts in an effort to remove Democratic Unionists.
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Australian state declares state of emergency as bushfires threaten
A state of emergency has been declared in New South Wales – as Australian officials warned the state could face a ‘catastrophic’ day of life threatening fires tomorrow – with scores of bushfires raging out of control.
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The illegal industrial fishing damaging Scotland’s ‘Great Barrier Reef’
The crystal-clear waters off Scotland’s west coast are some of the richest marine habitats around any of our 5,000-plus British Isles. Small wonder the places where the ancient quahogs live and the vital maerl forests thrive, are under strict protection. Or are they? Our chief Correspondent Alex Thomson reports from Wester Ross, a place they…
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New IRA says border infrastructure would be ‘legitimate target for attack’
In an interview with Channel 4 News, the group said it was committed to ‘armed actions’ against border infrastructure – and ‘the people who are manning them’.