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COP28 anger as pledge to ‘phase out’ fossil fuels removed from draft text
We will not go silent to our watery graves – that’s the warning from one of the small island nations most at risk from climate change – after a pledge to “phase out” fossil fuels was removed from the COP28 final agreement.
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Government rejects ‘Hillsborough Law’ called for by campaigners
The Government has promised that in future no-one will suffer the same injustices as the survivors and bereaved relatives of the Hillsborough Disaster.
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COP28: World leaders gather for climate summit
World leaders can’t save the planet with a fire hose of fossil fuels – that was the warning from the UN chief Antonio Gutteres to the COP28 summit in Dubai, after scientists said that 2023 was set to be the warmest year in history.
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Activists call for England to join Scotland in right to roam laws
They want the right to roam to be enshrined in English law – and today activists gathered to mark 20 years since the Land Reform Act. It allowed people in Scotland to wander almost everywhere in the countryside and our chief correspondent Alex Thomson has been out with campaigners who want access to all areas…
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World’s longest ‘interconnector’ to supply green electricity to 1.4 million UK homes
Across southern Europe the heatwave continues with the mercury predicted to hit 45 degrees celsius in Greece this weekend. So stopping the burning of fossil fuels which are overheating the planet is ever more urgent.
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Dead and dying birds wash up on British beaches as avian flu sweeps Europe
Now, hundreds more sea birds thought to have been infected with avian flu have been found washed up on British beaches as the virus continues to sweep through Europe.
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526 incidents of suspected illegal fox hunting took place in the 2022-2023 hunting season, exclusive figures suggest
Hunting foxes was banned 18 years ago, but is it carrying on regardless? New figures from the League Against Cruel Sports, shared exclusively with this programme, suggest that in the last hunting season, there were over 500 incidents of what appears to be illegal hunting. Trail hunting – which is the following of an animal…
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What next for the SNP as Nicola Sturgeon’s husband is arrested?
We don’t know what the outcome of a police investigation into the SNP’s finances will be – or what it could mean for Peter Murrell, who was arrested today. Our Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson is outside Nicola Sturgeon’s house in Glasgow.
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Exclusive: Video reveals ‘abhorrent’ practice of burying foxes alive
Trapped in a bag and buried alive.
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Revealed: Government facing legal complaint for failing to take action over dirty diesels
It was the scandal that shamed a global brand – so-called ‘dieselgate’ – which exposed Volkswagen for fitting devices to cheat emissions tests.
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UK’s native plants outnumbered by invasive species for first time
After two decades of research into every single plant species in Britain and Ireland – the data is finally out there. Botanists say the Plant Atlas is a priceless tool which politicians could deploy to stop the crisis in our depleted natural world from becoming a catastrophe. The document comes out tomorrow but our Chief…
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Turkey-Syria quake: fading hopes and shoddy buildings
The WHO called it the “worst natural disaster” in 100 years in the region.
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Turkey-Syria Earthquake: First UN aid convoy reaches border
The frantic hunt for survivors in the devastating earthquake last week which has so far claimed 38,000 lives in Turkey and Syria is slowing to a trickle as the clamour for aid and equipment intensifies.
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Redcar’s iconic blast furnace demolished
Towering as high as St Paul’s cathedral, the blast furnace at the former Redcar steelworks was demolished today – changing one of the best known skylines in the North East of England forever.
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COP27: How the dash for gas is a threat to climate goals
The global “dash for gas” caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will accelerate climate breakdown, say experts at Egypt’s climate summit.