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Has the Government’s small boats plan put people in Calais off crossing the Channel?
Downing Street is claiming the Home Secretary Suella Braverman didn’t approve an email sent in her name blaming civil servants for the failure to stop asylum seekers in small boats.
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Next year could be ‘even hotter’ than record-breaking 2022
We spoke to Keith Jones, the Climate Change advisor at the National Trust and asked him how he sees the UK’s future in a world of extreme weather and rising temperatures.
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Cold snap piles pressure on already struggling households and services
After one of the warmest autumns on record, a cold snap began to grip the UK last night. Temperatures plummeted to minus nine in rural Scotland and some English towns and cities saw temperatures drop well below zero. The freezing weather is set to continue at least into the early part of next week, putting…
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England braces for heatwave as Europe suffers worst drought in decades
As some of the UK heads into another heatwave this week, with temperatures set to reach the mid 30s – as Europe is plunged into its worst drought for decades.
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Heatwave: Will 40°C temperatures become the norm?
Our weather presenter, Liam Dutton, looks at all the records broken by today’s unprecedented heatwave in the UK – and explains why the climate crisis means this weather will become more commonplace.
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Heatwaves and wildfires: Europe sweltering after record heat
Climate scientists say the early heatwaves across parts of France, Spain and the UK over the past few days are a sign of things to come.
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India’s 49C heatwave – how extreme heat became the norm
We may be enjoying the sun here in the UK, but the climate crisis is turning the heat up across the world. And it can be deadly. This year has already seen heat records repeatedly broken. Climate scientists say that by the end of this decade, almost all countries will experience “extreme hot” weather every…
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Putin claims Russian troops are ‘defending the motherland’ from the West
Pristine lines of goose-stepping soldiers, gleaming military hardware, stirring music – and President Putin invoking the glorious past of the Soviet Union’s triumph over Nazi Germany.
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Storm Eunice: Second storm in a week blasts North of England
For some parts of the UK, Storm Eunice is the second storm this week – and another weather warning has been issued by the Met Office this evening.
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Energy crisis: Chemicals industry sees ‘500% increase’ in bills
The soaring cost of wholesale gas, which isn’t being helped by the Ukraine crisis, is piling immense pressure on the most energy-intensive industries.
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FactCheck: could new Covid variant make vaccines less effective? Could it be worse than Delta?
There’s a lot we still don’t know.
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Is the Great British ‘staycation’ here to stay?
With foreign travel still largely off limits, most people have been braving the unpredictable British weather for a staycation.
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FactCheck: Are Covid cases really falling?
It’s welcome news, though puzzling, as many scientists expected case numbers to rise following the gradual lifting of lockdown restrictions.
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Why different parts of world have endured intense cold
This week it’s the turn of the United States and south-east Europe to be gripped by very low temperatures, ice and heavy snow.
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Snow a welcome distraction for families in parts of England
Heavy snow and bitterly cold weather are sweeping parts of the country – with amber warnings of snow across east and southeast England. Forecasters have warned of “significant disruption” into Monday – as Storm Darcy brings strong easterly winds from Ukraine and the Black Sea. Anja Popp was in Aylesford in Kent.