Liam Dutton
Cold start to winter more likely than normal this year
The latest long-range winter forecast from the Met Office suggests colder weather is more likely than normal this winter, but how much snow will there be?
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Liam Dutton
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Teenager granted wish to be cryogenically frozen
A teenage girl has been granted her dying wish for her body to be frozen in the hope that she can be returned to life at some point in the future.The courts became involved in the case of the 14-year-old, who had a rare form of cancer, because of a dispute between her divorced parents.
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Liam Dutton
From cold and wintry to rain and gales this weekend
Rain and gales are set to arrive across parts of England and Wales this weekend, with the risk of some localised disruption.
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Supermoon: how can you see it?
Tonight the moon has appeared, to those than can see it, bigger and brighter than its been for almost 70 years. It’s called a supermoon because the gap between the earth and the moon is at its shortest point.
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Liam Dutton
Monday’s supermoon is biggest in almost 70 years
All eyes will be on the skies on Monday, as the biggest full supermoon in almost 70 years takes place.
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Tom Clarke
Arctic Circle: explore in 360
On average, the world is now about one degree warmer than it was in pre-industrial times. But the Arctic has warmed twice as fast.
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Zika virus ‘spreading explosively’ says world health expert
The director-general of the World Health Organisation warns that possible links between the Zika virus and babies with abnormally small heads are causing “extremely high” levels of concern.
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Tom Clarke
Could our solar system have nine planets after all?
Researchers in California have announced there may be a giant ninth planet at the very outer edge of our Solar System.
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Tim Peake: British astronaut carries out first spacewalk
Tim Peake becomes the first “official” British astronaut to carry out a spacewalk at the International Space Station.
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Tom Clarke
David Bowie: Space Oddity with geek appeal
David Bowie appealed to a lot of people with a lot of peculiar leanings. And for those of us with a sciencey, spacey, creepy-crawly leaning, the connection was a powerful one.
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SpaceX rocket nails landing
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from Florida with a load of communications satellites. In a spaceflight first, the reusable booster turned around and landed safely near its launch pad.
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Tim Peake: UK astronaut blasts off into space
Tim Peake is set to become the first British astronaut to join the crew of the International Space Station after blasting off on a rocket from Kazakhstan.
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Geoff White
How scammers conned TalkTalk customers out of thousands of pounds
A Channel 4 News investigation has identified two of the people behind the scamming of British customers of the telecoms giant TalkTalk.
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UK organ transplants: 1,000 a year die while on waiting list
Wales is set to introduce a new system where consent to organ donation is assumed, thus helping to reduce the list of 7,000 people currently waiting for an organ transplant.
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Geoff White
Is Isis planning murderous cyber attacks?
I’ve been covering cyber security for several years, but very, very rarely come across incidents that directly resulted in physical harm, let alone death.
