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Fires burn around London as heatwave sees UK hit 40 degrees for first time
This is no ordinary weather – burning wildfires, melting runways, warped roads and overheated hospitals – this is the reality of the UK’s unprecedented heatwave.
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How much will the Tory leadership candidates commit to climate policy?
Our Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson spoke to the COP26 president Alok Sharma – before the first Conservative leadership debate took place.
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Extreme heat: weather warning for UK as temperatures soar
It’s getting so hot across large parts of Britain that the Met Office has issued an amber warning for extreme heat lasting well into next week, saying there’s a potential for serious illness or even danger to life.
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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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‘Like living in a gas chamber’: the citizens suffering on Clean Air Day
Today is Clean Air Day – the UK’s largest air quality campaign embracing business, schools and the wider community which aims to highlight the dangers of air pollution.
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Out and proud – a watershed moment in football?
Given there are many out and proud athletes in other sports, why is male professional football so far behind?
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Protesters call on water firms to stop dumping sewage in rivers and waterways
Hundreds of people have taken part in protests against water companies dumping raw sewage into rivers and waterways.
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Arrests as climate protesters scale oil tanker and block roads
Climate change activists have blocked streets in London and Paris, to protest what they call “climate inaction” by the authorities.
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Freedom or folly? Bradford responds to end of Covid restrictions
With England’s restrictions now about to be scrapped altogether -we’ve been back to speak to some of the people in Bradford who we’ve followed throughout the pandemic.
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Covid restrictions lifted despite scepticism from medics and scientists
Our Health and Social Care Editor Victoria Macdonald explains the potential health implications of the government lifting all Covid restrictions in England – despite scepticism from many medics and scientists.
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Johnson announces end of Covid restrictions in England
So this is what it’s like for a nation to live with Covid – as the Prime Minister announced the end to all mandatory restrictions in England – a plan Labour dismissed as ‘half baked’.
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How to convince the unvaccinated
How should scientists and the government talk to those who are hesitant to get the coronavirus jab?
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Is it possible to plant thousands of trees a year without pushing out farmers?
How green is my valley? A key part in moving the UK to net zero is to plant trees on a massive scale. But the right trees, in the right places.
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Green levies not to blame for soaring energy prices, says Ed Miliband
We spoke to Ed Miliband, shadow climate and net zero secretary, and began by asking him if his party is thinking big enough in their plans to help low income households.
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How will biotech, robotics and virtual reality change the world?
Welcome to the brave new world of biotech and robotics – where people can interact with each other through time and space in ways which were once the stuff of science fiction.