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Over 1,000 tonnes of sewage seen at landfill site
The Environment Agency says it has issued the operator with a series of actions after an inspection.
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International
How Democrats used the midterms to turn affordability concerns into ‘green populism’
From energy prices to datacenters, climate became a cost-of-living issue – and a winning one
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Regulation of counsellors and psychotherapists would protect patients
Letters: Readers respond to the recommendation by an independent commission that the profession be regulated
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International
Give us this day our wholemeal bread
Brief letters: Bread runs in Oxford | Animal licences | Tomatoes in November | Cereal killers | Listening to Trump
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Investigation into 'major fish kill' after pollution incident
The pollution caused the death of brown and migratory sea trout in the Inler river.
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Origin of Stonehenge’s altar remains enigma as north-east Scotland theory ruled out
Geologists say they are getting closer to solving mystery as tests suggest stone may have come from elsewhere in Scotland, northern England or even Ireland They spent countless hours on weather-battered Scottish hills, a hardy band of geologists searching for the origin of one of Stonehenge’s most intriguing features. But the prehistoric monument tends to yield its secrets reluctantly, and a new scientific report reveals that the origin of Stonehenge’s altar stone remains elusive – and the wind-whipped geologists may very well have been looking in the wrong spot anyway. Continue reading...
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International
‘It’s kind of a melting pot’: how one US city transformed a highway into a leafy oasis
The BLVD is home to 250 enterprises, from banks, tattoo shops and restaurants to museums and a performing arts centre
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‘Revenge of the nerds’: US midterms deliver a win for science – and a rebuke of Maha
The wins for Democrats come after years of cuts and upheaval to US health and science infrastructure
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Google refused 54K-name petition, say campaigners
Campaigners oppose the development of a large data centre on a wildlife site at Thurrock.
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International
You will die. That’s why your life is worth living
What does the tech elite offer? The immortality grift. But there’s another way to look at our previous time on Earth
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Ten years of the Paris Agreement: Has the world kept its climate promises?
Nearly 200 countries pledged to limit warming to 1.5C. We look at who has delivered and who has fallen short.
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Warming UK seas could ‘fundamentally reshape marine ecosystems’ – report
Four-year study warns destabilised marine food webs could jeopardise food security by 2050
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