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This heart-breaking image shows an endangered turtle return to land, to lay its egg, only to find the beach is now a runway. The green sea turtle was pictured trying to lay its offspring on a landing strip at Maafaru airport in Noonu Atoll, Maldives. Turtles return to the same spots to lay eggs and in the meantime the runway has been constructed confusing this mother. Despite the unfortunate circumstances, she is reportedly in good health and was released back...

Julian Assange's arrest at London's Ecuador Embassy was today branded a "violation" of his asylum rights

UK police have said that WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange has been arrested. He was seen being dragged out of the Ecuadorean Embassy by half a dozen men, protesting this morning. He has been living in Ecuador's embassy in London for the previous seven years since he took refuge their from extradition for what he said were false rape allegations in Sweden. His legal team have claimed that there is no assurance that he will not be extradited to the US...

New research from Harvard University demonstrates that the UK would be able to sustain itself and help meet the Paris Agreement by returning a portion of land used for animal agriculture back to forest. Converting land currently used for grazing and growing animal feed crops back to forest could soak up 12 years’ carbon emissions, found the report, to be launched at the Grow Green Conferencein the British Library on 11 April. Returning pasture land back to forest and converting the...

EU leaders announced a flexible delay until October 31, Donald Tusk, president of the European Council imploring “our British friends” not to “waste this time.” The deadline is flexible, giving the UK just about enough time to change its Brexit strategy, hold an election, a referendum, or revoke Article 50. But if the UK is still in the EU on June 1, Britain will have to participate in the May European Parliament elections like all other EU countries – which...

Brexit uncertainty continued to subdue the London housing market in March, according to the RICS UK Residential Market Survey, March 2019.  Looking ahead, the lack of momentum is likely to persist for a while longer, although respondents still envisage modest improvements in activity twelve months ahead. In March, enquiries from new buyers saw the seventh negative reading in a row, with 16% of respondents seeing a fall rather than a rise in buyer demand in London. Significantly, demand fell across...

New species of hominin found in the Philippines

The 41-year-old wanted to target Morden mosque in retaliation for Manchester Arena attack but thwarted when anti-terror cops raided his home

Man sprayed with mystery substance while 'trying to apprehend shoplifter' in Streatham, south London