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Tory minister Nadhim Zahawi got £1.3m from second job at oil company
Zahawi was able to keep his additional earnings secret thanks to a Parliamentary loophole.
UK has thrown away 600k doses of AZ vaccine after jabs passed expiry date
It comes amid warnings that poor countries are being left behind in global vaccination rates.
Northern MPs express anger as Government prepares to scrap Leeds leg of HS2
“This is Boris pulling the whole damn rug from under our feet and ripping up the floor behind him.”
Ex-Trump aide Steve Bannon surrenders to FBI over Capitol riots
The 67-year-old was indicted on Friday on two counts of criminal contempt.
Fewer people are living climate-conscious lives since Covid
People are less concerned about the impact of the products they buy and the services they use, an Ipsos survey found.
Covid testing firm ‘selling swabs carrying customers’ DNA’ to third parties
Cignpost - which sells £35 tests for holidaymakers - sells DNA from Covid swabs on to third parties.
Express quotes ‘Pished Artist’ and ‘Ruffles The Guinea Pig’ in article prophesying Irexit
The right wing paper named three sources in the piece. They were two of them!
England’s crucial carbon-storing peatland is owned by just 124 landowners
A new report says the burning of peatland by grouse moor estates is contributing to the climate emergency.
‘Gross’ Elon Musk criticised for ‘inhumane’ Bernie Sanders tweets
The Tesla and SpaceX owner lashed out at Sanders after the 80-year-old senator said that billionaires should pay more tax.