Environment
Less affluent areas of England have seen an ‘unprecedented’ rise in infant mortality over the last four years
Researchers found that from 2014 to 2017 there were 572 excess infant deaths than what would have been previously expected based on trends
Arrests after climate protesters spray almost 400 gallons of fake blood across Treasury steps
Extinction Rebellion demonstrators parked a fire engine outside the building, bearing a banner reading ‘Stop funding climate death’.
Welfare state alive in Scotland but waning elsewhere in UK
Philip Alston previously produced a report which was damning of austerity policies and their continued impact across the UK.
Iconic cuckoo ‘vanishing from England due to climate change’
Its song traditionally heralds the start of summer, but the cuckoo is being worst hit among English breeding birds by warmer weather - along with the Little Owl and the Reed Warbler
Homeless crisis – Surge in drug poisonings behind biggest rise in deaths on record
Two in five of the deaths were related to drug poisoning.
Uni boss who preached about climate change last week spent a student’s annual tuition fee on private cars during his first six months in charge
University of Sheffield vice-chancellor Koen Lamberts recently announced all students would have to attend compulsory lessons on sustainability in response to the "climate emergency"
Johnson: “I don’t want to see Sturgeon anywhere near” Glasgow climate summit
"I don’t mind seeing a saltire or two on that summit, but I want to see the union flag", he said.
Babies born in the most polluted areas of Britain are up to 50 percent more likely to die
The worrying findings of a study of nearly eight million live births are due to be presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress in Madrid on Sunday
Scores of dolphins die on island beach off west Africa
The melon-headed dolphins were found on a beach on Boa Vista island.