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France to ban plastic packaging for most fruit and veg
A new law in France is set to cut over one billion piece of plastic waste per year from January 2022.
Stay in Germany or move to UK? Couple asks – everyone says same thing
In just a few hours, the tweet has received thousands of replies - and none of them are particularly positive about the UK.
‘Outrageous’ in run-up to UK hosting Cop26 ‘we are watching our peatlands burn’
“These are the UK’s equivalent of the rainforests in terms of both their nature and their storage of carbon.”
Drowned: What Buckingham Palace and other world sites will look like due to global heating
A new study shows sea levels rising invading cities like London if world leaders and citizens do no take climate action.
UK has worst Covid case and death rate in western Europe
The UK recorded 40,000 new cases on Tuesday - and its death rate is more than double that of France and Germany.
Watch: Tory voter’s emotional words – telling James O’Brien how Brexit has ‘destroyed this country’
"Wow what a fantastic call! takes great courage to admit you have been fooled by.... well fools," wrote one person after listening to it.
‘He really believes he is Churchill:’ Reactions as PM snapped painting in £25k a week villa as UK collapses
"Never in the field of human chaos and carnage has one man done so little to inflict so much damage and humiliation on his nation, economy and citizens," wrote one Twitter user.
Diplomatic affair? Matt Hancock gets new job & people had a lot to say
"What position could he possibly be qualified for?" asked one person, the reply...missionary.
Wayne Couzens: Police officers ‘laughed’ at Radio DJ when she reported he exposed himself to her in 2008
Recalling the moment she reported the incident to police officers, she said: “He was playing with himself. And there were specifics about his state of arousal that they thought were quite amusing and it was really humiliating."