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World’s oceans were the warmest in 2019 than at any other time in recorded human history
Ocean temperatures were about 0.075 degrees Celsius above the 1981-2010 average last year.
William and Harry slam ‘offensive and potentially harmful’ newspaper story
The brothers spoke out over the ‘false story’ on the day the Queen called a summit to discuss the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s future plans.
Restricting Julian Assange’s access to lawyers ahead of extradition case breaches his rights they say
Assange is currently being held in HMP Belmarsh, awaiting the outcome of an extradition request by the US, where he faces 18 charges, including conspiring to hack into a Pentagon computer. Sweden dropped an investigation into Assange last year.
Union official faces court in megaphone noise police ‘assault’ case
Two police officers say their hearing was affected by the noise of the megaphone, a court heard.
Alaskan man rescued weeks after cabin burned down thanks to SOS sign in snow
A fire in mid-December killed Tyson Steele’s dog and left him with no means of communication, he told state troopers.
Boris Johnson set to shell out ‘up to £2 billion’ on Northern Ireland powersharing deal
Edwin Poots said Stormont is expecting the Government to stump up at least £2bn to support the New Decade, New Approach agreement.
A quarter of young people “turned away” from NHS Mental Health Services
Crisis may be a word used liberally in modern politics, but in the United Kingdom a quarter of the population will experience a mental health issue in their lifetime.
Boy, 12, gunned down in the street as shots fired from car
A 12-year-old boy was injured after being gunned down in a horror drive-by shooting in Sheffield
UK economy declined in November on weak manufacturing sector
The Office for National Statistics said monthly gross domestic product declined 0.3% in November, after growth in the previous two months.