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Drone that cost Tory council nearly £36,000 has never been used
The drone was supposed to be used for many ‘exciting opportunities’ but has yet to take off on council business.
12 Fantastic quotes by Greta Thunberg
She is an inspiration to millions.
British insects migrating north at rate of 100 feet a day due to climate change
They are marching, flying and hopping in their droves because of climate change, say scientists.
Trump likens impeachment inquiry to ‘a lynching’
The president claimed Democrats are trying to undo the 2016 election that put him in the White House.
Cancer patients ‘worried about adding to workload of overstretched NHS staff’
‘Isolated’ patients are struggling to contact healthcare workers and increasingly turning to Macmillan Cancer Support, the charity says.
Century-old lighthouse placed on wheels to move it away from eroding coastline
When the lighthouse was first lit in 1900, it was roughly 650ft from the coast in Jutland. Now it is only about 20ft away.
Jubilation as law change decriminalising abortion in Northern Ireland comes into effect
DUP leader Arlene Foster has vowed to explore legal options to stop the liberalisation of abortion in the region.
It really was an asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs
And the proof can be found in fossilised algae - the world's smallest organisms, say scientists.
Millions of apples left to rot as European pickers abandon Britain
Ali Capper, chairwoman of the NFU’s horticultural board and an apple producer, said that she had never seen crop wastage like it.