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Firefighters battled through night to extinguish large gorse fire on Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh
The fire engulfed about 800 square metres of gorse on the Salisbury Crags
“Apocalyptic” fire covering 1.5 sq km of land at Saddleworth Moor is continuing to burn
Dramatic photos show the scale of the raging inferno reportedly the size of one-and-a-half football pitches
Forest has gone up in flames on the hottest February day on record
Dozens of firefighters and 11 engines tackled at least two blazes in Ashdown Forest.
NASA’s new £2.45 billion space telescope ‘could find hundreds more planets’
The £2.45 billion mission will build on the work of its predecessor Kepler that found more than 2,600 planets outside our solar system before its mission ended last October
These horrific photos show a young seal which died after becoming entangled in fishing netting
Environmentalists believe the seal is likely to have starved to death, due to its body mass and bones protruding
Top state secondary school to switch to four-and-a-half day week
From September, students at Forest Gate Community School in east London, rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted, will leave just after midday every Friday afternoon
May commits to votes on no-deal Brexit or Brexit delay
The PM has commited to votes on no-deal Brexit or Brexit delay. The climbdown came as the PM attempts to avert mass resignations by her ministers who have been vowing to rule out no deal in crunch votes set for tomorrow. Theresa May said she will put her withdrawal agreement - including any changes she has agreed with the EU - to a meaningful vote by 12 March. If MPs reject her Brexit deal again, May promises vote on no-deal...
Carbon dioxide ‘turned back into solid coal’
Scientists say the ground-breaking technique can efficiently convert CO2 from a gas into solid particles of carbon
It’s official: The rich are getting richer while the poor are getting poorer
The incomes of the richest fifth of households grew by 4.7 per cent last year while the incomes of the poorest fifth fell by 1.6 per cent, official figures have revealed today. According to the Resolution Foundation the controversial freeze on benefit levels combined with higher inflation following the Brexit referendum has left low-income households in a precarious position. Adam Corlett, the organisation’s senior economic analyst, said: "The deeper income squeeze for poorer households has been driven by government policy"...