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Caroline Lucas calls MPs out for “truanting” climate change debate
Caroline Lucas says MPs have been caught truanting while young people show leadership on climate change after just a handful showed up to a key debate on the issue. Some 610 MPs were missing from yesterday's sitting on the UK’s progress towards net zero carbon emissions which was brought about following protests of thousands of children who skipped school to make their voices heard. Theresa May condemned the protests at the time, saying it would "increase teachers’ workloads and waste...
Clown mask drill rapper who pointed gun at police and his pals each jailed for 23 years
Lekan Akinsoji, 20, Nathaniel Lewis, 22, Darnell Joseph-Newill, 21 and Troy Ifill, 21, were locked up at the Old Bailey
Paedophile caught with five year old boy he was abusing as he was arrested is jailed for 22 years
Kyle Fox, 26, sexually abused a baby girl and the boy before posting the horrific abuse on the darkweb.
Microplastic from plastic bags and food packaging are the most common waste in the ocean
Polyethylene makes up more than half the plastic (54.5%) found in the Mediterranean
RSPCA urges Government to protect animal welfare in light of US trade demands
The RSPCA is urging the Government to turn words into action and commit to protecting animal welfare standards post Brexit after the US called for the wholesale removal of trade barriers. US trade demands could open the UK food market to products such as chlorinated chicken or hormone-treated beef, it was revealed today, and could even sanction the sale of products with dangerous materials such as asbestos. The animal welfare charity is calling on the Government to accept an amendment...
Humans with “supervision” could be on the horizon
Seeing near infrared light directly would mean army personnel on dangerous missions would no longer need to wear cumbersome night vision goggles.
Balloons released into the air are killing seabirds and sea turtles
Must have party decoration kills one in five birds who have swallowed them
Wheelchair user trapped under moving train after he rolled off platform & onto tracks
The man in his 30s was rushed to hospital with serious neck and leg injuries after he was hit by the train.
Government forced to pay out £33m to Eurotunnel over “secretive” post-Brexit ferry contracts
The government is set to pay Eurotunnel up to £33 million in order for it to drop its legal action brought over the "secretive" process used around post-Brexit ferry contracts. The Channel Tunnel operator mounted a legal challenge after Chris Grayling's department handed out lucrative contracts to increase cross-Channel capacity in the event of a no-deal Brexit to three firms - including one company that did not have any ships. It claimed the £108 million contracts had been doled out...