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Dividends and interest worth £263 million were accrued by shareholders in 2017 alone, GMB Union figures show An investigation by GMB, the water union, has revealed United Utilities shareholders have made more than £1.2 billion in just five years. The privatised water company showered shareholders with a total of £263 million in 2017 alone. As millions in the North West face life under a hosepipe ban, GMB revealed United Utilities waste 400 million litres of water every single day through...

They say that a failure to act quickly and decisively will greatly increase the risk of 'unprecedented and irrevocable' species loss in the most diverse parts of the planet

Two £140,000 machines were left completely burnt out as farmers - in different counties - struggled to tend their crops in the heat.

The baked mud floor can be seen as water levels continue to fall in many of the Uk's reservoirs,

Scientists say the dramatic discovery increases the chances of finding biological signs of life on the Red Planet

A Brexit activist fined £20,000 for breaching spending rules during the EU referendum campaign has raised funds to appeal the decision in just two hours. Darren Grimes, who insists he was "completely innocent" of making false declarations in relation to a £680,000 donation to his BeLeave youth group from the main Vote Leave campaign, raised £20,000 through a crowdfunding campaign backed by right-wing media outlet Guido, who dubbed Grimes a "Brexit hero". He accused the Electoral Commission of acting out...

Suburban bumblebees are suffering from a toxic pesticide also found in pet flea treatments and many treated garden centre plants but banned from farms

There has been a worrying rise in the number of deaths in police custody. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has reported that 23 people sadly died in 2017. Of that number 17 had suffered some form of restraint or force by officers. It should be noted that is not a necessarily a direct link to why they died. Among the 23 people highlighted by the latest statistics are cases such as Rashan Charles and Edson da Costa in London. Those...

Researchers created "easy-bake fossils" in just 24 hours by heating materials like bird feathers, lizard limbs and leaves at high pressure