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Calls for Government to adopt WHO air pollution limits as 60% of UK roads exceed toxic levels
The Centre for Cities and British Lung Foundation charities are calling on the Government to adopt WHO limits on air pollution, which is now killing more Brits than car crashes.
Rescuers search rubble for earthquake victims as Turkey probes social media posts on quake
At least 45 survivors have been pulled out of the rubble alive after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck.
Grenfell Tower inquiry to examine cladding as panel member quits over link to supplier
It will consider how the block came to be wrapped in flammable cladding, which phase one found was the “principal” reason for the fire’s rapid spread.
Plane skids off runway and into street in Iran
No major injuries were reported after the plane apparently lost its landing gear.
Calls for new Brexit coins to be donated to refugee charities
That's one way of putting them to good use.
Concentration camp survivor who turns 100 on Holocaust Remembrance Day tells her story
Marija Frlan was held at the Ravensbruck camp in northern Germany.
RAF UFO unit to publish its most recent sightings
The records were gathered by the RAF’s former UFO unit, which was wound up in 2009.
Sir David Attenborough warns climate action hindered by short government terms
The broadcaster and naturalist was speaking at the first UK-wide citizens’ assembly on climate change in Birmingham on Saturday.
Chancellor unveils new commemorative Brexit 50 pence coin
The Brexit delay meant about a million coins had to be melted down and the metal put aside until a new departure date was confirmed.