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Massive ice sheet melting faster than feared – threatening coastal cities around world
Thick, impenetrable slabs are expanding so rapidly on the interior the run-off area has increased by 26 per cent since 2001
Gareth Thomas ‘would not have revealed HIV diagnosis without press intrusion’
The former Welsh rugby captain said that ‘tabloids create their own law’.
Garda Commissioner reveals Ireland moving armed police to secure border for Brexit
Commissioner Drew Harris warned about the strains on policing an upsurge in dissident attacks.
Thames Water receives 561,844 complaints in one year
Britain’s largest water supplier is getting on average one complaint a year for every ten households it serves.
‘The NHS has been destroyed and now you come here for a press opportunity’ angry dad tells Boris Johnson on hospital visit
The Prime Minister has been booed and called out for not being in Europe to try to negotiate a Brexit deal at press calls all around Britain. Now his latest confrontation with a member of the public may be the most damaging yet.
Corruption charges loom for Israeli PM Netanyahu as second election is tied too
‘We don’t want unity,’ chant Likud supporters as Benjamin Netanyahu warns against a “dangerous, anti-Zionist government”
Teachers in England ‘work longest hours in the world’
Their average working week lasts up to 15 hours longer than teachers in other countries. Four in 10 usually work in the evening - and 10 per cent at weekends
Watch drone warn surfer as large shark approaches
The drone sent out an audio message to the surfer saying: ‘Shark! Shark! Shark! Evacuate the water immediately!’
Controversy after new Scottish independence poll suggests SNP should rethink referendum
Five years after the Yes/No referendum a survey commissioned by pro-UK campaigners Scotland in Union found despite Brexit chaos, a large majority would vote to "remain" in UK but SNP say it is a "rigged" poll.