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Last seven years hottest ever recorded, say EU scientists
As the world's climate heats up, many species are moving north for their survival, with rare bats now thriving in the south of England.


Cladding: ‘Those responsible must pay’, says Conservative MP
Conservative MP Stephen McPartland has supported leaseholders in their calls for compensation.


Cladding: Developers told they must pay to remove unsafe material
Michael Gove said leaseholders would no longer have to bear the costs themselves, saying he was ready to "impose a solution on them in law". 


‘Many people will be disgusted’ at reports of PM’s office inviting staff to party during lockdown, Labour’s Rayner says
We were joined by Labour's Deputy Leader Angela Rayner.


‘Respect, listening and dialogue is the way forward with unvaccinated’, says behavioural scientist
Professor Steve Reicher is a behavioural scientist at the University of St Andrews.


Covid: Pregnant women urged to get fully vaccinated
Across the UK there have been another 142,000 cases in the last 24 hours, but while daily figures are falling the number of patients admitted to hospital continues to rise.


Leaked evidence of Downing Street drinks party held during May 2020 lockdown
New evidence has emerged alleging that staff at Downing Street held another drinks party during the height of lockdown. 


We need ‘new type of strategy’ after booster campaign says ex-head of vaccine task force
Dr Clive Dix, has called for a major rethink of the Covid strategy. He believes that after the current booster vaccination campaign, future jabs should be limited to the most vulnerable, and that Covid should increasingly be treated as an endemic vir...


Covid: Nadhim Zahawi says cutting self-isolation to five days would ‘help’ staffing pressures
The Education Secretary, wrestling with teacher shortages because of covid, hinted that reducing the isolation period after a positive covid test could help. That would aid struggling businesses too.


‘A carbon tax…is absolutely the right way to go’ – says former Energy Minister
Well Conservative splits on how to tackle energy costs have been laid bare after the former energy minister, Chris Skidmore, launched what he's calling a net zero support group, to fight back against the Tories lobbying to remove green levies from ho...


Energy crisis: Chancellor told to keep green levies in cost of living crunch
But green Tories are fighting back against their more traditional colleagues, urging the chancellor not to ditch environmental levies to help householders, but to look at other measures instead.


Global coronavirus cases pass 300 million
As the world hits 300 million cases of Covid, the government here has announced a further 313 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for the virus. 


Colston statue case: ‘We shouldn’t get too excited about one jury verdict’, says former Law Society president
We spoke to David Greene, who was president of the Law Society until last year, and started by asking him about his reaction to the Edward Colston statue case.


Colston statue case: Attorney general considering referral to appeal court
The Attorney General says she is considering referring a case to the Court of Appeal after four people were acquitted of criminal damage after a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston was pulled down.


Warning ‘stealth tax’ will leave average family hundreds of pounds worse off a year
It's known as the ‘Big Squeeze’ - soaring energy and fuel prices, tax hikes, and wages that don't keep pace.



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