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Green News

This 4000-year-old beetle is returning to the UK due to climate change

The Oak Capricorn Beetle went extinct in the British Isles, but our warming climate could mean its impending return.

08/02/2021

Living

The zero waste fashion designer taking over TikTok

Young people are rallying against fast fashion. To meet the demand, designers are turning to social media.

08/02/2021

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UK churches combat covid vaccine mistrust

Church groups in the UK launch a campaign to combat mistrust and increase covid vaccine take-up in black and minority ethnic communities

07/02/2021

United Kingdom

London's thinnest house for sale

Described as a little piece of London magic the city's thinnest house is up for sale with a price tag of over a million euros

07/02/2021

Destinations

Watch this mountain biker take on the Isle of Skye’s Cuillin Hills

View footage of Danny MacAskill tackling some extreme terrain on the Isle of Skye.

06/02/2021

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How worried should you be about new COVID-19 variants?

Professor Danny Altmann, a professor of immunology at Imperial College London, explains why new coronavirus variants have emerged.

05/02/2021

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UK regulator says COVID vaccines meet strict safety standards

Most of the reported side effects from COVID vaccines are "mild and short lasting", the UK medicines regulator said.

05/02/2021

United Kingdom

Scottish police probe 'linked' deaths of two women and a man

Two women died after being found injured, one from stab wounds, while a man was also killed in a fatal road accident nearby. Police are linking the incidents.

05/02/2021

Eco-Innovation

World’s ‘most sustainable’ glass bottle has just been invented

One manufacturer in Northern Ireland is using biofuels to minimise carbon emissions in the glass-making process.

05/02/2021

United Kingdom

How COVID-19 has caused deadly delays to diagnosing cancer

Meet the people who've had to battle cancer amid a COVID-19 pandemic.

04/02/2021

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UK in world-first trial to test effects of mixing COVID-19 vaccines

“This study will give us greater insight into how we can use vaccines to stay on top of this nasty disease,” said Jonathan Van Tam, the UK's deputy chief medical officer.

04/02/2021

World

Could more have been done to stop the new B117 UK COVID variant?

Peter Openshaw, an Immunologist at Imperial University, says hospital admissions were the first clue.

04/02/2021

United Kingdom

UK regulator Ofcom revokes CGTN's licence to broadcast in the UK

A bid to switch the licence to an entity called CGTNC was also stopped it its tracks, as the media outlet is ultimately controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, Ofcom said.

04/02/2021

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Boris Johnson says he would consider triggering Article 16

The British prime minister said the EU had cast doubt on the Good Friday Agreement after considering invoking Article 16 of the Brexit deal.

03/02/2021

United Kingdom

UK 'past the peak' of COVID wave as hospitalisations decrease

The UK has vaccinated more than 10 million people but experts said it will still be weeks before it begins to have an effect on deaths and hospitalisations.

03/02/2021

Green News

Why do conservationists want to bring big cats back in Scotland?

Rewilding the Highlands could involve the reintroduction of the Eurasian lynx which died out around 500 years ago.

03/02/2021

United Kingdom

Goats on Zoom: UK farm finds new income by livening up video calls

Video meetings? Meh. One English farm takes Zoombombing to a new level: hiring out goats to make surprise appearances on conference calls.

02/02/2021

Green News

Countries prepared for the climate crisis have had fewer COVID deaths

New research shows that nations who are best equipped to fight climate change have handled the pandemic best.

02/02/2021

United Kingdom

Britain applauds WWII veteran and NHS fundraising hero Sir Tom Moore

The 100-year-old veteran won legions of fans last year after he raised millions of euros for Britain's healthcare system by doing laps of his garden.

02/02/2021

United Kingdom

EU condemns threats as Northern Ireland-GB port checks suspended

EU staff working in Northern Ireland were told not to go to work on Tuesday after threats forced authorities to halt post-Brexit checks on goods.

02/02/2021

United Kingdom

COVID-19: UK deploys surge testing to track South African variant

Additional mobile testing units, door-to-door testing and home testing kits are being deployed in eight areas of England where the variant has already been identified.

02/02/2021

World

Can the UK be rid of petrol and diesel cars by 2030?

The UK is expected to stop selling petrol and diesel cars by 2030. But some car manufacturers are dubious about whether this is possible. Stellantis has even said it could force one of its UK factories to close.

01/02/2021

United Kingdom

'COVID tongue': Mouth ulcers or rashes 'likely a coronavirus symptom'

"It was ignored by most doctors who didn't think it was related, but now with all these increasing reports, it's looking like it's part of this syndrome," said Professor Tim Spector.

01/02/2021

United Kingdom

Captain Tom Moore hospitalised after testing positive for COVID-19

Tom Moore, a 100-year-old World War II veteran who raised money for the NHS, has been hospitalised with COVID-19.

31/01/2021

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Out of Europe, Britain looks to the Pacific for new trade partners

UK trade with the Pacific partner nations was worth 111 billion pounds in 2019 - around six times less than the business it conducts with the EU.

31/01/2021

United Kingdom

New push to stamp out racist abuse of football players in the UK

Players from Chelsea, West Bromwich Albion and Manchester United have been targeted by online abuse.

31/01/2021