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Minister struggles to defend Keir Starmer over his record of accepting freebies – UK politics live

admin — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 11:42:32 +0000

Angela Eagle, border security minister, says prime minister has to answer why he has accepted £76,000 worth of gifts since 2019 election

Central Europe braces for further flooding as swollen rivers continue to rise

admin — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 10:40:05 +0000

Deadly Storm Boris has dumped up to five times average September rainfall on swathes of region in four days

Albanese targets Greens on ‘gesture-based’ climate politics in speech defending Labor’s business policies

admin — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 10:30:25 +0000

PM says Labor’s nature-positive legislation provides ‘vital certainty’ and talks up mutual respect in an address before the Business Council of Australia

Coldplay to donate 10% of band earnings from 2025 UK tour to Music Venue Trust

admin — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 09:49:55 +0000

Charity says band are a perfect example of an act that rose through the grassroots circuit and their support ‘really will stop venues closing’

Coldplay are to donate 10% of the band’s proceeds from their 2025 UK dates in London and Hull to the Music Venue Trust, the UK charity that supports grassroots music venues.

Ed Miliband: beating nimbys on green rollout a matter of ‘national security’

admin — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 09:33:14 +0000

Energy secretary vows to take on the ‘blockers’ opposed to wind turbines, solar farms and pylons

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Ed Miliband has vowed to take on the nimbys opposed to the government’s rollout of wind turbines, solar farms and pylons across the UK as a matter of “national security” and “economic justice”.

Biden’s green policies will save 200,000 lives and have boosted clean energy jobs, data shows

admin — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 09:00:10 +0000

Two separate reports find policies will save Americans from pollution in coming decades and added nearly 150,000 jobs

The environmental policies of Joe Biden’s administration will save approximately 200,000 Americans’ lives from dangerous pollution in the coming decades and have spurred a surge in clean energy jobs, two independent reports outlining the stakes of the upcoming US presidential election have found.

Azerbaijan accused of hypocrisy after calling for Cop29 global truce

admin — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 05:00:33 +0000

Climate summit host positioning itself as peacemaker but is accused of ethnic cleansing and imprisoning opponents

The host country of this year’s UN climate summit, Azerbaijan, has been accused of hypocrisy in calling for a global truce to coincide with the conference taking place.

Stark before and after photographs reveal sharp decline of Norway’s seabirds

admin — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 05:00:33 +0000

When Rob Barrett set out to survey one of the country’s largest colonies in the 1970s there were too many birds to count. Now, his pictures and archive images show a species decline echoed around the world

In the mid-1970s, seabird researcher Rob Barrett set out in a rubber boat to survey one of Norway’s largest seabird colonies. Equipped with a camera and a pair of binoculars, he planned to photograph the Syltefjord colony, in the far north of the country, then, back on land, develop the photos and fit them together to create a panorama. After that, he would count the birds.

Teenage male koala escorted from supermarket in Australia – video

admin — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 04:26:29 +0000

A koala has been spotted browsing the aisles of an IGA grocery store in regional Australia. Koalas are frequent visitors to the Victorian town of Meeniyan, population 840, but it's the first time one has entered the local supermarket. After 20 minutes exploring, the marsupial was carefully removed from the store with the help of a wildlife carer

Hands off the koala: why cuddling Australia's iconic marsupial could soon be a thing of the past

Private schools urged to share grounds to help UK children access green spaces

admin — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 04:00:33 +0000

Head of sports charity hails partnership that allows local people to use London independent school’s football pitch

Children in the UK urgently need more easy-to-access green space, according to the head of a sports charity calling on private schools to open up their grounds.

Kieran Connolly foundeed Sports Fun 4 All, which offers free football sessions to children in south London, and now works with a local private school that opens up one of its football pitches for his teams.