51 m. ago Original Sin: how Team Biden wished away his decline until it was too late

Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson issue a stinging verdict on a cover-up that may have cost Democrats the 2024 electionJoe Biden mistook his victory in 2020 for a sweeping, FDR-like mandate. Officially, that was before age and decay caught up. Horrifically, for Democrats, in June 2024 a debacle of a debate against Donald Trump confirmed what Washington insiders had only dared whisper but what most voters had known: Biden should not have sought re-election.Less than a month later, he was out, replaced as Democratic nominee by his vice-president, Kamala Harris. Now, Trump runs wild and Biden’s legacy is buried beneath a heap of unkind reporting – and bouquets of sympathy, after news of his cancer.Original Sin is published in the US by Penguin Random House Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Anglers turn violent with Environment Agency officers after being caught fishing with no licence

Shocking footage shows a father and son violently attacking water bailiffs after being caught angling without a licence.

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6 h. ago Rare tuna fishing licence given to Scottish boat with eyes on Tokyo market

Bluefin tuna have been making a comeback to British waters

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44 h. ago Inheritance tax changes ‘bad for farmers’ focus on environment’ – watchdog head

Alan Lovell, chairman of the Environment Agency, revealed that farmers caused a record number of pollution incidents in English rivers.

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45 h. ago Shocking moment father and son fishermen attack water bailiffs when they are caught angling without a licence

Sidney Bowman, 75, and his son Andrew, 44, assaulted the Environment Agency officials at Poole Hall Fisheries near Bridgnorth, Shropshire.

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65 h. ago RFK’s health report omits key facts in painting dark vision for US children

Maha report ignores leading causes of death for children, firearms and crashes, and focuses on lifestyle and vaccinesA new report led by health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr lays out a dark vision of American children’s health and calls for agencies to examine vaccines, ultra-processed foods, environmental chemicals, lack of exercise and “overmedicalization”.Kennedy has made combatting the chronic disease “epidemic” a cornerstone of his vision for the US, even as he has ignored common causes of chronic conditions, such as smoking and alcohol use. Continue reading...

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69 h. ago Revealed: three tonnes of uranium legally dumped in protected English estuary in nine years

Exclusive: expert raises concerns over quantities allowed to be discharged from nuclear fuel factory near PrestonThe Environment Agency has allowed a firm to dump three tonnes of uranium into one of England’s most protected sites over the past nine years, it can be revealed, with experts sounding alarm over the potential environmental impact of these discharges.Documents obtained by the Guardian and the Ends Report through freedom of information requests show that a nuclear fuel factory near Preston discharged large quantities of uranium – legally, under its environmental permit conditions – into the River Ribble between 2015 and 2024. The discharges peaked in 2015 when 703kg of uranium was discharged, according to the documents. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Prison officer, 46, who was caught with extreme donkey porn and child abuse images walks free from court

Peter Sugden, 46, from Falkirk, delivered 'intensive' rehab courses to sex offenders but has now been placed on the register himself following the grim discovery.

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3 d. ago Prison officer who ran sex offender rehab caught with sick images of children and animals

Peter Sugden's home was raided by police after he was caught in a 'sting' set up London-based group of paedophile hunter

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3 d. ago Shocking moment grinning female police officer is caught on camera saying 'let her rot' about vulnerable teenager

The female police office made the remark after the 19-year-old, who has a history of mental health issues, failed to open the door when she and three colleagues called round.

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3 d. ago Tornado could hit parts of the UK as rain batters south, says forecaster

It follows the driest start to spring in nearly six decades.

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4 d. ago Prison officer who ran sex offender rehab caught with child abuse images and donkey porn

Peter Sugden's home was raided by police in June last year where they found extreme porn including a woman having sex with a donkey.

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4 d. ago West Nile Virus identified in UK mosquitoes for the first time

Health experts said the risk to the public is ‘very low’.

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4 d. ago UK weather forecast: Torrential rain looms as 'be prepared' flood warning issued

The UK's 'mini-heatwave' has well and truly ended according to new weather forecast maps, with more downpours on the way for the bank holiday amid a new Environment Agency flood warning

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4 d. ago Global copper supply projected to fall 30% short of demand by 2035, IEA warns

Energy watchdog says it is ‘time to sound alarm’ over future shortages of metal needed for low-carbon transitionDemand for copper, needed for the transition to a low-carbon world, will outstrip supply within the next decade, according to the global energy watchdog.Supplies of the metal, a key component of every form of electrical energy system at present, will fall 30% short of the amount required by 2035 if nothing is done, analysis by the International Energy Agency predicts. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Demand for copper to dramatically outstrip supply within decade

International Energy Agency says it is ‘time to sound alarm’ over future shortages of metal needed for low-carbon transitionDemand for copper, needed for the transition to a low-carbon world, will outstrip supply within the next decade, according to the global energy watchdog.Supplies of the metal, a key component of every form of electrical energy system at present, will fall 30% short of the amount required by 2035 if nothing is done, analysis by the International Energy Agency predicts. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Moment cat caught smuggling Class A drugs into Costa Rican prison

Police officers have caught a cat carrying hard drugs into a prison in Costa Rica.

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6 d. ago Rain forecast to follow ‘remarkably dry start to spring’, says Met Office

The Environment Agency has warned of the risk of drought this summer without sustained rainfall.

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8 d. ago Prison officer, 27, caught kissing drug dealer inmate on her own bodyworn camera is spared jail

Disturbing bodyworn camera footage shows Tracy Boateng, 27, lean in multiple times as she makes the inappropriate contact with Vincent Ojo at HMP Pentonville.

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8 d. ago Government overrules Loch Lomond national park to approve Flamingo Land development

Major conservation bodies and Scotland’s Environment Protection Agency had objected to the plans.

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