10 h. ago California firefighters race to protect ancient sequoia trees as wildfire spreads

Garnet fire threatens historic grove in Sierra national forest as it moves through Fresno county at 14% containmentFirefighters in California are racing to protect a historic grove of ancient giant sequoia trees in the Sierra national forest as the Garnet fire continues to spread through Fresno county.The Garnet fire, which began on 24 August and was caused by lightning, reached McKinley Grove on Monday, the US Forest Service said. The grove is home to about 170 giant sequoia trees, some estimated to be 2,000 years old, according to the non-profit Save the Redwoods. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Perth and Kinross theft: Search after 90 sheep worth £20,000 stolen from farm near Auchterarder

The sheep are believed to be worth an estimated £20,000.

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38 h. ago London march draws tens of thousands amid antisemitism surge

London march draws tens of thousands amid antisemitism surge  JNS.org

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54 h. ago ‘Britain, wake up now’: 70,000 said to join March Against Antisemitism in London

‘Britain, wake up now’: 70,000 said to join March Against Antisemitism in London  The Times of Israel

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56 h. ago Tens of thousands march through London on demonstration against antisemitism after poll suggested one in five people were hostile towards Jewish people

Tens of thousands march through London on demonstration against antisemitism after poll suggested one in five people were hostile towards Jewish people - but where were Labour?  Daily Mail

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56 h. ago Some 70,000 march against antisemitism in London — organizers

Some 70,000 march against antisemitism in London — organizers  The Times of Israel

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56 h. ago Enough is enough: Call for government to defund BBC at March Against Antisemitism

Enough is enough: Call for government to defund BBC at March Against Antisemitism  Israel National News

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56 h. ago ‘Enough is enough’: Thousands march against antisemitism in London

‘Enough is enough’: Thousands march against antisemitism in London  The Jerusalem Post

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61 h. ago One in five people are now antisemitic, new polling claims, as Jewish community and allies prepare to march this afternoon

The findings showed that the number of people holding what would be considered entrenched anti-Semitic views has doubled in less than five years.

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63 h. ago Unearthed: Britain's 'plot to nuke Russia in wake of WWII'... using bombs dropped from wooden planes

The rumoured plans, outlined in 1946, would have seen Allied planes hammer Soviet positions in Germany and eastern Europe to pre-empt an expected Russian attack.

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3 d. ago Hundreds queue for hours when NHS dental practice announces it has taken on three new dentists

The Lodge Causeway Dental Centre, in Fishponds, Bristol, is estimated to be taking on 3,000 new patients.

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5 d. ago ‘Britain, wake up now’: Estimated 70,000 join March Against Antisemitism in London

‘Britain, wake up now’: Estimated 70,000 join March Against Antisemitism in London  The Times of Israel

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6 d. ago UK sanctions Putin's minions for 'indoctrinating and militarising' Ukrainian children

An estimated almost 20,000 kids were forcibly taken from their Ukrainian homes and subjected to Russian propaganda with some being deported to 're-education' camps and prepared for Putin's military

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7 d. ago Horror landslide wipes out entire village killing more than 1,000 people

A landslide wiped out a village in Sudan's western region of Darfur, killing an estimated 1,000 people in one of the deadliest natural disasters in the African country's recent history

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8 d. ago Two men due in court after £500,000 cannabis farm discovered in Lanarkshire

A total of 874 plants were recovered in Merry Street with an estimated street value of £522,000.

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1 week ago A company was awarded a $1.2B contract for a detention center to house migrants. The group behind it remain a mystery

The sprawling 5,000-bed detention facility in Texas is estimated to be completed in September 2027

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1 week ago Humans inhale as much as 68,000 microplastic particles daily, study finds

Particles are small enough to burrow into lungs, says report, with health impacts ‘more substantial than we realize’Every breath people take in their homes or car probably contains significant amounts of microplastics small enough to burrow deep into lungs, new peer-reviewed research finds, bringing into focus a little understood route of exposure and health threat.The study, published in the journal Plos One, estimates humans can inhale as much as 68,000 tiny plastic particles daily. Previous studies have identified larger pieces of airborne microplastics, but those are not as much of a health threat because they do not hang in the air as long, or move as deep into the pulmonary system. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Beavers were welcomed back to the Netherlands. Until they started digging 17m

Reintroduced for environmental reasons, beavers are now in danger of causing serious flooding. Should there be more culls?The beaver has made an amazing comeback in the Netherlands. Extinct in the early 19th century, it was reintroduced in 1988, and now there are an estimated 7,000 beavers roaming around. Compared with England, where the beaver population is estimated at 500, that’s quite a feat.But there’s a significant downside to the booming Dutch beaver population. Beavers are increasingly digging burrows and tunnels under roads, railways and – even more worrying – in dykes. For a country where a quarter of the land sits below sea level, this is not a minor problem – especially as beavers are not exactly holding back when digging.Renate van der Zee is a Dutch writer and journalist Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Warning for Mounjaro users over side effects caused by common bank holiday habit

The drug, which is estimated to be taken by up to 750,000 people, is one of the country's most popular weight loss and diabetes medications.

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2 w. ago US court allows Trump officials to end protected status for 60,000 migrants

Administration officials given legal right to move towards deportation of people from Nepal, Honduras and NicaraguaA federal appeals court on Wednesday sided with the Trump administration and halted for now a lower court’s order that had kept in place temporary protections for 60,000 migrants from Central America and Nepal.This means that the Republican administration can move toward removing an estimated 7,000 people from Nepal whose temporary protected status designations expired on 5 August. The TPS designations and legal status of 51,000 Hondurans and 3,000 Nicaraguans are set to expire 8 September, at which point they will become eligible for removal. Continue reading...

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