13 h. ago ‘How did we get here?’: documentary explores how Republicans changed course on the climate

In The White House Effect, now available on Netflix, archival footage is used to show how the US right moved from believing to disputing the climate crisisIn 1988, the United States entered into its worst drought since the Dust Bowl. Crops withered in fields nationwide, part of an estimated $60bn in damage ($160bn in 2025). Dust storms swept the midwest and northern Great Plains. Cities instituted water restrictions. That summer, unrelentingly hot temperatures killed between 5,000 and 10,000 people, and Yellowstone national park suffered the worst wildfire in its history.Amid the disaster, George HW Bush, then Ronald Reagan’s vice-president, met with farmers in Michigan reeling from crop losses. Bush, the Republican candidate for president, consoled them: if elected, he would be the environmental president. He acknowledged the reality of intensifying heatwaves – the “greenhouse effect”, to use the scientific parlance of the day – with blunt clarity: the burning of fossil fuels contr...

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5 d. ago Lionesses hero Michelle Agyemang suffers injury nightmare as statement confirms worst fears

England star Michelle Agyemang suffered an injury during the Lionesses' friendly match against Australia during the week and a fresh update has confirmed the extent of the setback

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6 d. ago 'I was last person to see man who died worst death imaginable'

After hours of tirelessly trying to save a man's life who was stuck in a cave for over 24 hours, this rescuer shares his harrowing last moments with the trapped explorer

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6 d. ago 'I was there when trainee medic suffered the worst death imaginable'

John Jones was an experienced cave explorer who this rescuer tirelessly tried to save when he became trapped inside of a cave for up to 27 hours

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7 d. ago Heartbreaking decision after trainee doctor suffered 'worst death imaginable'

John Edward Jones tragically died in 2009 after becoming trapped in what is known as Nutty Putty Cave

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2 w. ago 'Monster' mum killed son, 2, after he suffered 'worst case of child abuse' in UK

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Rebecca Shuttleworth was found guilty of murdering her two-year-old son Keanu after a five-month trial

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2 w. ago 'Worst case of child abuse ever seen' as boy, 2, suffered torn abdomen at hands of 'monster' mum

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT This 'monster' mother was found guilty of murdering her two year old son after being caught in the 'worst case of child abuse ever seen'

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2 w. ago Ace Frehley dead at 74: KISS icon passes away after family makes heartbreaking decision to pull life support

A KISS icon is fighting for his life after suffering a devastating brain bleed that's left him on life support.

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3 w. ago Ryan Reynolds told Wrexham transfer was 'one of worst of summer' in brutal blow

A £2m signing by Wrexham has been branded one of the worst deals of the summer after the ex-Premier League star suffered a rocky start to life at the Racecourse Ground

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3 w. ago Scots granddad unable to kiss wife for years due to nose continuously growing

Gerard McAliece had been suffering from one of the worst cases of Rhinophyma and was left unable to kiss his wife Carol for years.

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3 w. ago 'My toddler's toes disappeared like a horror movie and her screams haunt me daily'

Little Olive Loach was at risk of her fingers and toes all 'self-amputing' after she suddenly began projectile vomiting and suffering from diarrhoea - her family was told to prepare for the worst

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3 w. ago Canada’s former climate minister on making a change, ‘aloof’ Trudeau and sexism

Catherine McKenna’s memoir delves into thorny parts of being in office including death threats and being referred to as ‘climate Barbie’Imagine there was a truck heading directly for your children. What would you do? Surely everything in your power to save them, including jumping in its way? Catherine McKenna, formerly the Canadian minister for environment and climate change, borrows this analogy for the climate crisis from a colleague to argue that we need to use “all the tools at our disposal” to tackle devastating danger that is already with us.McKenna has recently published Run Like a Girl, which documents her time in government, among other things. Peppered with inspirational quotes, personal photos and campaign memorabilia, Run Like a Girl isn’t a straightforward memoir. She wrote it for “women and young people who want to make change”. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago What I want at my funeral, by JILLY COOPER. The writer imagined it for us before her death

For my own funeral, I think I'd want to look quite tidy, wearing a bra and a trouser suit, because of my legs.

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