15 h. ago ‘There’s fire all around us, this is it’ – This is climate breakdown

Working with jaguars in Brazil’s Pantanal was a huge source of joy. But the wildfires are getting worse. This is Abbie’s storyLocation Pantanal, BrazilDisaster Wildfires, a number of yearsAbbie Martin splits her time between captaining a boat in the Virgin Islands and doing research in Brazil’s Pantanal, a region that includes the world’s largest tropical wetland and where she founded the Jaguar Identification Project. Fires in the Pantanal have reached new extremes, killing at least 17 million vertebrate animals and burning 27% of the vegetation cover in 2020. Climate breakdown made the Pantanal drier between 2001-21, increasing the occurrence of above-average fires in the region. Continue reading...

Events

39 h. ago ‘She rang me to say there was water coming into the house’ – This is climate breakdown

His mother had lived in the same house for 83 years. When the floods came, no one was ready. This is Paul Gilbert’s storyLocation Chesterfield, UKDisaster Storm Babet, 2023Paul Gilbert’s mother, Maureen, lived in Chesterfield. In 2023, Storm Babet claimed seven lives across the UK, led to more than 10,000 people being evacuated from their homes and caused in excess of £450m in property damage. Extreme rainfall is more common and more intense because of human-caused climate breakdown across most of the world, and experts have linked some of the damage caused by Storm Babet to the climate crisis. Continue reading...

Society

63 h. ago ‘I would give all my life for my brother to come back for one second’ – This is climate breakdown

Ari loved his community and set up a volunteer group to fight wildfires. One day his brother Bilal received the phone call he had long dreaded. This is Bilal’s storyLocation Halabja, IraqDisaster Wildfires, 2025Bilal Mukhtar is a teacher living in Halabja, in the Hawraman region of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region. Wildfires are breaking out here with increasing frequency, caused by natural events and compounded by hotter and drier weather. Iraq is experiencing its worst drought in nearly a century. Climate change makes drought and wildfire in Iraq more likely. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Big Brother's Richard Storry's feud with Caroline explained and life outside the iconic house

Big Brother star Richard Storry has been on the ITV show since its return in September

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5 d. ago How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling

Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate actionMore than 5,000 fossil fuel lobbyists were given access to the UN climate summits over the past four years, a period marked by a rise in catastrophic extreme weather, inadequate climate action and record oil and gas expansion, new research reveals.Lobbyists representing the interests of the oil, gas and coal industries – which are mostly responsible for climate breakdown – have been allowed to participate in the annual climate negotiations where states are meant to come in good faith and commit to ambitious policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Still a chance to return to 1.5C climate goal, researchers say

Report calls for scaling-up of renewable energy and electrification of key sectors to limit peak of global heatingThere is still a chance for the world to avoid the worst ravages of climate breakdown and return to the goal of 1.5C if governments take concerted action on greenhouse gas emissions, a new assessment argues.The Climate Analytics report says governments’ goals are inadequate and need to be rapidly revised, and calls for the rapid scaling-up of the use of renewable energy and electrification of key sectors including transport, heating and industry. Continue reading...

Science

7 d. ago Southport killer's brother given 'threat to life' warning over sibling by 'afraid' father

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Events

1 week ago Edinburgh Big Brother star Sada Walkington's life 20 years on

Big Brother first aired on Channel 4 more than two decades ago, with Sada Walkington becoming the first ever evicted housemate

Politics

1 week ago What’s next for Andrew? The civilian formerly known as ‘prince’

What is next for the commoner once known as Prince Andrew probably involves moving trucks as he packs up the trappings of his once royal life to move to an isolated private home owned by his brother, King Charles III

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1 week ago King Charles finally wielded axe on disgraced Andrew after heckle over scandal

King Charles ended his younger brother Andrew's life of entitlement and privilege after sensing public revulsion over the allegations against him with a source saying he wanted to send a clear message he "listened to the people"

Sport

1 week ago Andrew, the civilian formerly known as 'prince,' faces an uncertain future

What is next for the commoner once known as Prince Andrew probably involves moving trucks as he packs up the trappings of his once royal life to move to an isolated private home owned by his brother, King Charles III

Politics

1 week ago Man saves brother’s life with transplant after dialysis struggle

The retired plumber said he would have donated his kidney no matter the risk

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2 w. ago ITV Good Morning Britain guest opens up on 'worst day of my life' after brother's death

A guest on ITV's Good Morning Britain opened up about the death of her brother, who died by suicide

Events

3 w. ago How plays like Weather Girl and Kyoto are finally bringing the climate crisis alive for audiences

The complexities of the climate crisis are a tough sell to audiences but these plays in New York show it can be doneDespite (or perhaps because of) its overwhelming awfulness, the climate crisis has been oddly underrepresented on stage and screen. Humanity’s greatest challenge has often been deemed too much of a downer, too complex or too dull a topic to spawn shows and movies.A burst of recent climate-themed cultural output, however, suggests this may be changing. Weather Girl, a one-woman play about the unraveling of a TV meteorologist who can no longer bear to gloss over climate breakdown in California, has just closed in New York City to upbeat reviews. Continue reading...

Society

3 w. ago Is the climate crisis too grim to work on the stage? Sparkling wine and villains might help

A burst of recent climate-themed cultural output suggests views of the topic as too depressing or dull may be changingDespite (or perhaps because of) its overwhelming awfulness, the climate crisis has been oddly underrepresented on stage and screen. Humanity’s greatest challenge has often been deemed too much of a downer, too complex or too dull a topic to spawn shows and movies.A burst of recent climate-themed cultural output, however, suggests this may be changing. Weather Girl, a one-woman play about the unraveling of a TV meteorologist who can no longer bear to gloss over climate breakdown in California, has just closed in New York City to upbeat reviews. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Big Brother's Cameron B breaks silence on George Gilbert controversy

EXCLUSIVE: Big Brother star Cameron B has spoken out about life after the show and his thoughts on housemate George Gilbert’s removal from the house

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3 w. ago Big Brother's Cameron B responds to 'bad person' tag and gives verdict on George

EXCLUSIVE: Big Brother star Cameron B has spoken out about life after the show and his thoughts on housemate George Gilbert’s removal from the house

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3 w. ago Celebrity Big Brother legend exposes 'filthy' side of living in iconic ITV house

EXCLUSIVE: Coleen Nolan has lifted the lid on the grim reality of life inside the Big Brother house, from filthy living conditions to mental torture — admitting she’d never do it again

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3 w. ago Original Big Brother icon's very different life after changing name

Nick Bateman was one of the first ever Big Brother contestants in 2000 and quickly became known as 'Nasty Nick'

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3 w. ago Big Brother's Nasty Nick unrecognisable after fleeing UK and changing his name

The first housemate to get kicked out of the Big Brother house for his manipulative behaviour is living a life far away from what we saw on our screens 25 years ago

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