36 h. ago Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari disagreement, 'replacement' options named, very worrying comment

Lewis Hamilton's future in F1 and Ferrari is back under the spotlight after another disastrous weekend at the Las Vegas Grand Prix for the seven-time world champion

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5 d. ago Russell Martin 'open' to first job since Rangers nightmare as SOS opens door to 'beautiful place'

Martin left Ibrox just six weeks ago following a disastrous start to the campaign

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8 d. ago Fresh blow for Louvre as gallery closes weeks after disaster

The world-famous Louvre has announced it is closing one of its galleries

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8 d. ago Louvre blow as gallery closed over 'structural weakness' weeks after disaster

Engineers have launched an urgent investigation looking at 'certain beams supporting the floors' at the Campana Gallery in the Louvre museum, which hosts Greek ceramics

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8 d. ago New blow for Louvre as structural problem forces gallery closure

Campana Gallery is temporarily shut due to weaknesses in beams supporting floor above The Louvre has temporarily closed one of its galleries as a precaution after an audit revealed structural weaknesses in some of the beams in the building.The Campana Gallery, which houses nine rooms dedicated to ancient Greek ceramics, will be shut while investigations are conducted into “certain beams supporting the floors of the second floor” above it, a statement issued on Monday said. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘We feel we’re fighting a losing battle’: the race to remove millions of plastic beads from Camber Sands

A huge cleanup effort has seen volunteers working to remove beads by hand and machine. They can only wait and see the extent of damage to wildlife and dune habitatJust past a scrum of dog walkers, about 40 people are urgently combing through the sand on hands and knees. Their task is to try to remove millions of peppercorn-sized black plastic biobeads from where they have settled in the sand. Beyond them, a seal carcass grins menacingly, teeth protruding from its rotting skull.Last week, an environmental disaster took place on Camber Sands beach, on what could turn out to be an unprecedented scale. Eastbourne Wastewater Treatment Works, owned by Southern Water, experienced a mechanical failure and spewed out millions of biobeads on to the Sussex coastline. Southern Water has since taken responsibility for the spill. Ironically, biobeads are used to clean wastewater – bacteria attach to their rough, crinkly surface and clean the water of contaminants.Camber Sands is one of England’s ...

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1 week ago Cop can be torturous and tedious – but here’s why it’s worth paying attention

In this week’s newsletter: Critics have yet come up with an alternative that would truly bring all countries together to work to solve the climate crisis• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereWorld leaders – or at least about 50 of them – flew away from preliminary Cop meetings in the Amazonian city of Belém last week, where they met to discuss the climate crisis, the ravages committed on the planet’s biggest rainforest only too apparent beneath them, if they chose to look.Deforestation, drought and the climate crisis are pushing the Amazon to what could become a “tipping point”, where it changes state from a rainforest to a savannah ecosystem, and from a massive absorber of carbon to releasing carbon into the atmosphere, which would have devastating consequences for the whole world.‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disasterTyphoon Fung-Wong becomes second in a week to hit the PhilippinesI wish we could ignore Bill Gates...

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2 w. ago MAFS UK's most controversial couple fuel rumours they're back together as they enjoy weekend away together after string of disastrous rows on show

This year's series of the reality programme which sees couples tie the knot just moments after meeting, has seen a mixed bag of success stories and failures.

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3 w. ago Princess Beatrice 'in tears' after 'disastrous' Andrew moment she 'helped organise'

Princess Beatrice was left "in tears every day" after a "disastrous" moment involving her father Prince Andrew, who was last week stripped of his royal titles

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3 w. ago Watch the moment MAFS UK’s Ashley and Grace break down in tears and QUIT show after Wife Swap week

MARRIED At First Sight couple Ashley and Grace were seen breaking down in tears as they QUIT the show after a disastrous Wife Swap week. Last night the MAFS cast got together for their weekly dinner party, and things finally came to a head for the warring couple. Things have gone from bad to worse...

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