16 h. ago ‘Global red alert’: forest loss hits record high – and Latin America is the heart of the inferno

With little state support, villagers are left to battle wildfires armed with little more than shovels and bottles of water • Fires drove record loss of world’s forests last yearWildfires engulfed vast swathes of South America last year, devastating ecosystems, closing schools and grounding flights. With its worst fire season on record, Bolivia was especially hard hit. “We felt powerless and angry to be unable to protect what is ours,” says Isabel Surubí Pesoa.Surubí Pesoa was forced to migrate to the nearest town after the spring that fed her village in Bolivia’s eastern lowlands dried up after the fires and the drought that preceded it. “It’s very painful,” she says. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Supergrass at the Roundhouse review: a playful, energetic trip down memory lane

The band reunited to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their hit record of I Should Coco - which they did in style

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25 h. ago US applications for British citizenship hit record high after Trump win

Immigration lawyers report surge in Americans looking to move to UK

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43 h. ago More Scots struggling with energy bills as number of households in debt hits 400,000

A third of people said they could not heat their home to a comfortable level because of worries about the cost.

Economics

49 h. ago Extremely loud and incredibly scouse: how Jamie Carragher conquered football punditry

Football coverage no longer stops after the final whistle. And in this new era, the former Liverpool defender reigns supremeJamie Carragher’s legs were aching. He had been speaking to a Sky Sports cameraman for 25 minutes. Usually for a news interview it’s just 10, but today called for something more. Reports were coming out that Trent Alexander-Arnold, who inherited Carragher’s mantle as the local mainstay of Liverpool’s defence, was about to announce his long-expected departure from his boyhood club, and so, as sure as day follows night, a camera crew had been hastily dispatched to Carragher’s whereabouts to find a quiet spot, hit record and get his opinions out to viewers before they’d had a chance to fully form their own.How much was there to say about a subject that had already been talked about all season long? Quite a lot, it turned out. Like a hunter-gatherer extracting a week’s worth of food from a seemingly arid wilderness, Carragher – occasionally prompted by a Sky Sports...

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60 h. ago Rachel ‘Lettuce 2.0’ Reeves blew £65,000 of taxpayers’ cash on three

As UK borrowing hit a record 16-year high and the value of the pound plummeted, the Chancellor jetted east as part of an 11-strong delegation - all in business class

Economics

67 h. ago Sewage dumping water companies hit with record 81 criminal investigations

The number of criminal investigations into illegal sewage spills and other breaches of environmental permits has more than doubled since last July.

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3 d. ago Major breakthrough as NHS launches world first jab to protect against Britain's most common STI as cases hit record high

The rollout of the jab comes after more than 85,000 cases of the infection were recorded in England in 2023, the highest number since records began in 1918.

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3 d. ago Criminal probes into water firms hit record high as Tory record blasted

The Government has announced 81 criminal investigations have been opened over sewage spills and other breachers since the general election

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4 d. ago Millions failed to pay energy bills while debts hit new record

New figures from the Office for National Statistics show that more direct debits failed last month than ever before, with the energy crisis still impacting millions

Economics

9 d. ago Meghan Markle's popularity in Britain hits record low: Duchess's favourability rating plunges to just 20% in new poll (and only Prince Andrew is more disliked)

Meghan's popularity in Britain has hit a record low after her favourability rating dropped to just 20 per cent, according to a YouGov poll - meaning only Prince Andrew is less liked than her.

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9 d. ago UK on track for driest spring on record as temperatures to hit 25C this week

The UK is not expected to see any significant rainfall over the next 10 days

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2 w. ago German stocks hit record high as trade optimism buoys markets

Dax index becomes first major European benchmark to recover all losses sparked by US tariff threats

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2 w. ago German stocks hit record high as trade optimism swirls in markets

Dax index becomes first major European benchmark to recover all losses sparked by US tariff threats

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2 w. ago Nigel Farage’s Reform UK storms to record poll high as both Labour and the Tories hit six

The latest YouGov survey put Reform on 29%, up three points on last week

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3 w. ago 'I'm a vet and these are five tips to keep your pets safe in a heatwave'

The UK could hit record temperatures with a spring mini heatwave but pets need to be kept safe from the sun

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3 w. ago Met Office reveals part of London tipped to hit 30C today as temperature record looks set to fall

Today looks set to be the earliest that 30C has ever been recorded in the UK

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3 w. ago What is a heatwave and is the UK in one as temperatures set to hit record 30C?

As the UK could experience its earliest ever 30C day, we look at why it is so sunny at the moment and if climate change will make heatwaves more likely to occur

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3 w. ago UK records hottest day of the year so far with temperatures to hit 30C this week

Britain experiences mini heatwave as Met Office says country could hit 30C at earliest point on record

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3 w. ago Britain bakes in a heatwave: Temperatures could hit record 30C as maps reveal where will be hotter than parts of Greece and Spain

The Met Office said warm weather will continue tomorrow, with highs of 27C (81F) in London - before temperatures could rise to 30C (86F) in some places on Thursday.

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