11 h. 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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23 h. ago Monster shook new girlfriend's baby son to death while she went to get her nails done

Kieran Humphreys, 33, was left to look after six-month-old Archie after just a week of dating Saskia Woodbridge - he was found guilty of murdering the baby by shaking him to death

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24 h. ago Monster shook girlfriend’s baby son to death just one week after they first met

Kieran Humphreys, 33, was left to look after six-month-old Archie after just a week of dating Saskia Woodbridge, now 20, and shook the baby to death at a house in Bedfordshire, a court heard

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32 h. ago Man, 33, is found guilty of murdering his teenage girlfriend's six

Kieran Humphreys had been left to look after 19-year-old Saskia Woodbridge's son Archie while she popped out to have her nails done.

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57 h. ago Full list of UK areas affected by Met Office severe weather warnings this week

There are several weather warnings in effect across the UK on Tuesday

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8 d. ago Met Office issues Bonfire Night verdict amid week of 'heavy' rain and 'above average' temperatures

UK weather experts have shared a Bonfire Night weather forecast for those heading out to see fireworks

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9 d. ago Met Office warns of ‘moist’ week ahead as remnants of Hurricane Melissa affect UK weather

"Heavy rain" is expected to hit the UK over the next few days

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2 w. ago Where snow could hit UK this week as Met Office says 'be prepared'

The Met Office says temperatures will "drop sharply" later this week, with conditions feeling "raw and chilly"

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2 w. ago Rachel Roddy’s recipe for leftover polenta biscuits | A kitchen in Rome

A biscuit crossed with a flapjack crossed with a bread pudding: these snacks are best enjoyed with a hot drinkThis, then, was the situation: it was Friday night after a long week, and having met a friend on the way home for a glass of wine, which arrived with crisps, taralli, dry roasted peanuts and enough salt that we needed another glass, it seemed a good idea to go home and cook polenta – the long-stir sort as opposed to the instant variety, although I always have that in the cupboard, too. Another good idea, which came to me as I pulled a new packet from the back of the dresser and ignored the flutter of tiny wings, was to make more than enough polenta and pour the extra into a Pyrex dish while it was still hot, so it could set into a block to be cut into slices and grilled the next day.I’ve written about polenta before; how the word is ancient and generic – referring to any mushy dish made from cereal flour and water – and how, after its arrival in Europe in the 1600s, it becam...

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3 w. ago Baby P's mother was recalled to prison after hiding 'intimate relationship' with man she had met online

Tracey Connelly, 44, will face a two day public parole hearing after being put back behind bars for breaking the conditions of her release.

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3 w. ago Bay Area woman sexually assaulted and tortured for a week by man she met on Facebook, police say

Woman was drugged and forced to prostitute herself under threat of further violence, court hears

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3 w. ago Baby P's evil mother will be forced to finally give answers over her abused son's horrific death as two

Tracey Connelly, 44, will face a two day public parole hearing after being put back behind bars for breaking the conditions of her release.

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3 w. ago Bins flow down street as roads turn to rivers after Britain battered by torrential rain

The Met Office expects a deep area of low pressure will affect southern and eastern England from tomorrow night into Thursday with strong gusts and heavy rain.

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3 w. ago 5 bombshells from Trump and Zelenskyy's 'shouting match' meeting as US leader throws maps

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy met ahead of Trump's meeting with Putin this week in Budapest, with the future of the war between Russia and Ukraine on the line

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3 w. ago London weather: Heavy rain hits commuters as capital set for days of drizzle

Frequent showers are expected throughout the week as the Met Office warns of possible thunder and hail

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3 w. ago Manchester braced for snow THIS WEEK as first cold plunge to hit UK

Met Office forecasters predict the weather with take a turn this week

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3 w. ago Met Office speaks out on snow and cold spell forecasts as UK weather to be hit by change

A weather phenomenon known as anticyclonic gloom has taken place this week across the UK, but the Met Office says this is about to change

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3 w. ago Met Office's 'anticyclonic gloom' verdict as date 'sun could arrive' revealed

Brits have faced gloomy conditions this week due to an 'anticyclonic gloom' and now, Met Office meteorologist Ellie Glaisyer has revealed that some sunshine is on the way

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3 w. ago Sunny spells to break through gloom in parts of the UK on Saturday

A phenomenon known as ‘anticyclonic gloom’ has caused the grey conditions this week, according to the Met Office.

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3 w. ago Northern Lights: Met Office forecasts more stunning auroras in UK this week after solar storms

The Northern Lights could be visible further south than usual

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