69 m. ago Plant diverse tree species to spread risk in climate crisis, study says

Uncertainty over climate and economy means ‘investment portfolio’ approach needed, researchers sayAn “investment portfolio approach” needs to be applied to large-scale tree planting across the world to reduce the risks of the wrong species being planted in the wrong place, economists have said.Countries have made ambitious pledges to plant billions of trees to remove greenhouse gases and tackle global heating. The UK has committed to plant 30,000 hectares (74,000 acres) of trees each year by 2025 and maintain the rate until 2050, the European Commission has pledged to plant 3bn trees across member states by 2030, and the US under the previous administration committed to planting 1bn trees by the same date. Continue reading...

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87 m. ago Vatican issues worrying Pope health update as he suffers 'respiratory failure'

The Vatican has confirmed that the 88-year-old has hit a further setback in his treatment for pneumonia

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92 m. ago Labour UK government unveils £200m to regenerate Scottish communities

Scottish Government welcomes cash but says it should have been invested through “well established mechanisms”

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1 hour ago Pope Francis suffers further setback with two new episodes of respiratory crises

The Vatican has said the latest episodes were caused by an accumulation of mucus in his lungs

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1 hour ago Mikel Arteta insists Arsenal can still reach 'a different level' despite injury crisis

Mikel Arteta is down to the bare bones in terms of attackers for the Champions League clash

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2 h. ago Loose Women's Ayda Field in tears during emotions tribute to her mum amid cancer battle

Ayda Field returned to the panel of ITV's Loose Women on Monday for a special episode in celebration to the Oscars - and became overcome with emotion as she spoke about her mother

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2 h. ago Pope Francis health update as Vatican confirms Pontiff's further setback

The Pope has suffered a 'major setback' after a "significant" build-up of mucus in his airways, the Vatican has confirmed.

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2 h. ago Pope Francis is back on a ventilator after suffering 'two respiratory failures' as Pontiff's health rollercoaster continues

Pope Francis has today been put back on ventilation after suffering two new episodes of respiratory crises, the Vatican said.

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2 h. ago Pope Francis suffers two episodes of ‘acute respiratory failure’

Pope has been in Rome’s Gemelli hospital for more than two weeks with pneumoniaPope Francis, who has been in hospital with pneumonia for more than two weeks, suffered two episodes of “acute respiratory failure” on Monday, the Vatican said.The pontiff, 88, had returned to a stable condition during the weekend after a breathing crisis that caused him to vomit on Friday. The Vatican said the episodes on Monday were caused by “significant accumulation of endobronchial mucus and a consequent bronchospasm”. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Pope Francis health update from Vatican reveals Pontiff has suffered further setback

Pope Francis suffered a major setback in his hospital treatment for pneumonia today, after a "significant" build-up of mucus in his airways, as the Vatican issues its latest health update on the Pontiff

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3 h. ago Rangers flops spotted 'hiding' on the pitch as Barry Ferguson told to root out shy guys or risk a disaster

Confidence is low at Ibrox after three straight losses on home soil in all competitions

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3 h. ago Spain’s rewilding of Iberian lynx at risk after lobbying by hunters and farmers

Regional governments bow to pressure from agricultural industry, often amplified by far-right Vox partyOnly last year it was hailed as a conservation success story: the Iberian lynx, which had been close to extinction, had sprung back to life thanks to a two-decade-long effort to expand the population.Now, however, that progress is at risk after several regional governments in Spain acceded to pressure from farmers and hunters to block the reintroduction of the species into the wild. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago BP dropping its green ambitions is a travesty. But that’s exactly how capitalism works

Companies will never solve the climate emergency alone. The impetus for change needs to come from government It would be very easy to be sharply critical of BP, given its sudden volte-face on its environmental commitments. Under pressure from a shareholder, Elliott Management, it has abandoned the green ambitions it announced in 2020 and pivoted squarely back to an overwhelming focus on oil and gas.While easy, it would arguably be unhelpful, and perhaps even misguided. Because viewed in the round, this isn’t really about BP: it’s about capitalism at large, and its inability to respond to the climate crisis in the manner we need.Brett Christophers is a professor in the Institute for Housing and Urban Research at Sweden’s Uppsala University and author of The Price is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save the PlanetDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters se...

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5 h. ago Keir Starmer defends his plan to tackle the Channel migrant crisis despite small boat crossings being up 20 per cent on last year

Latest figures, published by the Home Office, showed 592 migrants arrived in the UK yesterday after crossing the Channel in 11 small boats.

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5 h. ago Major calls for government intervention into ketamine ‘epidemic’ killing off young Brits

Richard Middleton warned that more young adults are at risk of death from the ‘highly addictive and harmful’ drug unless the Home Office takes action

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5 h. ago Sex worker who consulted Mikey Madison in Oscar Best Picture Anora reveals which scenes went too far

Andrea Werhun says she risked being 're-traumatized' by the most brutal moments in the movie, including when Mikey Madison's character 'Ani' is assaulted by a pair of Russian mobsters.

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5 h. ago Morrisons announces major change which will affect millions of shoppers

The supermarket chain has made the change to help people's pensions go further in the cost of living crisis

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6 h. ago Keir Starmer: Watch live as PM gives major update on Ukraine after Trump

Keir Starmer will address MPs about the Ukraine crisis after meetings with Donald Trump and European leaders as he tries to build a 'coalition of the willing' to end the war

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6 h. ago Porn isn’t just a reflection of our desires – it shapes them, putting women and girls at risk | Fiona Vera

For too long UK has law trailed behind internet platforms. After a long-awaited review, ministers must put this rightIf you’ve seen porn in recent years, you’ll know it’s grim out there these days. Incest and strangulation are rife, as is coercion, racism, and also sexual violence. It’s front and centre on mainstream porn sites and many social media platforms, pushed by recommendation algorithms on a drive to maximise engagement and profit. It’s a world away from the days when “hardcore” porn meant an erect penis. But we might be on the brink of change.Last week the long-awaited independent porn review led by the Conservative peer Gabby Bertin was published, marking the biggest review of pornography regulation in more than 40 years. Its findings amount to a clear indictment of what counts as porn today and the inaction of successive governments to do anything to fix it. It was a Labour government which first brought in the extreme porn law in 2009, recognising the need for a step-ch...

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6 h. ago Major update issued for thousands of people who risk missing out on £330 state pension boost

You generally build up National Insurance contributions throughout your working life - but if you’ve had breaks in your employment, then you may have gaps in your record

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