Fracking firms could share in UK fossil fuel tax breaks worth billions
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Fracking companies are likely to be eligible for tax breaks, potentially worth billions, that the government is extending to oil and gas companies to encourage new exploration of fossil fuel resources. Combined with h...
Cyclone numbers have fallen since start of 20th century, studie suggereer
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Global heating has coincided with fewer tropical cyclones forming each year around the globe compared with the second half of the 19th century, volgens 'n nuwe studie. The average annual number of cyclones fell by 1...
Report describes ‘fear and intimidation’ at Northumberland county council
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Northumberland county council operated in a “climate of fear and intimidation” so extreme that senior officers and councillors were constantly making Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to dig dirt on each other, a ...
Ben Roberts-Smith: a war hero’s reputation at stake in Australia’s defamation ‘trial of the century’
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A decade out of the military, Ben Roberts-Smith looks still every inch the archetypal soldier. Just shy of two metres tall, straight-backed and powerfully built, the former Australian SAS corporal marches purposefully...
Durham churches offer fair-bound Travellers sanctuary on their land
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The city of Durham is on traditional routes to Appleby Horse Fair, wanneer 10,000 Travellers from all over Europe descend on the small town in neighbouring Cumbria. Now it is the first city to offer sanctuary on church l...
Yorkshire v Warwickshire, Middlesex v Durham and more: county cricket – live!
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10 of the best UK birdwatching breaks
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Puffins prefer to nest on uninhabited islands, including the Farne Islands and Isle of May, but they make an exception for Rathlin. The year-round human population of 150 is swollen by thousands of puffins arriving fr...
Yorkshire v Lancashire, Kent v Surrey and more: county cricket – live!
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