Scores of children and adults are being rushed to hospital for emergency treatment on days of high pollution in cities across England, figures show. Each year emergency services see more than 120 additional cardiac arrests, more than 230 additional…
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Stephen McGrath
– Oct 20, 2019, 4:55 PM
Forest ranger Liviu Pop was responding to a tip-off about illegal logging when he was shot dead with a hunting rifle this week. He is the second Romanian forest ranger killed in just over a month, and the two deaths have heightened fears for the…
Sudden spikes in air pollution in the UK trigger hundreds more heart attacks, strokes and acute asthma attacks on those days, research suggests. A team at King's College London looked at data from London, Birmingham, Bristol, Derby, Liverpool…
As Super Saturday became damp squib Saturday, a weary sigh swept the nation like a weather front. Millions feel like the needle has become stuck on the national record, condemning us to hear about consent mechanisms and chlorinated chicken on an…
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