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Australia experiences hottest day on record
The average temperature hit 40.9C.
Doctors warn PM that pollution is making the NHS winter crisis worse
"Year after year, we witness A&E wards buckle under the pressure of the influx of patients admitted with respiratory conditions. The evidence is clear – dirty air is a major contributing factor to lung conditions and the NHS’s winter workload.”
Britain’s highest-paid boss takes £57 million pay rise
Denise Coates is thought to have made around £322 million last year.
Extinction Rebellion activist glued herself to DLR train to save her children
But the trio deny the charge of obstructing the train.
Boys, aged 14 and 15, charged with racially aggravated assault over attack on rabbi in London
The 54-year-old victim was targeted in Amhurst Park, north London
Data reveals biggest gap between rich and poor university students in a decade
Just 26.3 per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM) went on to university last year.
Climate Change Committee warn PM has fallen short of dealing with the crisis
The UK “must get on track to delivering net zero emissions” in this Parliament, the Committee on Climate Change warned Boris Johnson.
In unprecedented walkout, 9,000 nurses take strike action in Northern Ireland
The unprecedented walk out will see them leave patient bedsides with the support of thousands of other healthcare workers.
Homelessness has now hit one in every 200 people in England reveals Shelter
The charity is warning the new Government must take “urgent” action to address the “dire lack of social homes at the crux of this emergency, before the situation is likely to get worse”.