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Countries fail to agree on cutting greenhouse gases next year or carbon markets as UN climate talks stall
Environmental groups and activists accused the world’s richer countries of showing little commitment to seriously tackling climate change.
BA pilots report fumes in cockpit ‘five times in seven weeks’ in Boeing 777 that is still flying
Two of the incidents required flight crew to wear oxygen masks, a report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) revealed.
First New Zealand volcano victim named amid grim discoveries by divers
Divers began the search for the bodies on Friday but were forced to stop near evening when weather conditions deteriorated.
Elderly driver reverses through window of Tesco cafe packed with Christmas shoppers
Several customers were injured when the car ploughed through the window of the Tesco at Princess Alice Drive retail park, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
Sue you later alligator? – Louisiana sues California over alligator ban
The state says the industry provides economic incentives for landowners to protect marshlands that serve as habitat for the alligators.
Divers in near zero visibility search for victims of New Zealand volcano
A minute’s silence will be held on Monday.
Read this stirring open letter and plea from Jeremy Corbyn’s sons
'From the three proudest sons on the planet, please continue the fight’
People’s Vote campaign to rethink after conceding second referendum unlikely
Open Britain, the successor to the official Remain campaign at the 2016 referendum, said it would be refocusing on a ‘fair deal for Britain’.
NHS waiting lists & A&E waits hit record highs in NHS figures released only after election
“For the first time, not one single major A&E department in England met the current four-hour waiting time target."