After a disappointing season last year when the wrong sort of weather at the wrong time made the autumnal colours of the UK’s parks, gardens…
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Heat-related deaths in 2022 hit highest level on record in England
More than 4,500 people died in England in 2022 due to high temperatures, the largest figure on record, with the number of heat-related deaths increasing…
View More Heat-related deaths in 2022 hit highest level on record in EnglandNew £1bn government upgrade to plug Great Britain’s draughtiest homes
Households could save up to £400 a year on energy bills under a new means-tested scheme to insulate more than 300,000 of Great Britain’s draughtiest…
View More New £1bn government upgrade to plug Great Britain’s draughtiest homesInverclyde named most affordable place to buy a home in Great Britain
Inverclyde in Scotland is the most affordable place to buy a home in Great Britain, while house prices in Westminster far outstrip workers’ wages in…
View More Inverclyde named most affordable place to buy a home in Great BritainOfgem records big rise in households with prepayment meters being cut off
The number of households who were cut off from gas and electricity this winter because they did not have enough money to top up their…
View More Ofgem records big rise in households with prepayment meters being cut offSwans decapitated amid rising attacks against waterfowl in England and Wales
Nine decapitated swans are among the victims of a rising number of sadistic attacks against waterfowl, according to police data. Police recorded a 59% increase…
View More Swans decapitated amid rising attacks against waterfowl in England and Wales30 water treatment works released 11bn litres of raw sewage in a year, study suggests
Eleven billion litres of raw sewage were discharged from a sample of 30 water company treatment works in one year, new research suggests. The study…
View More 30 water treatment works released 11bn litres of raw sewage in a year, study suggestsDigging continues at controversial south Wales mine months after licence expires
Miners have continued to dig hundreds of tons a day from a controversial opencast coalmine in south Wales, months after its licence expired. Despite its…
View More Digging continues at controversial south Wales mine months after licence expiresMore than 50,000 wild birds in UK killed by avian flu – double previous estimates
Avian flu has killed more than twice the number of wild birds previously estimated in the UK, according to data collected by the Guardian, with…
View More More than 50,000 wild birds in UK killed by avian flu – double previous estimates‘Huge blow to families’ as local playground in Wales is torn down
The developer Balfour Beatty and Denbighshire council have been accused of ignoring the needs of children by ripping out a playground in the deprived Welsh…
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