Day: July 27, 2024
What the papers say – July 28
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West Yorkshire moor found to store more than a million tonnes of carbon
July 27, 2024A West Yorkshire moor stores carbon equivalent to the annual emissions released by a million cars, researchers have said. Marsden Moor, a popular spot for tourists and walkers between Manchester and Leeds, is known for its blanket peat bogs stretching across the 2,300-hectare landscape. To mark World Bog Day, a team from the University of […]
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Rayner to set out overhaul of planning rules to clear path to building homes
July 27, 2024Angela Rayner will unveil an overhaul of planning rules next week as Labour seeks to clear a path to building 1.5 million homes in five years. The Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary said that “delivering social and affordable houses at scale” is her “number one priority”. But the planning system should be “a launchpad” […]
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Manchester Airport incident ‘complicated’, mayor says as new video emerges
July 27, 2024Protests erupted in Rochdale and Manchester city centre after a video circulated of an officer allegedly kicking and stamping on a man as he lay face-down during an arrest at the airport on Tuesday. A Greater Manchester Police constable has been advised he is under criminal investigation for assault over the incident, the IOPC said […]
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Eleven killed in rocket attack on football pitch in occupied Golan Heights
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It’s been 14 years, so why are people still queuing for Dishoom?
July 27, 2024‘The world could be ending and there would still be a queue outside of Dishoom.’ This is the first post that greets me when I search for ‘Dishoom queue’ on X and its author, @safx41, is just one of many who are disparaging about the wait times at the Indian restaurant chain (myself included). If […]
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Tommy Robinson faces jail after playing ‘libellous’ film at London ‘protest’
July 27, 2024To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Tommy Robinson is facing prison time after he played a ‘libellous’ film to thousands of protesters in central London, it’s been claimed. The ‘documentary’ about his legal battle with Syrian schoolboy Jamal Hijazi was played on large […]
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EasyJet pilot faints mid-flight forcing plane to make emergency landing
July 27, 2024An easyJet co-pilot has reportedly been rushed to hospital after fainting on a flight from London to Lisbon. The incident happened today on a plane with 193 passengers on board. It was not immediately clear what airport the plane had left from, although it is thought to have been London Luton. Local reports are saying […]
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‘Doomsday shipwreck’ stuffed with explosives could unleash a Thames tsunami
July 27, 2024A wreck packed with 1,400 tonnes of unexploded bombs is deteriorating faster than expected, a new survey has found, heightening the risk of a Thames tsunami. The SS Richard Montgomery – nicknamed the ‘Doomsday Wreck’ – sank in the Thames Estuary near Sheerness in Kent and Southend-on-Sea in Essex in 1944. After 78 years underwater, […]
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Unexpected UK tourist attraction named the most overcrowded hotspot in Europe
July 27, 2024Heading on holiday to Europe this summer? Well, once you’ve worked out how to stay cool during the stifling heatwave, the next order of business is avoiding the crowds. Of course, it’s great that some of the world’s most impressive sites have bounced back post-pandemic in terms of visitor numbers, but too many tourists often […]
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