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Europe

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Climate change solutions mean revolution for our daily lives

Climate change will affect all of us in the coming years, and so will the solutions. The government’s plan to virtually eliminate greenhouse gases by 2050, and grow trees to suck up the small amount of unavoidable carbon emissions, will need a revolution in the way we lead our lives. Gas boilers from 25 million […]

Hospital worker stabbed in A&E by knifeman

A female worker was today stabbed repeatedly with a pair of scissors inside a hospital A&E. Police were called to the scene at Newham University Hospital following reports of an emergency department assistant being knifed. The male suspect aged 27 was arrested on suspicion of GBH at the scene and the victim’s injuries were assessed […]

Dentist crisis as first city to STOP taking NHS patients emerges

The move by the Swiss-owned Colosseum Dental chain has left thousands of people looking for a new dentist. Bu the NHS website shows there are no places available for new patients in the city with the nearest appointments a ferry ride away in Gosport or a half-hour drive away in Havant. One patient said: “I […]

M6 traffic latest: Two lanes closed and long delays after serious crash near Manchester

Motorists in the Manchester area are facing fresh travel chaos as a serious accident has forced officials to close down lanes three and four on the M6 northbound from J21 A57 Manchester Road (Woolston) to J21A M62 J10 (Croft Interchange). Congestion reaches back to J20, on the M56 Lymm interchange.  Highways England wrote on Twitter: “#M6 […]

Guards taken hostage at top security French prison

An inmate has taken two guards hostage at a top security French prison. The long-term prisoner was armed with a handmade weapon, according to local reports. Emmanuel Guimaraes of the Workers Force union told Ouest-France newspaper that a special intervention force was on the scene at Conde-Sur-Sarthe Penitentiary late Tuesday. The wing where the guards […]

Kate Middleton broody again? Duchess of Cambridge drops hint she wants fourth child

Kate Middleton and Prince William are already proud parents to three children, Prince George, five, Princess Charlotte, four, and Prince Louis, 14 months. The Cambridge family-of-five were seen laughing and having fun as they attended the Trooping of the Colour event in honour of Queen Elizabeth II’s 93rd birthday this weekend. And today, the Duke […]