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Controversial UK oil field publishes full scale of climate impact

Controversial UK oil field publishes full scale of climate impact

The UK's largest undeveloped oil field has revealed the full scale of its environmental impact, should it gain approval by the government. Developers of the Rosebank oil field said nearly 250 million …

Could aluminium become the packaging 'champion'?

Could aluminium become the packaging 'champion'?

In front of me is a line-up of aluminium cans, but not a drink in sight. Instead, these cans have been designed to hold toiletries like shampoo, shower gel and hand wash, condiments like ketchup and h …

Could I have saved my parents if I'd been taught CPR?

Could I have saved my parents if I'd been taught CPR?

Cameron McGerr should have been with his parents to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary last month. Instead, Lynne and Kevin McGerr's 16-year-old son stood in front of MSPs in the Scottish Parlia …

Covid care home policy was 'least worst decision' - Hancock

Covid care home policy was 'least worst decision' - Hancock

Former health secretary Matt Hancock has denied claims the government's attempt to throw a protective ring around care homes in 2020, early in the Covid pandemic, was empty rhetoric. In an irritable e …

Covid cases rising with new variants Nimbus and Stratus

Covid cases rising with new variants Nimbus and Stratus

If you feel unwell with a bad throat and a temperature you may well have caught one of the new strains of Covid circulating this autumn. XFG, called Stratus by some, and NB.1.8.1, known as Nimbus, are …

Covid inquiry hears of care home 'slaughter'

Covid inquiry hears of care home 'slaughter'

A civil servant's assertion that there was a 'generational slaughter within care homes' in the early days of the pandemic is a phrase that 'chimes with the experience of thousands of our families', th …