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Thames Water plans to restart desalination plant – after drought has ended
Thames Water is preparing the UK’s only desalination plant to restart operations later this year – but it will not be ready until the winter, long after the current...
Iberian orca known for ramming boats seen with suspected gunshot wounds
Spanish officials have launched an investigation after the matriarch of an orca pod known for jostling and ramming boats off the Iberian Peninsula was spotted with wounds suggesting she...
Andy Burnham moves to cut new EV sales targets
Andy Burnham’s government has said it will look at cutting electric vehicle sales targets, in proposals that could add millions of tonnes a year to the UK’s carbon dioxide...
Belt and braces PM: what wearing suit braces says about Burnham
The sartorial evolution of Andy Burnham reached another milestone this week when the prime minister appeared at a photocall in Derbyshire wearing a pair of braces under his suit.Navy,...
Italian police recover paintings by Cézanne, Renoir and Matisse after heist
Italian police have recovered three paintings by the French masters Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Henri Matisse that were stolen earlier this year from a private museum near the...
Cricket reader Q&A: ask Ali Martin your questions ahead of England v Pakistan – live
Ali is liveAli Martin is online now answering your questions about England’s cricketing future – and anything else cricket-related.ShareKey eventsWill Root be willing to think outside the box?wickselmbarkers asks:...
Jeremy Bamber’s legal team challenge ban on his talking to the media
The legal team of Jeremy Bamber, who has served 41 years in prison for murdering five members of his family, has challenged Wakefield prison’s decision to ban him from...
‘Disgraceful’: what one photo from Clacton tells us about British politics in 2026
It ended, perhaps fittingly, on a rather baffling note. After 34 days of campaigning to regain the parliamentary seat of Clacton on England’s south coast, Nigel Farage, the leader...
