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What's the evidence behind rat infestation warnings? And farewell to wet wipe island

The Environment Agency are currently considering enforcement action against the operator, Viridor.

Some five million children - over half of those in England - are living in homes at risk of overheating.

Wildfires have scorched southern Europe and new research suggests climate change played a major role.

The animal has come as a surprise to experts, who now have to rethink how these armoured dinosaurs evolved

The Starship rocket is critical to the company's hopes of one day carrying people to the Moon and Mars.

The photo taken by Bidyut Kalita, is among several highly commended in this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

Provisional figures from the Met Office show that the UK is on course for its hottest summer on record with just a few days of the season remaining.

The party is serious about going after shale gas - but critics argue it's too difficult and costly.

Non-vintage still wine is now increasingly being made in response to more challenging weather.

Wikie, 24, and her 11-year-old son Keijo still don't have a new home despite months of wrangling.

The medium-sized herbivore once roamed the floodplains of what is now the Island's south-west coast.

The science of extraterrestrial solar panels and whether they can power our energy needs.

We take a look at river, reservoir and groundwater levels after a particularly dry few months.

We rely on honeybees to pollinate our crops and a new food could protect them from growing threats.

We rely on honeybees to pollinate our crops and a new food could protect them from growing threats.

Britain's space agency is set to be scrapped - a scientist fears the UK space sector could fall behind as a result

How long tubes of mud - drilled out of the Antarctic seafloor - could reveal how the frozen continent is changing.

The British Growers Association warns that supplies of broccoli are 'tight' thanks to the heatwave.

Has autumn come sooner than expected to the UK - and does it even matter if it has?

The latest round of UN-led talks have ended in deadlock, with disputes over plastic production and recycling.

The latest round of UN-led talks have ended in deadlock, with disputes over plastic production and recycling.

Fashion meets science. An expert panel discuss the clothing of the future.

Fashion meets science. An expert panel discuss the clothing of the future.

The astronomical event was captured on camera at North York Moors National Park on 13 August.

Rising temperatures are increasing the chances of multiple wildfires at the same time, researchers say.

Rising temperatures are increasing the chances of multiple wildfires at the same time, researchers say.

Meltwater is escaping from a basin that is dammed by a glacier - prompting fears of a deluge in state capital Juneau.

Recent moves by Beijing have got businesses worried - and Australia is looking to offer an alternative.

Scientists say the damage was caused by the "longest, largest and most intense" marine heatwave on record.

The Perseids are considered the best meteor shower of the year

His brother tells BBC News that he had lost hope he would ever be found.

The UK's seas have had their warmest first seven months of the year on average since records began.

The UK's seas have had their warmest first seven months of the year on average since records began.

Scientists who analysed fragments that crashed into a roof in Georgia, US, say it likely formed 4.56 billion years ago.

The commander of Apollo 13 famously rescued his men from near certain death in space.

Of the 24 Nasa astronauts who travelled to the Moon in the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s, just five remain.

The possible planet is just four-and-a-half light years away and may have moons that sustain life.

Experts have tracked the Southern Small White's expansion northwards through Europe over decades.

Cuts of $500 million to vaccines research have been announced by the US government.

Campaigners warn the move will not close all the recycling loopholes being exploited by criminals.

A former Oceangate employee says he told US authorities about safety concerns with the sub before it imploded.

A former Oceangate employee says he told US authorities about safety concerns with the sub before it imploded.

Reefs have been battered by cyclones and starfish that eat coral, but heat stress driven by climate change is the main cause of damage.

A study in Rwanda reveals the significance of a social connection between female mountain gorillas.

The reactor would provide power for humans on the Moon but there are questions about feasibility.

The world's nations are hoping to sign the first global plastic treaty to limit plastic pollution.

The world's nations are hoping to sign the first global plastic treaty to limit plastic pollution.

Researchers in Cuba and the UK are working together to reveal the biological secrets of the beautiful but endangered Polymita snail.

The eruption of a volcano in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula may be linked to a massive earthquake last week, experts say.