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New border controls on travellers bringing in pork, in bid to keep out African Swine Fever.
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Kinder Scout, where walkers famously staked their claim to the countryside, grows by over 500 acres.
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Mystery and wonder in this year's shortlisted images for Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
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The world's largest offshore wind farm is now fully operational, 55 miles off the coast of Yorkshire.
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After Monday's postponement, the US space agency thinks it has a strategy to launch at the weekend.
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An official drought has been declared in most of England and parts of Wales.
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Controllers struggle to get one of the rocket's engines to cool to its correct operating temperature.
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Drinking reprocessed water is "perfectly safe and healthy", the Environment Agency chief tells public.
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The clock is counting down to the debut flight of the rocket that will eventually send people back to the Moon.
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Gardeners say that warmer weather is boosting the growth of figs, watermelon and other exotic plants.
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The extreme heat this summer has exacerbated the many hazards, leading to a sudden spike in deaths in Hungary.
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Scientists suspect a pollutant caused high salt levels, encouraging algae to flourish, suffocating fish.
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Campaigners say it is a missed opportunity to protect species like sharks at risk of extinction.
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The measures are part of a pledge to protect peatlands, the wild boggy spaces that soak up carbon.
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Heavy rains have triggered historic flooding, killing more than 900 people since June.
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One man's quest to present the historic Moon missions in a way that befits their importance.
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More than 70 days of extreme temperatures and low rainfall drive the country's record drought.
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But the Liberal Democrats call the plans a "cruel joke" pointing to higher bills for consumers.
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Russia is burning off millions of dollars in gas every day at a plant near the Finnish border.
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A number of beaver families have created the wetland in east Devon in less than a year.
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The Cornwall site will track an uncrewed capsule ahead of future crewed missions to the Moon.
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Large blues are very strange butterflies that scientists have brought back from the brink.
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Launching a rocket into space requires a lot of time, planning, money - and the right weather. Simon King explains.
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Passengers could now underestimate their flights' emissions by nearly half using the Google tool, BBC reveals.
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The dugong, a relative of the fabled manatee, has been declared functionally extinct in the region.
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The James Webb Space Telescope shows the planet's auroras and storms in unprecedented detail.
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The government says companies are responsible but ministers also face accusations of failing to act.
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US scientists have discovered a low-cost method for destroying chemicals associated with cancer.
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Some water firms fail to install devices that measure storm overflows, according to the Lib Dems.
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Experts say the unusual weather has triggered a 'false autumn' as trees struggle to cope with drought.
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Uncrewed surface vessel Maxlimer surveys the underwater Hunga-Tonga seamount that erupted in January.
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After becoming a tourist attraction in Oslo, a travelling walrus was killed. Was that right?
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A drought is officially declared in south-west Wales after heatwave causes water levels to plummet.
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Researchers say a genetic modification that boosts plant growth could help alleviate global food shortages.
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Nasa astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann will travel to the International Space Station in September.
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A cosmonaut was rushed back to the International Space Station on Wednesday, the US space agency says.
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Our produce is likely to be smaller, odd-looking, or even leathery after the hot, dry weather.
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A 500 million-year-old microscopic, spiny creature with a mouth but no anus had puzzled scientists.
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Charity issues warning after water firms discharge untreated sewage to avoid potential flooding.
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A report says around 16 football pitches of trees per minute were lost to wildfires in 2021.
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The government is in a row with the EU over the UK's membership of the €100bn Horizon research programme.
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Nations are trying to agree a treaty to protect the high seas after four decades of trying.
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Heavy rain might seem ideal now for parched areas of the UK, but scientists warn it's a hazard.
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Dry conditions in the UK and Europe are stress on facilities including nuclear, say experts.
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What does drought mean and what are the implications for water, food, rivers and wildlife?
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Why climate scientists are trying to fly through Arctic cyclones in a small aircraft.
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The heatwave will make conditions on England's farms worse as experts warn of smaller harvests.
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Most of the world's chalk streams are in southern and eastern England and are under particular strain.
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Scientists hope that a scoring system will lead manufacturers to compete over sustainability.
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The bill seeks to lower the cost of medicines, increase corporate taxes and reduce carbon emissions.
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