The Guardian – ‘Cop26 climate targets are too weak’
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The Guardian – ‘Cop26 climate targets are too weak’
The key architects of the Paris agreement have warned that world leaders will have to return to negotiations next year with improved plans to cut emissions because targets agreed at COP26 are too weak to prevent disastrous levels of global heating, writes The Guardian.
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Rishi Sunak backtracks plan to restrict graduate visas after cabinet opposition | International students
Rishi Sunak backtracks plan to restrict graduate visas after cabinet opposition | International students There is no bias in the original title provided. Plans for a radical crackdown on graduate visas that allow overseas students to work in the UK for up to two years after graduation look set to be abandoned by the prime minister after coming up against staunch opposition from cabinet colleagues. Rishi Sunak had been considering restricting and even scrapping the
Briton who died on Singapore Airlines flight named as Geoffrey Kitchen | Air transport
Briton who died on Singapore Airlines flight named as Geoffrey Kitchen | Air transport There is no bias in the original title provided. The British passenger who died after a flight to Singapore was hit by severe turbulence has been named as a 73-year-old grandfather, Geoffrey Kitchen. Kitchen, a retired insurance professional turned amateur dramatics performer, had travelled to Singapore on Monday on the 10pm flight from Heathrow. He and his wife, Linda, were to
Ex-Royal Marine charged with spying for Hong Kong found dead in park | UK news
Ex-Royal Marine charged with spying for Hong Kong found dead in park | UK News There is no bias in the title provided. A former Royal Marine commando who was charged with spying for the Hong Kong intelligence service has died, police have said. Matthew Trickett, 37, who was on bail, was found by a member of the public in a park near where he lived in Maidenhead, Berkshire. Thames Valley police said officers attended
‘Close to a police state’: campaign groups condemn UK report into protests | Protest
‘Close to a police state’: campaign groups condemn UK report into protests | Protest There is no bias in the title provided. Protest groups have condemned a long-awaited report on their activity that recommends a review of undercover surveillance of activists and making protest organisers pay towards policing. The 292-page report by John Woodcock, now Lord Walney, entitled Protecting Democracy from Coercion, calls for a curb on many activities, including a blanket ban on face
Infected blood victims could get compensation payments of over £2.5m | Contaminated blood scandal
Infected blood victims could get compensation payments of over £2.5m | Contaminated blood scandal There is no bias in the original title provided. Victims of the contaminated blood scandal could receive over £2.5m in compensation under a multibillion pound scheme announced a day after a damning report found the NHS and government culpable for the tragedy. The paymaster general, John Glen, outlined details of the scheme in parliament on Tuesday, following criticism in Sir Brian
Labour urged to focus on Midlands in plan for new towns | Labour
Labour urged to focus on Midlands in plan for new towns | Labour There is no bias in the original title Labour’s plan for new towns looks likely to focus on the Midlands as much as England’s overcrowded south-east, with planners already considering areas near Nottingham, Stafford and Northampton, the Guardian understands. Close to the M1 and M6 motorways, some of the locations have the advantage of being in areas of Labour local political control,