Author: UK News

Hottest June kills UK fish and threatens insects The UK recorded its hottest June on record which was so hot it caused unprecedented deaths of fish in rivers and disturbed insects and plants, environment groups have warned. Nature is being “pounded by extreme weather without a chance to recover”, the Wildlife Trusts said. The Met Office will say later on Monday if the high temperatures were linked to climate change. Water UK said people also used more water with demand increasing by 25% at peak times in some areas. Provisional figures for June indicate that both the overall average and…

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Crucifix returned from England to France after 107 years A cross has been returned to France after more than 107 years in an English church. A group of people travelled more than 300 miles from England to France to return the crucifix retrieved from the rubble of a church in WW1.  The cross came from the church of Doingt-Flamicourt, which was destroyed during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. It is believed that the crucifix was salvaged by a British Army Chaplin and taken back to England and placed in All Saints’ Church in Tinwell, Rutland. But a 16-year-old…

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Today’s news summary – Paper Talk Sunday’s front pages cover a variety of topics. Several of the papers feature an image of Prince George with his father Prince William and PM Rishi Sunak watching the Ashes at Lords. Sundays papers The Sunday Telegraph leads on the French protests. The paper says President Macron dispatched the elite police tactical unit to Marseille, as the protesting continues. The paper quotes one police union as saying clashes on Friday night were “apocalyptic.” The Sunday Mirror leads with the man who survived the racist attack which killed Stephen Lawrence. He tells the paper that…

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Lord Zac Goldsmith resigns after criticism over Partygate probe Lord Zac Goldsmith has quit as a minister after he was found to have undermined a Commons investigation into Boris Johnson and Partygate. He was among 10 Tories the Privileges Committee said was part of a campaign to interfere with their inquiry. Lord Goldsmith said the government’s “apathy” on climate change made it “untenable” for him to remain minister for the international environment. He claimed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was “uninterested” in the environment.

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‘Historic’ 15-year plan to boost NHS workforce The UK government has announced there will be a major shakeup of the NHS, with an expansion in training places for health staff in England. The 15-year-plan has been called “historic” and will tackle NHS staffing shortages. The plan includes more university places for medical and nursing students and a greater emphasis on apprenticeships with the first scheme for doctors.  There will also be a consultation on whether medical degrees could be shortened by a year.  The plan does not mention pay but instead focuses on how much training places need to increase. …

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