A third of social care nurses feel like quitting, warns RCN
Chronic understaffing and low pay are driving nurses out of social care, with patients’ safety
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Traffic pollution study sparks action to save Dorset heathlands
A major air quality monitoring project is helping conservationists identify where traffic pollution is causing the greatest damage to Dorset’s internationally important heathlands, with restoration work already underway at several sites.
£2,800 saved by car club owners each year
People who are using pay-as-you-drive automobile services are saving thousands by swapping private ownership for
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These are the best UK local authorities for clean air improvement
The numbers have been crunched and the councils ranked in terms of how easy it
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Honeybees enlisted as citizen scientists to map UK’s floral landscape
A nationwide citizen science project has turned thousands of honeybee colonies into living environmental monitors,
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Summer energy shock leaves families braced for another costly winter
Households are facing the steepest summer rise in energy bills for four years after Ofgem
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Satellites track sulfur dioxide cloud from Tehran oil facility attacks
Chinese and European satellites have tracked a vast plume of sulfur dioxide from the damaged oil facilities in Tehran, revealing how nearly 30,000 tons of the toxic gas spread across the Middle East within days of the March 2026 attacks.
Youth Justice Board statement on Fordingbridge case
Cheryl de Freitas responds to criticism that sentencing of two teenage boys convicted of multiple counts of rape was too
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A guide to the new long-term rough sleeping partnership plans
The government has pledged to halve long-term rough sleeping by the end of this Parliament
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Police arrest five in Tameside election probe
Five people have been arrested as part of allegations that fake independent candidates were used
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Court of Appeal ends challenge to Luton Airport expansion
A legal challenge against the expansion of London Luton Airport has come to an end
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Solar arrays for three sports sites in Bradford
Sedbergh Pool and Leisure Centre, the Bowling Pool in Bradford and Ilkley Lido fitted with
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Edinburgh team’s solution to plastic waste
New study suggests widely used plastics can be chemically converted to break down more quickly. A team at
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New-look ‘Invest in Bolton’ website
Refreshed site now boasts interactive development map, case studies of successfully completed projects and director
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We can’t stop teens asking AI about body image, so how do we respond?
With 40% of seven to 12-year-olds now using generative AI, chatbots are becoming an unlikely confidante for young people navigating body image. However, a recent study shows helpful and harmful advice often appear in the same conversation.
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Drought-proofing the UK: behavioural change is fastest route to resilience
Nature is collapsing at an alarming rate, and we are witnessing the planet’s sixth mass
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