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Emily Beament

Reporter · GB

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 27, 2026
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Jul 9, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Emily Beament

    Call for nature ‘right next to where people live’ amid urban green space push (opens the original)

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    Nature needs to be “right next to where people live”, conservationists have said, as communities push for more wildlife-rich green spaces. Research has revealed many people lack parks, woodlands or wetlands within a 15-minute walk from home, even though time in nature boosts health and wellbeing and natural spaces help tackle extreme weather, climate change and wildlife loss. The Wildlife Trusts have urged the Government to improve people’s access to nature as a priority, while a coalition

  2. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Emily Beament

    Dangerous ‘forever chemicals’ found in blood of residents near UK factory (opens the original)

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    Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Blood tests have found high levels of cancer-causing “forever chemicals” in residents living near a large Lancashire chemical factory. Almost 70 per cent of the 49 Thornton-Cleveleys residents tested had increased levels of a chemical known as perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, a substance banned as it has been classed as a carcinogen. Those affected live near the Hillhouse

  3. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Emily Beament

    Thames Water confirms hosepipe ban to remain despite rainfall (opens the original)

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    Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Millions of Thames Water customers have been told that the current hosepipe ban will not be lifted until the region receives "significant and prolonged rainfall". Although precipitation in September was "very welcome", the supplier said it remains insufficient to compensate for the extended period of dry weather experienced since spring. Much of England, including London and

  4. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Emily Beament

    ‘Very long way to go’ before drought is over, officials warn despite rain (opens the original)

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    Almost three quarters of England remain in drought despite recent rain, as the country continues to battle its third drought in five years, officials said. While rain has turned the grass green again, and it would be “understandable” to think the drought was over, the Environment Agency said there was still a very long way to go, with concerns over a number of reservoirs at very low levels. The warning comes after the latest meeting of the National Drought Group of ministers, officials, wate

  5. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Emily Beament

    August was world’s joint hottest month on record – scientists (opens the original)

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    August was the world’s joint hottest month on record, with global temperatures 1.65C above pre-industrial times, scientists have said. Last month tied with July 2023 for the hottest calendar month in the temperature records, as well as the hottest August ever recorded for the world, scientists from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said. Western Europe has experienced its warmest summer on record, surpassing the previous record set in 2003, Copernicus said. Heatwaves in

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