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  1. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Esme Stallard, Tom Ingham and Jonah Fisher

    Blood tests find high levels of cancer-causing forever chemical in residents near factory (opens the original)

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    Blood tests have found "really high levels" of a cancer-causing forever chemical in dozens of people living near a major chemical factory in the UK. The residents, from Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, have been told they could be at elevated risk of serious health conditions from the substance, known as PFOA. The village has been under investigation for years by the Environment Agency over contamination of soils and locally grown food from the substance, which is a type of forever chemical - so-

  2. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Esme Stallard

    El Niño 'supersized' as countries race to prepare for extreme weather, UN warns (opens the original)

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    The world has entered a "danger zone of extreme weather" as the impacts of El Niño start to be felt globally, UN head António Guterres has warned. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released the latest data on the natural weather phenomenon showing it could be the strongest for more than 70 years and last until at least February 2027. El Niño changes weather patterns around the world, pushing some regions into drought whilst others experience stronger typhoons and flooding. Forecast

  3. Article · Aug 29, 2026 · Esme Stallard

    The race to stop England running out of water (opens the original)

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    One evening in early August, farmer Daniel Sizer's phone buzzed with a message. It was from his local water board and it read: "River levels are low but have recovered enough to allow one night of irrigation tonight." Like much of the lower half of England, Daniel's fourth-generation farm had seen barely any rain in nearly three months. He shows us what is left of the peas and wheat crop at his 300-hectare site in Suffolk. "There's no water in the river so half my crop is completely and utterly

  4. Article · Aug 11, 2026 · Esme Stallard

    UK to get best eclipse since 1999 as Moon blocks out Sun across Europe (opens the original)

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    The UK will be treated to its fullest solar eclipse since 1999 - and the best the country will see for the next 50 years - on Wednesday evening. It will be visible across the whole of the UK, with up to 96% of the Sun's disc covered by the Moon, depending on your location. Other parts of the world will get to witness a total eclipse. This includes northern Spain, where hundreds of thousands of people have travelled for the astronomical spectacle. The total eclipse will also be visible in Russia,

  5. Article · Aug 3, 2026 · Esme Stallard

    Heatwaves are changing summer weddings - here's how to plan for one (opens the original)

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    "As soon as I put my dress on, my makeup was just falling off my face." Aimie Seale is one of hundreds of brides whose weddings landed in the middle of a heatwave this summer. She had chosen a July weekend in the hope of avoiding any wet weather. Instead, she faced 30C heat with her ceremony in a sweltering West Yorkshire church, predominantly made of glass. "It was just unbearably hot," says Aimie. "I remember looking at my husband at one point, and he was just dripping with sweat, so everybody

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