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Stranded Mauritian cruise workers finally begin journey home
Dozens of Mauritian cruise ship workers who were stranded off the coast of Brazil throughout the pandemic have finally started their journey home after...
‘The animals aren’t pleased’: UK zoos under coronavirus lockdown
It's easy enough for Darren McGarry to socially distance from other people as his home is based in Edinburgh zoo. McGarry, who has worked...
Norway and the A-ha moment that made electric cars the answer
In 1995, the lead singer of the 1980s band A-ha and the head of the Norwegian environmental group Bellona climbed improbably into a converted...
‘The worst of human nature’: UK staycationers’ trail of destruction
Fires caused by portable barbecues, wild flowers being dug up, the disturbance of shorebirds, and an avalanche of rubbish. These are just some of...
Country diary: yellowhammers woo their mates with a local song
A raven greets me at the gateway, a tutelary spirit flying low overhead. I'm on the southern path, steep and stony, edged with castles...
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Airlines and carmakers benefit from UK Covid relief scheme
Airlines, carmakers and oilfield engineers have benefited by billions from the government's economic rescue plans, despite ministers' assurances on a green recovery from the...
Carmakers accused of trying to use crisis to avert emissions crackdown
The motor industry has been accused by campaigners of trying to use the coronavirus crisis to avert stricter environmental regulation, after correspondence showed carmakers...
Fast fashion creates misery, and that’s a bad look | Bidisha
During lockdown, everyone's id has been allowed to float untethered. Obsessions, manias, strange desires and perverse fantasies have risen to the surface as the...