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Are big cats like black panthers and leopards really roaming the UK?

Despite numerous people claiming to have seen big cats in the UK, there is no hard evidence they exist

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The UK is making five big bets in the hope of hitting net zero by 2050

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Wild Isles review: David Attenborough turns focus to UK and Ireland

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People working at Oxford Quantum Circuits

Technology

UK's quantum computing sector is flourishing after early investment

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Patrick Vallance

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UK needs bigger role for science in government, says chief scientist

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Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer delivers his keynote address to delegates third day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, north west England, on September 27, 2022. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

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Could Labour's Great British Energy firm spark a green revolution?

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$Anti-fracking protesters$

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Can Liz Truss kick-start UK fracking by lifting the shale gas ban?

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Jacob Rees-Mogg

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Jacob Rees-Mogg: Climate change concern over new energy policy chief

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NHS ambulances at a hospital in London

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There are thousands more UK deaths than usual and we don’t know why

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People sitting on parched grass in Greenwich Park, London

Environment

With drought in England more frequent, how can it keep water flowing?

Climate change and a growing population mean England needs long-term solutions like new reservoirs and desalination plants, not just short-term fixes like hosepipe bans

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Record weather conditions made the UK's destructive wildfires possible

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Sadiq Khan urges UK parliament to pass 'Ella's Law' for clean air

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Climate change made UK 40°C heatwave at least 10 times more likely

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Temperature hits 40°C on the UK's hottest day on record

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