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Study finds evidence that giant meteorite impacts created the continents

Study finds evidence that giant meteorite impacts created the continents

Study finds evidence that giant meteorite impacts created the continents

10 August 2022

The theory that the continents originally formed at sites of these collisions had been around for decades but with little evidence to support it.


Chancellor pledges to deliver energy bill discount in Northern Ireland

Chancellor pledges to deliver energy bill discount in Northern Ireland

Chancellor pledges to deliver energy bill discount in Northern Ireland

10 August 2022

Nadhim Zahawi was meeting with the Utility Regulator and Stormont ministers to discuss extending the UK-wide scheme to the region.


What households should do today to cut their energy usage and prepare for winter

What households should do today to cut their energy usage and prepare for winter

What households should do today to cut their energy usage and prepare for winter

10 August 2022

There are plenty of measures households can take to cut their energy usage now and get ready for ‘dire’ cost increases predicted for later this year.


All you need to know about the rapid polio vaccination programme

All you need to know about the rapid polio vaccination programme

All you need to know about the rapid polio vaccination programme

10 August 2022

Almost a million children will be asked to get a polio vaccine in the coming weeks.


Police investigations into Diana’s death to be explored in Channel 4 documentary

Police investigations into Diana’s death to be explored in Channel 4 documentary

Police investigations into Diana’s death to be explored in Channel 4 documentary

10 August 2022

Investigating Diana: Death In Paris will also look at how conspiracy theories about the crash proliferated.


Sir Cliff to feature in documentary exploring impact of Operation Yewtree

Sir Cliff to feature in documentary exploring impact of Operation Yewtree

Sir Cliff to feature in documentary exploring impact of Operation Yewtree

10 August 2022

The programme would ‘compel viewers to ask important questions about a watershed moment in recent British history’, Channel 4 said.


Liz Truss summons Chinese ambassador over ‘aggression’ against Taiwan

Liz Truss summons Chinese ambassador over ‘aggression’ against Taiwan

Liz Truss summons Chinese ambassador over ‘aggression’ against Taiwan

10 August 2022

The Foreign Secretary said Beijing’s behaviour is threatening peace and stability in the region.


Researchers take ‘important new step’ in finding treatment for MND

Researchers take ‘important new step’ in finding treatment for MND

Researchers take ‘important new step’ in finding treatment for MND

10 August 2022

A drug commonly used for enlarged prostate glands could be used to treat the illness, University of Edinburgh researchers have found.


Temperatures climb as parts of UK grapple with impacts of hot, dry summer

Temperatures climb as parts of UK grapple with impacts of hot, dry summer

Temperatures climb as parts of UK grapple with impacts of hot, dry summer

10 August 2022

The Met Office has an amber warning in place for extreme heat from Thursday to Sunday.


Ryan Giggs’s ex tells jury she was ‘a slave to his every need and every demand’

Ryan Giggs’s ex tells jury she was ‘a slave to his every need and every demand’

Ryan Giggs’s ex tells jury she was ‘a slave to his every need and every demand’

10 August 2022

The former footballer denies using controlling and coercive behaviour and assault.


BBC broke impartiality rules by screening Russell T Davies Bafta interview

BBC broke impartiality rules by screening Russell T Davies Bafta interview

BBC broke impartiality rules by screening Russell T Davies Bafta interview

10 August 2022

The corporation admitted the clip of the Doctor Who and It’s A Sin writer criticising the Government’s plans to sell off Channel 4 was aired in error.


Round-up of strikes breaking out across the country

Round-up of strikes breaking out across the country

Round-up of strikes breaking out across the country

10 August 2022

Unions have described it as a ‘summer of solidarity’.


UK Government: Supreme Court does not have power to rule on legality of Indyref2

UK Government: Supreme Court does not have power to rule on legality of Indyref2

UK Government: Supreme Court does not have power to rule on legality of Indyref2

10 August 2022

The Advocate General for Scotland, Lord Stewart QC, has said the decision does not fall within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.


Worsening conditions will force people out of farming, industry warns

Worsening conditions will force people out of farming, industry warns

Worsening conditions will force people out of farming, industry warns

10 August 2022

Agricultural workers have told of the impact of drought and rising costs.


Children in London to be offered polio vaccine in bid to stop outbreak

Children in London to be offered polio vaccine in bid to stop outbreak

Children in London to be offered polio vaccine in bid to stop outbreak

10 August 2022

Even youngsters who are fully vaccinated are to be offered a booster.


Cyclists take on Glasgow-Athens challenge to raise funds for migrant charity

Cyclists take on Glasgow-Athens challenge to raise funds for migrant charity

Cyclists take on Glasgow-Athens challenge to raise funds for migrant charity

10 August 2022

Thighs of Steel have already raised more than £60,000 for the migrant charity Mass Action.


UK waiting for 100,000 vaccines to treat monkeypox with ‘doses running out’

UK waiting for 100,000 vaccines to treat monkeypox with ‘doses running out’

UK waiting for 100,000 vaccines to treat monkeypox with ‘doses running out’

10 August 2022

The UK Health Security Agency said 150,000 doses have been procured, but only 50,000 have been received so far due to supply issues.


Fire and subsidence claims will rise due to extreme temperatures, says insurer

Fire and subsidence claims will rise due to extreme temperatures, says insurer

Fire and subsidence claims will rise due to extreme temperatures, says insurer

10 August 2022

August could see a spike in subsidence claims, LV= General Insurance said.


Football star Benjamin Mendy pleads not guilty to further count of rape

Football star Benjamin Mendy pleads not guilty to further count of rape

Football star Benjamin Mendy pleads not guilty to further count of rape

10 August 2022

The Manchester City defender appeared at Chester Crown Court on Wednesday for his trial.


Primark to reopen flagship store four years after it was destroyed by fire

Primark to reopen flagship store four years after it was destroyed by fire

Primark to reopen flagship store four years after it was destroyed by fire

10 August 2022

The retail giant is targeting the first week of November to reopen its Bank Buildings branch in Belfast.


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