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• Venezuela's Maduro says oil producers close to output cap deal

  22-10-2016 17:20
  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was quoted on Saturday as saying that OPEC and non-OPEC nations were "very close" to an agreement on oil production curbs, Azerbaijan's state news agency Azertag reported. "Today with (Azeri) President Ilham Aliyev we talked about reaching agreements between OPEC and countries that are not members of the cartel. This will pave the way for a new era of stability and investments, stable output and new oil price formula," he said.
  
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• Russian helicopter crash kills 19 in northwest Siberia

  22-10-2016 15:52
  MOSCOW (Reuters) - A helicopter crashed in northwest Siberia on Friday, killing 19 people on board, Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency said on Saturday. Three crew members and 16 passengers died when the Russian-made Mi-8 helicopter came down late on Friday in adverse weather conditions. Two survivors were injured and a third unscathed, TASS news agency reported, citing a regional health official. The helicopter was carrying employees of a contractor from oil major Rosneft's Suzun oilfield, p
  
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• Drone captures rare whale footage

  22-10-2016 14:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Canadian scientists use drones to capture rare whale footage in the Arctic.
  
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• Four in 10 UK councils exceed air pollution limits, figures show

  22-10-2016 11:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Ministers reveal 169 local authorities breached annual legal limits on nitrogen oxide, linked to lung disease, last yearFour in 10 of Britain’s local authorities breached legal air quality limits last year, largely due to heavy road traffic, government records reveal.Ministers have admitted that 169 local authorities were found to have gone over annual limits on nitrogen dioxide. It is an invisible gas produced predominantly by road traffic, and is linked to lung disease and cardiovascular
  
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• Security forces end IS assault on Iraqi oil city, State TV says

  22-10-2016 11:16
  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Security forces overcame a big assault by Islamic State militants in Kirkuk and regained full control of the northern Iraqi oil city on Saturday, Iraqi state TV said. The city's authorities partially lifted a curfew declared after the militants stormed police stations and other buildings on Friday before dawn, the TV channel added, citing its own correspondent in Kirkuk. (Reporting by Maher Chmaytelli; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
  
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• Take the kids to … London Wetland Centre, Barnes

  22-10-2016 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  These wild acres are an oasis in busy south-west London – and even kids left cold by the many migrating birds will love the otters and adventure playgroundA watery world of lakes, lagoons and marsh linked by flat paths, where 180 species of birds have been seen. It’s vibrant in spring and summer with chicks galore, the pond ripe for dipping and meadows bright with flowers and insects, but autumn and winter have their own appeal. Stroll around the main lake and duck into one of the si
  
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• A three-bed house with £500 energy bills? How you too can slash your costs

  22-10-2016 07:59 via theguardian.com
  
  With gas and electricity bills burning an ever larger hole in people’s pockets, it makes sense to consider every possible solution. We talk to the homeowners who have seriously cut their energy costsThe overnight low in West Kirby on the Wirrall was around 5C last night. Yet in Colin Usher’s home the temperature is a comfy 20c-21C – despite the fact he has not turned on the heating once this autumn. Even in the depths of winter, the house uses a fraction of the energy that most
  
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• Lonely and mysterious, this is the other Borrowdale

  22-10-2016 06:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Borrowdale, Lake District Borrowdale is thriving following an era of being successfully farmed by generations of Westmorland hill farmersSeveral faces, mottled black and white, glance up as I alight from the car. On seeing no dog, these Rough Fells – burly ewes with horns – return to grazing the open fell, unalarmed. Following the A685 Kendal road south from Tebay in the Lune Gorge, I had turned off through woodland of rowan, alder, birch and holly, and parked along a byway running f
  
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