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• Devon police under fire for proposal to suspend badger protection law

  28-01-2018 14:48 via theguardian.com
  Devon and Cornwall force’s idea to ease the pressure of policing the cull was termed ‘appalling’A police force has been strongly criticised by animal rights campaigners after proposing the suspension of the law that protects badgers in areas where the government’s controversial cull has been taking place.Devon and Cornwall police suggested that decriminalising the taking of badgers in cull zones would ease pressure on resources, save the public money and could help stop t
  
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• Donald Trump says US could re-enter Paris climate deal

  28-01-2018 14:10 via theguardian.com
  In ITV interview US president also says he would take tougher stand on Brexit than Theresa MayDonald Trump has said the United States could re-enter the Paris climate change agreement and that he would have taken a “tougher stand” in Brexit negotiations than Theresa May.The US president said the country could re-enter the Paris accord for a “completely different deal” but called the existing agreement a “terrible deal” and a “disaster” for the US.
  
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• Flooding in Paris – in pictures

  28-01-2018 13:45 via theguardian.com
  Paris remained on flood alert after the Seine burst its banks, leaving streets inundated and forcing part of the Louvre to close. Forecasters said the flooding should peak by the end of the day Continue reading...
  
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• Essex rediscovered: ghosts and falcons on a rural ride

  28-01-2018 11:00 via theguardian.com
  A cycle through countryside, on the trail of a great nature writer and the elusive peregrine falcon, offers fresh insights into Essex’s ‘dark mystery’ • Plus: 5 UK birdwatching safarisI have never been any good at spotting peregrines. I don’t have the knack. I consistently fail to see them amid flocks of panicking waders on the estuary, so I don’t fancy my chances as I pedal downhill from Danbury village on the outskirts of Chelmsford. The plan is to follow the
  
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• Blockchain: so much bigger than bitcoin…

  28-01-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  From voting to healthcare, music to energy production, blockchain may just change the way we run our livesA blockchain allows the authentication of transactions without them needing to be administered or guaranteed by a central authority. Ballot boxes and current online voting platforms are vulnerable to manipulation; now a startup called Follow My Vote is developing a blockchain-based system to ensure security, transparency and mathematically accurate election results. Continue reading...
  
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• Donald Trump says he might sign back up to a revamped Paris accord

  28-01-2018 02:38 via theguardian.com
  US president says he would consider signing a ‘completely different’ climate deal – while wrongly suggesting polar ice has not been recedingPresident Donald Trump would be willing to sign the US back up to the Paris climate accord, but only if the treaty undergoes major change, he has said in comments published on Sunday.
  Trump was met with global condemnation when he announced in June 2017 that the United States was pulling out of the Paris climate agreement, painting it a &ld
  
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• An eco-friendly cuppa? Now teabags are set to go plastic-free

  28-01-2018 01:04 via theguardian.com
  Co-op announces initiative to reduce Britain’s plastic wasteThe war on plastic waste is extending to the UK’s favourite beverage, with a major retailer in the final stages of developing a fully biodegradable paper teabag that does not contain plastic.The Co-op is to make its own-brand Fairtrade 99 teabags free of polypropylene, a sealant used industry wide to enable teabags to hold their shape, and the guilt-free brew is due to go on sale by the end of the year. Continue reading...
  
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