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• Sir Richard Branson: Virgin Orbit rocket fails on debut flight

  25-05-2020 23:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A California company owned by UK businessman Sir Richard Branson fails to launch a rocket to orbit.
  
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• UK crowds enjoy the May sunshine as lockdown eases – in pictures

  25-05-2020 17:20
  
  As coronavirus restrictions ease across the UK, people have been filling parks and beaches to make the most of the warm weatherCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage Continue reading...
  
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• UK crowds enjoy May sunshine as lockdown eases – in pictures

  25-05-2020 17:20
  
  As coronavirus restrictions ease across the UK, people have been flocking to parks and beaches to make the most of the warm weatherCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage Continue reading...
  
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• What else happened as coronavirus swept the globe

  25-05-2020 10:56
  
  The reports that would have been the biggest in the world if Covid-19 had never emerged Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage What if it had just fizzled out? What if leading Chinese scientist Zhong Nanshan had gone on state television on 20 January and delivered news that the unusual virus detected in Wuhan was not spreading between people, instead of what he really said that night: that human-to-human transmission was certain? The infection might have been traced t
  
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• Hazelwood power station chimneys demolished – video

  25-05-2020 08:47
  
  Eight chimneys at Victoria’s defunct, coal-fired Hazelwood power station have been demolished. Built in the 1960s, they operated for more than half a century before the brown coal-fuelled power station was shut down in MarchHazelwood power station's eight chimneys demolished in live stream viewed by thousands Continue reading...
  
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• Hazelwood power station's eight chimneys demolished in live stream viewed by thousands

  25-05-2020 08:10
  
  Built in the 1960s, each chimney contained around 50kg of asbestos but owner Engie says there is ‘no risk’ it will be airborneEight chimneys at Victoria’s defunct, coal-fired Hazelwood power station have been demolished.The chimneys, which soared 137 metres above the town of Morwell in the Latrobe Valley, came down just before 12.30pm on Monday. Continue reading...
  
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• Grenfell fears prevent timber building boom

  25-05-2020 07:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Plans to reduce the height of wood-based properties contradicts advice to increase construction.
  
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• Country diary: the wonder of May's mossy, messy alchemy | Country diary

  25-05-2020 06:30
  
  Ellar Ghyll, Otley, West Yorkshire: In the dark and dank ravine, nature is reclaiming the ruins of our industrial pastAbove the thick canopy of oak, hazel and sycamore, the spring sun burns brightly, but by the time it reaches the understorey of the ghyll it has been diffused into a witchlike green glow. In this world below, it is a riot of life and dereliction. Continue reading...
  
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• 'Many will starve': locusts devour crops and livelihoods in Pakistan

  25-05-2020 06:00
  
  Farmers faced with worst plague in recent history say they have been left to fend for themselvesMir Gul Muhammad, a farmer in Balochistan province, was blunt. “The worst that we have ever seen, ever, in our whole life,” he said of the swarms of locusts that descended on his village of Gharok.“I cultivated around 50 acres of cotton crops and all of them have been eaten and destroyed by locusts,” he said. “Besides cotton, my other crops – onion, chilli and tomat
  
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• Coronavirus: Drivers plan to walk more to keep cleaner air of lockdown - survey

  25-05-2020 04:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Survey suggests British motorists are ready to change their behaviour to protect the environment.
  
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• Film-maker captures incredible dust storm enveloping Western Australia beach – video

  25-05-2020 03:39
  
  Film-maker Chris Lewis has captured a blaze of red dust covering a beach in Geraldton, Western Australia, as ex-Tropical Cyclone Mangga batters the southern part of the state. Lewis said the dust had travelled 'hundreds of kilometres away' to meet the sea. The ex-tropical cyclone has damaged homes and left thousands without powerVideo courtesy of Chris LewisEntire Western Australia coast to be battered by 'once-in-a-decade' stormContinue reading...
  
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• Film-maker captures dust storm enveloping Western Australia beach – video

  25-05-2020 03:39
  
  Film-maker Chris Lewis has captured a blaze of red dust covering a beach in Geraldton, Western Australia, as ex-Tropical Cyclone Mangga batters the southern part of the state. Lewis said the dust had travelled 'hundreds of kilometres away' to meet the sea. The ex-tropical cyclone has damaged homes and left thousands without powerVideo courtesy of Chris LewisEntire Western Australia coast to be battered by 'once-in-a-decade' stormContinue reading...
  
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• Surfers brave monster waves as 10-metre swells lash Sydney's coastline – in pictures

  25-05-2020 02:13
  
  Over the weekend a low-pressure system hung over Sydney which created swells of up to 10 meters. Daredevils headed to ocean pools and beaches to take advantage of the wild weather Continue reading...
  
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