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• Soviet-era spacecraft 'likely' to have re-entered Earth's atmosphere

  10-05-2025 17:32 via bbc.com
  The spacecraft, which launched in 1972 on a mission to Venus, circled Earth for over five decades.
  
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• The hidden underwater eden of ‘California’s Galapagos’, where seals and grizzly bear-sized bass reign

  10-05-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  On the remote Channel Islands, a draw for researchers and divers, preservation has transformed the ecosystemJust 14 miles (23km) off the southern California coast lies a vast underwater paradise.Giant sea bass the size of grizzly bears and schools of sardines glide together through swirling strands of golden kelp, whose long stalks preside over a world exploding with life and color. Playful harbor seals dance into the depths of undulating pink, green and orange plants, alongside spiny crustacean
  
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• Fixing England’s water isn’t just the right thing to do – it can be the start of Labour’s fightback | Clive Lewis

  10-05-2025 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  There is an appetite in this country for policy that will change lives. What is more fundamental than the water we use and bills we pay?Clive Lewis is the Labour MP for Norwich SouthIn the wake of a brutal set of local election results, MPs from across the Labour party are trying to establish what went wrong. To me, it’s very clear that this was no fluke: it was the entirely foreseeable outcome of my party’s approach to Reform UK. And as the party moves forward and prepares to face R
  
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• Carla Denyer accuses Labour of failing to challenge Reform UK’s net zero ‘lie’

  10-05-2025 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Greens co-leader to table private member’s bill on a worker-led green transition in attempt to seize narrative back from Nigel Farage’s partyThe Labour government is standing back and letting Reform UK “sell the lie” that net zero will harm working people, Carla Denyer, the Greens’ co-leader has said as she prepares to step back from the role she has held for four years.Denyer, who will not contest this summer’s party leadership re-election process, told the G
  
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• Country diary: A masterclass in biding your time | Ed Douglas

  10-05-2025 06:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Padley Gorge, Derbyshire: In among the fresh lime-green oak leaves is a spotted flycatcher. I watch for movement, but there is none – yetEven midweek, warm spring weather brings crowds to the top of Padley Gorge. Sheffielders bask on patches of grass beside the peaty trickle of Burbage Brook. The ice‑cream van on the road above does brisk trade. Kids shriek as they splash in the water. The lack of rain has brought out fire notices: “No barbecues”; and, in a sign of the ti
  
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