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• FTSE gains as miners rally, though mid cap Mitie drops

  19-09-2016 11:11
  By Kit Rees LONDON (Reuters) - British shares advanced on Monday, led by a rise in mining companies which were supported by firmer oil prices and a weaker dollar, though mid cap Mitie Group slumped after a profit warning. The blue chip FTSE 100 index was up 1.4 percent at 6,805.26 points by 0855 GMT, set for its biggest daily rise in two weeks and in line with the broader European market. Analysts said they expected markets to be volatile ahead of Wednesday's interest rate decisions from the Ban
  
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• Jackdaw gasfield set to be approved by ministers this month, sources say

  04-09-2026 09:55 via theguardian.com
  Energy secretary could recommend new North Sea drilling next week, as ministers also consider approval for Rosebank oilfieldUK politics live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesMinisters are poised to approve a controversial new gasfield in the North Sea this month, according to government sources, and are considering approving a major oilfield later this year.Miatta Fahnbulleh, the energy secretary, will give her recommendation to approve the Jackdaw field off the coast of
  
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• Week in wildlife: a hitchhiking crab, a shy wallaby and penguins in little jackets

  04-09-2026 09:00 via theguardian.com
  This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...
  
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• What we know about the link between Nepal’s flash floods and our climate crisis

  04-09-2026 08:00 via theguardian.com
  In this week’s newsletter: The full scale of the disaster is still emerging, but as rescue efforts continue, scientists warn that a warming Himalayas could mean more deadly hazards• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereAt 8.37am local time last Wednesday, a huge mass of rock and ice sheared free from a mountain, sliding 1,200 metres to the valley floor in Nepal’s Langtang national park, about 60km north of the country’s capital, Kathmandu.Horr
  
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• Revealed: how companies ‘secretly’ use billions of litres of public water in drought-hit England

  04-09-2026 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: As millions of people face hosepipe bans, many companies are not required to report, let alone cut, use of public supplyLess than 1% of businesses in England use more water than the daily needs of 10 million people, as millions of households face hosepipe bans and three-quarters of the country is in drought.Businesses across England use 2.6bn litres a day from the public water supply, which includes potable and non-potable water provided by water companies. In total, businesses accoun
  
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• Renewable energy in NI reaches record level

  04-09-2026 07:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  And for the first time renewable generation has consistently exceeded non-renewable generation since January.
  
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• From 'dog fruit' to darling: India's avocado boom

  04-09-2026 07:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Demand for avocados is booming in India and local growers hope to grab more of the market.
  
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• Air pollution from ships may be more harmful than road traffic emissions, port study finds

  04-09-2026 07:00 via theguardian.com
  Scientists say ultrafine particles in cruise ship emissions associated with reduced ability to resist common virusesMore than 2.5 million cruise passengers travelled through Southampton in 2025. It is also the UK’s leading vehicle and deep-sea trading port. You can see the ships and port machinery from miles around. All of this is downwind of a city of 260,000 people.A team of 32 researchers began investigating air pollution from the docks in 2018. Their research has revealed that the type
  
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• Country diary: It’s 10am at the Melplash Show and the cider contest is well under way | Sara Hudston

  04-09-2026 06:30 via theguardian.com
  Bridport, Dorset: Away from the sheep, pigs and Martin Clunes’s horse, I find a bounty of local ciders – and concern about this year’s apple harvestIt’s Melplash Show day and all of Bridport is here. Crowds jostle for a look at the pigs, cattle and sheep. The actor Martin Clunes, who lives locally, leads one of his heavy horses into the ring, a big strawberry roan gelding with a mane plaited with ribbons. Everyone ignores the celebrity: they are far more interested i
  
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• Albanese’s resources minister celebrating the Beetaloo carbon bomb is a hell of a choice. Labor can’t say it wasn’t warned | Clear Air

  04-09-2026 04:00 via theguardian.com
  Scientists will be able to estimate the amount of heating and destruction caused by the gas ultimately drawn from the BeetalooGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA giant chunk of glacier-covered mountain has collapsed with catastrophic effect and, whatever the mechanics of the disaster in Nepal’s Langtang national park, this is what human-caused climate crisis looks like. The likelihood of it happening again will rise as temperatures increase and the ice within rock
  
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• 'Miracle' eagle with broken wing spotted back above Scottish coast

  04-09-2026 02:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A sea eagle that confounded experts by surviving with a broken wing has been spotted back above Scotland's west coast.
  
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• Minister tells Brits to stock up on days of supplies after ‘supersize’ El Niño warning

  03-09-2026 21:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Angela Eagle urges UK citizens to be ‘a bit more resilient’ as they plan for national emergenciesBritish people have been urged to have enough food and water on hand to survive a few days without power or water, as the UN said the El Niño climate phenomenon was “supersizing before our eyes”, exacerbating extreme weather events worldwide.Forecasters say they are braced for the biggest El Niño in 1,000 years, bringing wildfires and floods to parts o
  
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• ‘So scary’: massive hail and torrential rain causes chaos in Toronto

  03-09-2026 19:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Videos shared from across the region showed streets overwhelmed by rain and hailstones falling in a matter of minutes.
  
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• Grinding up fish to feed to fish is ‘absurd’: fears over UN fish farm plan

  03-09-2026 18:59 via theguardian.com
  Huge rollout of farms could harm ecosystems and threaten food sources of vulnerable communities, say expertsNearly half of the world’s wild fish catch will be ground into animal feed for farmed fish if plans to expand aquaculture go ahead, a report has found.The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is aiming to increase aquaculture – where fish are farmed rather than caught in the wild – production by 75% by 2040. Continue reading...
  
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• Grinding up fish to feed to fish is ‘absurd’: fears over UN aquaculture plan

  03-09-2026 18:59 via theguardian.com
  Huge rollout of fish farms could harm ecosystems and threaten vulnerable communities’ food sources, say expertsNearly half of the world’s wild fish catch will be ground into animal feed for farmed fish if plans to expand aquaculture go ahead, a report has found.The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is aiming to increase aquaculture – where fish are farmed rather than caught in the wild – production by 75% by 2040. Continue reading...
  
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• How climate denialism finds its way to the US 's highest office – video explainer

  03-09-2026 18:52 via theguardian.com
  Although it's scientific consensus that the climate crisis is happening, climate change denialists have found support in the highest office during the second Trump administration and significantly influenced current climate and environment policies. The Guardian's fossil fuel and climate reporter Dharna Noor explains why such rhetorics could be dangerous for our planet Continue reading...
  
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• There’s a quick way to slow climate change. Why isn’t everyone doing it? - video

  03-09-2026 17:01 via theguardian.com
  Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that traps more than 80 times as much heat than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period and causes 25% of global heating today. We definitely don’t want this gas spewing needlessly into the atmosphere, but in 2023 that’s exactly what environment editor Damian Carrington found was happening when he reported on 1,000 super-emitting methane leaks across the globe. Now Turkmenistan, the worst country for mega-leaks, has begun to plug them. Damian tells Mad
  
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• How the brain of a fly may help explain human behaviour

  03-09-2026 17:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Comparing the brains of male and female flies may transform our understanding of how genes shape behaviour, including ours.
  
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• Razed by wildfire, erased by USPS: Hawaiians fight to restore mail delivery

  03-09-2026 16:00 via theguardian.com
  Wildfire victims rebuilt their homes in Lahaina only to find USPS had ‘eliminated’ their addresses – while houses that didn’t burn receive mail as normalTwo months after a devastating wildfire whipped through Lahaina in August 2023, Pam Reader was allowed back to see what was left of her home. With a heavy heart, she returned to the Hawaiian oceanside town now filled with endless blocks of burned houses. As she rounded her corner, she saw the only thing remaining was her
  
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• Will El Nino bring chaos to UK weather?

  03-09-2026 15:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Will El Nino bring chaos to UK weather?
  
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• A sun goddess, hundreds of devotees – and polluted water: the Nigerian festival threatened by gold mining

  03-09-2026 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Each year, people from across the world gather in a grove sacred to the Yoruba goddess Osun to be healed, conceive or realise their deepest wishes. But toxic lead, mercury and cyanide is leaching into the river7Devotees in white clothing line the riverbank, praying as they carry offerings of fruit, kola nut and sacrificial animals in supplication to Osun, the Yoruba goddess of fertility, beauty and healing, whose carved form stands with arms outstretched a few metres away in the Osun River.It is
  
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• A river goddess, hundreds of devotees – and polluted water: the Nigerian festival threatened by gold mining

  03-09-2026 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Each year, people from across the world gather in a grove sacred to the Yoruba goddess Osun to be healed, conceive or realise their deepest wishes. But toxic lead, mercury and cyanide is leaching into the riverDevotees in white clothing line the riverbank, praying as they carry offerings of fruit, kola nut and sacrificial animals in supplication to Osun, the Yoruba goddess of fertility, beauty and healing, whose carved form stands with arms outstretched a few metres away in the Osun River.It is
  
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• Invasive tropical mosquito found breeding in east London

  03-09-2026 14:51 via theguardian.com
  Climate crisis could increase incursions of Aedes aegypti, which can transmit Zika virus and dengue, experts sayAn invasive mosquito capable of transmitting tropical diseases has been found breeding in homes in east London, with warnings that the rapidly warming climate will lead to greater “incursions of invasive mosquitoes”.This is the first time the species has been identified breeding in the UK and the fourth time it has been detected. Continue reading...
  
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• How a new instrument could reveal the secrets of the stars

  03-09-2026 14:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  MOONS, which was built by a team lead from Scotland, has started its work at the Very Large Telescope in Chile.
  
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• The plastic waste overtaking New York – and the people trying to curb it

  03-09-2026 14:30 via theguardian.com
  From New York to Quebec, photographer Bryan Anselm spent months capturing spaces overrun with plastic and the actions individuals and groups are taking to reduce wasteIn New York City, the plastic we discard has a way of remaining in plain sight. There are few alleys to hide residents’ refuse, and the clear recycling bags leave their contents on full display. In a city built on a dense grid, lightweight wrappers, bags and bottles spill from overflowing bins and skitter down sidewalks, coll
  
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• Iguazú Falls' water level rises by five times the average – video

  03-09-2026 14:22 via theguardian.com
  Water levels at Iguazú Falls, on the border of Brazil and Argentina, have reached five times the average volume after heavy rains. The national park has stayed open to visitors with a safety protocol in place fortheir safety. The park's biologist and sustainability manager has said the water levels may be influenced by the El Niño phenomenon Continue reading...
  
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• Toxic wildfire haze spreads across South East Asia as 'super' El Niño intensifies

  03-09-2026 13:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Millions of people have been exposed to the smog, with more than 12,000 children suffering respiratory issues.
  
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• Stormy autumn, cold winter - how might El Niño affect the UK weather?

  03-09-2026 11:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  This year's El Niño is expected to be the strongest in living memory and could lead to a range of impacts of the UK - including a stormy autumn.
  
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• Bring on the drones: how a technology revolution is being rolled out across Africa’s nature reserves

  03-09-2026 11:00 via theguardian.com
  As graduates of an online training course gather from across the continent, the consensus is overwhelming: computers and saving animals go togetherOn a bitingly cold night in Lapalala Wilderness nature reserve in South Africa’s Limpopo province, Duncan Kanyakera watches as instructor Jacques Viljoen deploys a thermal drone in search of a lone cheetah. Once the drone has disappeared into the inky sky, Kanyakera, from Tsavo in Kenya, and 20 other conservation professionals from across Africa
  
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• Satellite images show how Canadian 'island' vanished before turning up 20 miles away

  03-09-2026 09:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Verify has used satellite imagery to track the mysterious phenomenon, which has surprised people around the world.
  
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