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CCTV video shows two suspected attackers in Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombings carrying backpacks into the Shangri-La hotel in the capital, Colombo, before the blast. The bombings, which killed 359 people and injured 500, shattered the…
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Millions of hectares of pristine tropical rainforest were destroyed in 2018, according to satellite analysis, with beef, chocolate and palm oil among the main causes. The forests store huge amounts of carbon and are teeming with wildlife,…
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After a glorious Easter bank holiday weekend, this week has seen political parties announce their candidate lists for the European parliamentary elections. And oh boy, some of them resemble a police lineup where the crime is an am-dram…
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“Per square foot, it has become more expensive to house the dead than the living,” says Kwok Hoi Pong, chairman of the Hong Kong Funeral Business Association. “A niche for an urn in a private columbarium in the best position can cost up to…
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Imagine if Scotland lay in the Atlantic ocean with no other land until you got to Morocco, and then the next nearest economy of any scale was Brazil. That's how remote New Zealand is.
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Image copyright Police Scotland/ Google Image caption Mr Halley's body was found in Hozier Street, Carluke Detectives have launched a murder inquiry after the body of a man was found in a flat.Paul Halley, 43, was discovered in Hozier…
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Image copyright Fife Labour Image caption Mary Lockhart said she had been suspended while a Facebook post was investigated by Labour A councillor in Fife has been suspended from Scottish Labour while comments she made about the…
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Image caption Welsh welder Gianluca Tremarco is among the victims of the scam Scammers have used an address in Caithness as part of a con to get people to spend thousands of pounds on fake second-hand cars sales.Linda Bain, whose son…
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Image copyright Fabio Badalamenti Image caption The team studied coral in caves and overhangs off the Sicilian coast in the Mediterranean Scientists have discovered that tiny corals measuring just a few millimetres can gang together to…
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Firefighters are tackling a large blaze at a derelict hospital in Glasgow.The fire broke out at Stobhill Hospital, in the Springburn area of the city, at about 18:15.The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said five appliances and an aerial…
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