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Crops grown near Chernobyl are still contaminated, more than three decades after the worst nuclear disaster in history. Almost half the grain analyzed by scientists in Ivankiv, about 30 miles from the power plant, showed levels of strontium 90 far above recommended levels. It was also present at unsafe levels in firewood and wood ash … Read more
Britain’s most dangerous roads for air pollution levels have been revealed – and more than 75% are in London. Analysis by environmental legal firm ClientEarth has emerged following a landmark inquest that ruled air pollution contributed to the death of a nine-year-old asthmatic girl Ella Kiss-Debrah. Ella, who lived 80ft from London’s congested South Circular … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon-backed Scottish history document for schools that traces the formation of Holyrood government to King Edward I invading Scotland in 1296 is blasted as ‘dangerous nonsense’ The SNP’s 27-page timeline is titled: ‘The Road to the Scottish Parliament’ It begins its tale in 1296 when ‘King Edward I of England invades Scotland’ – the … Read more
UN removes cannabis from list of the world’s most dangerous drugs The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted to remove cannabis from the Schedule IV list of dangerous drugs on Wednesday Of the 53 member states, 27 were in favour and 25 opposed with one abstention The move follows a recommendation by the WHO to … Read more
Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and the Central African Republic are the five most dangerous places on earth to visit in 2021. That’s according to an annual interactive map that shows where travellers are most likely to face security risks based on the threat of political violence, social unrest, violent and petty crimes and, this year, … Read more
MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: The Crown must stop dressing up dangerous fiction as the truth By Mail On Sunday Comment For The Mail On Sunday Published: 01:35 GMT, 29 November 2020 | Updated: 01:35 GMT, 29 November 2020 In an age when many know nothing of the past – and the day before yesterday is … Read more
Property expert Sarah Beeny, 48, is relocating her family from London to Somerset where she is transforming a 1970’s farmhouse Furious locals slammed Sarah Beeny’s development plans for her new home saying it would cause more road accidents on an already dangerous bend. The property expert, 48, and her husband Graham Swift bought a former … Read more
Gary Lineker is not sure whether it was the sight of boxers being put on to the canvas with phenomenal blows to the head which led him to make the instinctive decision. Or perhaps the fact that the old training balls which were re-used at Leicester City dozens of times over would lose their plastic … Read more
What a difference 24 hours makes! In a glorious surge of joy and relief, the mood worldwide has turned following the announcement by pharma giant Pfizer of what we hope and pray is a successful vaccine against Covid-19. Global share prices have rocketed, many of us are daring to think about travelling abroad next year, … Read more
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has urged the European Union to respond to ‘political Islam’ and called for an end to the ‘misunderstood tolerance’ in the wake of the terrorist attack in Vienna which left four people dead. Mr Kurz called on countries across Europe to ‘focus much more strongly on the problem of political Islam … Read more