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At least 35,000 excess deaths recorded in Europe’s back-to-back heatwaves

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Fast-moving Hawk wildfire is about 27% contained in Reno, Nevada, officials say

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Wild beaver kits born in Norfolk for first time in more than 500 years

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US territories hit out at Trump plan to explore deep sea mining in the Pacific

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Australia’s marine parks protect ‘places no one goes’ rather than fragile waters near the mainland, scientists say

Stores are selling Halloween stuff in August. Time has lost all meaning | Dave Schilling

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Onshore windfarm applications hit 10-year high in England

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Heathrow expansion ‘is threat to England’s largest surviving medieval barn’

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