Amazon fires: Brazil threatened over EU trade deal
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionMembers of Brazil's indigenous Mura tribe vow to defend their landFrance and...
Month: August 2019
Kenya northern white rhinos: Vets harvest eggs from last two females
Image copyright Ami Vitale Image caption There are only two northern white rhinos left in the world - both of...
The Amazon in Brazil is on fire – how bad is it?
Image copyright Planet Labs Inc Thousands of fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest in Brazil - the most intense blazes...
Amazon fires: ‘Our house is burning’, Macron warns ahead of G7
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionOne campaigner called the forest fires a "vicious cycle"French President Emmanuel Macron...
Four-in-one pill prevents third of heart problems
Image copyright Getty Images A daily pill containing four medicines can cut the number of heart attacks and strokes by...
Bake Off judge Prue Leith joins hospital food improvement review
Image copyright Channel 4 Image caption Prue Leith will help to set new quality standards Bake Off judge Prue Leith...
Ryanair rated ‘greedy and arrogant’ by customers
Image copyright AFP Image caption Thousand of Ryanair flights were cancelled or delayed due to strikes last summer Ryanair has...
Giraffes given greater protection from unregulated trade as numbers fall
Image copyright EPA Image caption Giraffes are targeted for bushmeat, but body parts are also used for jewellery and bracelets...
Royal Mail union to ballot 100,000 workers on strike action
Image copyright Getty Images More than 100,000 Royal Mail staff are to be balloted for possible strike action in a...
Fake news is ‘reinforced by false memories’
Image copyright Gillian Murphy Image caption Volunteers were told a made-up story about campaign posters being destroyed after having been...
Rivers used as ‘open sewers’, says WWF charity
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionMelissa Compton became seriously ill while swimming the length of the River...
Jade Goody: Cancer charity hopes documentary serves as ‘a reminder’
Image copyright Getty Images The UK's largest cervical cancer charity has said it hopes a documentary about Jade Goody will...
GCSE results: Pass rates and top grades edge upwards
There has been a slight increase in the GCSE pass rate and the percentage of top grades this year, despite...
‘Multiple medicines’ side-effect risk for over-65s
Image copyright Getty Images Two million older people are risking side-effects from taking multiple medications, a charity has warned.Age UK...
Microplastics in water pose ‘no apparent health risk’
Image copyright AFP Image caption Microplastics have been found in rivers, lakes, drinking water supplies and bottled water Microplastics in...
Fish oil pills ‘no benefit’ for type 2 diabetes
Image copyright Getty Images People with type 2 diabetes "should not be encouraged" to take omega-3 fish oil supplements, researchers...
Johnson to meet Macron as French president downplays backstop hopes
Image copyright Reuters Image caption On Wednesday, Mr Macron (left) said reopening talks on the Irish border was "not an...
How PPI has changed our financial lives
Image copyright PA Media Millions of policies, billions of pounds paid in compensation, and what feels like gazillions of nuisance...
