New homes under construction in Rochester, Kent.
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Developers will no longer have to offset nutrient pollution from new housing projects – the UK government say this won’t degrade water quality.
The good old days: Wagner Group leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, rose to prominence after being a Kremlin catering boss.
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A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Ukraine has reportedly used cardboard drones built from flatpack kits to attack a Russian airfield.
Sypaq
The drones are light, cheap, easy to transport and have proved to be highly effective as a weapon of war.
Antoinette Robertson as Lisa in The Blackening.
Glen Wilson
The Blackening excels at subverting the very stereotypes it plays upon for its humour.
The new setting for Dawntrail.
Square Enix
Some Latin American players expressed concern about the colonial role their player character will play in the story.
Xolo Maridueña as Blue Beetle.
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Blue Beetle’s emphasis on the power of family is being touted by its creators as the film’s standout feature.
Protest in Tokyo against the discharge of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant.
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Japan’s much-criticised plan to release wastewater from Fukushima into the Pacific is underway – and many are concerned.
Disney Media
The enjoyment of the show is not in working out who did it but in the eccentricities of the ever-turning plot.
Ruth Wilson as Lorna Brady.
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Set in the fictional town of Kilkinure in western Ireland, the BBC drama captures the story of an unmarried mother who was formerly detained in a Magdalene Laundry.
Exploring the British countryside? Unlikely, says big cat expert.
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When big cats are around, they leave big clues behind them.
A student collects their results at Lewes Old Grammar School in Sussex in 2021.
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Grades in 2023 will be brought in line with those given in 2019.
Thames & Hudson
Though it makes for dense reading in places, the attention to detail will delight those in or closely connected to music journalism.
Olga Carmona (Spain) and Alessia Russo (England) contest the ball during the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup final.
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To maintain the Lionesses’ achievements go one step further at future world cups, English football needs to invest in girls playing at academy level.
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During the pandemic, few of our life events felt worthy of a single Instagram post, inspiring users to celebrate the beauty in mundanity with ‘dumps’.
A flock of puffins on a cliff in Northumberland, England.
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A new assessment of the population status of Europe’s birds reveals that the number of species that are of conservation concern is increasing.
Netflix
Ordinary, everyday experiences of the pandemic, such as mask wearing and quarantining, are rendered extraordinary through the show’s melodrama.
The Whanganui River, New Zealand.
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The idea of giving aspects of nature legal rights is gaining traction – but the results are mixed.
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People refuse to believe the videos of sun bears at Huangzhou zoo are real bears .
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With 3,031 registered shows at this year’s fringe, a concise survey would be impossible. But these are my picks of the best political shows on offer.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: a new approach.
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Moody’s is threatening to upgrade Turkey’s credit rating, much to the surprise of those who predicting economic disaster after the president was re-elected.