UK aviation industry vows net zero carbon by 2050

Cleaner engines, new fuels and planting trees will all help, according to an industry group.

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YouTube shines but Google ads continue to slow

Google-owner Alphabet shares details of YouTube's ad business for the first time.

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George Steiner: Holocaust survivor and literary critic dies aged 90

The scholar and critic's work included questions on the moral power of art after the Holocaust.

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The Papers: Streatham attack fallout in focus

The front pages report the emergency legislation to end early release of terror offenders following Sunday's attack in south London.

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Impeachment All but Behind Him, Trump Celebrates and Keeps Focus on Bloomberg

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Super Bowl Ads Hyped Electric Cars. But Will Anyone Buy Them?

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The Exhaustion Caucus

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When You’re President, You Can Do Anything

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A Dozen Calls to Child Abuse Hotline Did Not Save 8-Year-Old Boy

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Mercenary 'Mad Mike' Hoare dies aged 100

Mike Hoare, a controversial figure, became internationally famous for his campaigns in the Congo.

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Dry, hot summers could become 'norm' in Scotland

Researchers say the country should prepare for more summers like 2018, with temperatures of about 30C.

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A clown show that tackles death and grief

Liverpudlian theatre company 'Ugly Bucket' have created a performance incorporating people’s experiences of grief.

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Tarantula YouTube videos help woman beat fear of spiders

Vanessa Woods spent years being scared of spiders, but now shares her bedroom with some whoppers.

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Super Bowl 2020: Patrick Mahomes scores first touchdown for Chiefs

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes runs into the end zone to score the first touchdown of Super Bowl 54 against the San Francisco 49ers in Miami.

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Democrats Make Final Appeals in a Cloudy 2020 Iowa Caucus Race

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Michael Barrymore pool death: Police made 'crime scene mistakes'

Stuart Lubbock's body was found in Michael Barrymore's swimming pool in March 2001.

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'Nine million' workers claimed sickies in 2019

Bad office culture and heavy workloads are to blame for fake sick days, a survey suggests

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Newcastle University films grey seals clapping underwater

Dr Ben Burville spent 17 years trying to become the first person to record them making the noise.

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Cycling through Europe's deadliest air

Serbia has been named as the country with the highest rate of pollution-related deaths in Europe.

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Secret filming shows drivers filling up with red diesel

A BBC investigation found drivers illegally filling tanks with the cheap fuel meant for tractors.

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School leavers train as carers as EU migration falls

Promises of progression as nurses and doctors attract young people into hard-to-fill NHS jobs.

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Brexit: What trade deals has the UK done so far?

The UK says it wants to replicate the EU's trade agreements "as far as possible".

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'I sold my hair for $2 to feed my children'

Prema Selvam was pushed to the brink of suicide after struggling to feed her family.

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The last day before winners and losers.

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How’s Elizabeth Warren feeling? ‘Good.’

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There’s No Right Way to Mourn

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‘Scared and Panicked’: Travelers Rush to Avoid Virus Quarantine

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Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib regrets booing Hillary Clinton

Rashida Tlaib said she let frustration over comments made by Ms Clinton "get the best of her".

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Google Doodle celebrates Scots scientist Mary Somerville

The search engine giant honours "one of the greatest intellectual writers of the 19th Century".

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Klobuchar emphasizes her victories north of the Iowa border.

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Bafta film awards 2020: Stars due on red carpet after diversity row

Scarlett Johansson, Joaquin Phoenix, Margot Robbie and Al Pacino are among those nominated.

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Three generations of black filmmakers on diversity, craft and awards

Awards season is under way - but once again, shortlists have been criticised for their lack of diversity.

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Parasite: The real people living in Seoul's basement apartments

What's it like living in the semi-underground Seoul flats that feature in hit Korean film Parasite?

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Loved to death: Turks and Caicos' battle to save the queen conch

The marine snail is a national symbol in Turks and Caicos but overfishing may spell its end.

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What if we only ate food from local farms?

Many people are switching to veganism to help the environment - but others are pushing for an alternative eco-diet.

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What are the Iowa caucuses and how do they work?

Americans are again deciding who will run for the White House. How does the process work?

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Refugees in South Africa: 'Give us a place where we can be safe'

Refugees crammed into a church in the South African city of Cape Town are desperate to move.

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Rivals Target Sanders in Final Push Toward Iowa Caucuses

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Vampire Weekend performs at Sanders event.

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Ovarian cancer survivor in 'right place at right time'

Becky Brothwood had the disease at 17 but possibly lived only because she thought she was pregnant.

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Struggling Stoke-on-Trent families 'eat donated baby food'

A charity in Stoke-on-Trent receives 100 referrals for mothers in need in January alone.

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Richard III's family church at Fotheringhay completes £1.5m restoration

The King's great-uncle Edward, his parents and his brother Edmund are buried in a village church.

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The Papers: 'No EU concessions' and 'Johnson's private fury'

Sunday's papers preview Boris Johnson's vision for the UK's future relationship with the European Union.

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Your pictures on the theme of 'electric'

Each week, we publish a gallery of readers' pictures on a set theme. This week it is "electric".

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Inside the hidden 'power tunnels' of London

Deep underneath the streets of the capital is a hidden network, powering the network.

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Iowa Caucus: ‘We voted for Obama, then Trump’

In 2016, Howard County in Iowa was the single largest pivot county in the country, voting for President Donald Trump after supporting Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012.

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Neneh Cherry revisits Raw Like Sushi - track by track

The star revisits her classic debut, and the discomfort of recording vocals days before giving birth.

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Juan Guaidó Takes His Appeal to Venezuelans in Florida

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Troy Polamalu Highlights Hall of Fame Class

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The last major poll of the Iowa caucuses comes out tonight.

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