Greedy car firms are using the half term break to charge drivers inflated fees for insurance coverage as a study finds that Hertz in Barcelona charges £189.93 to insure a Seat Leon car. Via: 'Rip off' car hire firms charge motorists £190 for insurance worth just £30, study finds
Levels of ozone-depleting gas spiked when air from industrialised areas of China arrived, say researchersIndustries in north-eastern China have released large quantities of an ozone-depleting gas into the atmosphere in violation of an international treaty, scientists have said.Since 2013, annual emissions of the banned chemical Chlorofluorocarbon-11 (CFC-11) from that region Read more
Two nations have been at odds over 69 containers of waste sent to the Philippines in 2013 and 2014Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has ordered his government to hire a private shipping company to send 69 containers of garbage back to Canada and leave them within its territorial waters if it Read more
Connecticut police negotiated with Jose Simms for the Facebook likes, but an expert says that turns law violations ‘into a joke’A Connecticut police department has reached a deal with a fugitive that would have him surrender if enough people respond to a wanted poster on social media, an agreement that Read more
At a shareholder meeting Wednesday, the CEO refused to address workers demanding the company overhaul its climate policyAmazon’s chief executive officer, Jeff Bezos, refused to address employees demanding the company take action on the climate crisis at its annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday.About 50 members of the group Amazon Employees Read more
Police treating death as ‘unexplained’ but not suspicious Via: Boy dies after falling ill at primary school in west London
Prime minister is set step down over the coming days – and there is a hosts of familiar faces vying to succeed her Via: Next Tory leader: Who could replace Theresa May as prime minister?
Teenager’s friend warned of radicalisation and urged parents to seize teenager’s passport and stop him leaving UK Via: Jihadi Jack's parents bought plane ticket for Middle East 'grand adventure' despite terror warning, court hears
‘I no longer believe that our approach will deliver on the referendum result’ Via: Andrea Leadsom resigns: Leader of the House of Commons steps down from government
Welcome to the sunlit uplands. Brexit has now reached the post-metaphor stage. You’ll never see anything like this ever again Via: Theresa May has turned 10 Downing Street into her own private panic room