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Clacton Town Hall to close under sweeping local government reorganisation plans, claims MP Nigel Farage.

George Yard Shopping Centre in Braintree, has secured global recognition for its corporate social responsibility excellence.

BUDGET airline Jet2 has announced the launch of a new route from Stansted Airport next summer

The construction of 60 homes on land south of Four Winds in Castle Hedingham was discussed at a district and refused at a council meeting on Tuesday.

BUDGET airline Jet2 has announced the launch of a new route from Stansted Airport next summer

The officer failed to hand over his phone when he was arrested at his home

Several vintage clothes disappeared after the 67-year-old performed Vogue and Like A Prayer, as well as a new song, alongside headliner Sabrina Carpenter.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: Nearly half of children in the United States are breathing dangerous levels of air pollution, according to a new report, as experts warned Donald Trump's expansive rollback of protections will make the situation worse. The 27th annual air quality report from the American Lung Association (ALA) released on Wednesday evaluates pollution across the country by grading levels of ground-level ozone -- also known as smog -- as well as year-round and short-term spikes in particle pollution, commonly referred to as soot. The report analyzed quality-assured data collected between 2022 and 2024. It found that 33.5 million children in the US -- 46% of those under 18 -- live in areas that received a failing grade for at least one measure of air pollution. The report also found that 7 million children, or 10% of all children in the US, live in communities that failed all three measures. The report further found that communities of color are disproportionately exposed to unhealthy air. As a result, they are more likely to live with one or more chronic health conditions that make them more vulnerable to pollution, including asthma, diabetes, and heart disease. Although people of color make up 42.1% of the US population, they represent 54.2% of those living in counties with at least one failing grade, the report noted. It also found that a person of color is 2.42 times more likely than a white person to live in a community that fails all three pollution measures. Smog remains the most widespread pollutant affecting Americans' health. Between 2022 and 2024, 38% of the US population -- approximately 129.1 million people -- were exposed to ozone levels that put their health at risk. This marks the highest number recorded in the ALA's report in six years, and a 3.9 million increase from the previous year. Several factors contributed to these unhealthy pollution levels, including extreme heat, drought and wildfires which have exposed a growing share of the population to harmful ozone, the report said. The regions most affected by high ozone levels include south-western states from California to Texas, as well as much of the midwest. This is mainly driven by smoke from Canada's 2023 wildfires crossing into the US, along with high temperatures and weather patterns that favored ozone formation in 2023 and 2024 -- particularly in southern states. More broadly, the report found that climate change is intensifying ozone pollution by boosting precursor emissions and creating atmospheric conditions such as higher temperatures and lower wind speeds that allow pollutants to build up and ozone to form. Another growing source of pollution: datacenters. The report notes how they rely on regional electricity grids where fossil fuels like methane gas and coal still account for a large portion of generation. Many datacenters also use dozens of large diesel-powered backup generators, which emit carcinogenic particulate matter. "Children's lungs are still developing," said Will Barrett, assistant vice-president of the ALA's Nationwide Clean Air Policy. "For their body size, they're breathing more air. And also, kids play outdoors, they're more active, they're breathing in more outdoor air [...]. So, air pollution exposure in children can contribute to long-term developmental harm to their lungs, new cases of asthma, increased risks of respiratory illness and other health considerations later in life."

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt gave an update on Trump's ceasefire deal on Wednesday.

The Daily Mail has reported 11 scientists who have disappeared or died under unusual circumstances - and there may be a twelfth. Is it a sad coincidence or is there something else going on?

After developing a rare cold allergy weeks after giving birth, one nutrition expert shares how she reversed it by rebuilding her gut health, sleep and stress.

The fashion designer, 52, appeared in high spirits as she left the Lincoln Center, despite reports she lost a trademark battle with US luxury handbag retailer Vera Bradley.

Brooklyn Beckham and his wife Nicola Peltz shared loved-up snaps together on Wednesday.

The actor, 28, who will play John Lennon in The Beatles: A Four-Film Cinematic Event in 2028, has been named as one of the frontrunners to replace Daniel Craig.

David Simpson, 38, had already visited 150 countries before picking up the potentially fatal infection in South Asia .

The 38-year-old American revealed her backing for the convicted child killer during a Q&A about her latest documentary, Mouth Of The Wolf.

The airline currently allows passengers to check-in until 40 minutes before their flights.

Hasan Mohammed, 26, was jailed for nine years at Newcastle Crown Court after a jury heard how he 'lost his temper' and deliberately mowed down a grandfather with his 1.5 tonne Skoda.

The alleged stabbing reportedly took place at the Lounge Nail Studio in Wokingham, Berkshire, on Tuesday afternoon.

The Chancellor left the telecoms sector out of a tax-relief scheme, leaving firms facing the full force of energy price rises caused by the war in Iran.