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Plans to install life-saving emergency equipment in Braintree have been approved, paving the way for a new public defibrillator and bleed kit on Bank Street.

A legal challenge has been brought against Braintree Council over the expansion of a poultry farm which could see more than 26,000 chickens housed.

Miguel Nobrega, who runs Mr Fish on Watchouse Lane in Galleywood, said he has repeatedly reported incidents of fly-tipping

It hopes to open the new store by the end of the year

Alessandra Ambrosio is engaged to Buck Palmer after a near two-year romance.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The contiguous United States sizzled to its hottest month ever last month, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. July averaged 76.89 degrees Fahrenheit (24.94 degrees Celsius) across the Lower 48 states, eclipsing the Dust Bowl's July 1936 by an eighth of a degree. Records go back to 1895. [...] Although it was unusually cool in Alaska, hotter-than-normal conditions blanketed the Lower 48, with the most excessive heat in the Mountain West, Southwest, Northern Plains and Southeast. The heat was so widespread that every one of the Lower 48 states was at least 1 degree Fahrenheit (nearly 0.6 degrees Celsius) warmer than the 20th century average, said Russ Vose, chief of monitoring at NOAA's National Center for Environmental Information. [...] The biggest driver of the record heat was nighttime lows that smashed the old mark for hottest minimums by 0.7 degrees, NOAA said. Hotter nights are a classic sign of human-caused climate change, according to scientists and several studies in peer-reviewed literature. NOAA's calculation is based on averaging 24 hours of temperature, not just highs or lows. "If you're talking heat waves, that nighttime low is incredibly important for determining total heat stress," [said meteorologist Jeff Masters of Yale Climate Connections]. "So if it doesn't cool off at night, your body doesn't have time to readjust to all the heat." As nighttime temperatures increase, more people die and lose sleep, studies show. The years 2021 and 1936 tie for America's hottest summer, which is June through August. Through July, 2026 is a shade cooler than 2021, which was powered by record heat in June. Because of climate change, Masters said, "this may be one of the coolest years we're gonna experience for the rest of our lives." What's needed, Masters said, is "to stop burning so many fossil fuels. We also need to be spending money to adapt to the new climate that we've put in place."

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Labour is now backed by 24 per cent of Britons, with Reform dropping to 22 per cent support - their lowest score since March last year.

Retired newsreader Jan Leeming has doubled down on her social media rant towards Charlene White, after the ITV News star hit back at her 'disrespectful' comments.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reportedly broke up with Riley Roberts, her longtime fiancée, two years ago and called off their engagement.

A deeply unsatisfactory pattern is emerging in the way the new Prime Minister approaches a crisis.

Regulator hopes for greater financial inclusion, without extra risk or blaming models for bad decisions

A doctor has dismissed trolls bizarrely accusing Anne Hathaway of faking her pregnancy - and revealed why her bump may be seen as 'prominent'.

Morgan Carty, 38, climbed over two rows of seats to grab a 14-year-old's breast in October 2023. The sexual assault was caught on CCTV at the stadium.

She became the fastest woman in Europe on Monday night, when she won a gold medal for sprinting 100m in 11 seconds. Yet that's not Amy Hunt's only honour.

For nearly two decades I've been making a mistake with my bank account. I've been using a Natwest charge card for my everyday spending, blissfully unaware that it is different from a credit card.

Great and Unfortunate Things tells the extraordinary story of how Mr Arday rose to become the University of Cambridge's youngest ever black professor.

Dr Farah Ahmed is alleged to have previously supported Hizb ut-Tahrir, before it was proscribed in the UK as a terrorist organisation.

She was one of the biggest reality stars of the late 2000s, but now Daisy de la Hoya is struggling to find work in the fast food industry.

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A patient of mine started bleeding after sex. Worried, she asked ChatGPT about it before she asked me.