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Fifth of Britain’s wild mammals ‘at high risk of extinction’Species including the wildcat and black rat may be lost within a decade while others such as deer are thriving, analysis shows
Dementia risk to 50-year-olds with raised blood pressure – studyPossible reason for link could be damage from silent or mini-strokes, researchers say
Minnesota raccoon hailed as hero after skyscraper climbA daredevil raccoon in St Paul, Minnesota, has had the internet on tenterhooks after scaling 23 floors of a building for nearly a day.
British overseas territories in talks to keep tax haven secrecyUK plan to impose public registers of share ownership sparked protests and calls for constitutional separationThe territories, which include the British Virgin Islands (BVI), Bermuda, Cayman Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands, fear an end to tax secrecy will undermine the financial services industries on which local economies depend since privacy-seeking investors will simply move their portfolios to other secretive regimes.
Asda cuts fuel prices after big drop in wholesale costs Asda has cut fuel prices following claims that retailers were refusing to pass on a drop in wholesale costs. The supermarket has reduced the price of unleaded by up to 3p per litre and diesel by up to 2p.The new national price cap means drivers will pay no more than £1.25 per litre for unleaded and £1.28 for diesel at its 318 filling stations. Drivers have suffered a rise in fuel prices almost every day since the end of April despite wholesale costs coming down by around 2.5p per litre since May 24.
QuoteBritish overseas territories in talks to keep tax haven secrecyUK plan to impose public registers of share ownership sparked protests and calls for constitutional separationThe territories, which include the British Virgin Islands (BVI), Bermuda, Cayman Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands, fear an end to tax secrecy will undermine the financial services industries on which local economies depend since privacy-seeking investors will simply move their portfolios to other secretive regimes.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/13/british-overseas-territories-in-talks-to-keep-tax-haven-secrecy
Michael Gove brings disposable coffee cup to meeting about environmental concernsEnvironment secretary has previously pledged to tackle plastic pollution and distributed reusable cups to cabinet
Diesel emissions scandal: VW fined €1bn by German prosecutors
