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Death by dangerous cycling offence to be introduced - reportsNew offence to carry the same penalties as causing death by dangerous driving
Extending homes upwards could be done without planning permission under Theresa May's new laws evelopers and home owners in built-up areas will be allowed to extend the height of properties without planning permission under plans expected to be announced by Theresa May.
UK’s favourite wildlife species at risk of extinction ‘without revolution in disastrous modern food farming’Exclusive: Skylarks, nightingales and birds of prey all at risk, but officials ‘blame climate change instead of tackling vested interests destroying nature’ Some of Britain’s favourite wildlife is at risk of becoming extinct unless there is a new, 21st-century agricultural revolution, experts are warning.Species from hedgehogs to skylarks and birds of prey are being wiped out – in part by companies with vested interests in “destructive” factory farming, it was claimed on World Wildlife Day, which takes place today.After scientists warned last year that the world is facing a sixth mass extinction, turtle doves are on the brink of being wiped out, the latest survey figures show. Numbers of grey partridges, corn buntings and tree sparrows have dropped by at least 90 per cent in 40 years, leaving them all at risk of vanishing from Britain. Earlier this month, a new report revealed that the number of hedgehogs in the countryside had more than halved since 2000. Nearly two-thirds of Britain’s skylarks and lapwings have disappeared, the European bird census showed, while Birdlife International says 95 per cent of turtle doves have vanished in 20 years.
Sir Roger Bannister: First person to run a mile in under four minutes dies at 88His time of three minutes 59.4 seconds, set at Iffley Road sports ground in Oxford on 6 May 1954, stood as a record for just 46 days but his place in athletics history was assured.Bannister also won gold over the same distance at the 1954 Commonwealth Games and later became a leading neurologist.He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2011.
David Ogden Stiers dead: M*A*S*H actor dies aged 75The actor who played the snooty Major Charles Emerson Winchester III on iconic TV series M*A*S*H has died at the age of 75.
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