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UK proposes wider ban on destructive ocean bottom trawling

A ban on a “destructive” type of fishing that drags large nets along the seafloor could be extended across English waters, the government has said. The proposal would expand the ban on bottom trawling from 18,000km2 to 48,000km2 (around 18,500 sq miles) of the UK’s offshore areas that are already designated as protected. The plan […]

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Pam Bondi’s brother defeated in D.C. bar election : NPR

Courtroom ftwitty/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption ftwitty/Getty Images Employment attorney Diane Seltzer has won a closely watched contest to lead the D.C. Bar Association, defeating securities lawyer Brad Bondi in a race with record turnout. Seltzer tallied more than 90 percent of the electronic vote with “no issues or irregularities” in the voting system, […]

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Martha Mills doctor’s failings ‘particularly grave’

Mills/Laity family photograph/PA Wire Martha Mills died from sepsis in a London hospital in 2021 The failings of a doctor responsible for Martha Mills’ care, who died from sepsis, amounted to “gross negligence” and were “particularly grave”, a medical tribunal says. Her death gave rise to Martha’s Rule in hundreds of hospitals in England, giving […]

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Oceans cannot become ‘wild west’, warns UN chief

Esme Stallard Climate and science correspondent Reporting fromUN Oceans Conference, Nice, France Getty Images Unregulated mining in the deep sea should not be allowed to go ahead, the head of the United Nations has warned. “The deep sea cannot become the Wild West,” UN Secretary General António Guterres said at the opening of the UN […]

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Hurricane Barbara forms in Eastern Pacific becoming first of 2025 season

Hurricane Barbara formed south of Mexico in the Eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday morning, making it the first hurricane of the 2025 season. Hurricane Barbara formed southwest of Mexico in the Eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday morning, making it the first hurricane of the 2025 season. Newsportual Hurricane Center (NHC) said that Barbara’s maximum sustained […]

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Restrict shop-bought baby food, government tells parents

Adam Eley & Catrin Nye BBC News Getty Images Baby food pouches have become a staple for many families Parents should not rely on shop-bought baby food pouches as everyday meals, new government guidance states. It is the first time the NHS website has published advice on commercial baby food, and follows an investigation by […]

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