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20 June 2019

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News imageMan cleaning solar panels at Landmead solar farm

Clean electricity overtaking fossil fuels

Britain is obtaining more of its power from zero-carbon sources than from fossil fuels.

News imageOfficial portrait of Antoinette Sandbach Conservative MP for Eddisbury

Probe after MP called 'disgrace' by colleague

Tory Antoinette Sandbach says WhatsApp texts also told her to quit the party for backing Rory Stewart.

News imageSelfie

'Fewer selfies, more reality,' says Hinds

Young people are getting "warped" views from social media, says the education secretary.

News imageThe Bayern's final moments.jpg

The day the German navy sank its own ships

More than 50 vessels were deliberately scuttled to stop the ships becoming the spoils of war.

News imageWhisky glass

Distilleries draw 'record' visitor numbers

The Scotch Whisky Association says visitor numbers passed two million for the first time in the last year.

News imageUpgraded InerCity train arrives at Haymarket

Plan to end trains dumping waste on tracks

Waste tanks are to be fitted to high-speed ScotRail trains to stop sewage being dropped on to the railway line.

News imageJohn Roberts

'I want to be a guinea pig to help others'

How one amputee is helping scientists improve the lives of other people who rely on prosthetic limbs.

News imageJohn putting on his prosthetic

What daily life is like with a prosthetic limb

Scientists are developing made-to-measure devices to improve daily life for amputees. John shows how long it takes to get moving normally.

News imageAshee Butt

Inside the retirement home for 'third-gender' people

Pakistan's third-gender people are often rejected by their families - the first retirement home for them has just opened.

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