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The UK has recorded its sunniest year ever - and we are only halfway through December. But a bumper spring and summer for sunshine have already put 2025 firmly in the top spot for sunshine hours across the UK, according to provisional Met Office statistic... See more

Hundreds of tonnes of rubbish are suspected to have been dumped and burned illegally in south east London, the local council has said. Bromley Council uncovered "large mounds of burnt waste" tucked away in the woods in St Mary Cray. It suspects the land w... See more

It was the showdown nobody wanted. But in the end, it saved the climate summit. As the clock ticked past the deadline of 6pm on Friday in Belem, Brazil , the issue that, rightly or wrongly, came to define this year's UN climate talks was still unresolved.... See more

Brazil was "a bit surprised" Britain hasn't contributed to a new investment fund to protect tropical forests, despite having helped to design it, a senior official has told Sky News. The Amazon nation has used its role as host of the COP30 climate talks t... See more

A judge has ruled that a company can be held liable for a dam collapse which devastated indigenous communities in Brazil and became the country's worst environmental catastrophe. At the High Court in London, Judge Finola O'Farrell ruled that mining giant ... See more