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Harrison Jones

@HarrisonJones7

BBC journo | Previously @MetroUK, @guardian, in 🇪🇸 & Student Reporter of the Year | Climate/politics/media bore |

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Exclusive: Almost 1.8 million people are now in at least £50k of UK student debt, figures obtained by the BBC reveal bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2xx…
Student loans: Almost 1.8 million owe more than £50,000

Student loans: Almost 1.8 million owe more than £50,000

More than 61,000 people have balances of £100,000 or more and 50 owe upwards of £200,000, BBC finds.

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"About two months ago we had a tremendous amount of rain overnight over two nights. Streets upstream around Greenford and lots of other streets all flooded, but the target area... didn't flood. "So the community really saw the benefits." bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czjd…
Ealing beavers: Eldest female kit to be moved to Wales

Ealing beavers: Eldest female kit to be moved to Wales

The beavers of Ealing have proved a welcome addition to the environment in their year in west London.

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A year of extreme weather that challenged billions

A year of extreme weather that challenged billions

Climate change caused 41 additional days of dangerous heat and extreme weather, say scientists.

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International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Israeli PM Netanyahu and Hamas commander bbc.com/news/articles/cly2ex…
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Keir Starmer tells COP29 there will be new 'ambitious' climate target for UK

Keir Starmer tells COP29 there will be new 'ambitious' climate target for UK

The prime minister confirms the UK's target to reduce greenhouse gases by at least 81% on 1990 levels by 2035.

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Ultra-rich using jets like taxis, climate scientists warn bbc.in/3UJ2gxL
Ultra-rich using planes like taxis, climate scientists warn

Ultra-rich using planes like taxis, climate scientists warn

Researchers worked out the amount of planet-warming gas released by private jets over four years.

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Global average temperatures across the year are on track to end up more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, which would make 2024 the first calendar year to breach this symbolic mark. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1dp…
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“We are currently in a biodiversity crisis. Many species of trees all around the world are providing habitat for many other species of birds, mammals, insects, fungi. If we lose the trees we are losing many other species with them.” bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c245…
Alarm call as world's trees slide towards extinction

Alarm call as world's trees slide towards extinction

Scientists have revealed that more than a third of tree species are facing extinction.

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How close were hospitals to collapse in Covid?

How close were hospitals to collapse in Covid?

The Covid inquiry restarts its live hearings this week, after senior staff in the NHS revealed just how close some hospitals were to collapse

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The UK has offered dozens of stranded migrants, held for years in a camp on a secretive UK-US military island in the Indian Ocean, a temporary move to Romania. | Excellent reporting out of the Chagos Islands by @alice_cuddy & Swaminathan Natarajan bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c134…
Chagos Islands: UK offers Romania move to stranded migrants

Chagos Islands: UK offers Romania move to stranded migrants

Migrants could enter the UK after six months, others are being offered voluntary returns to Sri Lanka.

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Olympic rowing gold medallist @imogendaisyg wins BBC Green Sport Awards Athlete of Year for work on climate change bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cq8…
BBC Green Sport Awards 2024: Winners revealed

BBC Green Sport Awards 2024: Winners revealed

Imogen Grant, Rhydian Cowley and Adrian 'Ace' Buchan are among the winners of this year's BBC Green Sport Awards.

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'It kills everything' - Amazon’s indigenous people hit by record forest fires in Brazil bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgx… | By @ionewells
Amazon's record forest fires hit Brazil's indigenous communities

Amazon's record forest fires hit Brazil's indigenous communities

More than 62,000 sq km of rainforest has burned in Brazil, this year alone.

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UK agrees to give up sovereignty of remote Chagos Islands to Mauritius, in historic deal over one of its last overseas territories bbc.in/4eN2Mm5
UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius

UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius

In a historic move, the UK gives up sovereignty of a strategic group of islands in the Indian Ocean.

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Israel's military says it has launched "extensive" strikes in Lebanon, after Hezbollah fired missiles at Tel Aviv - follow live bbc.in/4eEP1pD
Lebanon strikes are preparation for ground incursion, Israel army chief tells troops

Lebanon strikes are preparation for ground incursion, Israel army chief tells troops

Lt Gen Herzi Halevi says the Israeli military is preparing for a "manoeuvre", after a week of escalating cross-border fighting.

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Europe’s deadly floods are glimpse of future climate bbc.in/3XGrKfM
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EXCLUSIVE from ⁦@ChrisMasonBBC⁩ and me Keir Starmer's top aide Sue Gray is paid more than the PM Meanwhile her junior colleagues are complaining they are underpaid Another sign of deep tensions at the top of government bbc.com/news/articles/cx247w…
Keir Starmer's top aide Sue Gray paid more than the PM

Keir Starmer's top aide Sue Gray paid more than the PM

A row breaks out within government after the prime minister's chief of staff is given a pay rise.

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Priti Patel knocked out of Tory leadership contest bbc.in/4cVvGz3
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UK Labour MP rents out flats with black mould and ant infestations, with tenants who say they fear eviction, BBC finds bbc.in/4dKbRvL
'Ants are everywhere': Tenants of Labour MP Jas Athwal tenants reveal state of flats

'Ants are everywhere': Tenants of Labour MP Jas Athwal tenants reveal state of flats

Jas Athwal rents properties with black mould and ant infestations, the BBC discovers.

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