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The Rise of the Carbon Farmer

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Patrick Holden strolls across the field, pausing from time to time to bend and point out a bumblebee, or a white butterfly, or a dung beetle. A wide expanse of blue sky stretches above. Beneath, undulating green hills, sprawling hedgerows, a horizon broken only by the jagged tips of Wales’ Cambrian mountain range. Sun-soaked goodness.

“Can you see that bumblebee working the clover?” he asks, voice breathy with exertion. “The bird life, insects, butterflies, small mammals, and bats ... the biodiversity of this place is unbelievable.” This is all here, he says, because he’s farming in harmony with nature.

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Sexual dysfunction and suicidal thoughts - the dark side of anti-balding drugs

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Hair loss wasn’t something Ryan had ever particularly worried about. Even when a small patch on his scalp began to thin, he gave it little notice. But flicking through a newspaper in his early 30s, he came across an advert for a “wonder hair loss drug”, and he thought “why not?” He was often complimented on his hair.

A few weeks after starting the treatment, he was struck by crushing anxiety “like a bolt of lightning”. He couldn’t eat or sleep. He lost interest in sex, started losing strength in the gym, and developed suicidal thoughts. At work in the Civil Service, he suddenly struggled to meet colleagues’ eyes. Menial tasks became a battle. He recoiled from human contact.

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Britons 'stuck' in Lebanon as PM says 'leave now'

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Britons have told the BBC they are struggling to get out of Lebanon, as Sir Keir Starmer repeats his call for UK nationals to leave.

The UK has urged British nationals to leave immediately because of the escalation in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.

Speaking to BBC News, the prime minister said Britons still in the country should: "Leave now. It's very important."

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I proved London air pollution killed my daughter - she'd be proud of me

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Fourteen years ago, Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah knew next to nothing about air pollution, nor its awful power.

She is now an expert on the subject matter; one of the most renowned advocates for clean air in the world. She has advised the Mayor of London and successive UK governments, and her work has earnt her a series of accolades: World Health Organisation (WHO) BreatheLife Ambassador; Honorary Fellow of the British Science Association; a European Lung Foundation award; numerous Women of the Year nods. Her portrait hangs in the National Portrait Gallery.

But the path here has been paved with pain and loss. And as laudable as her many achievements are, it is the fact that she experienced every parent’s darkest fear, and chose to harness it so that other families might not suffer the same fate, that makes Rosamund remarkable.

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Hezbollah buries commander killed in Israeli strike while conflict escalates

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Fighting between Israel and Hezbollah intensified overnight, with both sides carrying out large cross-border strikes.

Lebanon-based Hezbollah launched 150 rockets into Israel, according to the IDF, in what it said was retaliation for recent attacks targeting it.