BBC: Coral around the world is turning white and even dying as recent record ocean heat takes a devastating toll. It has triggered the fourth global mass coral bleaching event, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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Here's the weekly Child Trust Fund loss report. Disabled young people have now lost £74m from their savings. All due to the ongoing barrier of court action to access one small savings account.

A recent article in the STEP legal journal described the…

Overnight occupation of part of London’s Science Museum by XR continues in protest at its acceptance of sponsorship from the Adani coal firm

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ALAN 'Calamity' COOK (POL MD 2006- 10) getting grilled by the ever erudite Edward Henry KC 👏🫡 Janet skinner David Davis Flora Page Business and Trade Committee Liam Byrne MP Paul Marshall Nick Gould

Over the past 10 days we’ve revealed a series of exclusive secret recordings of meetings involving the most senior Post Office bosses - including its ex-CEO Paula Vennells - which take you behind closed doors to what the PO was told, was saying and what it knew in 2013/14.

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XR occupation at Science Museum over its links to coal is underway extinctionrebellion.uk/2024/04/12/you…

Post Office bosses should ‘beg for an apology' - former subpostmistress’ husband channel4.com/news/post-offi… via Channel 4 News

Another strong report on PO from ITV News last night:

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Post Office puts out £75million tender to replace its notorious Fujitsu Horizon system

Paula Vennells blamed ‘temptation’ of money in tills not IT system, Post Office inquiry hears – mine and ⁦alex thomson⁩ report today #C4news channel4.com/news/paula-ven…

Paula Vennells blamed ‘temptation’ of money in tills not IT system, Post Office inquiry hears channel4.com/news/paula-ven… via alex thomson

alex thomson & Channel 4 News sum up @campaign4parks report launching tomorrow … no matter what measure we looked at, nature in National Parks is in crisis. But as film shows, the vision for recovery is not only compelling, it’s possible.

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75 years of National Parks: Only 6% of land is in good health for nature channel4.com/news/75-years-… via alex thomson

Post Office: ‘To get justice, we need to get some of these people in court',says Labour MP channel4.com/news/post-offi… via Matt Frei

Post Office Inquiry: Alan Bates delivers brutal assessment of bosses channel4.com/news/post-offi… via alex thomson

Special report on ⁦Channel 4 News⁩ tonight. Our National Parks are 75 years old and when it comes to nature and biodiversity they’re all in a right state.

'We have moved many many miles forward from some of the practices 20 years ago.'

At the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry, CEO Nick Read tells alex thomson the culture of the Post Office has 'dramatically changed' and they are 'doing everything' to make sure justice is delivered.