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But bills are still due to rise to fund improvements to water infrastructure.
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Lead photoBut bills are still due to rise to fund improvements to water infrastructure.

Fining firms for sewage spills will get 'quicker and easier', says government

'It's harder to be a parent than a space shuttle commander', trailblazing Nasa pilot tells BBC

From Hollywood to horticulture: Cate Blanchett on a mission to save seeds

Mystery heatwave warms Pacific Ocean to new record

Skeletons found in mass grave are ancient Roman soldiers, study finds

Landmark deal to cut global shipping emissions in tatters after US pressure
Floods trap people in cars in Spain's Catalonia region
The highest red alert is declared in one coastal province, as residents are urged to stay indoors.

Green turtle bounces back from brink in conservation 'win'
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'How growing a sunflower helped me fight anorexia'
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Naked mole rats' DNA could hold key to long life
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Physics Nobel awarded to three scientists for work on quantum computing
BBC News07 Oct 2025
The before and after images showing glaciers vanishing before our eyes
BBC News05 Oct 2025
Environment prize nominees 'heroes of our time', says William
BBC News04 Oct 2025SpaceX pulls off Starship rocket launch in much-needed comeback
The Starship rocket is critical to the company's hopes of one day carrying people to the Moon and Mars.

Jim Lovell, Apollo 13 astronaut, dies aged 97
BBC News09 Aug 2025
Nasa Apollo missions: Stories of the last Moon men
BBC News08 Aug 2025
Nasa to put nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030 - US media
BBC News05 Aug 2025
Soviet-era spacecraft 'likely' to have re-entered Earth's atmosphere
BBC News10 May 2025
The truth about life on other planets - and what it means for humans
BBC News17 Apr 2025
Astronauts Butch and Suni finally back on Earth
BBC News19 Mar 2025Asteroid contains building blocks of life, say scientists
Bennu contains minerals and thousands of organic molecules, including the chemical components that make up DNA.

SpaceX Starship test fails after Texas launch
BBC News17 Jan 2025
Rocket launch challenges Elon Musk's space dominance
BBC News16 Jan 2025
Future of space travel: Could robots really replace human astronauts?
BBC News31 Dec 2024
New study on moons of Uranus raises chance of life
BBC News11 Nov 2024
South Korea's fishermen keep dying. Is climate change to blame?
BBC News23 Oct 2025
World Cup sends 'dangerous message' on climate
BBC News22 Oct 2025Housing secretary says 'job on the line' over 1.5m housing target
Housing secretary tells BBC Panorama widespread scepticism will make hitting target "all the sweeter".

Controversial UK oil field publishes full scale of climate impact
BBC News15 Oct 2025
Inside the lab analysing the world's oldest ice
BBC News02 Oct 2025
Life on Mars? 'Leopard-spot' rocks could be biggest clue yet
BBC News10 Sept 2025
Captain Scott’s famous polar shipwreck as never seen before
BBC News02 Sept 2025
Ratmageddon: Why rats are overrunning our cities
BBC News26 Sept 2025
Melting glaciers threaten to wipe out European villages - is the steep cost to protect them worth it?
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