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  Six years, hundreds of plants and one casualty - The Palm House returns

  bbc.co.uk - Joanne MacAulay

  After six years and an unprecedented botanical operation, Edinburgh's famous Palm Houses are back. The historic glasshouses at the Royal Botanic Garden have been closed to the public for vital restoration work. Hundreds of plants had to be temporarily moved while repairs were done on the 19th century …

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  Watch: SpaceX launches crew to International Space Station

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  The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cap Canaveral, Florida to the International Space Station carrying Crew-13. The team is comprised of two Nasa astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and a Canadian astronaut whose wife is expecting their third child two months into the mission. They'll become the …

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  Prince of Wales tells villagers 'holistic' approach is needed on flooding

  bbc.co.uk - Angharad Thomas

  The Prince of Wales has said a "holistic" approach is needed to tackle severe flooding, as a small Welsh village prepares for the upcoming storm season. Residents in Skenfrith, Monmouthshire, have faced four major floods in the past six years. An extreme flood last winter had a devastating impact on …

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  BBC Inside Science - The future of particle physics - BBC Sounds

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  What are the next steps for the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator?

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  World Service - Listen Live - BBC Sounds

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  Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK. Live now on World Service World Service News & views from the BBC's international radio station. LIVE,·00:32 - 01:00 What effect are Russian drone strikes having on Ukraine? UP NEXT: 01:00 - 01:06 BBC …

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  Bluetongue restriction zone to be expanded across all of Scotland

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  Bluetongue restrictions are to be expanded across the whole of Scotland from Saturday. Parts of south-west Scotland were already in a restricted zone, after cases in the region began appearing in August. The Scottish government said the decision will make trading more straightforward for farmers, …