Government urged to include aviation and shipping in UK carbon targets | Environment | guardian.co.uk

The issue is one of acute political sensitivity, because politicians appear reluctant to jeopardise the rise of low-cost airlines offering cheap flights. Within the Conservative party ranks, it is likely to be particularly controversial given the increasingly open climate scepticism of many Tory MPs.

'Shock' at number of people living in cold homes | This is Derbyshire

AS temperatures drop, a council team said it was shocked by the number of people in Derby who were still living with inadequate heating in their homes.

Derby City Council had three months and £154,000 to try to help as many elderly and vulnerable people as they could who were not properly heating their homes.

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