Energy giant Shell is due to install a multi-billion pound gas platform in the North Sea this spring despite being blocked from drilling, Sky News understands.
A "groundbreaking" ยฃ1.65 million treatment has been approved for use on the NHS, offering patients with severe sickle cell disease some hope of a cure.
The Scottish government is "unlikely" to meet its 2030 climate change target to reduce car use due to a "lack of leadership", according to public spending watchdogs.
The European Space Agency (ESA) has revealed it is closely monitoring an asteroid the size of a football pitch that could hit the Earth in a little over seven years.
The great-granddaughter of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst described the sentences given to several climate protesters as "heavy-handed and disproportionate".
Climate change did not ignite the recent blazes that engulfed swathes of Los Angeles this month. But it did make them worse in at least one key way, a rapid analysis has found.
People across the UK have been warned about the risk of "storm clustering" in the weeks ahead - after Storm Eowyn caused widespread disruption and damage.