Historic England, which until now has preserved the old buildings of the wealthy and important, has decided to preserve also some buildings where the non-wealthy lived or worked.

*Judge orders new trial for US woman sentenced to six years for trying to register to vote.*

The UK allows people to fire lead shot at birds, and the lead gets into other birds and makes them toxic.

Putin threatened to attack Sweden and Finland if they join NATO.

A week ago he was describing NATO as a threat so powerful that he was compelled to attack Ukraine to forestall its joining NATO. Now he treats NATO as so weak that that he can bully countries not to join it by threatening war against them. There is a fundamental contradiction here.

But what he says is not meant to be valid. It is all part of bullying.

Australia approves fossil fuel facilities based on estimates of how much greenhouse gas the facility will emit once operating. But there is no effort to verify it stays within that limit. Some facilities emit a lot more.

It seems that the system has been designed to avoid inconvenience for planet-roasters.