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More housing developments will be exempt from rules requiring builders in England to improve wildlife habitats, the government said on Tuesday. Ministers have been reviewing rules known as Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), under which builders must compensate for the loss of nature on housing developments. Increasing the size of exempted developments has sparked anger from…

Mark Poynting,Climate researcher, Becky Dale,Senior data journalist, BBC Verifyand Jess Carr,Data designer Getty Images Renewable energy – considered crucial to limiting climate change – produced a record amount of electricity in Great Britain in 2025, BBC analysis shows. Wind was the biggest single renewable source of electricity, according to the provisional figures from the National…

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Meta announced on Wednesday that data collected from user interactions with its AI products will soon be used to sell targeted ads across its social media platforms. The company will update its privacy policy by December 16 to reflect the change and will notify users in the coming days. The new policy applies globally, except…