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Top story: wildlife could hold key to saving habitats Morning everyone. I’m Martin Farrer and these are today’s top stories. Species such as elephants and wolves should be reintroduced to help restore ecologies ravaged by human development, scientists say, after research revealed that only 3% of the world’s land habitats remain properly intact. The remaining fragments of wilderness where flora and fauna remain unspoiled are mainly in parts of.
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Top story: Crothers role was approved by officials
Morning everyone. This is Martin Farrer with all today’s top stories.
The scandal over Greensill Capital’s links to the government has deepened after it emerged that a senior civil servant began working for the finance firm as an adviser while still serving in Whitehall – and that his role was approved the Cabinet Office. Following revelations about former prime minister David Cameron’s lobbying on behalf of the failed company, Downing Street sources were said to be “deeply concerned” at the revelation that official approval was given for Bill Crothers to begin advising Greensill in September 2015 while still employed as the government’s chief commercial officer. He left the Whitehall job two months later and went on to become a director of Greensill, gaining a shareholding potentially worth $8m (£5.8m). Crothers has denied any wrongdoing and said such outside roles were �
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