Two centuries ago, Britons had to endure biting cold and driving rain from April to August. They blamed everyone from Napoleon to Benjamin Franklin for the filthy weather but, says Robert Hume, the real culprit was far more remote
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Hanson has secured funding to develop a net zero carbon route map for its Midland Quarry Products (MQP) Cliffe Hill quarry and asphalt plant in Leicestershire as part of the BEIS Industry of Future.
Suranne Jones and Sophie Rundle are back as Anne Lister and Ann Walker in Gentleman Jack season 2. Here's what happened to their real-life counterparts.