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Restoring Scotland’s extinct oyster reefs
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Restoring Scotland’s extinct oyster reefs

Thirty thousand rare oysters are being reintroduced to the Firth of Forth having been wiped out by overfishing and pollution. Once native to Scotland, it has been estimated that 30 million European flat oysters were being harvested towards the end of the 1800s. But by 1957 they were declared extinct in the area. So far,...

Russia gives British diplomat Adrian Coghill a week to leave Moscow
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Russia gives British diplomat Adrian Coghill a week to leave Moscow

A British diplomat has been given a week to leave Russia in an escalation of a diplomatic spat over spying. The Russian foreign ministry said in a statement the removal of Adrian Coghill was in response to “unfriendly anti-Russian actions” from Britain. On 8 May, external, the Russian defence attache was expelled from London for...