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FRIENDS of an inspirational Wirral nurse recovering from a brain aneurysm that left her in a coma are taking part in a walk to raise funds for…

PLANS to build a coal mine in Cumbria have caught the attention of one of the world's leading climate change experts. In a letter to Brois Johnson, ex-NASA scientist James Hansen said that failure to stop the mine from going ahead at Whitehaven would be in "contemptuous disregard" for the future of young people and nature. The new facility, which will be used to extract coking coal for steel production, has been granted planning permission by Cumbria County Council. The Government said in January that it would not call in the plans for an inquiry. Readers of the News and Star reacte...

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Trump's election lies were among his most popular tweets CNBC 1/13/2021 Nate Rattner A CNBC analysis of President Trump's tweets since he was inaugurated found that his most popular and frequent posts largely spread disinformation and distrust. Of Trump's 10 most popular tweets, four contained false claims related to the 2020 election results. Of his 100 most popular posts, 36 contained election-related falsehoods.  Following the U.S. Capitol riot, Twitter permanently banned President Donald Trump's account "due to the risk of further incitement of violence." Blocked from u...

Russia today and sputnik. nbc's jo ling kent has more. >> reporter: sam woolley has been tracking how bots influenced the 2016 election. >> so-called fake news can have real world consequences. >> fake news, it's fake. >> reporter: bots are fake automated social media little that can post, retweet, like and share thousands of times foster than a real person. >> politicians, journalists, people that really spread and make news were actually sharing bot content online. they were sharing fake stories because, like us, they didn't really know what was going on. >> reporter: bots can add thousands ...