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Viral video shows packed illegal food vendors as legal businesses fume over ‘two sets of rules’

A viral video of a packed San Fernando Valley street-vending strip is sparking backlash from legal vendors and restaurant owners who say they’re drowning in permits and fees while illegal operators thrive in plain sight. The clip, filmed near Sherman Way and Independence Avenue in Canoga Park, shows a solid wall of sidewalk stands blasting...

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Two British skiers killed in French Alps named

Stuart Leslie, 46, and Shaun Overy, 51, died while skiing off-piste in Val d’Isère amid red avalanche alert

Two British skiers who died in an avalanche in the French Alps have been named as Stuart Leslie and Shaun Overy.

The pair were part of a group of five people, accompanied by an instructor, skiing off-piste in Val d’Isère in south-east France on Friday when they were swept away by falling snow.

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‘Daunting but doable’: Europe urged to prepare for 3C of global heating

Advisory board member says Europe already paying price for lack of preparation but adapting is ‘not rocket science’

Keeping Europe safe from extreme weather “is not rocket science”, a top researcher has said, as the EU’s climate advisory board urges countries to prepare for a catastrophic 3C of global heating.

Maarten van Aalst, a member of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change (ESABCC), said the continent was already “paying a price” for its lack of preparation but that adapting to a hotter future was in part “common sense and low-hanging fruit”.

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© Photograph: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images

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