THE money in football is crazy. Over the summer West Ham captain Declan Rice moved to neighbours Arsenal for £105 million. This sum though was soon surpassed, when Chelsea paid Brighton £115 million for 21-year- old Ecuadorian Moises Caicedo. Brighton bought Caicedo for £4 million two years ago.
The role of the fossil fuel industry in causing, then thwarting efforts to address, climate change are revealed in the excellent three-part BBC documentary, Big Oil v the World.
One in six (11 million) people have hearing difficulties. Some 40% of those over 50 have hearing problems, with that figure rising to 70% at the age of 70.
A recent report from the Environment Agency (EA) described the performance of nine water and sewerage companies as "shocking" when it comes to pollution.
So the year closes as it opened, with everyone wearing masks and socially distancing.
Christmas is a time for celebration but also when a vast amount of waste is created.
The warnings from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of pending environmental disaster made for sobering reading.
The new football season is upon us - it seems like it has never been away, with the excitement of the Euros following the climax of last season.
