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Killer whales breach off the coast of Scotland.

Watch unbelievable moment killer whales breach off coast of Scotland

Incredible costumes and spooking happenings are all captured by photographers and fans at Whitby Goths Weekend.

Bumper gallery of top Whitby Goth Weekend costumes from over the years

Saltmoore is a woodland haven near Whitby

We took our four-legged friend to Whitby for a posh hotel break

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The worst oil spills in history - after collision in North Sea

A still image from the footage of the aftermath

Oil tanker collides with cargo ship in North Sea

HMS Somerset flanking Russian ship Yantar near UK waters

Royal Navy sent twice to get rid of Russian spy ship in UK waters

Survey finds Brits are unaware seahorses live on UK coastlines

Sealife Birmingham helping to raise awareness of UK seahorses

RAF jets have scrambled to intercept Russian aircraft near the UK - days after the Royal Navy followed Kremlin submarines which had entered the English Channel. (Photo: Getty Images)

RAF jets scramble to intercept Russian aircraft near UK

This could be the last warm weather spell before the cool autumn air sets in, as forecasts suggest temperatures could reach as high as 27C in parts of Scotland.

Final warm spell before cool autumn air sets in

A female tourist has died on a Viking voyage after the boat they were on capsized off the coast of Norway during a North Sea expedition. (Photo: Karla Dana/@sail2north on Instagram)

Tourist drowns after boat capsizes in North Sea

High winds and heavy rain to batter UK as Storm Lilian moves in

The minke was quite a spectacular sight.

Minke whale spotted by kayakers off English coast

Rare tropical sunfish spotted off Yorkshire coast

Rare tropical sunfish shown swimming off Yorkshire coast

HMS Queen Elizabeth goes under the Forth bridges as she heads back to sea. (Pic: Katielee Arrowsmith/SWNS)

HMS Queen Elizabeth heads out to sea for 'trials' after repair work

Avoid staycation stings and avoid the six painful North Sea jellyfish

Striking footage shows a decommissioned oil rig being demolished with a controlled explosion, at Kishorn Port Limited's dry dock facility in Strathcarron, Wester Ross, Scotland

Watch dramatic moment oil rig is blown up in controlled explosion

Puffins nest in colonies, on rocky cliff faces (Photo: Ellen Leach/RSPB)

EU challenges UK government's puffin-protecting policy
The RSPB says while the EU seems “hell-bent on hoovering up sandeels on an industrial scale” they think the fish should be nourishing baby pufflings
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Conservationists hope to see puffins with beaks full of sandeels this season, after the government ended commercial fishing of the species (Photo: Chrys Mellor/RSPB)

High hopes as UK's 'puffin season' kicks off

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Stereophonics’ Kelly Jones on the process of creating new solo album

Russia has terminated a longstanding fishing agreement with the UK in response to sanctions imposed against them. Picture: Getty

Russia tells Brits 'lose weight'

MPs are set to vote on a law over new oil and gas licences in the North Sea. Credit: Kim Mogg/Getty

Explainer MPs pass controversial bill aiding new oil and gas licences

The government says it will work alongside new licensees to help bring them into production as quickly as possible (Photo: PA)

Government grants 24 new oil and gas licences

Just Stop Oil representatives have finally met with Met Police (Photo: PA)

Just Stop Oil finally meet with Met Police over protests

Passengers stuck as cruise ship loses power in storm

Scotland's sole oil refinery to shut by 2025 - with 400 jobs at risk

Liam Graham, 22, was reported missing on 22 July, 2023, from Lower Stoke. His remains were found several months later. Picture: Kent Police

Family of young man whose remains found in North Sea pays tribute

Activists with banner during the occupation of the Shell oil platform (Photo: Greenpeace/Supplied)

Oil giant Shell sues Greenpeace for £1.7m, unless it ends protests

King Charles III has delivered his first official State Opening of Parliament speech (Photo: Leon Neal/PA Wire)

Sunak's oil and gas policy 'must have stuck in King's throat'
Climate groups say the King's speech, outlining the government's policy plans, shows the current government is out of step with what is needed to really reach net zero
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The glass protecting the Rokeby Venus was shattered with safety hammers, the group claimed (Just Stop Oil/Supplied)

Just Stop Oil activists smash glass protecting Rokeby Venus

A police boat checks out the 20-metre tall octopus in the Thames (Photo: Kristian Buus / Greenpeace)

Giant octopus 'rises from the Thames' outside Houses of Parliament

A police officer passes demonstrators, including scientists and doctors, calling for the government to stop awarding new licences for oil and gas production in the UK (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Environmentalists slam 'backwards' move to grant 27 new oil licences

This grab taken on October 24, 2023 from an undated video shows the Verity cargo ship in Hamburg, northern Germany. Several people are missing after a collision between two cargo ships, the Verity sailing under a British flag, and the Polesie under a Bahamas flag, in the North Sea, with the Verity is believed to have sunk, German authorities said on Tuesday, October 24, 2023.

Search called off to find crew members missing after cargo ship sank

This grab taken on October 24, 2023 from an undated video shows the Verity cargo ship in Hamburg, northern Germany. Several people are missing after a collision between two cargo ships, the Verity sailing under a British flag, and the Polesie under a Bahamas flag, in the North Sea, with the Verity is believed to have sunk, German authorities said on Tuesday, October 24, 2023.

One dead after British cargo ship Verity sinks off German coast

British cargo ship Verity has sunk off the coast of Germany with several people reported missing. (Credit: NationalWorld)

Several people reported missing after British cargo ship sinks

Another activist targeted the pillars at UCL (Just Stop Oil/Supplied)

University College London and four others 'painted orange' by Just Stop Oil

Members of the Wild Oysters Project (backed by the Zoological Society of London, Blue and British Marine) release the last of the 10,000 molluscs at Sunderland Marina, which will inhabit a newly created reef (Photo: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)

Why conservationists have thrown 10,000 wild oysters into the North Sea

The Rosebank oil field in Scotland have been given development and production consent by the NSTA despite pushback from campaigners. (Credit: Getty Images)

Rosebank oil field given go-ahead despite pushback from activists

Advanced ship to be used to repel Russia in "existential threat to security"

‘Embarrassment’ only eight F-35’s operating from HMS Queen Elizabeth. (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Embarrassment’ only eight F-35’s operating from HMS Queen Elizabeth

Extinction Rebellion activists at the Labour headquarters on Monday (Photo: Luke Flegg/Supplied)

Extinction Rebellion activists 'pour oil' down Labour HQ steps

Despite their scary and intimidating look, basking sharks are one of three shark species that consume plankton and pose no real threat to human life - Credit: SWNS

Scottish kayaker circled by a huge shark during a fishing trip

The proposed Hydrogen Backbone link would transport green hydrogen energy from Scotland to Europe (Net Zero Technology Centre/Supplied)

Scotland positioning itself to be leader in the green hydrogen export market

Keir Starmer has said he will not overturn Sunak's controversial new oil and gas licences (Image: NationalWorld/Getty)

Exclusive Keir Starmer will not revoke Sunak's new North Sea oil licences

Greenpeace activists on the roof of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's house in Richmond, North Yorkshire after covering it in black fabric in protest at his backing for expansion of North Sea oil and gas drilling (Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Wire)

Climate activists arrested after six hours on Rishi Sunak's roof

Sunak’s family firm signed $1.5bn BP deal before North Sea licences. (Photo: Getty Images)

Sunak’s family firm signed $1.5bn BP deal before North Sea licences

Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer is among those levelling criticism at Sunak over his North Sea oil and gas announcement (Image: NationalWorld/Getty/PA Wire)

Sunak 'pouring fuel on the fire' with North Sea oil licences

An employee poses with a pipe used to carry liquid CO2 at the ‘Schwarze Pumpe’ (‘Black Pump’) near Berlin, Germany (Photo: MICHAEL URBAN/DDP/AFP via Getty Images)

'A green gloss' - Sunak backs carbon capture alongside oil push

Hundreds of new oil and gas licences to be granted in the UK

Rishi Sunak: New oil and gas licences to be granted in the UK

One of the two northern bottlenose whales stranded in Scotland sadly died overnight (Photo: Callum Adam)

Second unusual whale stranded on Scottish coast dies

Greenpeace and Uplift are in the High Court in a legal battle over the government's decision to greenlight a new oil and gas licensing round (Photo: Marie Jacquemin/Greenpeace)

Climate campaigners take fossil fuel exploration battle to High Court

Keir Starmer pledges to make Britain a ‘green energy superpower’

Labour backtracks on £28 billion a year green investment plan

Windfall tax on oil and gas profits to end if energy prices drop

Labour donor Dale Vince attends first Just Stop Oil protest in person

Starmer urges union to back ban on new North Sea oil and gas licences

A large whale was found washing up on a British beach this week

Huge 30-tonne whale found dead on British beach

Anglian Water fined record £2.65m for dumping sewage into North Sea. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Anglian Water fined record £2.65m for dumping sewage into North Sea