London’s vast array of new bicycle lanes were mostly empty this week despite Mayor Sadiq Khan launching a huge drive to get people to walk or cycle instead of using public transport. Photographs taken today and yesterday across the capital in the likes of Tooting, Streatham, Balham, Islington, Mayfair and Victoria showed how the lanes … Read more
Tory MP sparks racism row after claiming the ‘vast majority’ of lockdown rule-breakers are from BAME communities Craig Whittaker, of Calder Valley in West Yorkshire, has sparked a racism row He said ‘sections of our community are just not taking the pandemic seriously’ The MP made the comments after local lockdowns were imposed in the North By … Read more
David and Victoria Beckham’s plans to build a vast LAKE on their £6m Cotswolds estate are BLOCKED amid concerns over protected wildlife David, 45, and Victoria, 46, submitted plans for a lake that will be four metres deep and surrounded by wildflowers and trees yet the plan has been blocked It has been revealed that … Read more
Populations of some uncommon and small-bodied birds in Britain, such as meadow pipits and lapwings, suffer disproportionately when near a road, a study has found. Researchers from the University of Cambridge say this may be caused by a dislike of grass verges as they prefer arable land. Another factor could be heightened sensitivity to road … Read more
The UK’s complex and dense road network is helping common birds to thrive, but is having a disastrous impact on some of Britain’s most loved species. Rarer, small-bodied and migrant bird species, such as meadow pipits and lapwings, are impacted the hardest by exposure to Britain’s 246,000 miles of road. Birds are not only killed … Read more
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ALIENS could be living inside Jupiter’s moon Europa, say scientists as they find salty ice-covered ocean that ‘contains all the ingredients for life’ Researchers in California created simulations of Europa’s past geochemistry They found that minerals in the moon may have broken down to release water This water then formed a salty ocean that could be ‘quite … Read more
As if the Covid-19 pandemic wasn’t enough, unprecedented numbers of people are suffering emotional fallout from isolation, money worries and fear of coronavirus infection, leaving Britain facing a tidal wave of anxiety and depression. That’s the stark warning from the Royal College of Psychiatrists, with the organisation’s president, Professor Wendy Burn, declaring: ‘Our fear is … Read more
Pluto harbours a vast ocean beneath its frozen crust that has been there for 4.5 billion years – 500 million years longer than Earth’s seas – a study has found. Pluto is known today as a ball of frozen ice and rock orbiting the sun at a distance of 3.7 billion miles. But a new … Read more
Human activity is destroying more than 50 billion years of evolutionary history, with the Caribbean and parts of Southeast Asia hit the hardest, researchers claim. The study, by the Zoological Society of London and Imperial College mapped the evolutionary history of the world’s land vertebrates including birds and mammals. An ever increasing ‘human footprint’ with … Read more