House calls for Secret Service reforms after July Trump shooting
A House Task Force investigating the assassination attempts against Donald Trump earlier this year has called on the Secret Service to reduce the number of people it protects and “review” its investigative role after “failures” almost led to tragedy. The report identified a “litany” of failures before and during the 13 July shooting in Butler, […]
Taking part in Ukraine aid convoys ‘is in my heart now’
Louis Mitchell Joshua Katihrob and Kayleigh Jones said they wanted to do something for people in Ukraine A woman who took part in a convoy driving aid to Ukraine has said it was the “most emotional thing” she had done and hoped to repeat it one day. Kayleigh Jones, from Wem, said she decided to […]
East Lindsey councillors clash over Theddlethorpe funding
BBC There has been strong local opposition to the Theddlethorpe plans A council leader has defended the authority’s decision to accept £3m from a nuclear waste agency after opposition members dubbed it “dirty money”. East Lindsey District Council has approved receipt of the funds from the Environment Agency to support the maintenance of the council’s […]
Inspectors have no concerns over dead salmon at fish farm
Video showing dead salmon being removed before the visit by MSPs Government inspectors say they have no concerns over the number of dead salmon removed from a fish farm just hours before MSPs visited. Members of the Scottish Parliament’s rural affairs committee visited Dunstaffnage fish farm near Oban on Monday 25 September for a fact-finding […]
How the Amazon’s ‘Boiling River’ foreshadows a warmer world
Riley Fortier The Boiling River regularly reaches 86C – with drastic consequences for the surrounding rainforest. When you drive towards Peru’s Boiling River, along a bumpy, four-hour track through the rainforest, it’s only after you transcend a crest in the landscape that you see it ahead of you, says Alyssa Kullberg, a postdoctoral researcher in […]
Northamptonshire farm donates 4,000 squashes to Felix Project
A farm will help fight food insecurity by donating more than 4,000 vegetables to charity. The Patch MK, near Old Stratford, on the Northamptonshire/Buckinghamshire border, dedicated four acres to growing squash, with the entire crop set to be donated to The Felix Project. Once harvested, the vegetables will be distributed to schools, youth clubs, food […]
Renishaw founder and Concorde engineer Sir David McMurtry dies
Renishaw Sir David McMurtry co-founded Renishaw, which employs more than 2,500 people in Gloucestershire Renishaw, the global engineering firm headquartered in Gloucestershire, has announced that its co-founder, Sir David McMurtry has died, aged 84. Sir David started the company in April 1973, originally to develop a precision measuring tool for use on the Concorde supersonic […]
The Turkish city with a proudly cheesy heritage
Richard Collett Located near the Armenian and Georgian borders, Turkey’s cheese capital is home to culinary traditions inherited from an exiled Russian sect. Take the Doğu Ekspresi (The Eastern Express) from Ankara, cross the Euphrates River and 1,300km (808 miles) later, Turkey’s eastbound train line terminates in the little-visited frontier city of Kars. Kars is […]
Risk to renters as buy-to-let lending predicted to fall
Getty Images A forecast fall in lending to landlords could squeeze the number of homes available to rent next year. Mortgage lenders’ trade body UK Finance said the outlook was “challenging” for the buy-to-let sector in 2025 owing to extra taxes facing landlords. This is despite predictions that interest rates and, in turn, mortgage rates […]
UK farmers share bleak warning as food crops lost to floods
BBC Low lying farmland has been flooded several times this year Farmers are “praying” there will be no more downpours as they struggle to meet demand amid widespread flooding. Fruit and vegetable yields have fallen by about 5% across the UK, with carrots down more than 7% over the past 12 months, BBC figures show. […]