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. […]
Top-selling mobile games breaking rules on loot boxes
Getty Images The most popular mobile games in the UK are being advertised without disclosing they contain loot boxes – random in-game purchases which critics say are “exploitative” and “foster addiction”. The regulator, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), says it bans and removes ads which fail to make the clear whether or not a game […]
Consett mother faces £1,000 bill to keep daughter walking
BBC Amelie’s syndrome was diagnosed two years after birth and affects her development and mobility A mother faces a bill of more than £1,000 per year to maintain vital equipment for her daughter who has a rare disorder. Kayley Burns, from Consett, County Durham, had already fundraised £20,000 to buy the Innowalk device, which is […]
NHS needs better plan around weight loss jabs, warn experts
An urgent review is needed to make sure people in England can get weight loss jabs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro on the NHS, top experts warn. It comes a day after the prime minister said such injections could boost Britain’s economy by getting obese unemployed people “back into work”. More than 200 doctors and […]