Climate song by children in Boston wins sustainability award
A performance by school children in the UK and overseas has won a music award for sustainability. The Sing to Change project brought students from Lincolnshire and Massachusetts together to sing a song about climate change. The event saw about 1,500 children from 14 schools near Boston, Lincolnshire, and Boston, Massachusetts, take part. Lincolnshire Music […]
Bid to protect post-Brexit food standards rejected
BBC MPs have rejected the latest attempt to require imported food to meet domestic legal standards from 1 January. They struck down a Lords amendment to the Agriculture Bill to force trade deals to meet UK animal welfare and food safety rules. Campaigners have warned the UK could be forced to accept lower standards to […]
China rocket crashes after ‘accidental’ launch
A space rocket owned by a private Chinese company accidentally launched itself during a test on Sunday, before crash landing into a hillside. Footage on social media shows the Tianlong-3 rocket falling back to Earth and exploding on the hill in central China’s Henan province. The company responsible for the rocket, Tianbing Technology said in […]
WW2 air raid shelter wanted for Fort Paull attraction near Hull
A recently restored World War Two visitor attraction is looking for an air raid shelter. Fort Paull, on Battery Road, east of Hull, is asking residents to help them locate a Anderson shelter to add to the heritage site. The tourist attraction, which reopened in September this year after being closed for four years, dates […]
Topshop and Arcadia Group fined £1m over boy’s death
Family picture Kaden Reddick was fatally injured at Topshop in Reading’s Oracle shopping centre Topshop and its former owners have been fined a total of £1m for health and safety breaches after a 10-year-old boy was killed when a queue barrier fell on him. Kaden Reddick died at the Reading store during a family shopping […]
The obvious idea that slashes shipping’s climate impact
Getty Images A crunch point in international shipping led to a system that could revolutionise the way ships get from A to B (Credit: Getty Images) A motto in much of the shipping industry is “sail fast, then wait” – which can be an expensive and wasteful way of travelling. Some ships are making the […]
Syria latest: Russian strikes hit Aleppo as rebels take control
Who is in control in Syria?published at 15:18 Greenwich Mean Time 15:18 GMT Sebastian Usher Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, A billboard bearing a picture of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad and a national flag are torn by anti-government fighters in the northern city of Aleppo The war in Syria has for the past four years […]
London’s top tourist attractions see visitor numbers fall
Getty Images London’s top 10 tourist attractions saw nearly two million fewer visitors in 2017, according to the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions Visitor numbers fell at London’s top tourist attractions last year due to the high cost of travel, food and drink costs, a tourism chief has said. The UK’s top 10 attractions, including […]
The UK’s rivers are riddled with sewage pollution – new wetlands could help clean them up
Getty Images None of the UK’s rivers are in a healthy state (Credit: Getty Images) As effluent from sewage works and agricultural pollution flow freely into rivers, researchers and local citizens are urgently seeking to clean up the UK’s waterways. New wildlife-rich wetlands could be an answer. The Norfolk Broads in the east of England […]
Ex-Buckingham mayor hopes book inspires future councillors
Jon Harvey The Mayor’s Bear features a magical bear called Strumbold A former mayor has published a children’s book that he hoped would inspire young people to join their local councils. While Jon Harvey was Buckingham Town Mayor between 2017 and 2019 he opened a school library, but was saddened to discover there were no […]