Supergrass to headline Live at Ludlow Castle
Supergrass will headline a night of music at Ludlow Castle in the summer. The band are due to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their debut album “I Should Coco”, and will perform the entire album live, along with some of their other hits. They are the second act to be announced for the venue next […]
Hundreds of sewage leaks detected thanks to AI
Rivers Trust Environmental campaigners are concerned about the impact of sewage on our rivers Hundreds of previously unreported releases of raw sewage into UK rivers have been detected thanks to artificial intelligence, researchers say. Scientists identified 926 “spill events” from two wastewater treatment plants over an 11-year period by employing machine learning. The UK Environment […]
UK government to spend £10.5m on new EU border checks
The government is to provide £10.5m worth of funding to prepare for new EU border checks this autumn. The Port of Dover, Eurotunnel at Folkestone and Eurostar at St Pancras will receive financial aid to help reduce queues for travellers. From the autumn, travellers from the UK and other non-EU countries will have to go […]
These five bizarre Surrealist artworks are not what they seem
Courtesy of SFMoMA, San Francisco (Credit: Courtesy of SFMoMA, San Francisco) Dismissed or trivialised by some as unserious and silly, Surrealist art was in fact largely born out of the brutal trauma of living under fascism, as these five striking works reveal. It’s a century since André Breton’s Manifesto of Surrealism advocated a “mode of […]
Business fires up the back-up generator as costs rise
McGill’s McGills was advised that it would be cheaper to charge its electric buses using diesel generators Soaring energy costs are hitting businesses as hard as they’re looming for households, making even diesel generators a more attractive option than buying power from the grid. Other costs are crowding in; raw materials, packaging, recruitment and retention, […]
Why air pollution bamboozles pollinating bees
Getty Images (Credit: Getty Images) Contaminated air is not only bad for us, it can also disrupt bees’ highly attuned senses for finding flowers. In the summers of 2018 and 2019, ecologist James Ryalls and his colleagues would go out to a field near Reading in southern England to stare at the insects buzzling around black mustard […]
Major restoration begins in Amsterdam
Courtesy of the Rijksmuseum The varnish has started to be removed, as part of the first stage The largest restoration of Rembrandt’s masterpiece, The Night Watch, is under way at the Rijksmuseum, in Amsterdam. Following five years of research using techniques such as digital imaging and artificial intelligence, eight restorers will begin “Operation Night Watch” […]
UK to set limits on harmful airborne particles
Reuters A new target will be set to protect people from the effects of breathing in tiny particles produced by transport and industry, the UK government says. The country falls some way short of a limit recommended by the World Health Organization for tiny particles called PM 2.5s. These are produced by burning fuels in […]
Civil Service Commissioner Baroness Gisela Stuart launches cronyism probe
A review of appointments to some government jobs has been launched after accusations of cronyism. Labour has defended the appointment of three people to top civil service jobs who are also linked with donations to the party. The Conservatives have claimed the appointments are evidence of a “culture of cronyism” in government. Civil Service Commissioner […]
‘First’ person in UK charged with operating illegal ATM
The owner of a high street mobile phone shop has become the first person in the UK to be charged with operating an illegal cryptocurrency ATM, according to Kent Police. Officers carried out a search warrant at the Gadcet shop in Chatham’s High Street on 28 April 2023, where they said they seized a number […]