Environment
“Dickensian” levels of poverty children and their families are having to endure
A survey of 1,026 members of the National Education Union (NEU) revealed some shocking information about the level of poverty in UK schools. 53% of respondents believe there are children or young people in their school who will go hungry over Christmas 74% of respondents who said this was an issue believe that up to 20% of children or young people in their school will experience holiday hunger over Christmas. 16% believe that between 20% and 30% of their children...
Climate change protesters performing a “die-in” on busy Christmas shopping day
Members of the global climate action movement Extinction Rebellion protested in cities across the UK yesterday (15 Dec)
Rough sleeping has increased 120% in England but fallen in Scotland
More then 24,000 people will be forced to sleep rough over Christmas according to research by charity Crisis. These people will try and find shelter in cars,trains, busses or tents or anywhere else they can try and get some rest. Crisis believes that official figures are not correct and are higher than the Government has reported. Crisis estimates that 12,300 people are sleeping out on the streets, while official numbers claim that 4,751 are. Another 12,000 will be in tents,...
Sharks ‘disappearing from Great Barrier Reef due to expansion of nets to protect swimmers’
Australia's Queensland coastline was once teeming with sharks, but numbers have plummeted over the past 50 years
73 per cent increase in child homelessness since Conservative government came to power
Shocking data has shown that child homelessness in England is at its highest rate for 12 years. Over 123,000 children in temporary accommodation in England between April and June. This worrying figure is a 73 per cent rise on 2010. There were 82,310 households in stop-gap homes and B&Bs by June 30th. When David Cameron took power in 2010, the number of homeless minors was at 71,460. Now, that figure is at 123,630 – an increase of 73% John Healey MP, Labour’s...
Watch – Meet the fastest animal on the planet
Scientists used state of the art cameras to measure the amazing speeds involved
Watch – Terrifying footage shows enormous section of cliff collapsing onto beach below
The footage was filmed by Deborah Smith in Bude
Mass extinction wiped out 90% of lifeforms & could happen again now
Global warming left animals gasping 252 million years ago and humans face the same within the next three centuries, according to new research.
Greenland ice sheet melt ‘off the charts’ compared with previous four centuries
The study suggests that if Greenland ice sheet melting continues at "unprecedented rates" it could accelerate the already fast pace of sea level rise