Environment

Footage captured by an eyewitness shows fierce flames and thick smoke engulfing the field of grassland yesterday afternoon

Archaeologists also unearthed the remains of an aurochs, a prehistoric cow.

They are more likely to share their money, even though they have much less to give,

The blaze has been declared a "major incident" and the army is on standby

The study on 85,000 trees in north London shows the importance of planting and protecting urban forests to offset fossil fuel emissions.

The Social Security Advisory Committee – the panel of experts responsible for scrutinising laws which affect the benefits system – have published the Government’s draft proposals for moving more than two million disabled people onto Universal Credit. The Government has said that this will take place between 2019 and 2023. It will affect around one million people with mental health problems who currently receive the disability benefit Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). Under these proposals people currently getting ESA will receive a letter informing...

Staff fork out on food for hungry kids, tampons, toilet rolls, pens, pencils and books as funding cuts bite More than half of school support staff feel they have to spend their own money on things for children at cash-strapped schools, a new GMB study shows. Teaching assistants and other support staff are forking out on food for hungry kids, tampons, pens, pencils and books. Staff report having to bring balls and even paper aeroplanes for break time because ‘our...

They combine facial expressions and voice tones to perceive our emotions, say psychologists

Rich Renton, from Duns in the Scottish Borders, was driving with two colleagues on his usual collection route when the looming cloud caught his eye.