Environment
Modern bright LED lights are affecting wildlife “as much as the midday sun, scientists warn
Light pollution from white and bluish lamps are three times more disruptive to creatures than those with yellow, amber or greenish hues.
Washing machines pouring microplastic into the UK’s waterways
Six UK rivers sampled with microplastics three times higher after it has gone through a water treatment plant
One of the world’s most famous trees is being wiped out by climate change
The baobab - more commonly known as the 'tree of life' - also hit the headlines after Prince Harry and Megham Markle's love blossomed under one during a holiday.
Europe’s first ever elephant sanctuary provides a safe haven to former circus elephants
World Animal Protection has joined forces with Elephant Haven to help fund Europe’s very first elephant sanctuary in France for former circus elephants. The collaboration between the two charities came after successful lobbying by World Animal Protection to the Danish Parliament, which recently announced its commitment to ban the use of wild animals in circuses. The charity mobilized over 50,000 Danish supporters calling for the government to take action to end the cruelty inflicted on elephants used for entertainment in circuses. The...
First woolly mammoth bone to be found in Scotland has been discovered on a beach
Nicholas Coombey stumbled upon the ancient bone while walking along the beach at Loch Ryan near Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway
Shocking figures reveal over 21,000 people in South East in social care debt
Almost 100 taken to court by local authorities for social care debt during past two years according to GMB study An investigation by GMB, the union for carers, has revealed more than 21,000 people in the South East are trapped in debt for their social care. The Freedom of Information requests, submitted to every authority in the region submitted to every authority in the region with responsibility for social care, also shows almost 100 people have been taken to court...
Up to a third of UK’s natural gas ‘could be replaced by hydrogen to cut carbon emissions’
Researchers say that 30 per cent of the natural gas fuelling British homes and businesses could be replaced by hydrogen - without requiring any changes to boilers or ovens
Inmates at womens’ prison holding Rose West shun spice…now smoking tablets for bad tummies
Prisoners at HMP Low Newton have ditched Spice in favour of stomach pills
Vegetarian & vegan food have ‘traces of meat’ in two major supermarkets
An investigation by a national newspaper claims to have found traces in meat in some of two major supermarkets vegetarian and vegan meal options, which will worry many non-meat eaters across the UK. Following on from the horse meat scandal, this news may further lower confidence in the major UK supermarket chains. The Daily Telegraph reported that they found animal DNA in some of these meals. They sent the meals to a laboratory in Germany to be tested. These claims...