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Coffee lovers could be left tired and grumpy as heatwaves caused by global warming threaten to decimate coffee crops. Even the predicted short bursts of hot temperatures expected this century could lead to heat stress wilting the plants and stopping them producing flowers and fruit. That means there will be no beans and no daily grind, Oregon State University researchers warned. Their study looked at the impact of global warming on Coffea arabica plants which accounts for around two thirds...

A jail which has been home to some of the most notorious inmates in British history is set to become student accommodation. The infamous lags who have set foot in HMP Canterbury, in Kent, during its 205 year history include the Kray twins and disgraced cricketer Salman Butt. But since the last inmates left in 2013, the prison has been brought by Canterbury Christ Church University, and plans are in the pipeline to turn it into student living quarters. Prisoners...

A husband and wife are to battle against each other for a seat in Scotland's upcoming council elections. Michael and Agnes Coyle will both contest fight for the same seat in North Lanarkshire which they had jointly represented on an SNP ticket in the last council term. The couple will stand against each other in Airdrie South. Both of them were axed from the SNP's candidate list during party vetting but Mr Coyle was handed a lifeline after he was...

A German Conservative candidate in next month's council elections has come under fire for comparing the SNP to the Nazis. German-born Reiner Luyken, a retired journalist, has had a running battle with SNP politicians who have branded the comparison "ridiculous and offensive". Hours after the candidate selections were published, Moray MP and SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson took to social networks, urging people to search Mr Luyken's name on the internet to see "some of the offensive stuff" he had written....

An emperor's gold Rolex is set to become one of the watchmaker's most valuable timepieces when it sells for more than £1.5 MILLION. The iconic Rolex Reference 6062 is widely considered by the collecting community as being amongst the most desirable Rolexes. One of only three made, the 1952 model is known as the "Bao Dai" after its first owner, the 13th and last emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty in Vietnam. Dai bought the watch himself in Switzerland in 1954...

Patients are to lose the "automatic right" to see a doctor as part of a rescue plan to ease pressure on a dwindling workforce of GPs. Health bosses at Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group are understood to be the first in the UK to introduce the measures county-wide as part of a care plan overhaul. Patients who call up asking for a same-day appointment with a doctor will not "automatically" get one, under the plans approved this week. Instead, callers to...

The UK has left the EU and is also leaving it’s poorest families starving. Theresa May has promised that Britain will flourish in this brave new world, but before that happens (which many feel is unlikely) she needs to ensure the population can eat three meals a day. A new survey by the FSA (Food Standards Agency) found that eight per cent of those questioned are facing low food security, so around four million adults in Britain are not able...

Brexit Britain is good news. For Brexit Brussels. Lloyds of London looks set to become Lloyds of London and Brussels with one in six staff of one of the world's biggest insurance markets moving to Belgium to secure a post-Brexit foothold in Europe. The announcement will be a major embarrassment for sections of the press cheering this morning what Theresa May called an opportunity "to shape a stronger future for Britain."  The humiliating reality check comes just one day after Theresa May set out her...

Donald Trump has hired his daughter Ivanka to join her husband in his presidential administration. Ivanka Trump will join as an unpaid employee with the title Assistant to the President, the White House says. With her husband, Jared Kushner, already a senior adviser to the President. In a statement, the White House said it was "pleased that Ivanka Trump has chosen to take this step in her unprecedented role as first daughter". Ivanka has already been seen attending meetings with  world leaders, including...