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Brits are at War, with Each Other!

Britain is a nation at war with each other, according to new research, with one in four admitting to arguing with their neighbours. Bust-ups are happening on an almost daily occurrence over land boundaries, noise and trees, the study found, with car parking, loud music and pets key aspects of contention. Rows have also ...

The view this morning from the hilltop town of Malmesbury, Wiltshire, as mist rises from farmland after temperatures dropped to near freezing overnight, October 10 2016.

In Pictures: Autumn Has Arrived

After another Indian summer, autumn has finally arrived in Britain with commuters feeling a chill in the air on their way to work this morning. Temperatures dropped to near freezing overnight in most areas, with top temperatures now at 15 degrees and certain parts of the country registering slightly above ...

Cities Reducing Carbon Capture in Trees by an Eighth

Warmer cities could be fuelling climate change by stunting the growth of trees and increasing pests. Replanting tress are often cited as one answer in trying to capture carbon, but new research has found that cities are are reducing the tree's carbon capture capacity by an eighth, because the hotter the urban environment ...

Brexit Offers Opportunity to Radically Re-think the NHS

Brexit offers the best opportunity to radically rethink the NHS since it was set up 68 years ago, according to a think-tank. A new contract between the NHS and society was needed to help it cope with a growing and ageing population, a rise in obesity and environmental and economic changes. To ...

The elephant comes out after hiding. See Masons copy MNHIDE: This is the cute moment a huge bull elephant tried and failed to play hide and seek with a photographer. Ramona Reichert snapped the playful giant trying to conceal his vast five-tonne frame behind a tree in Tarangire National Park in Tanzania. The 36-year-old saw the spectacle while out on safari, she and her husband Ivo Schemionek where watching a family of elephant cows and calves at watering hole before the male arrived.

Huge Bull Elephant Plays Hide and Seek with Photographer

This is the cute moment a huge bull elephant tried and failed to play hide and seek with a photographer. Ramona Reichert snapped the playful giant trying to conceal his vast five-tonne frame behind a tree in Tarangire National Park in Tanzania last month. The 36-year-old saw the spectacle while ...

Report: Beer Really Does Give You Goggles

A new scientific study has revealed that beer really does give you goggles. Researchers at University Hospital in Basel, Switzerland, found drinking beer affects the way we see specific emotions and allows us to see smiling faces quicker. And - confirming Shakespeare who wrote of beer "It provokes the desire, but it ...

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