There has been a ten-fold increase in global childhood obesity over the past four decades and now 20 per cent of American children are obese. Leading scientists called for a sugar tax, cheaper fruit and veg and a curb on processed food as it was revealed girls in the USA...
A tubby, tusked mammal that survived the biggest extinction in Earth's history may hold the key to saving the planet, according to new research. Lystrosaurus lived through the 'Great Dying' at the end of the Permian about 252 million years ago which wiped out 70 per cent of land living...
Petrol and diesel vehicles are to be banned from a city centre in what is believed to be the world's first Zero Emissions Zone. The new zone in Oxford City Centre will see all petrol and diesel taxis, cars and buses excluded from six central streets from 2020. The area...
A water firm has been ordered to pay almost £500,000 after supplying water infected with a parasite - leaving thousands of homeowners with unsafe tap water, a court heard. United Utilities used water from an underground rural reservoir which may have contained contamination from farm animal faeces after a heavy...
A new mapping project will combine Ordinance Survey routes with air quality data - to help cyclists avoid pollution hotspots. EarthSense are using Google Earth, along with fixed air pollution sensors, to produce the interactive maps, which will produce forecasts up to three days in advance. The air quality models...
Horrified locals were stunned after an animal rescue charity shop revealed a gruesome Halloween display - complete with bloody severed limbs. Krzysztof Darewicz, 32, spotted the 'very violent' display at a PDSA shop - despite the charity promoting animal welfare. He says he thought the display in West Ealing, west...
A man went drinking then went home and stabbed his housemate to death - and chopped off the victim's PENIS, a court heard. Jeffrey Barry, 56, went to two bars and consumed a litre of rum before he stabbed Kamil Ahmed 25 times at their home. CCTV footage at the...
An inspirational 11-year-old boy has started a charity project to collect new socks and underwear for the homeless. Joe Cox had noticed a growing number of rough sleepers while walking around in his neighbourhood of Leith, Edinburgh. His simple idea, which he has dubbed Socks for the Street, has touched...
A-list star George Clooney hit back at Donald Trump and his claims that "coastal elites" look down upon the rest of the US. Clooney, being a Hollywood actor, would fall under Trump's catch all phrase. However, in an interview with the Daily Beast recently, while promoting his new film "Suburbicon"...