Environment

The white-rumped swift was seen yesterday evening (sun) at Hornsea Mere in East Riding

Corrosive seawater is making calcium protective shells and skeletons thinner and less dense

Energy firm Cuadrilla welcomed the judgement and said it will start the hydraulic fracturing process on the two horizontal wells it has drilled on its site in Lancashire.

Deep neural networks (DNN) based on the human brain detects magnetic field anomalies that precede the natural disasters

What is more, plastic lawns arguably reduce overall sustainability by destroying habitats, decreasing soil organisms, polluting runoff water

An environmental campaigner has failed in his High Court action to temporarily block energy firm Cuadrilla from fracking in Lancashire. Cuadrilla chief executive Francis Egan had described the challenge as “a last gasp attempt at trying to frustrate the process.” Previously Bob Dennett, who brought the case and had raised over £12,000 towards his legal costs, said: “This case has been made to safeguard the lives and wellbeing of thousands of local residents and businesses, including schoolchildren, in the event...

Theresa May has announced plans to make employers reveal their ethnicity pay gap. It is hope this will identify extent of discrimination, in the workplace, on race grounds and that this will change in the future. Currently only 3 per cent of employers measure their ethnicity and disability pay gap. This announcement comes after the gender pay gap revealed huge discrepancies in cretin companies and sectors. Ms May said: “Every employee deserves the opportunity to progress and fulfil their potential...

Europe's most famous volcano in Italy was already known to be edging slowly towards the Mediterranean

Ely in Cambridgeshire has launched a campaign to create and distribute fabric bags around the city