Environment
Watching Sir David Attenborough’s nature programmes could boost your sex life
TV shows like Planet Earth, Springwatch and Countryfile make viewers more confident about their bodies - combating insecurities over appearance
Increase in “paupers funerals” with some local authorities preventing family from attending
A shocking investigation by ITV news has found a seventy per cent rise in “paupers funerals,” over the last three years. If that wasn’t shocking enough some of the councils do not allow family and friends to attend the funeral. Others won't let the bereaved have ashes or even choose words and music. Their investigation found: 300 councils across the UK responded to a freedom of information request Their responses revealed a 70% increase in paupers' funerals over the last...
Homeowner next to Heathrow does not mind noisy neighbour
Father of two Harri Patel, 63, said noise "not too bad" despite being airports closest neighbour for 23 years
Animals are adopting the night life…to keep away from humans
They are becoming increasing nocturnal to escape from humans
In pics – Britain was battered overnight by Storm Hector
The Met Office issued a Yellow Warning for Storm Hector
UK’s first ever ‘Dutch style’ roundabout divides opinions between cyclists and drivers
£800,000 junction will bikes and pedestrians take precedence over cars
Elusive Negros bleeding heart dove photographed in the wild for the first time in many years
Conservationists from Bristol Zoological Society have confirmed a sighting of one of the rarest and most endangered birds in the world
Extensive ice sheets ‘repeatedly covered much of the UK and Ireland’
New research reveals the British Isles were repeatedly submerged under an ice sheet extending to the centre of the North Sea over a million years earlier than previously thought
Shaming the poor? Council changes council house roofs to green
People renting the houses say they are being unfairly shamed and identified as living in council-owned homes