The giant panda's future is being threatened by hungry horses and cows, reveals new research. More than a third of the panda's habitat in China's Wanglang National Nature Reserve has been damaged by grazing livestock, suggests the study. The destruction of the habitat coincides with a nine-fold increase in livestock numbers within the park over the past 15 years, according top findings by Chinese and American scientists. Study leader Doctor Binbin Li, assistant professor at Duke Kunshan University's Environmental Research...

Ever thought about what your ideal home would look like? Two fifths of us desire a custom-built house, but what would it look like? According to a survey by GoCompare Mortgages, it’s an ‘eco-minimalist’ detached home with three bedrooms and a modest, medium-sized garden. The results also revealed that 90 per cent chose to include eco-friendly features – with solar panels leading the way with 59 per cent. For the garden, 24 per cent preferred it to be fuss free....

Dementia research has taken a massive step forward after researchers discovered an "ideal" biomarker that detects Alzheimer's disease before the onset of symptoms. They say the way of identifying dementia before symptoms even show using brain scans is perfect as the technique is completely non-invasive Around 60 per cent of people diagnosed with dementia, will have Alzheimer’s disease, and it is the most common form of dementia in the over 65 age group. Evidence has emerged over more than a...

Pizza Express Live has added to its portfolio of London venues with a new opening in Holborn. Set in the intimate basement of its newly designed restaurant and fitted with a top-spec Meyer Sound system, audiences will get to enjoy great pizza accompanied by great live acts. Every night of the week the venue will open its doors to some of the UK biggest comedy and music acts, with special appearances from the world of arts, entertainment and sport. Kicking off...

More beavers are set to be released into the wild in Scotland in an attempt to give the current small population a better chance of survival. A small number of Norwegian beavers were introduced to a mid-Argyll forest in 2009 to ensure their progress could be monitored through the Scottish Beaver Trial. But now up to 28 additional Eurasian beavers will be released in Knapdale Forest over the next three years thanks to a new licence granted by Scottish Natural...

Adventurer Bear Grylls has faced a social media backlash following his decision to appear at the Conservative Party Conference. Britain's Chief Scout appeared at the conference in an appeal to the Conservatives to back the organisation for a "relatively small investment" of £50 million. Thousands of new volunteers are needed to enable the 55,000 children waiting to join a group - the largest waiting list the Scouts Association has ever had. But while some people admired the TV star's cause,...

NB: UPDATE: The London Underground Strike has been suspended, but South Western trains set to have a walk out. MORE FOLLOWS. READ UPDATE. If there is no breakthrough in talks between London Underground and Aslef the union representing most tube drivers, Londoners are looking at a walkout by underground staff from the early hours of Thursday morning. Any breakthrough is beginning to look less likely this afternoon. The dispute centres on broken agreements underground staff say they had with tube...

A post on Australian gun control is going viral following the tragic shootings in Las Vegas. The Facebook picture refers to a mass shooting in 1996 which prompted politicians to introduce sweeping gun control measures. The government bought back and destroyed over 1 million guns and put in controls over who can purchase firearms, which has eradicated mass shootings in the country. It has also barely inflicted its citizen's rights to own arms. Only full and semi automatic guns are...

Instead of wasting money creating Uber for the NHS, why doesn’t the health secretary give all NHS staff the pay rise they desperately need? GMB, the union for public sector workers, says a new healthcare workforce app unveiled by Jeremy Hunt will bring the gig economy to the NHS. In a speech to the Conservative Party Conference today, the Health Secretary announced plans to introduce an app-based work system to 12 NHS trusts. Jeremy Hunt said:“They need to be able...