Villagers host anti-pylon protest backed by MP as consultation deadline looms
National Grid previously announced plans for a 180kilometre electricity transmission connection between Norwich and Tilbury in 2022.
Parking bosses announce huge surplus for 2025 - see how much they expected
A local government service responsible for parking enforcement in public areas has drawn a positive balance as new spending figures have been published.
Brutal truth about botched hangings of Nuremberg... and mystery of the man behind them: How one Nazi suffocated for over 20 minutes, another smashed his face and died in agony, while a third was left kicking and wailing
When death came it was grisly and undignified. As Hitler's henchmen, the ten condemned men had wielded enormous power. Yet they died like common criminals.
If you're suffering hair loss or premature ageing, low vitamin D may be to blame. Now a top scientist reveals which supplements really will give you a boost - and which are a waste of money
This summer, a study suggested Vitamin D could slow the ageing of cells, while another study found that supplements may reduce hair loss.
Alibaba releases chatbot that produces error when asked about Tiananmen Square
Yet Chinese giant wants users to ‘ask any question, big or small, anytime, anywhere!’
Chinese tech giant Alibaba yesterday launched a new chatbot that reported errors soon after launch and is very touchy about some subjects Beijing doesn’t like to discuss.…
Trump announces major news for fans attending the World Cup... and threatens to take games from Seattle
At the White House on Monday, Trump and FIFA president Gianni Infantino announced major news for ticket holders attending matches at next year's tournament.
Top magazine editor's hilarious response after receiving invite to Jeffrey Epstein's post-conviction 'predator's ball'
Tina Brown, who served as editor in chief of Vanity Fair in the 1980s and 1990s said when she first began reporting on Epstein's crimes, he was just 'some guy on the rich circuit nobody really knew.'
We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: For the first time, scientists are tracking the migration of monarch butterflies across much of North America, actively monitoring individual insects on journeys from as far away as Ontario all the way to their overwintering colonies in central Mexico. This long-sought achievement could provide crucial insights into the poorly understood life cycles of hundreds of species of butterflies, bees and other flying insects at a time when many are in steep decline.
The breakthrough is the result of a tiny solar-powered radio tag that weighs just 60 milligrams and sells for $200. Researchers have tagged more than 400 monarchs this year and are now following their journeys on a cellphone app created by the New Jersey-based company that makes the tags, Cellular Tracking Technologies. Most monarchs weigh 500 to 600 milligrams, so each tag-bearing migrator making the transcontinental journey is, by weight, equivalent to a half-raisin carrying three uncooked grains of rice.
Researchers are tracking more than 400 tagged monarch butterflies as they fly toward winter colonies in central Mexico. The maps [in the article] follow six butterflies. [...] Tracking the world's most famous insect migration may also have a big social impact, with monarch lovers able to follow the progress of individual butterflies on the free app, called Project Monarch Science. Many of the butterflies are flying over cities and suburbs where pollinator gardens are increasingly popular. Some tracks could even lead to the discovery of new winter hideaways. "There's nothing that's not amazing about this," said Cheryl Schultz, a butterfly scientist at Washington State University and the senior author of a recent study documenting a 22 percent drop in butterfly abundance in North America over a recent 20-year period. "Now we will have answers that could help us turn the tide for these bugs."
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Nigel Farage: It's time to end the BBC's 'appallingly regressive' licence fee
Nigel Farage branded the broadcaster 'rotten to the core', claiming it has become a 'byword for sleaze, hypocrisy, arrogance, anti-Semitism and worse' as it fights for its future.
'I'm going nowhere': Keir Starmer insists he will be PM at next election - despite poll showing nearly half of Labour voters want him out
A YouGov survey of 2,100 people found 23 per cent think the party leader should quit now and elect someone else.
Mother of all data breaches sees 1.3 BILLION passwords exposed... check if yours is compromised
Cybersecurity experts are urging everyone to change their passwords after finding massive collection of 1.3 billion passwords alongside nearly two billion email addresses exposed online.
Farage tells Reeves to avoid tax rises for hard-working Britons and fill £25billion Budget black hole by slashing overseas aid, restricting benefits for migrants and deporting foreign criminals
Nigel Farage will demand that Rachel Reeves avoid increasing taxes at the Budget by imposing major spending cuts to prioritise British citizens instead.
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Tragic end to comedy star ex's romance as lover dies
Jeremy Rainbird's whirlwind romance with actress Sharon Horgan inspired her hit Channel 4 comedy Catastrophe. Today, the businessman is reeling from tragedy.
Oxford don quits after report finds he 'made unwanted advances' towards vulnerable female academic who came to him for help following rape accusation
The woman had gone to Said Business School dean Professor Soumitra Dutta, 62, to ask for help after she had accused another male colleague of raping her.
'More scandals mean more money': Brittany Miller's grovelling 'apology' for faking stage 3 cancer was watched by millions... but now insiders tell MOLLY CLAYTON why she REALLY did it - and how it could net her a huge windfall
Brittany Miller seemed to have it all - a successful TikTok platform, two beautiful children and a doting partner. Little did her followers know there was a skeleton in the closet.
Fury over plans to evict troops from barracks to make way for 300 male asylum seekers - as even the pro-migrant SNP demand Home Office U-turn
The Queens Own Highlanders Regimental Association, based at Cameron Barracks in Inverness, will be moved from the site as part of the Home Office's proposal.
Mutiny in the Labour ranks over Home Secretary's 'cruel' new migrant rules
The Home Secretary told MPs that radical reforms were needed to restore public confidence in Britain's 'broken' asylum system, saying it 'feels out of control and unfair'.
Boy, four, who started to walk 'a little bit wobbly' is diagnosed with cancer just weeks before his mother
EXCLUSIVE: Raffi Starkowitz was diagnosed in April with large cell anaplastic medulloblastoma, a rare subtype of a malignant brain tumour found in children.
QUENTIN LETTS: How the Speaker was ambushed in a shadowy plot to move MPs out of Westminster for a 20-year renovation that critics fear will be 'another HS2'
Westminster, which in medieval days was a mud-bound eyot called Thorney Island, has become the world's greatest symbol of parliamentary stability.
How much have frozen tax thresholds cost YOU? Our fiscal drag calculator reveals the pain
The Chancellor is widely expected to extend the freeze on income tax thresholds, we reveal what it has cost people so far - and you can work out your bill.