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Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite system is set to be used to improve farmers’ broadband connections during a pilot scheme. Lincolnshire County Council said it wanted to purchase and install Starlink facilities for so-called “not spot” properties that do not have access to fibre broadband. The council owns a County Farms Estate, comprising about 16,500 acres…
The temporary increase in champagne’s alcohol content is only expected to affect a small number of wines, a spokeswoman for the Comite Champagne told the BBC. During the second fermentation process, which gives champagne its bubbles, “a very small number of wines from this harvest could have slightly exceeded the regulatory limit of 13%, reaching…
A new hurricane season record is likely to be set this week as a historic and still strengthening El Niño stifles tropical development in the Atlantic. To date, no hurricanes have formed in the basin, despite this week marking the peak of the season on average – and there’s no sign of development in the…
Two German companies have signed launch agreements with the spaceport. Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) is working towards its first vertical orbital test flight from UK soil. In August, SaxaVord paused plans for a test launch after RFA said it had “encountered an issue”. A five-week “launch window” had been due to begin, with temporary traffic…
The call for more monitoring comes in a new policy briefing by researchers. They are calling for increased monitoring of the vaccination’s impact, a review of the evidence, and collaboration with farmers “to ensure the greatest possible impact” from the programmes. In their policy briefing, they say “major questions remain about how many badgers are…
A pioneering fossil hunter who was one of the first women to be employed by the Natural History Museum has been recognised with a national blue plaque. Dorothea Bate, who died in 1951 aged 72, “transformed our understanding of prehistoric animals and ancient environments” through her research, Historic England said. She has been recognised with…
Volunteers in a north Shropshire town have been able to litter pick inside a prominent lake because its water levels have dropped due to the recent hot weather. With this summer being the hottest and one of the driest on record, lakes and rivers across the country have been running low. It has meant Ellesmere…
Conservationists have released more than two dozen turtle doves in the South Downs National Park in a bid to help the species, which is on the brink of extinction in the UK, to recover. The dove, famous for its place in the Twelve Days of Christmas song, is the country’s fastest declining bird species according…
