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As the experiment moves into its next century, much of the focus is on climate change. Looking ahead to the next 170 years, Gregory said: “The most interesting will be the interactions with a changing climate and how the normal patterns of weather are maybe not going to be the case in the future. Already,…
Littering fines have generated nearly £100,000 in revenue for councils across a county since the start of 2023, new figures have revealed. Local authorities in Cambridgeshire have issued 889 fixed penalty notices for littering, according to Freedom of Information requests made by the BBC. Most of them were issued by Cambridge City Council, which received…
A programme designed to get people with additional needs back into work, has been credited with transforming a 27-year-old man’s life. Michael Reynolds, from Shawbury, used to work in catering before he was made redundant during the coronavirus pandemic. Nine months ago, he started volunteering at Fordhall Farm in Market Drayton, which his family said…
A voluntary litter-picking group has uncovered what it believes is one of the largest hauls of discarded nitrous oxide canisters it has ever found in a single day, collecting 82. Members of Peterborough Litter Wombles discovered the canisters around Norman Road Car Park, highlighting ongoing concerns about the misuse of the class C drug and…
As locals and visitors make the trip to Northern Ireland’s lakes in search of summer sunshine, they are once again facing an unwelcome sight: blue-green algae. The toxic bacteria which can cause skin irritation and sickness in people and animals who come into contact with it, has become an unwelcome feature of recent summers. There…
While she has noticed more women studying Stem subjects, figures from Stem Women, external suggest the number working in those fields has risen only gradually. Despite gains in student enrolment, graduation rates and workforce participation, the report suggests parity with the number of men working in Stem is still decades away. Her advice to young…
Firefighters are struggling to contain wildfires in south-west France as strong winds push flames towards the city of Bordeaux, with one official saying they “are far from having the fire under control.” More than 250,000 people in France and Spain have fled fires which have been raging for days, as winds and high temperatures hamper…
BuzzBallz was founded by teacher Merrilee Kick, but was bought by the Sazerac Company, whose CEO is Jake Wenz, in 2024. BuzzBallz’s UK’s mission statement, which was deleted after the BBC contacted the company about this story, said it “loves our planet as much as we love a good cocktail” and partnered with TerraCycle to…
