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How beachgoers are turning snaps into science
Beachgoers at Tyrella Beach in County Down are being invited to become citizen scientists, using their smartphones to help researchers track how the Northern Irish coastline is changing. Visitors take a photo through a fixed steel cradle and upload it via a QR code to the CoastSnap website, building a growing photographic record that scientists…
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‘I’m left with a year of nothing’: UK gap year students lose thousands of pounds as tour operator closes
The volunteer travel operator GVI has gone into liquidation, leaving scores of UK school leavers and gap year students who had paid thousands of pounds for overseas conservation placements with cancelled trips and no refunds. The company continued advertising and taking bookings until it removed its website and ceased trading on 1 July, informing customers…
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Water firm CEO’s £660k payment ‘hard to accept’, says surfer
People criticise a £660,000 extra payment to Yorkshire Water’s boss amid rising bills and pollution.
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Do bees have feelings? Study reveals the insects’ ‘inner life’
New research found bumblebees showed “emotion-like behaviours” previously only seen in mammals.
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Oregon Attorney General Seeks 60-Day Delay Of Paramount’s Acquisition Of Warner Bros. Discovery
Oregon’s Attorney General, Dan Rayfield, has asked a court to delay the closing of Paramount’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by 60 days and to compel Paramount to hand over documents relating to the merger. A hearing is set for Monday in Multnomah County Circuit Court. The move matters because it adds a fresh…
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Traveller concretes over wildlife haven to build his ‘dream home’ – then admits he didn’t apply for planning permission because it was too difficult
An Irish traveller, Michael Delaney, 39, has been ordered to leave a seven-acre field near Crawley Down in Sussex after concreting over protected woodland to create an unauthorised caravan park he called his ‘dream home’. He openly admitted during a planning appeal that he never sought planning permission, saying he knew from experience the process…
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Volkswagen is employing 100 sheep at a solar farm in Poland
Volkswagen has introduced a flock of 100 sheep to graze at the solar farm that powers its manufacturing plant in Poznań, Poland. Beyond keeping the vegetation trimmed in place of lawnmowers, the sheep form part of a wider research project into agrivoltaics — the practice of combining agriculture and energy generation on the same land…
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Shailene Woodley Talks ‘Paradise’ Emmy Nomination, “No Drama” Work Environments & Teases ‘Count My Lies’ Adaptation
Sometimes all it takes is four episodes. Shailene Woodley earned an Emmy nomination Thursday for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series after delivering one of Paradise Season 2’s most unforgettable performances as Annie Clay, the resilient survivor whose emotional journey left an outsized impact on Hulu’s post-apocalyptic drama. Although Annie’s fate was sealed from…
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Carbon emissions at controversial ‘green’ Drax power station hit record high
Carbon emissions from the Drax power station in North Yorkshire rose to a record high last year, making the woodchip-burning plant the UK’s largest single emitter for the eleventh consecutive year, according to a report by the energy think-tank Ember. The findings matter because Drax, whose energy is officially classed as renewable, continues to receive…