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‘The department has lost touch with farmers’ – call for minister’s resignation over cattle cull
The Ulster Farmers’ Union has called for Northern Ireland’s Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir, along with two senior Department of Agriculture officials, to resign following the shooting of 51 cattle in County Tyrone. The union says confidence in the department has been badly damaged and questions whether the external review into the cull is sufficiently independent.…
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Wildfire on tinderbox dry Sheffield moorland now burning for 48 hours
A conservation group decried how people are “still are turning out with camps and naked flames” despite one of the driest summers on record
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‘We are apolitical’ Sheffield club manager says after facing backlash for hiring out space to Restore Britain
“Crookes Club provide a safe, friendly and welcoming environment for all sections of the community”
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‘Silo’ Star Jessica Henwick Breaks Down Helen’s Chilling Episode 7 Discovery
Episode 7 of Silo’s third season, “Radio”, expands the show’s central conspiracy as journalist Helen Drew and Congressman Daniel Keene meet billionaire Per Stensen while investigating Charlotte’s missing memories. Their discovery of vast numbers of silos being drilled beneath American farmland suggests that the disaster underpinning the series was planned on a far larger scale,…
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‘The Ones With the Tempered Flowers’ Documents a Woman Studying “Her Body’s Relationship to Self and Society” in Tanzania
Tanzanian director Neema Ngelime is developing her first feature documentary, The Ones With the Tempered Flowers, an essayistic film about womanhood, bodily autonomy and family expectations in Tanzania. Presented at Locarno Film Festival’s 2026 Open Doors programme, the project matters for centring the experiences of young African women while examining social and political pressures that…
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Tougher crops and beaver dams: how UK farmers are tackling drought
UK farmers are adopting a range of measures to cope with hotter, drier summers, including drought-tolerant crops, healthier soils, ponds, rainwater storage and restoring wetland areas. The changes matter because repeated heatwaves and low rainfall are damaging crops, straining livestock water supplies and increasing reliance on imported vegetables. This summer’s conditions have produced the earliest…
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Wildlife suffering in heatwaves, say experts
Yorkshire conservationists have warned that this summer’s heatwaves are severely harming wildlife by drying streams, ponds and soils, leaving animals short of water, food and shelter. They say the effects could continue into winter, as plants fruit early or poorly and wildlife faces disrupted breeding and migration. Yorkshire Wildlife Trust reported extremely low water levels…
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Hidden moth population found after 70 years
A previously unknown population of the dark bordered beauty moth, one of England’s rarest moths, has been found at Wallington estate in Northumberland, more than 70 years after it was last recorded there in 1952. The discovery offers renewed hope for the species, which had effectively been restricted to a declining population at Strensall Common…
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‘Squashed poo’ a sign of water voles’ success
Water voles released into Surrey’s Hogsmill River last year appear to have survived winter and begun to spread, with conservationists finding droppings, burrows and chewed vegetation. The findings matter because the species had been locally extinct in the area for more than 20 years, and its return is viewed as evidence of a healthier river…
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Indian solar mission’s new findings throw light on enduring Sun mysteries
India’s Aditya-L1 solar mission has provided new evidence that may help explain why the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, is far hotter than its visible surface and remains heated despite frequent energy-losing eruptions. The findings matter because coronal mass ejections can produce auroras but also trigger geomagnetic storms that disrupt power grids and satellites. Researchers…