Fruit and veg straight from the field
Hay-on-Wye, Powys Market town enjoys a renaissance of home produce picked the day before with no chilled storage in sight Joe at the market garden called 100% Hay is always smiley, but this market day morning he’s looking especially chirpy. The sun is shining, customers are queuing, and the full bounty of summer is weighing […]
England's plastic bag usage drops 85% since 5p charge introduced
Number of single-use bags handed out dropped to 500m in first six months since charge, compared with 7bn the previous year The number of single-use plastic bags used by shoppers in England has plummeted by more than 85% after the introduction of a 5p charge last October, early figures suggest. More than 7bn bags were […]
Just as we need friends, May is busy ruffling feathers over Hinkley Point | Deborah Orr
Delays, bad manners and petulance: Theresa May’s government is not showing its best side with the nuclear power station hold-up There are a number of things that I really don’t want to hear discussed on the news, especially in a manner that resembles the couple of expository lines frantically shouted at the start of a disaster movie. […]
'Worse than one thousand pukes': fetid corpse flower overwhelms New York
One of the world’s largest flowers, Amorphophallus titanum takes around a decade to bloom and promptly dies two days later in a foul-smelling crescendo On Friday morning, visitors to New York’s botanical garden in the Bronx gathered together and began to sniff. They were there to witness one of the world’s largest and smelliest flowers […]
From feast to farce: how the big Hinkley Point C party was put on ice
The UK government was meant to be celebrating, but delays and second thoughts have left the project stalled It was the lunch that never was. Cantonese-style pork crackling, Somerset brie and mackerel ceviche with creme fraiche were all on the menu for the 150 VIPs invited to Hinkley Point on Friday. The guests were due […]
Hinkley Point review gives UK golden opportunity | Letters
Energy conservation and renewables are the only possible solution to the world’s energy problems and the need to move as fast as possible to a low-carbon economy (Hinkley Point deal delayed by minsters, 29 July). Sadly, the UK has been rowing in the opposite direction by rigging the market in favour of shale gas. We can […]
Flint water crisis: attorney general files charges against six more employees
Michigan attorney general filed charges Friday against state employees for alleged involvement in lead contamination of the water supply The Michigan attorney general filed charges against six more state employees on Friday for their alleged involvement in lead contamination of the water supply in Flint, Michigan. Three other employees were previously charged, bringing the total […]
Hinkley Point C delay points to renegotiation rather than rethink
Government is still committed to nuclear power as part of UK energy mix so don’t expect a return to renewable-only days Theresa May’s government has read the small print of the Hinkley deal and maybe it’s become spooked. But whether ministers are specifically anxious by the phenomenal long-term cost of the project, the Chinese state’s […]
The Conservatives have realised too late that Hinkley Point is a rip-off | Barry Gardiner
It was always a bad deal for government and public, and Labour said as such. By getting cold feet so late on, the government will only do damage One would imagine that the phone call from the Élysée Palace yesterday went something like this: François: My dear Thérèse, what in the name of Sacré-Cœur do […]
Heart disease, depression, flat eyeballs – the hazards of deep space travel
Can we colonize Mars without killing our space pioneers? We take a look at some of the biggest health hazards facing astronauts on long space missions Upon his return last March from a record-breaking 340-day stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS), Nasa astronaut Scott Kelly was most excited about plunging into the swimming pool […]