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Britain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’ | Christian Wolmar

admin — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:30:12 +0000

Larger vehicles crowd our roads and are far more dangerous to pedestrians. Let’s curb them before they do even more damage

We need an Ozempic for cars. They are growing at a phenomenal rate, wreaking havoc on the roads, squeezing out smaller vehicles in car parks and endangering pedestrians.

UK couple found burned and semi-conscious in Almería amid Spanish wildfires

admin — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 14:26:34 +0000

Pair airlifted to hospital in two-hour rescue operation after Guardia Civil searched area for survivors

A British couple have been found badly burned and semi-conscious in a Spanish ravine amid deadly wildfires that have swept through the country’s Almería province, according to local media reports.

Flash flooding in Missouri leaves one person dead as 200 campers are rescued

admin — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 14:01:35 +0000

Woman dies after her home is swept away as heavy rainfall batters parts of state, forcing rescues and evacuations

A woman was found dead in Missouri on Saturday after heavy rainfall battered parts of the state the previous day, forcing numerous emergency rescues and evacuations, including at a summer camp with more than 200 children.

Britain’s biggest community solar farm forced to shut over grid overload fears

admin — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 14:00:20 +0000

Timing of Devon switchoff ‘could not be worse’, says board, as members face an estimated £2m in lost revenue

Britain’s biggest community solar project has been forced to shut for the duration of its first summer by the government’s energy system operator to avoid overloading the local grid with renewable energy.

‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies

admin — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:00:18 +0000

Dozens of projects are in development across US despite concerns over environmental and health risks

The plan to bury carbon under remote Indiana farmland is supposed to be a slam dunk for the climate, according to its supporters – all generously funded by US tax dollars.

Experts warn of ways screwworm could spread in the US and new difficulties in keeping it at bay

admin — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 11:00:17 +0000

Scientists worry that current eradication efforts won’t be able to contain parasitic infestation pushing into US

When conservationists set up cameras in remote regions of Central American forests, they wanted to monitor illegal cattle movement, which can lead to deforestation. But in recent months, they discovered another alarming development: wildlife rapidly infected with the new world screwworm.

‘Super’ El Niño could cause global food price shock lasting into 2028, analysts say

admin — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 07:00:11 +0000

Weather cycle threatens harvests worldwide, adding to inflation already fuelled by the Iran war

Economists are warning that a “super” El Niño weather cycle this year could cause a severe shock to global food prices lasting into 2028.

As the Iran war pushes up world food prices to the highest level in three years, economists said supply chains faced “two shocks at once” stoked by extreme weather linked to global heating.

In my years of spearfishing, I’ve never encountered more sharks than now. But I know where I stand in the underwater pecking order | Clarke Gayford

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 20:00:59 +0000

Below the surface is one of the only places I can switch my brain off. Coming face to face with a shark comes with the territory – and we all have to adapt to this new normal

The first time I came face to face with a great white shark I felt something shift inside me. One look into those eyes darker than a planet-sucking black hole really does humble you.

But it wasn’t the eyes.

‘A slap in the face’: small farmers say Trump is turning his back on them

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 14:00:51 +0000

The president wooed farmers in his campaign, but now the USDA is yanking funding, citing ‘DEI’ and wasteful spending

It’s just an eighth of an acre, but for Lawrencia Rogers, the plot where she grows broccolini, lettuce and beans on land once tilled by poorhouse residents in eastern Iowa is the closest she has come to living her dream.

Scientists warn invasive Asian mantises are threatening Europe's wildlife

admin — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 12:53:55 +0000

Two striking Asian praying mantis species that have rapidly spread across Europe have now been officially classified as invasive, raising new concerns about their impact on native wildlife. Boosted by climate change and urban environments, these fast-breeding predators are expanding northward, where they prey on native insects, pollinators, and even small vertebrates while also reducing native mantis populations through deadly mating interactions.