Help save the birds! If you’re lucky enough to have a garden at your home, spare a thought for our avian friends this month by scattering chilli powder around it. In a 2022 review led by Manchester Metropolitan University titled State of the World’s Birds, it was confirmed that around 48% of existing species are […]

8 months ago

The ‘Inspired by the Wild’ project looks to bring a slice of the countryside to the Big Smoke A street in Dalston known to its residents as ‘the worst street in London’ has undergone a nature-fuelled rejuvenation in a bid to bring a slice of the countryside to the backstreets of the Big Smoke. The […]

2 years ago

Food and non-alcoholic drinks prices rose by 18 per cent year-on-year last month Food and non-alcoholic drink prices rose to their highest rate in over 45 years last month as high energy costs and bad weather led to shortages and rationing. Consumer Prices Index (CPI) figures, out today, show inflation rose unexpectedly to 10.4 per cent […]

3 years ago

It features a tanning ledge, waterfall and sun loungers A mum has created her own beach in her back garden – complete with a slide, sun loungers and waterfall. Sarah Miller, 33, and her husband Travis, 38, live in Pennsylvania, miles from the nearest coastline. So they decided to bring the beach to their new […]

3 years ago

Doctors believe a fly laid its eggs in his eye while he was farming In an incident not unlike something from a horror movie, doctors were forced to use forceps to remove more than a dozen fly larvae from a man’s eye. An unnamed 53-year-old man from France was admitted to the University Hospital of […]

4 years ago

Dan Blyden is growing food and connections in a disused concrete corner of Aston

7 years ago