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Human activity and British weather are to blame More than half of UK butterfly species are now in long-term decline, as humans destroy habitats, use pesticides and drive climate change, experts said. The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, run by a coalition of conservation organisations, has also revealed that 2024 was one of the worst on […]

The Top Gun & Batman star had pneumonia op Gun star Val Kilmer has died at the age of 65, his daughter has said. Kilmer’s daughter Mercedes told the New York Times the actor had died from pneumonia. He rose to fame starring alongside Tom Cruise in the 1986 hit Top Gun. Kilmer would go […]

Unhappiness with A&E is at a record high There has been a “startling collapse” in public satisfaction with the NHS, according to a major public survey. Some 59% of adults say they are dissatisfied with the health service, up seven percentage points in a year and the highest level on record. The British Social Attitudes […]

Davina McCall has said she was “furious” about the lack of knowledge around the menopause and that her anger drove her to speak out. The 57-year-old, who has long advocated on women’s health issues and has presented documentaries on contraception and the menopause, said she knew “nothing” about it when her perimenopause began. Speaking at […]

A man who was reported to have been carrying a firearm at Milton Keynes railway station has been shot dead by police, Thames Valley Police said. Officers from Thames Valley Police and British Transport Police were called to reports that a man was carrying a firearm at the station in Elder Gate, Milton Keynes on […]

A Bletchley Park codebreaker who “inspired women in the Army for decades” has died at the age of 101. Charlotte “Betty” Webb MBE, who was one of the last surviving codebreakers from Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, died on Monday, the Women’s Royal Army Corps Association said. She worked at Bletchley Park as a member of […]

Former captain Charlotte Edwards has been appointed as the new head coach of England Women. Edwards was the immediate favourite when Jon Lewis was sacked in the aftermath of a painful Ashes whitewash and the England and Wales Cricket Board has moved swiftly to get her in, taking less than a fortnight to finalise the […]

A centre where researchers will analyse wastewater to detect diseases early and alert officials to potential outbreaks has been launched in a UK-first. The team at the Centre of Excellence in Water-Based Early-Warning Systems for Health Protection (CWBE) in Bath will test sewage and water used by homes and businesses to look for chemicals and […]

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Sir Keir Starmer said it was likely that Donald Trump’s tariffs would hit the UK and promised to act in the national interest in response. The Prime Minister suggested that retaliatory tariffs were possible but stressed that he does not want to see a trade war. The UK will seek to carve out an exemption, […]